Rawai

  • Phuket NewsScaffolding collapse at VIP Mercury Condominium in Rawai, Phuket kills 1
    Tanutam ThawanMonday, August 12, 2019
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    Scaffolding collapse at VIP Mercury Condominium in Rawai, Phuket kills 1

    PHOTOS: Antonio Patong A three storey building and scaffolding collapsed in Rawai at 2.15pm Sunday afternoon, killing one person and injuring many other workers. The construction site is for the VIP Mercury Condominium project on Wiset Road in Rawai – near the Rawai Municipality Office heading towards Nai Harn Beach Park (map below). Eight people were rushed to Chalong Hospital, Vachira…

  • Hot NewsRoll the drums Phuket. Prepare the balloons. Chalong Underpass opens Friday.
    ThaigerWednesday, May 29, 2019
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    Roll the drums Phuket. Prepare the balloons. Chalong Underpass opens Friday.

    But it’s not Friday yet and there have been plenty of other delays. Chalong Circle’s 350 metre underpass should be open on Friday according to local highway officials. The roadworks have profoundly changed business and movement of locals in the southern part of the island for nearly four years. Many businesses were forced to move, others went broke, some residents…

  • Phuket News16 month old baby dies after being crushed by a bus in Rawai
    Kritsada MueanhawongTuesday, February 12, 2019
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    16 month old baby dies after being crushed by a bus in Rawai

    A 16 month old girl has sustained serious injuries after being crushed by a bus in Rawai. She later died at hospital. Rescue workers were notified about the incident at 6pm last night at Rawai beach. Emergency responders arrived to find the bus. The injured girl, who had sustained injuries, had already been rushed to a Rawai Sub-district Health Promoting…

  • Phuket NewsRawai locals protest against high Dengue rates in southern Phuket
    ThaigerFriday, January 25, 2019
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    Rawai locals protest against high Dengue rates in southern Phuket

    VIDEO: Nicholas Spaethe Rawai and Nai Harn locals in southern Phuket, along with the Rawai Or Bor Tor Mayor Aaron Solos, protested this morning about the rise in Dengue Fever cases in the area. They say they are concerned about the high rates of contracting the virus in the south of the island and are calling on the provincial government…

  • Phuket NewsForeigner sets fire to his house then tries to jump off cliff
    Kritsada MueanhawongThursday, September 27, 2018
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    Foreigner sets fire to his house then tries to jump off cliff

    A foreign man, who set fire to a house he was living in with his Thai wife, tried to jump off a cliff in Rawai this morning. Firefighters were notified about the incident at a house in Rawai earlier today. When firefighters arrived at the scene, the house was already well ablaze. It took half an hour to put out…