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Tuesday, September 6, 2011 7:31:01 PM
PHUKET: Local fishermen at
Palai Beach, on Phuket’s east coast, today won the right to use a section of the beach for landing and repairing their longt...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 5:48:01 PM
PHUKET: A police raid on an out-of-town pharmacy last Friday coughed up more than the Phuket authorities were looking for. Acting on a tip-off, health officials...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 4:34:55 PM
PHUKET: About 300 students yesterday began their first day of an “anti-drugs camp” as part of a new campaign by Phuket City police targeting youngsters. The children,...
Monday, September 5, 2011 8:11:14 PM
PHUKET: Authorities in Phuket have yet to be consulted on whether or not the minimum wage hike to 300 baht a day should be implemented here. Of the seven provinces...
Monday, September 5, 2011 7:45:03 PM
PHUKET: The road over Patong Hill, the only direct route from Phuket Town to Patong, will be closed today (Tuesday) from 9am to midday. The road closure is to...
Monday, September 5, 2011 2:43:35 PM
ANALYSIS PHUKET: The latest
political obstacle to the construction of an international convention and exhibition center on the island is a staggeri...
Sunday, September 4, 2011 11:31:28 PM
PHUKET: A gang of taxi drivers encamped outside an upscale resort on Phuket's west coast today beat a local driver with an iron bar before causing a reported 50,000...
Sunday, September 4, 2011 12:11:51 PM
PHUKET: The fact that persons unknown recently enjoyed success smuggling ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) and mobile phones into Phuket Prison by concealing...
Sunday, September 4, 2011 9:47:20 AM
PHUKET: The extradition of British kick-boxer Lee Aldhouse to Thailand to stand trial for the August 2010 stabbing
murder of US Marine Dashawn Longfell...
Sunday, September 4, 2011 9:39:29 AM
PHUKET: A senate subcommittee on police graft and corruption is in Phuket investigating allegations of an alleged police protection racket targeting tailor shops...
Saturday, September 3, 2011 8:23:35 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Square, managers of Jungceylon in Phuket, will launch a 300-million-baht "lifestyle community mall" on Sukhumvit Soi 20 in Bangkok during the first...
Saturday, September 3, 2011 4:58:17 PM
PHUKET: Phuket’s decades-old dream of having a world-class convention center took a leap backward on Wednesday when the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment...
Saturday, September 3, 2011 4:45:36 PM
PHUKET: The unveiling of plans for a new lifeguard “education center” at Phuket's
Nai Harn Beach yesterday also saw the announcement of new surf warnin...
Saturday, September 3, 2011 7:24:06 PM
PHUKET: Tuk-tuk drivers in Kata and Karon are stepping up their campaign to have members operating in their areas certified as "safe" and in compliance with a schedule...
Saturday, September 3, 2011 12:00:46 PM
PHUKET: Local police have been ordered to pay special attention to Phuket gold shops as the price of the precious metal continues to rise, the provincial police...
Saturday, September 3, 2011 10:45:13 AM
PHUKET: Cheers could be heard across Phuket as Thailand scored first against Australia in the FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying match late this afternoon. The affair...
Friday, September 2, 2011 8:36:45 PM
PHUKET: The continued failure of local authorities to address problems of tuk-tuk drivers with foreign tourists could force European Union (EU) member states to...
Friday, September 2, 2011 8:34:11 PM
PHUKET: An official from the Australian Embassy in Bangkok joined pupils at a Phuket Town school today for a teleconference with high-school students in Australia....
Friday, September 2, 2011 6:28:03 PM
PHUKET: A Phuket estate manager terrified a team of Thai workers when he fired warning shots over their heads in an effort to get them to stop making noise yesterday...
Sunday, September 18, 2011 1:16:49 PM
PHUKET: The 6th Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is set to make Karon Beach its stage again this year, starting November 1, despite the possibility of the...
Friday, September 2, 2011 3:33:15 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Police took just a few hours to track down and arrest three teenagers wanted for the
strangling murder of a Phuket resort worker yesterd...
Friday, September 2, 2011 2:32:28 PM
PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality in conjunction with the Pollution Control Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is calling for people...
Friday, September 2, 2011 2:30:11 PM
PHUKET: German national Kurt Trotnow, who is in intensive care after being beaten by a mob in Patong, is conscious but still on a respirator. “Kurt is conscious...
Friday, September 2, 2011 12:30:04 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha yesterday received more bad news about the state of Phuket’s tourism industry as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian...
Friday, September 2, 2011 12:20:54 PM
PHUKET: Phuket City Police this morning announced the results of their investigation into the strangling murder of a Patong resort worker whose body was discovered...
Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:13:06 PM
PHUKET: The quarterly meeting between Phuket’s honorary consuls and local officials held at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday placed tuk-tuk drivers’ conduct squarely...
Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:10:05 PM
PHUKET: A sortie of 15 soldiers from the Royal Thai Army 2nd Infantry Battalion based in Ranong arrived in Phuket yesterday to help excavate by hand a house located...
Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:07:46 PM
PHUKET: Police have launched an investigation in Phuket to discover the parents of a baby boy found slightly bruised but otherwise healthy in the flat-bed of a...
Thursday, September 1, 2011 1:52:10 PM
PHUKET: A former volunteer member of the Phuket provincial drug suppression unit was among seven members of a gang of alleged drug dealers arrested in Chalong on...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:14:04 PM
PHUKET: If what's good for the capital is good for the country, then Phuket could soon have alcohol-free zones. According to a report this afternoon by the government's...
