The Phuket News

04/09/2024

04/09/2024

The Phuket Provincial Court has lifted its ban on Swiss expat Urs Fehr from travelling outside Thailand...

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Court has lifted its ban on Swiss expat Urs Fehr from travelling outside Thailand, following his acquittal of an assault charge yesterday (Sept 4).

04/09/2024

PHUKET XTRA - September 4 || Brought to you by Phuket Windows & Doors
1- Russian tourist found dead, believed slain
https://www.thephuketnews.com/russian-tourist-found-dead-believed-slain-93540.php

2- B80mn feasibility study for ‘new Sarasin Bridge’ underway
https://www.thephuketnews.com/b80mn-feasibility-study-for-new-sarasin-bridge-underway-93534.php

3- Phuket Governor details ‘year of disasters’, orders warning system
https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-governor-details-year-of-disasters-orders-warning-system-93544.php

4- Digital wallet handout funds ‘put Thai state-run banks at risk’
https://www.thephuketnews.com/digital-wallet-handout-funds-put-thai-state-run-banks-at-risk-93537.php

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04/09/2024

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04/09/2024

In the first half of 2024, the number of new villas launched in Phuket tallied 1,285 units, worth B36.3 billion from 65 projects, compared to around 1,100 units launched in the whole of 2023, says Colliers…

BANGKOK: New villa supply launched in Phuket in the first half of 2024 surpassed total launches for the whole of 2023, with the value exceeding that of condos for the first time in 15 years, largely d

04/09/2024

A list of 49 'Risk Areas' for natural disasters in Phuket has been presented to the Governor...

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Sophon Suwannarat has detailed the impact of the three major flood and landslide disasters that have already affected Phuket so far this rainy season, and issued a raft of inst

04/09/2024

Bhumjaithai leader hopeful that the party’s pro-cannabis policy would be adopted by the new government so it can pick up in implementing it from where former PM Srettha Thavisin left off...

BANGKOK: Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, expressed confidence yesterday (Sept 3) that the party’s pro-cannabis policy would be adopted by the new government so it can pick up i

04/09/2024

The man was reportedly overcome with guilt after his wife discovered he was having an affair...

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PHUKET: Police were called to a hotel on Phra Metta Rd in Patong last night (Sept 3) to find a Thai man dead from a single gunshot wound to the head, allegedly self-inflicted out of guilt for being di

04/09/2024

The man's body was found in the canal near the Naga Statue, about halfway along Karon beach...

PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old Russian man whose body was found with multiple severe wounds near the Karon beachfront yesterday (Sept 3).

04/09/2024

The event next March will see Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia lead ex-professional footballers such as Robbie Fowler, Paul Scholes, Peter Schmeichel, Gianfranco Zola, Alessandro Del Piero and others...

GOLF: Golfers Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia will lead a group of former top footballers to compete in the Reignwood Icons of Football in March next year.

04/09/2024

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04/09/2024

The head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics is on a three-day visit to Indonesia devoted to interfaith ties before he travels to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore on the longest trip of his papacy...

JAKARTA: Pope Francis was set to meet Indonesia’s president today (Sept 4) after the 87-year-old appeared in good health and strong spirits when he arrived in the Muslim-majority nation to launch a

04/09/2024

The opposition has raised concerns that five state-run banks may never get back the money the government plans to take from them to partially finance the digital wallet scheme...

BANGKOK: The opposition has raised concerns that five state-run banks may never get back the money the government plans to take from them to partially finance the digital wallet scheme.

03/09/2024

PHUKET XTRA - September 3 || Brought to you by Phuket Windows & Doors
1- Swiss expat Urs Fehr found not guilty of assault
https://www.thephuketnews.com/swiss-expat-urs-fehr-found-not-guilty-of-assault-93535.php

2- Phuket Buddha site ordered closed due to landslide risks
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2858202/phuket-buddha-site-ordered-closed-due-to-landslide-risks

3- Brit drug fugitive arrested in Rawai
https://www.thephuketnews.com/brit-drug-fugitive-arrested-in-rawai-93529.php

4- Brit escapes serious injury as motorcycle catches fire in fall on Patong Hill
https://www.thephuketnews.com/brit-escapes-serious-injury-as-motorcycle-catches-fire-in-fall-on-patong-hill-93527.php

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03/09/2024

Well done to the lawyer!

PHUKET: The Phuket Kwaeng Court today (Sept 3) ruled Swiss expat Urs Fehr, , called by Thai media as ‘Swiss David’, not guilty in the charge of assault brought against him for allegedly kicking a

03/09/2024

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03/09/2024

That's US$2.3 million for a feasibility study...

