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Phuket Town starts lining up water supply options
Phuket Town starts lining up water supply options
PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality is ramping up efforts to address potential water shortages during the dry season by collaborating with the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO) and private sector entities.
Rewat outlines plan for ‘safe and modern Phuket’
Rewat outlines plan for ‘safe and modern Phuket’
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO) President Rewat Areerob has announced a comprehensive nine-point policy to drive the province’s development under the theme ‘Phuket is Safe and Modern with a Creative Economy’,
Phuket Highways Office seeks advice on Darasamut Underpass
Phuket Highways Office seeks advice on Darasamut Underpass
PHUKET: The Director of Phuket Highways Office, Somkit Kittisopit, led a delegation of highway officials to meet with Wichit Police Chief Pol Col Somsak Thongkliang, this week to discuss traffic-related concerns and enhance collaboration ‒ with special focus on the Darasamut Underpass.
NACC Phuket refuses to investigate Ratsada Mayor over alleged Illegal construction
NACC Phuket refuses to investigate Ratsada Mayor over alleged Illegal construction
PHUKET: The Phuket office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has refused to investigate allegations of dereliction of duty against Ratsada Mayor Nakarin Yosaengrat over the construction of houses on a public road.
Phuket Delicious Food Festival returns for 27th year
Phuket Delicious Food Festival returns for 27th year
PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality, in collaboration with the Phuket City Municipality Food Business Operators Association, is set to host the 27th Phuket Delicious Food Festival, which begins today (Mar 15) at the central stage area at Saphan Hin.
Phuket Town pilots drinkable tap water
Phuket Town pilots drinkable tap water
PHUKET: Phuket Town Mayor Saroj Angkanapilas led a public event at Phuket City Municipality’s Waterworks Division on Damrong Rd yesterday (Mar 13) to announce the progress made in bringing potable tap water to residents of Phuket Town.
Locals appeal to retain Freedom Beach land
Locals appeal to retain Freedom Beach land
PHUKET: Lawyers representing the heirs of a landowner have petitioned the Phuket branch of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) to suspend the designation of a large area at Freedom Beach as a recreational forest, claiming unresolved land rights issues.  
Brit arrested for Patong knife-threat incident
Brit arrested for Patong knife-threat incident
PHUKET: Patong Police have tracked down and arrested a British man for threatening a motorcyclist with a knife following a collision with a motorbike in front of Patong Hospital.
Phuket Heroines Festival gets underway
Phuket Heroines Festival gets underway
PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Pirapan Salirathavibhaga was in Phuket to officially declare this year’s annual Heroines Festival underway at Thalang Victory Field last night (Mar 13).
Phuket honours Heroines in grand ceremony
Phuket honours Heroines in grand ceremony
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Sophon Suwannarat presided over a ceremony at Wat Muang Komanraphat in Thepkrasattri yesterday (Mar 12) to honour Phuket’s famed Heroines, Thao Thep Krasattri and Thao Sri Sunthon.
Phuket to install ‘Underwater Art Museum’ at Siam Bay
Phuket to install ‘Underwater Art Museum’ at Siam Bay
PHUKET: A Rotary International initiative under a project called ‘The Magic of Save the Underwater World’ will see an ‘Underwater Art Museum’ called ‘Raya’ installed at Siam Bay at Koh Racha Yai, south of Phuket.
Officials crack down on illegal construction at Bang Tao Beach
Officials crack down on illegal construction at Bang Tao Beach
PHUKET: Officials from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) branch in Phuket conducted an inspection of construction activities on public land at Bang Tao Beach in Cherng Talay yesterday (Mar 11).
Thai Navy’s ‘Andaman command’ turns 33
Thai Navy’s ‘Andaman command’ turns 33
PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy’s Third Naval Area Command, now based on Phuket’s east coast, commemorated its 33rd anniversary with a special ceremony yesterday (Mar 11).
Raid at Phuket construction site finds one illegal worker
Raid at Phuket construction site finds one illegal worker
PHUKET: A raid at a construction site on Sakdidet Rd, in Moo 8, Wichit, to check for illegal workers found just one worker working without a work permit, officials have announced.
Swiss tourist cocaine supplier arrested
Swiss tourist cocaine supplier arrested
PHUKET: Police have confirmed they have arrested the man who sold cocaine to the Swiss national who was arrested for using cocaine by the side of the road in Kamala.
Charity run to help fund student scholarships
Charity run to help fund student scholarships
FITNESS: An upcoming charity event incorporating a walk and run is aiming to raise funds to provide scholarships for students from a local school to further their education.
Officials target 14,000 school dropouts in Phuket
Officials target 14,000 school dropouts in Phuket
PHUKET: Phuket officials are ramping up efforts to reintegrate children and youth who have dropped out of the education system, with a goal of achieving ‘Thailand Zero Dropout’ in the province.
Phuket tops list as Thailand’s highest-earning tourism province
Phuket tops list as Thailand’s highest-earning tourism province
PHUKET: The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has revealed the top 10 provinces in Thailand that generated the highest revenue from tourism in 2024. Phuket leads the list, bringing in B497.5 billion.
Laguna Phuket donates B9.87mn for cancer centre, bypass roads
Laguna Phuket donates B9.87mn for cancer centre, bypass roads
PHUKET: Laguna Phuket has donated B9.87 million to support the construction of the Vachira Phuket Hospital radiotherapy cancer treatment centre and the expansion of traffic lanes behind Wat Tha Ruea.
Patong prepares for popular Sports and Music Festival
Patong prepares for popular Sports and Music Festival
ALL SPORTS: The popular Air Sea Land Phuket Sports and Music Festival is set to take place this weekend at Patong Beach, with tens of thousand of people expected to participate.