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TANYALUK 'MANGO' SAKOOT
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Chinese embassy delegation inspects lifeguards at Patong Beach
Chinese embassy delegation inspects lifeguards at Patong Beach
PHUKET: A delegation from the Chinese embassy in Bangkok arrived in Phuket today (May 10) to inspect the lifeguards at Patong Beach and raise safety and other issues with provincial officials.
Construction rubble dumped on Phuket beach
Construction rubble dumped on Phuket beach
PHUKET: A pile of construction rubble dumped along the Kalim beachfront, north of Patong, will remain there for up to a month, despite the debris including rusty steel rods protruding out of the sand.
Phuket student-visa crackdown begins
Phuket student-visa crackdown begins
PHUKET: The crackdown on foreigners fraudulently using student visas as a way to stay in the country long term began in Phuket yesterday (May 3), with inspections of three language schools in the south of the island.
Student-visa crackdown to hit Phuket
Student-visa crackdown to hit Phuket
PHUKET: Tourist Police in Phuket have confirmed they will launch a crackdown on foreigners staying on the island by use of a student visa and being enrolled in a Thai-language course only as a way of staying in the country, and not actually attending the courses they are enrolled in.
Phuket police target rental operators over riders’ licences
Phuket police target rental operators over riders’ licences
PHUKET: Police this week confirmed they are ramping up efforts targeting vehicle rental operators for renting out motorbikes to tourists who do not have the appropriate licence as a key strategy to reduce the number of deaths and injuries on Phuket’s roads.
Dengue danger: Phuket hits highest infection rate in the country
Dengue danger: Phuket hits highest infection rate in the country
PHUKET: Concerns are high for the rising number of people in Phuket contracting dengue following a Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) report issued last week confirming that Phuket has the highest per capita infection rate in the country.
Phuket Marine chief blasts Paradise Beach ‘black water’ claim as fake, other beaches still suffer
Phuket Marine chief blasts Paradise Beach ‘black water’ claim as fake, other beaches still suffer
PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Marine Office has blasted a report of oil-tainted “black water” contaminating the shore at Paradise Beach, south of Patong, as fake.
Phuket Governor orders ‘autopsy’ on Songkran Seven Days road-safety campaign
Phuket Governor orders ‘autopsy’ on Songkran Seven Days road-safety campaign
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong has ordered officials to conduct a comprehensive review of the road accidents and the traffic fines issued during the Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign, which concluded at midnight last night.
Wild macaque gives Phuket officials the runaround in Patong
Wild macaque gives Phuket officials the runaround in Patong
PHUKET: Officials from the Patong Municipal Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation failed in their attempt to lure and catch a wild macaque that was found sitting on a resort roof on Soi Nanai in Patong this morning.
Phuket’s Songkran road death toll remains at one fatality
Phuket’s Songkran road death toll remains at one fatality
PHUKET: Phuket concluded Day 6 of this year’s Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign at midnight last night with zero deaths on the island’s roads in the 24-hour period.
Phuket starts Songkran ‘Seven Days’ road-safety campaign with zero deaths
Phuket starts Songkran ‘Seven Days’ road-safety campaign with zero deaths
PHUKET: The annual Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran holidays began quietly at midnight last night (at 00:01am, April 11) and so far has not recorded any deaths in road accidents on the first day of the campaign, reports the Phuket Provincial office of the Department of Disaster Prevention & Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket).
Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang to re-open on Monday
Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang to re-open on Monday
PHUKET: The Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang, Malaysia has announced that it will re-open this coming Monday (Apr 9).
Park chief calls for backup to enforce Maya Bay closure
Park chief calls for backup to enforce Maya Bay closure
PHUKET: The Chief of the Hat Nopparat – Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, Worapoj Lomlim, has pleaded to be reinforced with more officers in order to enforce the ban on all visitors to Maya Bay off Phi Phi Island, east of Phuket, starting in June.
All change as Phuket lifeguards presented to Governor
All change as Phuket lifeguards presented to Governor
PHUKET: The state of having lifeguards patrol Phuket’s beaches took several dumbfounding twists today, with 27 lifeguards presented to the Phuket Governor as “already” working – but dedicated to patrolling only the beaches at Surin, Bang Tao, Nai Thon and Mai Khao.
Foreign MMA fighter forces Phuket thief to tap out
Foreign MMA fighter forces Phuket thief to tap out
PHUKET: Police are looking for an accomplice who hastily fled the scene of an attempted break-and-enter at a small resort in Chalong early on Monday morning after his friend was forced to tap out while being overpowered by a foreign MMA fighter staying at the resort.
Phuket’s ‘Smart Bus’ service rolls into action
Phuket’s ‘Smart Bus’ service rolls into action
PHUKET: The Phuket Smart Bus started rolling from Phuket International Airport on Sunday (April 1), marking the end of the service’s extended trial period and becoming the first public bus service in action along the island’s west coast.
Phuket beach smokers to be warned at Surin
Phuket beach smokers to be warned at Surin
PHUKET: Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) Chief MaAnn Samran has assured that signs will posted at Surin Beach to warn tourists and other visitors to not smoke on the beach and to not drop their cigarette butts on the sand.
Phuket's killer roads: GPS trackers ordered by law no defence against speed, recklessness
Phuket's killer roads: GPS trackers ordered by law no defence against speed, recklessness
PHUKET: Two devastating minivan crashes last week involving tourists from Phuket have highlighted the lack of effective safety provisions to protect tourists travelling by road while on holiday in and around Phuket.
Phuket airport pier not yet approved, new ferry routes pending private-sector support
Phuket airport pier not yet approved, new ferry routes pending private-sector support
PHUKET: The project to build a pier near Phuket International Airport as a base point for a ferry service has not yet been approved, Phuket Marine Office Chief Surat Sirisaiyat confirmed to The Phuket News today (Mar 30).
Five metre King Cobra removed from Phuket taxi’s wheel arch
Five metre King Cobra removed from Phuket taxi’s wheel arch
PHUKET: Rescue workers removed a five-metre long King Cobra from the wheel arch of a taxi in Karon this morning (Mar 28).