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Estonian woman injured in Phuket on Day 3 of ‘Seven Days’ road-safety campaign
Estonian woman injured in Phuket on Day 3 of ‘Seven Days’ road-safety campaign
PHUKET: Phuket’s injury tally so far for the “Seven Days of Danger” road-safety campaign for the New Year stands at zero dead but 19 people admitted to hospital for injuries sustained in 18 accidents, according to statistics compiled by the Phuket Provincial office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket).
Still no Phuket deaths during “Seven Days of Danger”
Still no Phuket deaths during “Seven Days of Danger”
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong confirmed this morning (Dec 29) there are still no registered deaths since the “Seven Days of Danger” annual New Year road-safety campaign began at midnight on Thursday night (Dec 28).
Phuket Opinion: Drugs on the streets
Phuket Opinion: Drugs on the streets
PHUKET: The news this week of Phuket having amongst the highest number of prosecutions for drugs in the country should not come as much of a surprise, it has been a long time coming.
Phuket ‘Seven Days’ death ‘too early’ to be counted in New Year road-safety campaign
Phuket ‘Seven Days’ death ‘too early’ to be counted in New Year road-safety campaign
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai this morning reported that Phuket has so far suffered no deaths since the “Seven Days of Danger” annual road-safety campaign for the New Year began at midnight Thursday night (Dec 27).
Phuket suffers first death in New Year ‘Seven Days’ campaign
Phuket suffers first death in New Year ‘Seven Days’ campaign
PHUKET: Phuket has suffered its first death during the annual “Seven Days of Danger” road-safety campaign for the New Year, which began at midnight last night.
Phuket’s Promthep Cape gets palms from Pattaya
Phuket’s Promthep Cape gets palms from Pattaya
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office, headed by Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana, and Rawai Municipality have together arranged for 80 palm tress worth a total B10 million from Pattaya to be planted at the popular tourist viewpoint at Promthep Cape – for free.
Hundreds turn out for ‘Light Up Phuket’ Patong tsunami memorial service
Hundreds turn out for ‘Light Up Phuket’ Patong tsunami memorial service
PHUKET: Hundreds of tourists and local residents joined the annual Light Up Phuket tsunami memorial event at Loma Park in Patong last night (Dec 26) to place candles in the sand to remember the thousands who lost their lives to the 2004 Asia Tsunami.
B1.5bn Phuket cable car project given green light
B1.5bn Phuket cable car project given green light
PHUKET: The Phuket provincial committee of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), chaired by Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana, has approved in principle for a sightseeing cable car operating three kilometres long to be built in Phuket.
Phuket remembers those lost to the tsunami
Phuket remembers those lost to the tsunami
PHUKET: A remembrance ceremony to honour those lost to the tsunami that struck our shores 15 years ago, on Dec 26, 2004, was held at the Wall of Remembrance at the Mai Khao Cemetery this morning.
National police deputy launches Phuket New Year anti-crime, road-safety blitz
National police deputy launches Phuket New Year anti-crime, road-safety blitz
PHUKET: Lt Gen Sakda Cheunpakdee, an Assistant Commissioner of the national Royal Thai Police, has ordered all officers under his command, and called on those assisting police, to do their best to restrict crime and enforce road-safety laws over the New Year holidays.
Chinese tourist sentenced to life for killing wife at Phuket resort
Chinese tourist sentenced to life for killing wife at Phuket resort
PHUKET: A Chinese tourist arrested for drowning his wife in a resort-room pool in Phuket last October was handed down a life sentence by Phuket Provincial Court yesterday (Dec 24), reports Ecns.cn, the official English-language website of China News Service (CNS).
SalamAir launches direct flights between Muscat and Phuket
SalamAir launches direct flights between Muscat and Phuket
PHUKET: SalamAir’s inaugural direct flight from Muscat to Phuket touched down yesterday (Dec 24), marking the beginning of a three-times-a-week service between Phuket and the Oman capital.
Rewards offered for finding missing kayak couple
Rewards offered for finding missing kayak couple
PHUKET: The families of missing Polish tourist Mateusz Juszkiewicz, 26, and Thai national Werakan Siriprakon, 23, from Nakhon Sawan, who were last seen on a rented kayak off Yanui Beach on Dec 7, are offering rewards for information that contributes to or directly leads to finding the missing pair.
Phuket readies for five-day New Year holiday
Phuket readies for five-day New Year holiday
PHUKET: The country is gearing up for a five-day long weekend – from this Saturday through next Wednesday (Dec 28-Jan 1) – with New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day both public holidays in the country, and next Monday being declared a public holiday by Cabinet earlier this year.
British man found dead after freak fall, left wedged between water pump and house
British man found dead after freak fall, left wedged between water pump and house
PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a British man whose body was found stuck in a tight space between a water pump and a house in a small street in Kamala early yesterday morning (Dec 23).
Partial solar eclipse across Thailand on Boxing Day
Partial solar eclipse across Thailand on Boxing Day
PHUKET: People across Phuket will be able to witness a partial solar eclipse covering 76% of the sun this Thursday (Dec 26) as the Earth enjoys its second full solar eclipse of the year.
Patong candle-lit ceremony returns for 15th anniversary tsunami memorial events
Patong candle-lit ceremony returns for 15th anniversary tsunami memorial events
PHUKET: The main annual tsunami memorial event, this year marking 15 years since the disaster, will be held at the traditional location of Loma Park in Patong this Thursday (Dec 26), Patong Municipality confirmed today.
Search for missing kayak couple scaled down to ‘normal work duties’, as families begin their own efforts
Search for missing kayak couple scaled down to ‘normal work duties’, as families begin their own efforts
PHUKET: The official search for missing kayak couple Polish tourist Mateusz Juszkiewicz, 26, and Thai national Werakan Siriprakon, 23, from Nakhon Sawan, has been scaled to down to no extra specific search efforts, while officials maintain that the search has not been called off.
The Naka Island resort completes seven-month extension
The Naka Island resort completes seven-month extension
PHUKET: The Naka Island, an award-winning resort and spa located off Phuket’s east coast operated as part of Marriott International’s The Luxury Collection, has announced the completion of its seven-month expansion.
Phuket Opinion: Loud and Proud
Phuket Opinion: Loud and Proud
PHUKET: Phuket has a new event to be proud of: the Miss Coral Queen 2019 beauty pageant, for transgenders only. The event will be held as part of the annual Red Cross Fair at Saphan Hin over the New Year and will be the first time that the annual festival has held a pageant specifically for kathoey.