PHUKET: A feasibility study costing B80 million (more than US$2.3mn) is underway as part of the ‘new Sarasin Bridge’ project, the new Phuket Highways Chief has confirmed.

03/09/2024

Room rates are forecast to keep rising, mainly driven by strong demand and partly attributed to inflation and increasing operating expenses such as utilities and payroll, said Bjorn Courage, President of the Phuket Hotels Association...

PHUKET: The average income from service charges among hotels in Phuket is expected to stabilise, but would still maintain a high level in the upcoming high season, while the average room rate would co

03/09/2024

Gold in wheelchair racing and a silver and bronze in badminton takes the overall haul in Paris to 13 so far...

PARALYMPICS: More medals were won by Thai athletes at the 17th Paralympic Games in Paris yesterday (Sept 20).

03/09/2024

An ageing population and insufficient funding regarded as serious threats to the existing social security fund...

BANGKOK: Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn on Sunday (Sept 1) pledged to explore measures to prevent a potential collapse of the Social Security Fund (SSF) a decade from now as a result of insu

03/09/2024

The 28-year-old Brit, who went by the name 'Billy', had been living in Phuket since 2022 and was well known for training at a local Muay Thai camp. He fled the UK to avoid a potential life sentence for drug crimes...

PHUKET: A 28-year-old British national identified by police only as ‘Mr Ben’ has been arrested by Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers in Rawai under an

02/09/2024

PHUKET XTRA - September 2 || Brought to you by Phuket Windows & Doors
1- Heavy weather warning issued for Phuket
https://www.thephuketnews.com/heavy-weather-warning-issued-for-phuket-93518.php

2- Kata road repairs underway
https://www.thephuketnews.com/kata-road-repairs-underway-93485.php

3- Planned Kathu-Srisoonthorn road gets inspection
https://www.thephuketnews.com/planned-kathu-srisoonthorn-road-gets-inspection-93523.php

4- Land seized at Phuket's Big Buddha
https://www.thephuketnews.com/land-seized-at-phuket-big-buddha-93496.php
MORE: Funerals held for Myanmar worker landslide victims
https://www.thephuketnews.com/funerals-held-for-myanmar-worker-landslide-victims-93503.php

5- Phuket mechanic wins 30mn on lottery
https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-mechanic-wins-b30mn-on-lottery-93524.php

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02/09/2024

A close call... Be careful on the wet roads out there...

PHUKET: A 62-year-old British man escaped serious injury when he lost control of his motorbike on Patong Hill, causing it to skid and catch fire, while driving over Patong Hill this afternoon (Sept 2)

02/09/2024

02/09/2024

The hits keep on coming...

PHUKET: Motorbike taxi drivers are being questioned by police over a violent assault on a Grab motorbike taxi driver in Patong last night (Sept 1).

02/09/2024

On Friday, the TAT signed a letter of intent with online Nanjing Tuniu International Travel Service to bolster the Chinese market, particularly independent tourists...

BANGKOK: Thailand is on course to welcome 12.2 million foreign arrivals in the last four months of 2024, lifting annual arrivals to almost 36mn and generating B1.8 trillion in revenue this year, accor

02/09/2024

Jirasak ‘Ton’ Saewun, a chief mechanic at Anuphas Ford, reported his B30 million win to Phuket City Police Station. He has since travelled to Bangkok to claim his prize money...

PHUKET: A chief mechanic at Anuphas Ford Phuket has become the island's newest millionaire after winning the top prize in the Sept 1 Government Lottery draw.

02/09/2024

Plans for the road were first announced in November 2022...

PHUKET: The long-touted project to build a new road connecting Kathu and Srisoonthorn is set to move forward now that the land required has been donated by three prominent local families, say local of

02/09/2024

Charles Leclerc held off a fast-finishing Oscar Piastri to claim a famous come-from-behind victory for Ferrari at the team’s home Italian Grand Prix yesterday...

FORMULA ONE: Charles Leclerc held off a fast-finishing Oscar Piastri to claim a famous come-from-behind victory for Ferrari at the team’s home Italian Grand Prix yesterday (Sept 1).

02/09/2024

Thai gold in men's wheelchair racing and boccia, with silver medals won in table tennis and wheelchair racing...

PARALYMPICS: Thailand won its first gold medal at the Paralympics in Paris yesterday (Sept 1) after Phongsakon Payo won the men’s 400 metres T53 class wheelchair racing.