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Owners of burnt-out Phuket speedboats say they've been ignored
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/02/2026
» PHUKET – A group of speedboat operators are deeply concerned that a month after a fire at Chalong pier destroyed their livelihood there is still no progress in the investigation and no sign of the assistance and compensation they were promised.
Phuket not affected by earthquake: governor
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/03/2025
» Phuket has not been effected by Friday's powerful earthquake that rattled Myanmar and Thailand, says the island's provincial governor.
Beach steps bust-up leads to charges
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 29/02/2024
» PHUKET: Police have determined that the steps to a luxurious seaside villa in Thalang district were actually built on public land, after the property’s owners were reported for assaulting a woman they claimed was “trespassing”.
Korean woman, 2 cats die in apparent Phuket charcoal suicide
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/07/2023
» PHUKET: A South Korean woman was found dead along with two cats in a house in Muang district on Sunday. A cooking pot filled with charcoal connected to an electric plug was believed to be the cause of the deaths.
Phuket looks to move forward
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/06/2023
» The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) will present proposals to the new government for the island's tourism recovery, which aim to restore the 400 billion baht in income that the island enjoyed in 2019.
Nightspots lobby for 4am licence
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/09/2022
» PHUKET: The Sports and Tourism Ministry will soon propose that the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) ease opening restrictions on night entertainment venues to increase earnings and attract tourists.
Sandbox at risk of collapse after surge
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/08/2021
» PHUKET: Local tourism organisations have called for strict Covid-19 curbs to be relaxed to help with a quick recovery despite authorities struggling under the weight of a new surge of up to 200 infections a day.
Saddened Swiss consul calls for arrest of woman's killer
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/08/2021
» PHUKET: The honorary consul of Switzerland in Phuket has expressed great sorrow and strong condemnation of the murder of a Swiss woman tourist in this sandboxed southern province.
Gold medallist returns home
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/07/2021
» PHUKET: Olympic gold medalist Panipak Wongpattanakit, the first Thai to win gold at the Tokyo Games, returned home yesterday to a warm welcome plus the promise of almost 20 million baht for her victory.
Campaign to pull in envoys
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 23/11/2020
» The Phuket Tourism Association (PTA) has launched tourism promotion packages aimed at drawing 14,000 foreign diplomats and staff of international organisations in Thailand to visit the island in a bid to revive its ailing local economy.