Serbia not Phuket to host Specialised Expo 2027
By Thai Newsroom Reporters and Matichon newspaper AFTER FOUR rounds of voting member states of Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) today (June 21) selected Serbia as host of Specialised Expo 2027, taking place from May 15 to August 15, 2027, with Phuket being among four other candidates that lost out. Aside from Serbia, where […]
Read MoreMove Forward declares war on drugs, graft in Phuket
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER/PRIME minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat today (June 9) declared an all-out war against narcotics trading and corruption in Phuket. During today’s visit to Phuket and celebrations for the Move Forward victory over all three constituencies of the island province in the May 14 election, Pita confirmed that Move Forward […]
Read MorePita tells cheering crowd Phuket to be “The Pearl of the World”
MOVE Forward leader and prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat told a big crowd of around a thousand people attending a thank you rally at a football field in front of Phuket’s Kathu district office that he wants the island to soar higher and become “The Pearl of the World,” Matichon newspaper said this afternoon […]
Read MoreDiarrhoea outbreak spreads across Phuket
PHUKET Governor Narong Woonciew issued a health alert today (June 8) that a diarrhoea outbreak has spread across the island with the suspected cause being contaminated drinking water and ice, TV Channel 7 said this evening. Accompanied by Dr. Kusak Kukiatkul, the provincial public health doctor, and other officials Narong said Phuket has a […]
Read MorePita heading for Phuket to thank local people after big victory
MOVE FORWARD leader and prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat will be visiting Phuket tomorrow (June 9) to thank the local residents after his party swept all three seats for the island in the May 14 general election, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (June 8). Accompanied by Move Forward MP-designates Mr. Somchat Techaworncharoen for Phuket’s […]
Read MoreMilitary setting up base at Phuket rerserved forest: Move Forward
MOVE FORWARD Party said today (June 3) that the military had seized 3,700 rai at Bang Khanun National Reserved Forest in Phuket and intends to evict the people farming and residing there this month while requesting temporary halt of their action until a new government is set up, Sanook.com said. The party’s MP-designate Thitikan […]
Read MorePhuket’s Kathu district chief transferred after raid on 2 pubs
STEMMING from a raid on two unlicensed pubs in Phuket’s Kathu district by the Department of Provincial Administration amid complaints that they are noisy and stay open past the 2 a.m. closing time the Interior Ministry today (June 2) transferred this district chief together with three others in the southern region, Matichon newspaper said. […]
Read MoreExtradited Canadian man charged over gangster’s murder in Phuket
By AFP – published by The Peninsular Qatar and MNG Online POLICE said today (May 29) they have charged a Canadian man they described as a mercenary with the murder of a Canadian-Indian gangster in the resort island of Phuket. Officers launched an investigation after Jimi “Slice” Sandhu — whose nickname came from a […]
Read MoreRussian tourist drowns at Patong beach
A RUSSIAN tourist drowned in front of his wife while swimming in the sea off Patong beach this morning (May 27) with the lifeguard who quickly rescued him and administered first aid failing to revive him, Matichon newspaper said. Pol.Lt.Col. Chayakorn Tangsakul, an inspector at Patong police station, received a report of the tourist […]
Read MoreAussie TikTok influencer tests Phuket fruit vendor’s generosity
AUSTRALIAN social media star Luke Erwin shared a short video on TikTok where he tested the generosity of a Phuket vendor by asking for free fruit as he was hungry but did not have any money to pay and was immediately given one, Sanook.com said this afternoon (May 18). The generous fruit vendor who […]
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