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TANYALUK 'MANGO' SAKOOT
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Multi-tier prices at state hospitals now in effect in Phuket
Multi-tier prices at state hospitals now in effect in Phuket
PHUKET: The multi-tier prices for government hospitals to charge foreigners higher fees are now in effect in Phuket, the Chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) has confirmed.
Lifesaving training, community support needed to tackle drownings in Phuket: ILS Chair
Lifesaving training, community support needed to tackle drownings in Phuket: ILS Chair
PHUKET: The Chair of the International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) Drowning Prevention Commission, Justin Scarr, has stressed the importance of lifesaving training, community involvement and making public information available in key local areas as crucial in preventing more drownings at Phuket’s beaches.
Patong beachfront road re-opening slightly delayed
Patong beachfront road re-opening slightly delayed
PHUKET: The 400-metre section of the Patong beachfront road that was closed so that power and telecommunications could be installed underground will likely remain closed until next Wednesday (Oct 9), The Phuket News has been told.
Chalong Police call for help as snake commandeers car
Chalong Police call for help as snake commandeers car
PHUKET: A Chalong Traffic Police officer had a rough start to the day when he watched a two-metre-long python slithered under his car before dawn this morning (Oct 3).
Monitor lizard caught hiding in Patong
Monitor lizard caught hiding in Patong
PHUKET: Emergency officers are urging people to not approach any monitor lizards they may happen across after one of the lizards was caught hiding in a blue plastic water pipe at a building supplies shop in Patong.
Keep an eye on the wind, lest haze returns, cautions Phuket health chief
Keep an eye on the wind, lest haze returns, cautions Phuket health chief
PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office, Chief Thanit Sermkaew, has cautioned that although the haze from Indonesian plantation burn-offs that blanketed the island earlier this week has since cleared, the harmful air may return if the fickle wind swings again.
Rescue workers save dog from drowning in Phuket well
Rescue workers save dog from drowning in Phuket well
PHUKET: Kusoldham rescue workers saved a dog from drowning in a six-metre-deep well in Cherng Talay on Wednesday (Sept 25).
Phuket haze eases, warning remains in effect
Phuket haze eases, warning remains in effect
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) Chief Thanit Sermkaew this morning (Sept 24) re-issued a health advisory urging people with breathing difficulties, children and the elderly to stay indoors as the haze from Indonesian forest fires continue to affect Phuket.
DMCR launches handbook for marine, dive tour operators
DMCR launches handbook for marine, dive tour operators
PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has made public its fully overhauled handbook for marine tour operators, including the relevant laws and penalties, in the hope of making the industry safer and environmentally sustainable.
Phuket water-supply pipeline from Phang Nga approved by Cabinet
Phuket water-supply pipeline from Phang Nga approved by Cabinet
PHUKET: The B3.5 billion proposal to have a water-supply pipeline from Phang Nga dedicated to serving Phuket has been approved by Cabinet.
Lifeguards return to Phuket’s Surin Beach – to stay, says MaAnn
Lifeguards return to Phuket’s Surin Beach – to stay, says MaAnn
PHUKET: Trained, experienced lifeguards have returned Surin Beach to patrol the sands to protect tourists from drowning.
Phuket Immigration clarifies TM28, 24-hour reporting ‘exceptions’
Phuket Immigration clarifies TM28, 24-hour reporting ‘exceptions’
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration Chief Col Kathathorn Kumthieng clarified to The Phuket News today (Sept 16) a notice posted by the Immigration Bureau announcing that certain visitors to Thailand no longer need to report their change of address.
Patong lifeguards to be hired year round, full time
Patong lifeguards to be hired year round, full time
PHUKET: Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup has confirmed to The Phuket News that lifeguards at Patong Beach will be hired year round, full time from Oct 1.
Digital Drive: Phuket police drop licence seizures in first move toward tech-based policing
Digital Drive: Phuket police drop licence seizures in first move toward tech-based policing
PHUKET: Come next Friday (Sept 20) police across Phuket will cease the decades-old practice of seizing driver’s licences of motorists caught breaking traffic laws in a policy shift ahead of rolling out major amendments made to the Land Traffic Act, which had been in effect unchanged since 1979.
Lifeguard nabs snake swimming onto Phuket beach
Lifeguard nabs snake swimming onto Phuket beach
PHUKET: Lifeguards at Nai Harn Beach are urging people to beware any snakes seen in the water or on the beach after one was caught on the sand there on Monday (Sept 2).
Search launched for Chinese tourist swept away by large wave south of Patong
Search launched for Chinese tourist swept away by large wave south of Patong
PHUKET: The search for a Chinese tourist who was swept from a rock by a large wave at Freedom Beach*, south of Patong, yesterday evening resumed today after the search was suspended due to foul weather last night (Sept 1).
Patong Beach re-opens with ‘safe zones’, dangerous surf warning remains
Patong Beach re-opens with ‘safe zones’, dangerous surf warning remains
PHUKET: Safe zones marked with yellow-red flags returned to Patong Beach this morning to indicate where it is safe to enter the water, Patong Surf Life Saving Chief Somprasong Sangchart confirmed to The Phuket News today (Aug 31).
Right on time: Phuket Immigration explain TM30 and TM28 requirements for reporting foreigners
Right on time: Phuket Immigration explain TM30 and TM28 requirements for reporting foreigners
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration this week made it very clear that foreigners applying for any extension of stay will not be held liable for filing the TM30 form, made infamous in recent weeks by waves of confusion elsewhere in the country.
Patong beachfront road open to traffic until Monday
Patong beachfront road open to traffic until Monday
PHUKET: The 400-metre section of the Patong beachfront road that closed to all but essential traffic last Sunday so that workers can install power and communications cables underground has been re-opened temporarily, and will remain open to general traffic until next Tuesday (Sept 3).
Patong lifeguards rescue 17 tourists in one day
Patong lifeguards rescue 17 tourists in one day
PHUKET: Patong lifeguards have repeated their warning for people to swim only in the safe zones marked by yellow-red flags after rescuing 17 tourists from strong waves and dangerous rip currents at the popular beach yesterday (Aug 27).