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TANYALUK 'MANGO' SAKOOT
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Chalong Hospital finally opens with limited services, expansion to come in 2020
Chalong Hospital finally opens with limited services, expansion to come in 2020
PHUKET: Chalong Hospital has finally opened, providing people in the south of the island with a limited range of medical services until a new seven-storey building dedicated to inpatient services is finally approved and built.
Chinese man, daughter safe after boat adrift with engine failure at Koh Lanta
Chinese man, daughter safe after boat adrift with engine failure at Koh Lanta
PHUKET: Navy personnel and national park officers in Krabi safely recovered a Chinese man and his daughter from the yacht they were on Tuesday night (Nov 19) after a mooring line tied to a buoy broke in strong winds, leaving the pair adrift on a yacht with an engine that would not start.
Meth mule caught smuggling 18,000 pills into Phuket
Meth mule caught smuggling 18,000 pills into Phuket
PHUKET: A man wanted for speeding through the main police checkpoint onto the island and escaping capture by police last month has been arrested while trying to smuggle more than 18,000 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills hidden inside his car into Phuket.
Five-metre python caught in Wichit, residents worry over missing cats
Five-metre python caught in Wichit, residents worry over missing cats
PHUKET: Local rescue officers in Wichit were called to snare a five-metre python that was found on a house fence wall in Phuket Villa 5 last night (Nov 19).
Large leatherback turtle lays eggs on Thai Mueang Beach
Large leatherback turtle lays eggs on Thai Mueang Beach
PHUKET: A leatherback sea turtle measuring nearly two metres long was found laying eggs on Thai Mueang Beach, north of Phuket in Phang Nga province, yesterday evening (Nov 17).
Phuket mains power supply gets major upgrade
Phuket mains power supply gets major upgrade
PHUKET: The entire electricity network for the island will receive a long-awaited boost at the end of this month as new high-voltage supply lines from the mainland go live on Nov 30.
Russian-Swiss woman rescued at Patong Beach wakes from coma
Russian-Swiss woman rescued at Patong Beach wakes from coma
PHUKET: The Russian-Swiss woman pulled from the water unconscious at Patong Beach early last Wednesday morning (Nov 6) has woken from her coma and today was transferred to Bangkok Hospital Phuket, confirmed Phuket Tourist Police this afternoon (Nov 14).
Construction of B789mn Phuket Prison enters final stages
Construction of B789mn Phuket Prison enters final stages
PHUKET: Construction of the new Phuket Provincial Prison, being built at a cost of B789 million in Srisoonthorn, Thalang, is entering its final stages and is currently expected to start housing inmates by May next year.
Five-metre python snared behind home in Wichit
Five-metre python snared behind home in Wichit
PHUKET: Officers from Wichit Municipality were called to collect a five-metre-long python this morning (Nov 7) after the snake became tangled in a fishing net that the home owner had placed near where a drain empties into lagoon behind the house.
Phuket tourist arrivals jump for October no reason to celebrate
Phuket tourist arrivals jump for October no reason to celebrate
PHUKET: An 18% year-on-year jump in the number of international arrivals at Phuket International Airport for the month of October is no reason to celebrate just yet, says Phuket Tourist Association President Bhummikitti Ruktaengam.
In at the deep end: Reflections on the World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2019
In at the deep end: Reflections on the World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2019
Phuket may want to be known for its white-sand beaches, its plentiful dive and snorkel sites and its proximity to a host of beauti­ful islets, but there’s something else that’s creeping into the picture, something that sits uncomfortably next to this trio of tourist draws: drownings.
Phuket probe into dive tour deaths to target Try Dive, freelance instructors
Phuket probe into dive tour deaths to target Try Dive, freelance instructors
PHUKET: Chalong Police Chief Col Terdtoon Soisukphaphan has confirmed that Island Wonders Co Ltd, the company involved in the incident that saw a South Korean tourist and Thai dive instructor both drown at Koh Racha last month, will be charged for not having the requisite mandatory accident insurance required by law.
Phuket mops up after storm wreaks havoc
Phuket mops up after storm wreaks havoc
PHUKET: Officials in Karon and Chalong this morning are inspecting the damage done by flash floods across southern parts of the island late yesterday afternoon (Oct 31) after people from 170 homes were evacuated to shelters for safety.
Phuket airport underpass completed on time, without fanfare
Phuket airport underpass completed on time, without fanfare
PHUKET: The island’s fifth underpass, at the turnoff to Phuket International Airport on Theprkrasattri Rd, has been completed on time – including a four-month reprieve due to factors beyond the contractor’s control – and the project will be officially handed over by the contractor to the Phuket office of the Highways Department tomorrow (Oct 31).
Phuket tourists lend a hand recovering beached yacht at Nai Harn
Phuket tourists lend a hand recovering beached yacht at Nai Harn
PHUKET: The yacht that drifted onto Nai Harn Beach yesterday evening was safely recovered this morning by a local fishing boat and a host of tourists and local residents helping to push the boat off the beach.
Phuket residents force B720mn ‘ring road’ to avoid mangroves, houses
Phuket residents force B720mn ‘ring road’ to avoid mangroves, houses
PHUKET: Local residents in Pa Khlok have voted against the last stage of four-lane “ring road” being paved through the area from passing through mangroves, forcing the Highways Department to redraw its plans and resubmit them for approval.
Two women escape serious injuries as car rams 18-wheeler at traffic lights, catches fire
Two women escape serious injuries as car rams 18-wheeler at traffic lights, catches fire
PHUKET: Two young women escaped serious injury when the car they were driving slammed into the back of an 18-wheeled truck waiting at a set of lights early this morning (Oct 21). The car caught fire, with passers-by rushing to the women’s aid and safely recovering them from the vehicle.
Phuket airport taxi driver in deadly wipeout to finally hear judgment
Phuket airport taxi driver in deadly wipeout to finally hear judgment
PHUKET: The Phuket airport taxi driver who a year ago wiped out six vehicles and killed a motorbike rider in morning peak-hour traffic on Thepkrasattri Rd – with a tourist he picked up from Phuket International Airport still in the taxi – is scheduled to finally have the verdict in the charges against him handed down next month.
International lifesaving chief speaks out on Phuket lifeguards
International lifesaving chief speaks out on Phuket lifeguards
PHUKET: International Life Saving Federation President Graham Ford AM has called for Phuket’s lifeguards to be trained to international standard, for more to be done to ensure tourists are aware of the danger of drowning at Phuket’s beaches and for local authorities to make the provision of trained, qualified lifeguards a priority.
Patong Police hunting for foreigner wanted for $30k theft from exchange booth
Patong Police hunting for foreigner wanted for $30k theft from exchange booth
PHUKET: Patong Police have yet to develop any leads in tracking down a foreign man who made off with US$30,000 in cash from a currency exchange booth in Kalim on Tuesday (Oct 15).