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Lantern festival for Chinese New Year underway
Lantern festival for Chinese New Year underway
PHUKET: The Phuket Lantern Festival is underway with the streets of Phuket Town adorned with lanterns as a way of welcoming the Chinese New Year, this year to be celebrated as a ‘Year of the Dragon’.
Phuket airport expects 49k passengers a day during Chinese New Year
Phuket airport expects 49k passengers a day during Chinese New Year
PHUKET: Phuket International Airport is expected to handle an average of 49,000 passengers per day during the Chinese New Year holidays, from Feb 4-16, airport director Monchai Tanode has announced.
Phuket prepared for tourists on extended Muay Thai visas
Phuket prepared for tourists on extended Muay Thai visas
MUAY THAI: The head of the Phuket Sports Association has declared that the province is equipped and ready to respond to Prime Minister Srettha Thavasin’s call to issue 90-day visas for people wishing to come to Thailand to study Muay Thai.
Samkong flooding-relief project to bring road closures
Samkong flooding-relief project to bring road closures
PHUKET: The new phase of the anti-flooding project, aimed at resolving the long-standing issue of flooding in the Soi Phaniang community in Samkong, will bring traffic disruptions on Soi Yaowarat 2 from Feb 5 through May 31, Phuket City Municipality has announced.
Rescued green turtles released into wild in Phuket
Rescued green turtles released into wild in Phuket
PHUKET: Wildlife officials at the Sireetarn Marine Endangered Animals Rescue Centre in Phuket have released four green sea turtles into the wild, celebrating the conclusion of a rehabilitation program for the animals found stranded on the local coast.
Thailand can abolish 2pm-5pm alcohol sale ban by Songkran
Thailand can abolish 2pm-5pm alcohol sale ban by Songkran
BANGKOK: The government is considering scrapping the afternoon ban on alcohol sales to bolster its tourism promotion policy. The decision may be made on Feb 15 and implemented by mid-April through an announcement by the Ministry of Phublic Health, according to a Bangkok Post’s source.
Phuket officials target 30% emissions reduction within one year
Phuket officials target 30% emissions reduction within one year
PHUKET: Phuket officials have set their sights on achieving carbon neutrality by 2030, with the ambitious goal of reducing carbon emissions by 30% within just one year.
Colossal ’Chinese Squid’ caught in Phang Nga Bay
Colossal ’Chinese Squid’ caught in Phang Nga Bay
PHUKET: Thai fishermen plying their trade in Phang Nga Bay have hauled in some rarely seen giant squid sparking curiosity from netizens about the origin of the creatures and their gastronomic qualities.
More Omura’s whale sightings reported in Phuket waters
More Omura’s whale sightings reported in Phuket waters
PHUKET: Three Omura’s whales have been spotted in the waters around Phuket, but none of them is the exceptionally rare and mysterious albino, nicknamed Thalang, reported ’Monsoon Garbage Thailand’ Facebook page yesterday (Feb 2).
Hour-long blaze marks start of Phuket’s fire season
Hour-long blaze marks start of Phuket’s fire season
PHUKET: Firefighters battled for over an hour to extinguish a blaze at a workers’ residence in the Baan Don area on Thursday (Feb 1), according to the Thalang Police Station. This fire marks the third such incident reported by officials from Jan 30 through Feb 1, signaling the onset of Phuket’s fire season.
British teacher arrested for indecent acts on Phuket international student
British teacher arrested for indecent acts on Phuket international student
PHUKET: Thai Immigration officials have arrested a 38-year-old British man in Chiang Mai who was wanted for indecent acts with students in Phuket, where he worked at an international school.
Urgent call for Type O blood as blood bank runs out of stock
Urgent call for Type O blood as blood bank runs out of stock
PHUKET: The Blood Bank at Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town is calling for donations of Type O blood, after issuing a notice late yesterday (Feb 1) marked “Most Urgent”, saying that the blood bank is out of stock of the common blood type.
‘Monkey Hill’ measures begin
‘Monkey Hill’ measures begin
PHUKET: In response to the escalating issues of macaque-related incidents at Khao Toh Sae in Phuket Town, officials yesterday (Feb 1) began their measures to clear the area of illegal vendors selling food for tourists to give macaques on the hill, and preventing tourists themselves from feeding the monkeys.
Police ready for Chinese New Year
Police ready for Chinese New Year
PHUKET: At the behest of the Phuket Governor, Phuket’s top-ranking police met yesterday (Feb 1) to discuss tourist security and safety measures ahead the Chinese New Year festival, this year from Feb 10-15.
Patong to honour LGBTQ+ marriage on Valentine’s Day
Patong to honour LGBTQ+ marriage on Valentine’s Day
PHUKET: Patong Municipality is leading the way with the official events for Valentine’s Day this year, honouring 14 LGBTQ+ couples registering their marriage on the ‘Day of Love’.
Phuket Governor highlights safety at meeting with island consuls
Phuket Governor highlights safety at meeting with island consuls
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Sophon Suwannarat highlighted tourists’ safety as a key issue at a meeting with the island’s honorary consuls and diplomatic corps yesterday (Jan 31).
Bi-2 band members deported to Israel
Bi-2 band members deported to Israel
PHUKET: The seven band members of exiled Russian-Belarusian rock band Bi-2 who were arrested in Phuket for working illegally have been deported to Israel.
Tourists fined for hanging out of car windows
Tourists fined for hanging out of car windows
PHUKET: Karon Police have confirmed that tourists caught on video hanging out of the windows of a car while travelling along the road have been fined for their unsafe behaviour.
NACC asked to probe Bang Khanun corruption
NACC asked to probe Bang Khanun corruption
PHUKET: Chamroon Kerddam, Chairman of the Gulf of Thailand Coastal Area Conservation Network - Andaman (branch), and concerned members have filed a complaint urging the Director of Phuket off of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate and prosecute civil servants accused of facilitating encroachment in the Bang Khanun protected forest reserve.
Human Rights Watch urges Thailand not to deport Bi-2 band members to Russia
Human Rights Watch urges Thailand not to deport Bi-2 band members to Russia
PHUKET: International human rights agency Human Rights Watch, whose global headquarters are based in New York, has called on Thai authorities to not deport Russian band members of exiled Russian-Belarusian rock band Bi-2 arrested in Phuket back to Russia.