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Phuket boosts Tourist Police with volunteer training
Phuket boosts Tourist Police with volunteer training
PHUKET: Phuket Tourist Police have launched a training program for volunteer tourist police in a bid to boost tourist safety.
Police deem no foul play in truck fire
Police deem no foul play in truck fire
PHUKET: Police have deemed there was no foul play involved in a fire that heavily damaged a small truck north of Phuket Town early this morning (Nov 13).
Woman hangs self while boyfriend showers
Woman hangs self while boyfriend showers
PHUKET: Wichit Police have confirmed that a 33-year-old woman battling chronic depression took her own life early this morning (Aug 5) while her boyfriend was taking a shower.
Lifeguards call for better surf danger awareness among tourists
Lifeguards call for better surf danger awareness among tourists
PHUKET: Viroon Chuasaman, Head Lifeguard at Surin-Bang Tao Beach, has called for intensive campaigns to educate tourists of the dangers of rip currents and strong waves during the southwest monsoon to help reduce the number of people drowning at tourist-popular beaches.
Conserve water as a precaution, officials advise
Conserve water as a precaution, officials advise
PHUKET: The Director of the Phuket Irrigation Office, the government office responsible for maintaining the island’s public water reserves, has called for people to conserve water use to help guarantee that water reserves are enough to last through the dry season.
High hopes for road safety under new points system
High hopes for road safety under new points system
PHUKET: Dr Wiwat Seetamanotch, Manager of the World Health Organisation (WHO) ‒ Royal Thai Government Country Cooperation Strategy for Road Safety Programme, has high hopes for the demerit points system for traffic violations to come into effect on Monday (Jan 9).
Bangla noodle vendor shot by cop given new work to support own family
Bangla noodle vendor shot by cop given new work to support own family
PHUKET: Aroon Thongplab, a 26-year-old noodle vendor left paralysed after he was shot by a drunk off-duty police officer on Bangla Rd, Patong, in February last year, has been given a full-time job so he can continue to provide for his young family.
Monkey trouble at new resort in Chalong
Monkey trouble at new resort in Chalong
PHUKET: A brand-new boutique resort in Chalong is having trouble with local monkeys disturbing its guests.
Nong Fiat: The Phuket voice being heard around the world
Nong Fiat: The Phuket voice being heard around the world
At just 13 years old, Prapapon ‘Nong Fiat’ Sreemoung is already becoming a singing sensation, impressing Thais and tourists alike on Bangla Rd in Patong and at the Lard Yai Walking Street in Phuket Town on Sundays.
Nightlife fire safety hits agenda in push for 4am closing
Nightlife fire safety hits agenda in push for 4am closing
PHUKET: Nightlife venue operators along Bangla Rd are working with officials to make sure that fire safety is not an issue that might see Patong overlooked in the current impetus to allow nightclubs to remain open until 4am.
Phuket disaster chief calls for confidence in tsunami-warning system
Phuket disaster chief calls for confidence in tsunami-warning system
PHUKET: The series of underwater earthquakes off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands last week has shaken local disaster officials in conducting a full review of the island’s tsunami-warning system and the readiness of local officials to quickly evacuate risk areas in case the need arises.
As bars allowed to trade past midnight, health and inflation worries rise
As bars allowed to trade past midnight, health and inflation worries rise
Preechavude ‘Prab’ Keesin, Executive Director of the Pisona Group and the chairman of the Patong Development Foundation, has welcomed the easing of COVID measures to allow pubs, bars and other entertainment venues to remain open to their pre-COVID tim
Midnight closing branded ‘pointless’ in helping Patong nightlife businesses to recover
Midnight closing branded ‘pointless’ in helping Patong nightlife businesses to recover
PHUKET: The head of Patong’s nightlife business association has called for the government to ease its midnight ban on the sale of alcohol and trading by entertainment venues, branding the curfew as “nearly pointless” in helping nightlife operators recover amid the current tourism situation.
Prab Keesin defends Patong hotel late trading
Prab Keesin defends Patong hotel late trading
PHUKET: Phuket businessman Preechavude ‘Prab’ Keesin has defended the opening of the Patong Bay Hill hotel beyond the COVID-mandated 11pm closing time, saying the hotel operating its nightlife venues at least brought some financial relief to people in need, people who are suffering due to the economic impact of COVID regulations.
Drive safely during Songkran, urges Phuket Governor
Drive safely during Songkran, urges Phuket Governor
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has urged drivers taking to the roads to return home for the Songkran holidays to celebrate the Thai New Year to drive safely.
Foreigner caught stealing money from inDriver taxi
Foreigner caught stealing money from inDriver taxi
PHUKET: A foreign man has avoided being charged with theft after he was caught stealing B3,600 from an independent taxi driver operating via the inDriver app while the driver stepped out of the car to go to the toilet.
Roll with it: Prab Keesin calls for realistic policy for keeping Patong alive
Roll with it: Prab Keesin calls for realistic policy for keeping Patong alive
PHUKET: Patong businessman Preechavude ‘Prab’ Keesin, Chairman of Pisona Group and Chief of the Patong Development Foundation, has called for a realistic approach to the current outbreak, with infected people isolated and uninfected staff allowed to keep businesses open.
Return of nightlife, entertainment boost hope for Phuket tourism
Return of nightlife, entertainment boost hope for Phuket tourism
PHUKET: Key tourism figures have welcomed the move to allow alcohol to be served and consumed in restaurants across the island, and to allow live music to be performed in venues, saying the easing of the restriction removes one of the barriers preventing tourists from coming to Phuket.
Outrage over blacktip reef sharks sold at Phuket fish market
Outrage over blacktip reef sharks sold at Phuket fish market
PHUKET: The Phuket Fisheries Chief has confirmed that blacktip reef sharks are not protected species following outrage online sparked from photos of a haul of dead sharks in baskets at Koh Siray, in Rassada, today (June 18).
Phuket foreigners to get leftover Sinovac
Phuket foreigners to get leftover Sinovac
PHUKET: Foreigners staying in Phuket will be able to register for a state-provided COVID-19 vaccination from tomorrow (June 2), with vaccinations of leftover Sinovac vaccine doses to be rolled out on Thursday and Friday (June 3-4), it was announced today.