NEWS Hound: New property tax moots exemptions for Phuket
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
No takers for Phuket beach guard contract
PHUKET: Despite sweetening the terms of reference, the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (PPAO) has once again failed to attract a single bidder for the tender to supply lifeguards at the island’s beaches.
Tehran-Phuket flights begin soon
PHUKET: A Bangkok-based tour company will run three direct charter flights from Tehran to Phuket on a trial basis beginning March 18.
NEWS Hound: Phuket to smell good next month
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Frenchman fleeced in Phuket banking bungle
CHALONG, PHUKET: A Frenchman is demanding damages from his Thai bank after it let another man with the same name empty his account of at least 164,000 baht.
Phuket Police nab murder suspect
PHUKET TOWN: Police on Saturday arrested a man wanted for the rape and strangling murder of 24-year-old Supercheap employee Thipkasen ‘Khwan’ Heep-phech last month.
German collapses, dies in Kata
KATA, PHUKET: An elderly Caucasian tourist died in the sea off Kata Beach on Friday.Witnesses said the man collapsed in the water at around 4pm.
Drug treatment at Vachira Phuket
PHUKET TOWN: Phuket police are at war on drugs. Rarely does a week go by without fresh arrests for narcotics possession, ranging from kids caught with a handful of pills to dealers trading shipments worth hundreds of thousands of baht.
Dream delay: Phuket kayakers' dream paddle on hold
PHUKET TOWN: Two Phuket-based men who were set to paddle a kayak 14,000 miles from Phuket to California have been forced to postpone their trip due to ‘financial constraints’.
NEWS Hound: Sabotage worries over Thailand protests
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Monday, March 8, 2010
OPINION: Why lose face over public works?
PHUKET: Thailand has a long history of public works projects that are fully completed and ready to serve the people, but then stand idle while the various forces involved squabble over division of the associated spoils.
NEWS Hound: Thailand traffic concerns during protests
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Phang Nga plans world mass dive record in April
PHUKET: Phang Nga Province, Phuket's immediate neighbor to the north, is asking divers from all over Thailand to pack their fins, tanks and regulators and head to a diving festival in Thai Muang District on April 3, when there will be an assault on the world record for a mass dive.