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Lifeguards arrive at Phuket’s Surin Beach
Lifeguards arrive at Phuket’s Surin Beach
PHUKET: Long-awaited experienced, qualified lifeguards arrived at Surin Beach this morning (Aug 1) to start patrolling the surf in the hope of preventing swimmers drowning at the popular tourist beach.
Surin Islands bleached corals nearly fully recovered
Surin Islands bleached corals nearly fully recovered
PHUKET: An estimated 90% of the corals damaged by bleaching at the popular Mu Ko Surin National Park, north of Phuket, have recovered, reports national park officials.
Gas leaks spur fire drill at main Phuket Town market
Gas leaks spur fire drill at main Phuket Town market
PHUKET: Vendors at the Phuket City Municipality Fresh Market on Ranong Rd in Phuket Town underwent fire-safety training today ahead of a major fire drill to be held at the market tomorrow (July 31). The training comes after three separate cooking gas leaks at the market just last week.
Deadline for hospitals to display medicine prices pushed back
Deadline for hospitals to display medicine prices pushed back
PHUKET: The deadline for all hospitals to publicly display prices of medicines that passed last Saturday (July 20) has been deferred to Aug 15 at the earliest, The Phuket News has confirmed.
The Vanguard: Phuket tourism leaders speak out on airport van,taxi fares
The Vanguard: Phuket tourism leaders speak out on airport van,taxi fares
PHUKET: Leading figures in Phuket’s tourism industry have spoken out over the handling of the incident that saw two Australian tourists file a formal complaint against a passenger van driver for allegedly overcharging them to take them from Phuket International Airport to their hotel in Kata.
Egyptian embassy silent on diplomatic links of Phuket roti vendor attack victim
Egyptian embassy silent on diplomatic links of Phuket roti vendor attack victim
PHUKET: The Egyptian embassy in Bangkok today (July 25) declined to confirm or deny whether the Egyptian man struck in the neck with a meat cleaver by an enraged roti (pancake) street vendor in Phuket last Friday night is the son an Egyptian diplomat.
Snakes on the move in Chalong
Snakes on the move in Chalong
PHUKET: Rescue workers from the Phuket Ruamjai Rescue Foundation are again urging people to not try to catch snakes found around their homes after two snakes were caught at separate homes in Chalong yesterday (July 24).
Phuket police to call in experts to help identify body of foreigner found offshore
Phuket police to call in experts to help identify body of foreigner found offshore
PHUKET: The Karon Police Chief will request official assistance from forensic science missing persons experts in the hope of identifying the body of the foreign man who was found 500 metres offshore from Karon Noi two weeks ago.
Bridging Supply: Officials reveal B3.5bn proposal to resolve island’s water shortage woes
Bridging Supply: Officials reveal B3.5bn proposal to resolve island’s water shortage woes
PHUKET: Leading water officials this week unveiled a B3.5 billion plan to have water piped across the channel from Phang Nga as a long-term solution to the island’s increasing water-supply woes.
Red flags line Phuket beaches as dangerous surf broils
Red flags line Phuket beaches as dangerous surf broils
PHUKET: Surin Beach has been closed to swimmers in the current weather as the beach has no lifeguards and the strong waves and flash rips are considered too dangerous to risk tourists entering the water, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), MaAnn Samran, told The Phuket News today (July 19).
Phuket told to brace for more rain, warned of flash floods, landslides
Phuket told to brace for more rain, warned of flash floods, landslides
PHUKET: The national office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has called on all residents in high-risk areas of Phuket and throughout Southern Thailand to be on full alert for possible floods and landslides as more rain is expected to douse the region over the weekend.
Search for Filipinos lost in Phuket surf continues
Search for Filipinos lost in Phuket surf continues
PHUKET: The search for Filipino tourists who disappeared in strong surf at Freedom Beach on Wednesday continues today (July 19), with police, lifeguards and rescue workers expanding their search area.
Police begin hunt for foreign man over attacking dog
Police begin hunt for foreign man over attacking dog
PHUKET: Chalong Police Chief Col Therdthoon Sroisukphaphan has ordered Chalong Police Deputy Chief Lt Col Sanan Janrong to investigate a video posted online showing a foreign man attacking a dog with what appeared to be a long knife or a metal rod in Nai Harn last night (July 15).
Phuket python caught feasting on Rawai chickens
Phuket python caught feasting on Rawai chickens
PHUKET: Members of the Rawai Municipality Rescue Team snared a three-metre-long python still feasting on chickens at an organic farm on Saiyuan Rd, Rawai, last night (July 15).
Student killed by electrocution in Phuket public park under investigation
Student killed by electrocution in Phuket public park under investigation
PHUKET: Police are investigating the death an 18-year-student who was killed by electrocution from touching a floodlight pole at a public basketball court at Suan Luang (King’s Park) on Saturday evening (July 13).
Police issue warning after minors sexually assaulted by fake model scouts
Police issue warning after minors sexually assaulted by fake model scouts
PHUKET: Region 8 Police have sent out a warning for young girls to be cautious if approached by people claiming to represent a modelling agency seeking models for a photo shoot after receiving complaints of sexual assault.
Dolphin sighting in Phang Nga Bay spurs plastic bag warning from park chief
Dolphin sighting in Phang Nga Bay spurs plastic bag warning from park chief
PHUKET: The chief of the Ao Phang Nga National Park has made a special plea for people to keep plastic bags away from the sea after after a bottlenose dolphin was found swimming close to officers’ boat nearby Koh Panyee, at the top end of Phang Nga Bay
Phuket Airport underpass on target for October opening
Phuket Airport underpass on target for October opening
PHUKET: Following Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in Phuket to officially open the Chalong Underpass yesterday (July 8), the Phuket Highways Office has confirmed that the underpass near the turn-off to Phuket International Airport is on target to open fully to traffic in October.
Man wanted for strangling ex-partner in Phuket caught on Bangkok-bound bus
Man wanted for strangling ex-partner in Phuket caught on Bangkok-bound bus
PHUKET: The man wanted for strangling his ex-partner in a rented room in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, has been caught more than 500km from Phuket on a bus heading to Bangkok.
Phuket Marine Biological Centre provides contact for injured sea turtle findings
Phuket Marine Biological Centre provides contact for injured sea turtle findings
PHUKET: The Chief of the Marine Endangered Species Unit at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC) has provided a telephone number to be used when a distressed sea turtle is found.