COVID-19: Phuket Airport Remains Closed

BANGKOK, June 5 (TNA) — Phuket airport must remain closed because infection continued in its province, according to a government spokesman. Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said the reopening of an airport would take times because it concerned the travel of many people. Full story: mcot.net TNA

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Coronavirus: Phuket beaches to open on June 9

PHUKET: All Phuket beaches will open next Tuesday (June 9), Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana announced today (June 6). The re-opening of beaches was approved at today’s meeting of the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee at Phuket Provincial Hall. Full story: thephuketnews.com By The Phuket News

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COVID-19: Phuket Bus terminal readies for relaunch

PHUKET: Ahead of the reopening of Phuket Bus Terminal 2 tomorrow, Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO) Chief Banyat Kantha has confirmed that public interprovincial buses are permitted to continue their journeys throughout the night curfew hours of 11pm to 3am. Mr Banyat broke the news at the bus station, located in Rassada north of Phuket […]

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COVID-19: Phuket to reopen conditionally to visitors on Monday

Thailand’s popular resort island of Phuket will reopen to outsiders on Monday, to coincide with the third phase of the easing of lockdown restrictions. Phuket Governor Pakkapong Thaweepat said that the his administration has sought approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand to reopen Phuket International Airport to domestic flights, and will resume maritime […]

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Heavy downpours drench Phuket

PHUKET: A two-hour downpour left roads in Phuket Town and surrounding areas flooded this morning (May 30). Police issued warnings urging motorists to exercise caution while driving through any floodwaters. Most of the floodwaters were expected to subside naturally, but teams were deployed to heavily affected areas to help pump excess water from the roads. […]

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Man arrested in Phuket for B1.8mn Bangkok romance scam

HUKET: Patong Police have arrested a man wanted in Bangkok for swindling a woman and her mother out of B1.8 million. Patong Police Chief Col Aganit Danpitaksat announced yesterday that his officers had received a request from the investigation division under Metropolitan Police Division 4 in Bangkok to arrest Narathip Sukprasert, 23, originally from Lop […]

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