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Phuket to extend drinking hours at “restaurants” until midnight from May first

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Phuket- Phuket has officially approved an extension of drinking hours at "restaurants" until midnight from May 1st, 2022. First, as a reference: Thai government cancels Test and Go and eases legal drinking hours. Yesterday, (April 29th), The Phuket...

36-year-old man arrested in Thalang, Phuket with 5.49 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, ecstasy, 40,000 methamphetamine...

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Phuket –   What Phuket police call a major drug suspect has been arrested in Phuket with more than five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 70 pills of Ecstasy, and more than 40,000 methamphetamine pills, a...

Five drug suspects arrested in Phuket with a total of 3.5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine...

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Phuket – Five drug suspects have been arrested in Phuket with in total more than 3.5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 14,000 methamphetamine pills. The Phuket Provincial Police revealed the arrest to the local press yesterday...

Phuket City Hall receives electric scooters to use for security work, social media critics...

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Phuket – Phuket City Hall received two electric scooters from a company to use in their security work, but not everyone on social media is happy as just over a month ago city officials conducted...

Minister of Tourism and Sports visits Phuket to discuss making Phuket a “high value”...

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Phuket — The Minister of Tourism and Sports visited Phuket to deliver a Global GBAC Star and helped strategize with the authorities to turn Phuket into a high-value tourism destination for quality tourists.  Today, April 28th,...

Patong hotel operators plead with Thai government to delay full land tax rate for...

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Patong — Patong hotel operators in Patong pleaded with the government to delay a full land tax rate for two years, saying they will not be able to pay at least until the end of...

Entering Phuket no longer needs a Covid-19 test or vaccination proof for domestic travel...

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Phuket – The Phuket Disease Control Committee has approved to cancel Covid -19 screening measurements entry for all types of domestic transportation and through the Phuket Checkpoint starting this May 1st, 2022. The Phuket Governor Narong...

Patong traffic police officer carries injured man on his back to safety after a...

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Patong , Phuket – A young Patong Traffic Police officer carried an injured person on his back, moving the injured individual from an accident scene on Patong Hill in which reportedly a wet road caused...

Driver taken to hospital for alcohol test after crashing his pickup truck into a...

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Talad Yai, Phuket Town – A driver who was not injured was taken to a hospital for an alcohol blood test after he crashed his pickup truck into a power pole in Phuket Town after...

Fire damages house in Rawai, Phuket overnight, alarming local residents

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Rawai, Mueang Phuket – A fire has damaged a home in the Mueang Phuket district last night (April 25th), alarming locals. The Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos told The Phuket Express reporters that firefighters were notified of...
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