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Phuket fishing exclusion-zone maps get overhaul
Phuket fishing exclusion-zone maps get overhaul
PHUKET: Maps showing coastal fishing-exclusion zones are being updated to accurately show areas where it is illegally to fish commercially to prevent trawlers from Phuket’s fishing fleet from plying waters in protected areas.
Phi Phi resorts, tourist businesses face sweeping raids
Phi Phi resorts, tourist businesses face sweeping raids
PHUKET: Krabi officials are investigating a plot of about 40 rai of land where 34 villas and a large swimming pool are being built on Koh Phi Phi Island on suspicion of encroaching on protected forest land.
B3mn budget not yet approved for Phuket monkey neutering, relocation
B3mn budget not yet approved for Phuket monkey neutering, relocation
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Environment Office has today confirmed that the project to see the island’s wild monkeys neutered or relocated will be put on hold until the budget of B3 million has been approved.
Darasamut Underpass to close for maintenance, one lane at a time
Darasamut Underpass to close for maintenance, one lane at a time
PHUKET: The Darasamut Underpass near the Central Festival Phuket shopping mall will be closed to traffic one lane at a time from 9am to 3pm tomorrow (June 7) while workers carry out maintenance on lights and extractor fans in the tunnel.
Greenpeace flagship ‘Rainbow Warrior’ to visit Phuket
Greenpeace flagship ‘Rainbow Warrior’ to visit Phuket
PHUKET: The Greenpeace flagship “Rainbow Warrior” will arrive in Phuket this Saturday (June 9) as part of its world tour to raise awareness of key environmental issues.
Workers pull all-nighters as Phuket Town power cables go underground
Workers pull all-nighters as Phuket Town power cables go underground
PHUKET: Workers began their all-night shifts along Phang Nga Rd in Phuket Town last night (Jane 4) as the project to install power cables underground throughout the Old Town quarter continued.
King Power to support Soccer Aid for Unicef 2018
King Power to support Soccer Aid for Unicef 2018
CHARITY: Soccer Aid for Unicef is the biggest charity football event in the world – where legends of football and world famous names from film, music and TV join forces to raise money for the world’s leading children’s organisation, Unicef.
Laguna Phuket Marathon 2018 traffic announcement
Laguna Phuket Marathon 2018 traffic announcement
PHUKET: The award-winning 2018 Laguna Phuket Marathon is set to take place this weekend (June 9-10) at Laguna Phuket and will welcome a record number of runners in excess of 8,000 from more than 50 countries.
Khao Lak gears up to take tourism to the next level
Khao Lak gears up to take tourism to the next level
PHUKET: The introduction of an airport in Phang Nga would be a game-changer for driving tourism and economic growth in the province north of Phuket as plans for four infrastructure megaprojects are laid out in the provincial development plan.
Phuket Opinion: It's time to protect our children
Phuket Opinion: It's time to protect our children
The recent death of a 12-year-old boy and injury of a 14-year-old boy in separate incidents highlights yet more of the glaring issues contributing to Phuket’s appalling road-safety record. These two most recent instances involved young boys illegally riding motorcycles, as they were both too young to obtain a license, and colliding with large tour buses. These accidents represent a “perfect storm” of negligence resulting in devastating consequences. First, these young boys should never have been riding motorcycles in the first place, so why were they? A fair proportion of responsibility must rest with the boys’ parents, who for whatever reason allowed their children to be in control of a motorbike. Where would young boys get the money to buy a motorbike? Or if it was borrowed, then any adults that lent them the motorcycles must also shoulder a fair part of responsibility for the accident. That they were able to get their hands on a motorbike can be put down to the pervasive attitude that it is fine to ignore road laws because it’s unlikely that you will be caught or face any financial penalty for doing so. Second, a share of the responsibility must be put on police and their lack of willingness to enforce road laws that encourages the widespread attitude that they are just silly rules that you needn’t pay attention to. In any place that takes road laws seriously, these boys would have been stopped within minutes by police who could clearly have seen that they were too young to be riding. Sadly this rarely, if ever, happens in Phuket and you just have to stand out the front of any school at the end of the day to see how common it is too see young children riding motorbikes, often with two or three of their friends along for the ride. Third, some portion of the blame must be put on the government officials who have failed to provide adequate public transport to schools, making it all the more tempting for parents to let their children ride to school. Teachers at government schools should also be directed to monitor students who ride to school without a license and report them to police, their parents or take whatever steps needed to stop it from happening. It is time for parents, police, teachers, officials to uphold their responsibilities to the children they should be protecting from harm. It’s time to change attitudes, treat this issue seriously and take concrete steps to stop underage children from riding motorbikes.
