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Phuket water supply update
A photo of the Bang Wad Reservoir taken at noon today.
PHUKET TOWN: Addressing concerns that Phuket may not have enough water to get through the current dry season...Read more?
PhuketCafe Readers' Poll: 2am best closing time for Patong
Staff at a bar on Soi Seadragon. File photo.
PHUKET TOWN: Opinion on the best closing time for bars and other nightlife entertainment establishments in Patong varies widely, but overall...Read more?
Chinese Phuketians Buys Offerings for Chinese New Year
This morning (Feb 12th), Phuket Municipality Fresh Market was crowded a lot of Chinese Thais in Phuket came to to buy offerings to worship their...Read more?
Phuket Free from Plastic Bag at Central Phuket
Central Festival Phuket Department Store and Office of Energy Phuket invite Phuket residents and tourists to...Read more?
Phuket Holds the 5th OTOP Fair
February 6th, 2010, Wichai Praisa- ngob, opened the 5th OTOP Fair at the area of central stage, Sapan Hin Park. There many government officers and local...Read more?
Phuket to Raise the Fund for Haiti Feb11th
February 8th 2010, Wichai Praisa-ngob, the Governor of Phuket, presided over the meeting between the...Read more?
Phuket Destroys Violated Copyright Products
February 8th, 2010, Alongkorn Pollabutr, the Commerce Vice Minister, presided over the violated copyright products destruction help by Phuket government officers at the...Read more?
International Doctoral School in Functional Materials Scholarships for PhD
International Doctoral School in Functional Materials offers scholarships for PhD projects in Functional Materials Science which are carried out in co-supervision between universities from...Read more?
February blood drive in Phuket
Staff pose for a photo during a blood drive at Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket Town. File photo.
PHUKET TOWN: The Phuket Chapter of the Thai Red Cross Society in conjunction with the Phuket Regional Office of the National Blood Center has...Read more?
Phuket braces for ‘ice’ storm
Phuket City Police Superintendent Wanchai Ekpornpit (back row, second left) and Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pekad Tantipong (back row, center) with suspects at a press conference at Phuket City Police Station yesterday morning.
PHUKET: Ya ice is replacing ya bah as the...Read more?
Tourist safety: Phuket Gov meets honorary consuls
Canadian tourist Ivan Anwar said he would never return to Phuket after he was involved in a fight with a tuk-tuk driver in Patong in early January. File photo.
PHUKET TOWN: The Phuket Governor met with honorary consuls from 16 countries yesterday afternoon to...Read more?
Danish Prince Henrik coming to Phuket
Prince Henrik, consort of HM Queen Margrethe II, is father to HRH Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark.
PHUKET TOWN: Phuket is preparing for the arrival of Prince Henrik of Denmark in...Read more?
Donations sought for Phuket road project completion
The area behind Surakul Stadium where the municipality would like to build a modest new home for the Rungklin family.
PHUKET TOWN: Wichit Municipality is seeking donations to help build a new house for a family of squatters who are holding up completion of a new road running behind Darasamuth...Read more?
PHUKET OPINION: Stop 'zero fare tours' before they start in Phuket
Endless commission-driven shopping sprees under 'zero fare tours' anger Chinese tourists.
PHUKET: Plans by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and three tourism business associations to stop ‘zero tour fare’ operators from...Read more?
Phuket bar destroyed in arson attack
Initial estimates put the damage at 8 million baht.
RAWAI, PHUKET: Police are investigating an arson attack that completely destroyed the popular Roxanne Bar on Wichit Rd in Rawai early yesterday morning.
Chalong Police were...Read more?
Phuket villagers burn red flags
The UDD members got a very unfriendly welcome from local residents living near the Navy Base at Cape Panwa this morning
WICHIT, PHUKET: Villagers burned flags belonging to a band of red shirts who attempted to rally in front of the Thai naval base in Cape Panwa this morning, warning them: ‘You are not...Read more?
Rawai to set trash collection times
The influx of tourists visiting popular sites like Laem Phromthep generates up to 20 tonnes of solid waste in Rawai daily. File photo.
