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Legacy: Lifeguard ‘founder’ dream for water safety to become standard education closer to reality
Legacy: Lifeguard ‘founder’ dream for water safety to become standard education closer to reality
PHUKET: The island’s core contingent of lifeguards this week vowed to carry on the work of “founding father” Prathaiyuth Chuayaun in the hope of realising his dream of swimming and surf survival skills becoming a standard element of young children’s education.
Karon Police reveal details of Norwegian arrested for death of Brit at Phuket resort
Karon Police reveal details of Norwegian arrested for death of Brit at Phuket resort
PHUKET: Karon Police Chief Col Prawit Sutthirueangarun today released to The Phuket News details of the ongoing investigation into the arrest of a Norwegian man for the death of a British tourist at a resort on Phuket’s west coast on Wednesday (Aug 21).
Patong traffic flow to change for beachfront cable burying
Patong traffic flow to change for beachfront cable burying
PHUKET: Traffic Police in Patong have announced the change in traffic flow in Phuket’s key tourism town to minimise disruptions while the project to install power and communications underground along the beachfront continues this weekend.
Norwegian tourist charged for killing British man at Phuket resort
Norwegian tourist charged for killing British man at Phuket resort
PHUKET: A Norwegian tourist has been charged with killing a British man after the two were fighting over the Norwegian causing too much noise in his hotel room at 4am at a resort on Phuket’s west coast.
Phuket officials file report of Lady D damaging corals
Phuket officials file report of Lady D damaging corals
PHUKET: Workers are preparing to move the 55-metre superyacht Lady D from its current location off Koh Thanan, about 2.2km off Phuket’s east coast, after coastal researchers found that the bottom of the boat is damaging corals there.
Stingray barb killed Railay dugong, says PMBC chief
Stingray barb killed Railay dugong, says PMBC chief
PHUKET: The mature male dugong found dead off Ton Sai Beach in Krabi on Sunday (Aug 18) was killed by a stingray barb, Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) Chief Kongkiat Kittiwatanawong has told The Phuket News.
Patong beach road to close daytime as beachfront power cables buried
Patong beach road to close daytime as beachfront power cables buried
PHUKET: A 400-metre section of the Patong beachfront road will be closed from Bangla Rd to Sawatdirak Rd each day from 6am to 4pm for a month, starting this Sunday (Aug 25).
New Phoenix owner aims to restore wreck, return it to the sea
New Phoenix owner aims to restore wreck, return it to the sea
PHUKET: The Phuket man who bought the wreck of the fateful Phuket tour boat Phoenix at auction earlier this month aims to restore the boat and then sink it at the same location where it fell beneath the waves in July last year, killing 47 Chinese tourists, as a way of making merit.
Otter found beached in Phuket
Otter found beached in Phuket
PHUKET: An otter found exhausted and sick washed ashore Bang Tao Beach at about 3am on Sunday (Aug 11) is now receiving care in Phuket and will be moved to a wildlife station in Phang Nga once its health has been restored.
Fire breaks out at Phuket condo under construction
Fire breaks out at Phuket condo under construction
PHUKET: Police have yet to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at a condominium under construction behind Central Phuket Floresta shopping mall earlier today (Aug 10), sending clouds of smoke billowing into the sky.
Vachira Phuket Hospital to stage night fire evacuation drill
Vachira Phuket Hospital to stage night fire evacuation drill
PHUKET: People are being asked to not panic if they see Vachira Phuket Hospital undergo a major night fire evacuation from 7pm to 9pm tonight (Aug 9) as it will just be an exercise, Hospital Director Dr Lersak Leenanithikul has told The Phuket News.
Truck driver charged as woman crushed under wheels in Wichit
Truck driver charged as woman crushed under wheels in Wichit
PHUKET: A truck driver has been charged with reckless driving causing death after a woman riding a motorbike was crushed under the wheels of the truck he was driving at a busy intersection in Wichit yesterday (Aug 8).
Fire on board Phuket superyacht Lady D finally out, investigation begins
Fire on board Phuket superyacht Lady D finally out, investigation begins
PHUKET: Thalang Police today begin their inspections of the burnt-out hull of the 55-metre superyacht Lady D, which was gutted by an onboard inferno at Ao Po Grand Marina yesterday.
Phoenix wreck sold at auction
Phoenix wreck sold at auction
PHUKET: The salvaged wreck of the tour boat Phoenix, which sank off Phuket in July last year, killing 47 Chinese tourists, sold at auction today for B905,000 – just B5,000 more than the starting bids.
Sunken Phuket fishing boat: One Myanmar crewman rescued, search continues for other
Sunken Phuket fishing boat: One Myanmar crewman rescued, search continues for other
PHUKET: The search for one crewman who remains missing from a Thai fishing boat that sank off Naka Noi Island, off Phuket’s east coast, on Monday continues today (Aug 7) after one of the two missing crewman was rescued yesterday.
Phuket marine experts have ‘Hope’ for rescued newborn dwarf sperm whale
Phuket marine experts have ‘Hope’ for rescued newborn dwarf sperm whale
PHUKET: A newborn male dwarf sperm whale rescued offshore Khok Kloi, in Phang Nga province north of Phuket, is now recovering at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC).
Mass clean-up expected to clear a ton of trash from Phuket beaches
Mass clean-up expected to clear a ton of trash from Phuket beaches
PHUKET: An ongoing mass beach clean-up underway along Phuket’s west coast is expected to collect literally a ton of garbage and debris dumped on the beaches by the recent heavy weather, the chief of Phuket’s Sirinath National Park has revealed.
Search for missing crew from sunken Phuket fishing boat halted at sunset
Search for missing crew from sunken Phuket fishing boat halted at sunset
PHUKET: Marine Police and Royal Thai Navy search-and-rescue personnel this afternoon launched a search for two Myanmar crewmen who remain missing after the crab-fishing boat sank southeast of Naka Noi Island, off the east coast of Phuket, this afternoon (Aug 5).
Health Check: Phuket Immigration confirms mandatory health insurance for O-A ‘retirement’ visas not in force
Health Check: Phuket Immigration confirms mandatory health insurance for O-A ‘retirement’ visas not in force
PHUKET: Foreigners applying for an extension stay under a Non-immigrant O-A visa, nicknamed the “retirement visa”, still do not yet have to provide proof of mandatory health insurance coverage as warned to be introduced “imminently” by senior officials in Bangkok months ago.
Man injured as pickup wipes out in Kathu
Man injured as pickup wipes out in Kathu
PHUKET: One man is injured after the pickup truck he was driving slammed into another pickup parked by the side of the road, and struck a power pole, on Wichit Songkram Rd in Kathu morning (Aug 2).