Shrimp farms in Ban Tha Rua in Phuket get compaine from the villagers since the farm poisoning the canal where their livelihoods depend on. Ten Bang La local villagers said that last week that shrimp farm operators were letting chemical wastewater into Klong Pak Ka and killing lots of marine life. Read the rest of this entry …

There are 1.310 concrete blocks as it were an artificial reef has sunk by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resource in order to protect the marine life at Sirinath National Park. Deep down under 3.000 meters from the coast marked this area as a forbidden fishing sea area. It extends from Sarasin Bridge in Mai Khao in the North of Phuket 20 kilometers South to Nai Yang Bay. Read the rest of this entry …

Due to the new chief of Muang District’s anxiety, Supachai Pochanukul’s anxiety toward the acts of violent crimes happened at Saphan Hin park, made the park as a dangerous place to go after dark, the government then mobilize volunteers dressed in Orange uniform ride on bicycles. Those Orange Guardians will patrolling Saphan Hin park in a new drive to make people feel safe at night. Read the rest of this entry …

Response toward cemetery land shifting to a new police office arise by the group of Moken sea gypsies who against that plan. Around 50 members of the Ban Laem La and Ban Hin Look Diow Moken communities voiced their rejection at the Treasury Department’s plan to grant nearly half of their public cemetery to the Provincial Police. Read the rest of this entry …

One of Phuket most popular leisure spot is undergo a huge renovation in order to change it to a fully fledged recreational park. Bang Wad Dam project is underway to add a new drainage system, a new bike path, new landscaping and building as it is called “the most beautiful toilet in Phuket.” Read the rest of this entry …

Stockholm Jazz Orchestra is making a special Phuket appearance for two nights in the last two weeks of March. The performances are scheduled for March 20 at the Adamas Resort and Spa on Nai Yang Beach and March 27 at the Metropole Hotel in Phuket Town. This popular big band orchestra is led by their founder and veteran trumpet player, Fredrik Noren. Read the rest of this entry …

Four residents of a Sea Gypsy community in Rawai were arrested yesterday for smuggling protected marine species. They are 34-year-old Pichit Bangjak and three minors. Those suspects were arrested at 11am in a pickup truck parked along Thepkrasattri Road in Rassada, near the Phuket Highways Department Office. Read the rest of this entry …

More than 20 police from the Economic and Cyber-Crimes Division (ECOTEC) have raided the offices of Thai state-owned telecommunications company CAT Telecom and confiscated chat-room conversation records and a server. Read the rest of this entry …