RAWAI, PHUKET: A recycling campaign launched by Rawai Municipality will include the removal of public garbage bins from streets and the introduction of fixed collection...Read more?
Phuket Old Town Festival
PHUKET TOWN: The annual festival showcasing Phuket Town’s distinctive blend of Chinese and Thai culture is set to return this...Read more?
Phuket Immigration chief transferred
Col Chanatpol said he wanted to wish a warm farewell to all PhuketCafe readers before leaving on February 13. File photo.
PHUKET TOWN: Phuket Immigration Superintendent Col Chanatpol Yongbunjerd is taking a transfer order to Immigration Headquarters in Bangkok in his stride, saying the new post will...Read more?
'Splash Jungle' opens in Phuket
A view of the park from atop the Slide Tower.
MAI KHAO, PHUKET: ‘Splash Jungle,’ Phuket’s first state-of-the-art water park, opened today on the grounds of the West Sands project in...Read more?
USS Nimitz arrives in Phuket
The nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Nimitz, as viewed from the stern.
PHUKET TOWN: Thousands of US servicemen stationed aboard the USS Nimitz and its support vessels arrived in Phuket yesterday morning for five days of...Read more?
Col Grissak to leave Phuket in police reshuffle
Departing Kathu Police Superintendent Grissak Songmoonnark. File photo.
PATONG, PHUKET: In the latest police reshuffle, Kathu Police Superintendent Grissak Songmoonnark has been transferred to...Read more?
From Phuket to California by kayak
The 20-foot 'Say-Lee' sea kayak that the daring duo will use for their trans-Pacific odyssey.
PHUKET: Two Phuket kayakers are getting ready for a spot of exercise: the world’s longest paddling expedition, a 14,000-mile voyage from...Read more?
Disabled to help Phuket City Police with CCTV monitoring
Phuket City Superintendent Wanchai Ekpornpit at the CCTV Control Center, located on the fourth floor of Phuket City Police Station
PHUKET: Phuket City Police are moving forward with a plan to have disabled people monitor closed-circuit television (CCTV) security cameras, but the project will be limited to those who can get up the stairs to the fourth-storey CCTV control room on their...Read more?
Panther on the loose in Chumphon
CHUMPHON: A huge black panther has been attacking livestock in a village next to a national park in Muang District.
Local resident Sanguan Damsanit told reporters on January 6 that he...Read more?
OPINION: CCTV expansion in Phuket: Is it warranted?
PHUKET: On the face of it, the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization’s (PPAO’s) funding of 53 more closed-circuit television (CCTV)...Read more?
Phuket to catch first glimpse of eclipse in Thailand
PHUKET: A partial solar eclipse on Friday will be visible in Phuket before...Read more?
Police to tackle Patong traffic woes
PATONG, PHUKET: In a bid to solve the worsening traffic problems in Patong, police are considering establishing a vacant lot behind...Read more?
Bars demolished in Kata, Phuket
The scene at the Kata Night Bazaar yesterday before the five bars were demolished.
KARON, PHUKET: Patrons of five small bars in Kata will have to find new watering holes, after police and other security forces yesterday forced the owners to vacate their premises and...Read more?
Phuket mini-marathon on February 7
The center of activities will be the Wichit Municipality offices on Chao Fah East Rd. File photo.
WICHIT, PHUKET: Wichit Municipality will host its fourth annual ‘mini-marathon’ on February 7, with races...Read more?
Hanged man once a wealthy Phuket expat
The beach-side shack where a once wealthy yachtie sometimes lived in the months before his death.
PHUKET: The body of a man found hanged in a wooded area of Rawai last Wednesday has been identified as a Mr ‘Laurence Klaus’, from Hamburg...Read more?
Crackdown on roadside food vendors in Wichit
People operating food carts along Chao Fah East Rd will now face fines of up to 2,000 baht, the Wichit mayor says.
WICHIT, PHUKET: Wichit Municipality has made an ambitious New Year’s resolution: to rid public roads of food vending carts and trolleys.
Wichit Mayor Kreetha Saetan said the municipality and local public health workers have...Read more?
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