Phuket’s Biggest Stories From the Past Week: Songkran Seven Days Road Safety Campaign, and...
The following is our weekly feature in which we highlight the top local stories in our area of Phuket from the past week. The number of stories differs from week to week.
These are chosen...
The ongoing unseasonal cold is not a polar vortex, Thai Meteorological Department says
National -
The ongoing unseasonal cold in most upper parts of Thailand is not attributable to the polar vortex, but to a relatively strong cold air mass coming from China, the Thai Meteorological Department...
Rayong authorities announce strict control and surveillance measures in six more districts due to...
Rayong -
Rayong authorities and public health officials announced new high control measures in four more districts and placed two other districts under high surveillance, following a rapidly increasing number of Covid-19 domestic cases of...
Chiang Rai Police to begin process of pressing legal charges against illegal Covid19 positive...
Chiang Rai, Thailand-
The Chiang Rai Immigration police have begun the process of pressing legal charges against three Thai women who entered the Kingdom illegally from Myanmar in prior weeks while positive for Covid-19.
This, according...
TIMELINE: Pattaya, Si Racha and Chonburi informs residents who visited places in relation to...
Chonburi –
The Chonburi Public Health Office last night, July 20th, has released a timeline to inform people who went to specific places this month to notify health authorities and monitor their health. The following...
Thai tourist faces fine up to one million baht for sitting underwater on a...
Chonburi -
A Thai tourist, 45, was facing a fine of up to one million baht after posting a picture on social media of him appearing to be sitting underwater on a coral reef at...
Update: 76-year-old German tourist who spent a week missing in a national park, is...
Phuket –
A 76-year-old German tourist who spent over a week missing in Sirinat National Park, which was about 15 kilometers away from her hotel in the Mai Khao sub-district, is flying back from Phuket...
UPDATE: Chumphon Governor orders investigation into boat explosion that injured multiple people near Koh...
Chumphon –
The Chumphon Governor has ordered a full investigation after eighteen passengers and two crew members have sustained injuries after a passenger boat which was travelling from Tao Island in Surat Thani to Chumphon, Southern...
Local massage vendors in Phuket protest over foreign investors allegedly operating shops at much...
Phuket –
About 80 local massage vendors in Phuket protested at the Phuket City Hall complaining about massage shops which were allegedly being invested in by foreigners operating with much lower prices, hurting their business.
The...
Renowned dragon boat racers will hold competition in Pattaya instead of Hong Kong due...
Pattaya —
The organizers of the world-renowned dragon boat competition, “World Dragon Boat Racing Championships,” said they would hold their 2023 competition in Pattaya instead of Hong Kong due to the latter’s stringent Covid-19 regulations.
The...