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Phuket school students receive financial support
Phuket school students receive financial support
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO) has distributed financial grant assistance to the overall tune of B200,000 to 73 school students in Phuket, officials announced on Friday (Sept 20).
People urged to reclaim licence plates lost in Chalong floodwaters
People urged to reclaim licence plates lost in Chalong floodwaters
PHUKET: Chalong Police are urging motorists who lost licence plates while driving through floodwaters this week to contact them in case their licence plates have been found and handed in.
Phuket Prison launches ‘drug dealer correction’ program
Phuket Prison launches ‘drug dealer correction’ program
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Prison has relaunched its drug dealer correction program ‘Prison Scout Volunteers for Social Development’, aimed at rehabilitating inmates and fostering positive mental development.
Phuket health office issues dengue advisory
Phuket health office issues dengue advisory
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has issued a dengue infection advisory, following more than a week of heavy rains causing small flash floods and landslips across the island.
Phuket gets Royal Volunteer disaster-response support
Phuket gets Royal Volunteer disaster-response support
PHUKET: The Royal Volunteer Command Center Region 4 conducted a teleconference with its counterparts from 14 southern provinces today (Sept 19) to review the 2015 National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Plan.
Patong under alert as storm weather hits town
Patong under alert as storm weather hits town
PHUKET: Patong Mayor Chalermsak Maneesri has urged all residents and people driving through the town to exercise caution after several landslips around the town, rain-sodden roads tearing open with potholes and a large tree falling onto power lines on the road between Patong and Kamala.
Landslip concerns rise in Patong
Landslip concerns rise in Patong
PHUKET: Patong officials are working to prevent landslips in the hills behind the tourism town that endanger homes if the ongoing rain causes a landslide in the area.
Navy ‘rescues’ 143 tourists stranded at Racha Yai
Navy ‘rescues’ 143 tourists stranded at Racha Yai
PHUKET: Sailors from the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command have safely brought back to Phuket 143 tourists who were left stranded on Racha Yai Island by the severe weather conditions.
Phuket under standing disaster alert
Phuket under standing disaster alert
PHUKET: Phuket officials have issued a slew of warnings for potential flash floods and landslides in the coming days.
Phuket punts tempered support for casino
Phuket punts tempered support for casino
PHUKET: Leading Phuket tourism figures have voiced their support for the island playing host to a casino, but have also voiced concerns over how it will affect the island and the island’s tourism image.
Thammarat re-elected as Phuket sports chief
Thammarat re-elected as Phuket sports chief
ALL SPORTS: Thammarat Wongcharoenyos has been re-elected to serve as the president of the Sports Association of Phuket.
Kata-Karon struggles with flash floods as downpours continue
Kata-Karon struggles with flash floods as downpours continue
PHUKET: Officials at Karon Municipality are struggling to counter flash floods that have hit the area as heavy downpours continue to soak the island.
Phuket airport again ignores anniversary of One-Two-Go crash
Phuket airport again ignores anniversary of One-Two-Go crash
PHUKET: Airports of Thailand, which operates Phuket International Airport (AoT Phuket), has again held no official memorial services in Phuket to remember the 90 people who died in the crash of One-Two-Go flight OG269.
Phuket Town avoids flooding, road verge in Rawai collapses
Phuket Town avoids flooding, road verge in Rawai collapses
PHUKET: Residents in the southern parts of the island woke this morning to the heavy rain easing, after a night of continual heavy downpours,
Phuket officials back on flood alert
Phuket officials back on flood alert
PHUKET: Phuket officials have been put back on 24-hour alert as the island was again inundated with heavy downpours today (Sept 16).
More heavy weather forecast for Phuket
More heavy weather forecast for Phuket
PHUKET: The driving rain that lashed southern parts of Phuket this morning (Sept 16) is only an indicator of more to come, says a weather advisory issued by Wirote Lewcharoenthrap, Director of the Southern Meteorological Center (West Coast).
Parliamentary committee talks Phuket’s tourism future
Parliamentary committee talks Phuket’s tourism future
PHUKET: The House of Representatives Tourism Committee held a seminar in Phuket yesterday (Sept 15) to explore new directions for the island’s tourism sector and open discussions on the ‘creative economy’.
Go Wholesale Phuket Town dispute talks stall
Go Wholesale Phuket Town dispute talks stall
PHUKET: A meeting held yesterday (Sept 13) to address concerns raised by vendors from Phuket City Municipality Fresh Market 2, on Ong Sim Pai Rd in Phuket Town, over the opening hours of the new Go Wholesale ‘Agricultural Market’ branch to open this month just down the road
Officials monitor flood-prevention projects in Old Town, Thalang
Officials monitor flood-prevention projects in Old Town, Thalang
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Governance Committee held a meeting yesterday (Sept 13) to oversee six key flood prevention projects aimed at addressing flooding issues in Phuket's Old Town area in the heart of Phuket Town, and in Thalang District.
Patong lifeguards still hard at work
Patong lifeguards still hard at work
PHUKET: Lifeguards at Patong Beach rescued 24 people from rip currents through August, including one unconscious person and another exhausted individual. Both were sent to Patong Hospital for treatment.