Phuket News and Events

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Phuket News June 12, 2024

PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Island a potential casino site, Underwater Art Museum, Drinkable Phuket tap water? || March 14
on March 14, 2025 at 2:50 pm
PHUKET XTRA - March 14 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket #PhuketNews #Thailand
Phuket Town pilots drinkable tap water
on March 14, 2025 at 12:58 pm
PHUKET: Phuket Town Mayor Saroj Angkanapilas led a public event at Phuket City Municipality’s Waterworks Division on Damrong Rd yesterday (Mar 13) to announce the progress made in bringing potable tap water to residents of Phuket Town.
Locals appeal to retain Freedom Beach land
on March 14, 2025 at 12:36 pm
PHUKET: Lawyers representing the heirs of a landowner have petitioned the Phuket branch of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) to suspend the designation of a large area at Freedom Beach as a recreational forest, claiming unresolved land rights issues.
Brit arrested for Patong knife-threat incident
on March 14, 2025 at 11:54 am
PHUKET: Patong Police have tracked down and arrested a British man for threatening a motorcyclist with a knife following a collision with a motorbike in front of Patong Hospital.
War of words: Myanmar migrants face disinformation in Thailand
on March 14, 2025 at 11:38 am
BANGKOK: More than a million people have fled Myanmar’s brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand, where experts say nationalists are using disinformation to fuel prejudice against them.