Phuket Governor opens City of Gastronomy food festival
Phuket Governor opens City of Gastronomy food festival
PHUKET: The Governor of Phuket yesterday opened the five-day Phuket City of Gastronomy food festival being held at the 72nd Anniversary Queen Sirikit Park in Phuket Town until June 5.
Ride 4 Kids is back for 2018
Ride 4 Kids is back for 2018
In the first year of Ride 4 Kids in 2017, the riders and supporters managed to raise B1.2 million for the children, preparations and training is now underway for Ride 4 Kids V2.0, 2018, to benefit the needy children of Phuket through three different charities, The Good Shepherd, Phuket Has Been Good To Us and Outrigger’s Share 4 Change Program.
Make marijuana legal, says Phuket Poll
Make marijuana legal, says Phuket Poll
PHUKET: A clear majority of respondents to an online poll have called for the government to make marijuana legal in Thailand.
Call for investors as Phuket’s light rail, Patong tunnel projects hit B53bn
Call for investors as Phuket’s light rail, Patong tunnel projects hit B53bn
PHUKET: Phuket’s long-awaited light-rail-project and the Patong tunnel project are now both in the stages of seeking investors to join as Public-Private Partnership (PPP) figures, Wilairat Sirisoponsilp, the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Transport’s Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP), announced today (June1).
Major electricity disruptions hit Phuket
Major electricity disruptions hit Phuket
PHUKET: Major power supply disruptions affecting areas of Bangkok, the Northeast and the Central Plains were also felt in Phuket as pockets across the island suffered power outages earlier today (June 1).
Fish haul from Phuket whale-shark catchers to go to auction
Fish haul from Phuket whale-shark catchers to go to auction
PHUKET: The Phuket Fisheries Office on Monday (June 4) will auction off the catch seized on board the Phuket fishing boat ‘Sang Samut 3’ while the captain and crew are under investigation for catching a whale shark then dumping it into the sea.
Phuket Airport Domestic Terminal renovations are over
Phuket Airport Domestic Terminal renovations are over
PHUKET: After 18 months, the initially “year-long” renovations of the Domestic Terminal at Phuket International Airport were declared complete yesterday (May 31).
Asia-Pacific airlines post 8.5% traffic rise in April, strongest among world regions
Asia-Pacific airlines post 8.5% traffic rise in April, strongest among world regions
SYDNEY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) this week released its report for global passenger traffic data for April 2018, showing that April international passenger demand rose 4.8% compared to April 2017.
Confusion reigns ahead of Maya Bay closure, June 1
Confusion reigns ahead of Maya Bay closure, June 1
PHUKET: With Thailand’s renowned Maya Bay off Phi Phi Island, east of Phuket, to close to all boats for four months starting tomorrow (June 1), officials are at a loss of how to enforce the new restricted number of tourists visiting the bay.
Phuket Governor orders monkey warning signs for tourists
Phuket Governor orders monkey warning signs for tourists
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong this morning (May 31) ordered the local environment chief to expedite the installation of warning signs at key areas to warn to tourists to interact with troupes of wild monkeys appropriately.