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Phuket football on a roll
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
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Phuket flooding: Mayor Pian fights back
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Friday, March 19, 2010
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PATONG, PHUKET: Patong Mayor Pian Keesin has launched an ambitious program of public works in a bid to prevent a repeat of the flooding that deluged Phuket’s premier resort town during last year’s mon...
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Young French boy in Phuket jellyfish attack
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Friday, March 19, 2010
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NAI HARN, PHUKET: A four-year-old French boy is expected to make a full recovery from a jellyfish sting on Nai Harn Beach this afternoon thanks to the quick thinking of two former Phuket lifeguards....
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Phuket sea gypsies protest cemetery plans
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Friday, March 19, 2010
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MAI KHAO, PHUKET: Moken sea gypsies gathered at Phuket Provincial Hall on Tuesday to protest a plan to appropriate cemetery land for the construction of a new police office....
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Phuket tourism titans optimistic for 2010
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Friday, March 19, 2010
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Buses the new solution to Phuket transport woes
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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PHUKET: Plans for a light rail system spanning Phuket have been scrapped in favor of the much cheaper option of scheduling new bus routes, it recently emerged....
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Monk kills monk
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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PHUKET: A monk was stabbed to death after boasting that the talismans (amulets) hanging from his neck made his skin impenetrable to weapons....
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Doctor gunned down in Phuket Town
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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PHUKET TOWN: A well known doctor was gunned down in a drive-by killing outside his own clinic in Phuket Town today....
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Aussie tourist on Phuket drugs rap
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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CHALONG, PHUKET: An Australian tourist was one of five drug suspects paraded by Chalong Police at a press conference in Phuket yesterday afternoon....
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Phuket bemused as protests fizzle
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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OPINION: Reports of My Death
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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PHUKET: One of history’s great lines, (which is often misquoted), is Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain's) “Reports of my death have been exaggerated.” As it turned out, the quote itself was an exaggeration,...
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Dam fine: Phuket beauty spot gets overhaul
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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KATHU, PHUKET: Bang Wad Dam, one of Phuket’s most popular leisure spots, is getting a huge overhaul to turn it into a fully fledged recreational park....
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News Hound: Protests waning, Phuket remains quiet
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Phuket's Ironman to climb Mont Blanc – for local charity
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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PHUKET: Les Bird's teeth are clenched, muscles taut and body drenched in sweat as he sprints the last leg of his training hike to the summit of Nakkerd Hill in Chalong....
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Phuket vaccination drive for cats and dogs
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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PHUKET : More than 100 injection centers have been set up across the island in a drive to vaccinate Phuket's dogs and cats against rabies....
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Phuket about-turn: Patong one-way to be reversed
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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PATONG, PHUKET: There could be a turnaround in Patong’s traffic woes by the year’s end. Mayor Pian Keesin has announced plans to redirect the one-way system in Phuket’s tourist epicenter from clockwis...
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Norwegian’s nose broken in Phuket punch-up
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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KATA, PHUKET: A 69-year-old Norwegian tourist sustained a fractured nose and other facial injuries after he was reportedly attacked while enjoying his morning coffee in Phuket on March 12....
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Phuket NEWS Hound: Protest Updates
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Phuket tourism industry unfazed
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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PHUKET: The tourism industry in Phuket has not been affected by the red shirt protests in Bangkok, according to the vice president of the Phuket Tourist Association...
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FC Phuket top of the league
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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PHUKET: FC Phuket are top of Division Two (southern section) after an emphatic 2-0 victory over previous league leaders Satun Utd on Saturday....
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Phuket red shirts determined to succeed
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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PHUKET: Phuket’s red shirts are determined to stay in Bangkok until the movement succeeds in bringing down the government, according to one of their leaders....
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OPINION: Lack of lifeguards intolerable
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
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PHUKET: When it comes to showing visitors a good time, Phuket is hard to beat. But when it comes to keeping them safe, the verdict has to be: 'Must try harder'....
