PHUKET: Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada today (Feb 15) announced that 45 rai in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, has been allocated for sea gypsies in Rawai to move to if a court judgement rules against them, forcing them to vacate land claimed by private developers.
PHUKET: An order issued by Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada over the weekend calling on all authorities across the island to ramp up security efforts following a vague warning of “non-peaceful people coming to Phuket to create a situation” is “no cause for alarm”, the Phuket police chief told The Phuket News today (Feb 15).
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PHUKET XTRA - February 15 A shooting at Rhajabhat University, the helmet campaign gets real, Phuket Real Estate Show on the way, Russian gets a knife thrown at him in Patong and a security upgrade for Phuket.
AUSTRALIA: Australian police have seized more than Aus$1 billion (B25.49 billion) in crystal methamphetamine, or “ya ice”, some concealed in gel bra inserts in one of the country’s biggest drug busts, authorities said on Monday (Feb 15).
PHUKET: The new terminal at Phuket International Airport welcomed its first passengers at a trial opening of the facility yesterday (Feb 14).
TENNIS: British International School, Phuket (BISP) welcomed world-renowned tennis coach Adrian Rattenbury, who led the RPT Coaches Course at the BISP Tennis Centre, as well as spending time with junior players from the BISP RPT Tennis Academy from 8-11 February.
PHUKET: Chalong-based Sea Bees Diving, one of the oldest dive operations in Phuket, has been awarded its 10th prestigious Golden Dolphin at the Tauchen Awards in Germany as the “Best Diving Company – Indo-Pacific Region”.
PHUKET: Billed as Asias fun regatta, The Bay Regatta 2016 is set to welcome over 40 yachts and more than 250 competitors to the four-day inter-provincial regatta that starts and finishes in Phuket and races through some of the best sailing grounds in the world.