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Phuket Traffic Lights to Turn Off: Radical Solution Sought to Bypass Bottleneck
Latest Traffic lights at one of Phuket’s busiest intersections will be turned off from October 1 as underpass construction authorities seek a radical solution to end the bypass bottleneck.
Social Climbing Python Consumes Chicken Meant for Phuket Governor
Latest A python finally made it to the top of Phuket society, devouring a chicken that in other circumstances, may have made it onto the governor’s plate. The python was destined for Chalong.
EU Delegation Urges Thailand to Speed Timetable for Return to Democracy
Latest The EU Delegation in Thailand urges a swift return to democracy while the International Commission of Jurists and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights seek changes in Thailand’s approach.
Thailand Must Name Officials Who Allowed Poacher Ship to Flee Phuket, Says NGO
Latest An international justice foundation has called on Thailand to reveal how a poacher ship was able to flee long-term arrest off Phuket then escape air and sea pursuers.
PhuketWATCH VW Chief Resigns in Pollution Scandal; Brothers Await Phuket Murder Expulsion; US ...
Phuket Updating Digest VW pollution scandal embroils executives; Pope back Obama carbon policy; Filipino brothers await murder deportation; Phuket morals, by a property lawyer; Wenger splits.
Asean Today: UN Pressure for SE Asia Leaders; Anger at Burning Haze; Expats Rank Singapore Top
Around the Region Malaysia holds Bangkok bombing suspects; How much blame do Simgapore and Malaysia take for the haze?; Hun Sen, Prayuth set for UN visits.
Philippine murder fugitives the Reyes brothers arraigned in Phuket
PHUKET: The two Philippine politicians who lived in Rawai for three years as fugitives wanted for murdering a prominent environmental activist in the Philippines were presented to Phuket Provincial Court yesterday (Sept 22).
Phuket residents to face water-supply shutoffs for eight days
PHUKET: Water supply to homes and businesses from Baan Sapam School to Bang Khu Intersection were shut off today (Sept 23) as waterworks teams started moving supply pipes away from the site of the new underpass to be excavated at the busy junction.
Rules on Phuket university booze ban unveiled
PHUKET: Details of exactly how the much-hyped outright booze ban “near” educational institutions will be enforced in Phuket were made clear this week after law-enforcement agencies and local business owners signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the “Campus Free Zone” campaign.