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Body identification easier after Phuket tsunami
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
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Phuket calm, but red shirts alarm Bangkok
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
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PHUKET: The Thai government will likely enforce a state-of-emergency decree today to cope with the escalating security problem in Bangkok after tens of thousands of provincial protesters arrived in th...
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Phuket caddies end protest
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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KATHU, PHUKET: Some 200 golf caddies at the Loch Palm golf course in Phuket have ended a two-day protest over the dismissal of their ‘caddy master’. Most are now back to work....
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Protests well underway in Bangkok
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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Readers' Poll: Majority drink and drive in Phuket
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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PHUKET TOWN: A majority of Phuket Gazette readers have operated a motor vehicle in Phuket while under the influence of alcohol, according to the latest readers’ poll....
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March blood drive in Phuket
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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PHUKET TOWN: The Phuket Chapter of the Thai Red Cross Society has announced the following dates and times for its mobile donation clinics for March:...
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Phuket’s Nai Harn buzzing with bikers
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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RAWAI, PHUKET: Nai Harn Beach was bustling with bikers last night as riders from around Phuket kicked off the first annual Nai Harn Bike Event....
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Jazz dinner in Phuket: philanthropy in full swing
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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PHUKET: Making a special Phuket appearance, the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra hits town for two nights in the last two weeks of March....
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Phuket set for historical extravaganza
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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THALANG, PHUKET: The year’s first performance of ‘Thalang Light and Sound’, a grand re-enactment of the Battle of Thalang featuring a cast of 700, will take place in Phuket tomorrow...
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Phuket cop to end greasy traffic fines
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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PATONG, PHUKET: In a move sure to win the hearts of foreigners, Patong’s new top police officer says he'll end the longstanding practice of levying higher traffic fines against tourists and other fore...
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Tourists to be routed to Phuket
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Police enlist public as Phuket's eyes and ears
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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PHUKET: Fearing that political groups may try to cause disruptions in Phuket during the red shirt demonstrations in Bangkok, the police are enlisting members of the public as their roving eyes and ear...
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Phuket Chinese cemetery ablaze again
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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PHUKET TOWN: Firefighters used almost 9,000 liters of water to put out flames that raged in the Chinese cemetery on Rang Hill in Phuket Town today....
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Phuket red shirts head to Bangkok
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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PHUKET: More than one thousand Phuket red shirts have reportedly left the island to take part in mass demonstrations in Bangkok....
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NEWS Hound: Travel update for Thailand
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Phuket's new reservoir project: Klong Krata
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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CHALONG, PHUKET: The Klong Krata Reservoir project has been delayed by several months while the agency responsible awaits approval to use Forest Department land needed for construct...
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NEWS Hound: New property tax moots exemptions for Phuket
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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No takers for Phuket beach guard contract
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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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...
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Tehran-Phuket flights begin soon
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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PHUKET: A Bangkok-based tour company will run three direct charter flights from Tehran to Phuket on a trial basis beginning March 18....
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NEWS Hound: Phuket to smell good next month
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Frenchman fleeced in Phuket banking bungle
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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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....
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Four arrested for aquarium fish smuggling in Phuket
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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PHUKET TOWN: Four residents of a Sea Gypsy community in Rawai were arrested yesterday for smuggling protected marine species....
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Teen charged for fatal stabbing of boyfriend in Phuket
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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PHUKET TOWN: A teenager charged with manslaughter said she was acting in self-defense when she stabbed her boyfriend to death early this morning....
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Phuket Police nab murder suspect
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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PHUKET TOWN: Police on Saturday arrested a man wanted for the rape and strangling murder...
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German collapses, dies in Kata
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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KATA, PHUKET: An elderly Caucasian tourist died in the sea off Kata Beach on Friday....
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Drug treatment at Vachira Phuket
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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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 w...
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Dream delay: Phuket kayakers' dream paddle on hold
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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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’....
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NEWS Hound: Sabotage worries over Thailand protests
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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