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Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:55:16 PM
PHUKET: A second swim area has been cordoned off at
Kata Beach in Phuket, but lifeguards continue to worry about the safety of swimmers and snorkelers...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:23:39 PM
PHUKET: Hardly a day passes when somebody doesn’t ask me, "Woody, should I buy a laptop (phone, desktop computer, iPad, printer, camera, TV) here in Phuket, or...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:08:53 PM
PHUKET: A dignified silence settled over Patong Beach yesterday evening as hundreds gathered to light candles in remembrance of the people who were killed or went...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:05:03 PM
PHUKET: Detective Nucharee Longkaew, 27, of Phuket City Police Station, recently tasked with the formidable job of interviewing female victims of sex crimes in...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:01:54 PM
PHUKET: The two French girls who spent eight months on the streets of Phuket are now back in France, where they are undergoing evaluation by social workers. The...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 12:22:30 PM
PHUKET: Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala has pledged to accelerate long-delayed property projects run by the Treasury Department, including the Phuket...
Monday, December 26, 2011 7:03:28 PM
PHUKET: A somber air hung over the tsunami memorial service at the Tsunami Memorial Wall in Mai Khao this morning as about 50 people turned up to remember those...
Monday, December 26, 2011 5:59:34 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Police Chief Pekad Tantipong will transfer out of the province following a nationwide reshuffle of commanders and superintendents released yesterday...
Monday, December 26, 2011 5:50:58 PM
PHUKET: A Russian man was arrested by Kamala Police yesterday on suspicion of robbing several homes during the festive holidays. The 35-year-old, Pavel Zhuravlev,...
Monday, December 26, 2011 3:02:30 PM
PHUKET: Renowned Muay Thai kickboxer Buakaw Por Pramuk, the holder of three national-title belts, steps into the ring at the Patong Boxing Stadium, Phuket, tonight...
Monday, December 26, 2011 11:54:17 AM
PHUKET: Phuket’s marine wildlife experts have expressed concern that turtles are not laying eggs on many of the Andaman beaches historically used by the turtle...
Monday, December 26, 2011 10:13:45 AM
PHUKET: Christmas brought panic to many villagers in southern Thailand yesterday when high waves hit several coastal provinces, just one day short of today's seventh...
Sunday, December 25, 2011 12:02:55 PM
PHUKET: With Phuket’s Deep Sea Port being targeted for a huge upgrade, the island has great untapped potential in the global cruise ship industry – not just as...
Sunday, December 25, 2011 10:22:23 AM
PHUKET: In an unexpected Christmas Day development, Thai and Belgian researchers have confirmed the discovery in Phuket of a previously unknown species of Pope’s...
Sunday, December 25, 2011 10:04:25 PM
PHUKET: With scattered thundershowers forecast across Phuket today, the tens of thousands of people who have come to spend Christmas here will be doing their best...
Saturday, December 24, 2011 4:44:17 PM
PHUKET: After six years in the making, the Siam Niramit Phuket theater is now staging its “Journey to the Enchanted Kingdom of Siam” art and culture show before...
Saturday, December 24, 2011 4:31:39 PM
PHUKET: Members of the US Navy League in Phuket have made a preemptive strike against the deterioration of the Tsunami Memorial Wall in Mai Khao, pledging to maintain...
Saturday, December 24, 2011 4:16:53 PM
PHUKET: A 16-year-old Burmese girl was struck dead by a pickup truck while crossing Thepkrasattri Road, the main road to Phuket Airport, in Thalang last night....
Friday, December 23, 2011 7:33:54 PM
PHUKET: Tourists at Nai Yang Beach, on Phuket’s northwest coast, received a surprise this morning when seven Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) arrived and...
Friday, December 23, 2011 7:19:52 PM
PHUKET: Police are treating as suicide the death of a South African man whose body was discovered on a yacht moored off Phuket this morning. Chalong Police were...
Friday, December 23, 2011 8:41:59 PM
PHUKET: Police have warned nightclub, karaoke and massage parlor operators in Phuket’s party town of Patong that human trafficking and luring young women into forced...
Friday, December 23, 2011 9:31:34 AM
PHUKET: A municipal official who tried to break up a lovers’ quarrel on Patong Beach yesterday evening is being treated in a Phuket hospital for a stab wound after...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:05:05 PM
PHUKET: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Junie Browning turned himself over the Chalong Police yesterday afternoon. Mr Browning walked into Chalong Police Station...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:36:27 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Employment Office (PPEO) job fair in Phuket Town today attracted few job-seekers, despite repeated calls from Phuket’s tourism industry...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:44:51 PM
PHUKET: A young father died instantly in a high-speed single car crash yesterday after his car spun out of control while he was rushing to pick up his child from...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:26:14 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) yesterday launched a series of raids on major retailers selling New Year gift baskets to ensure that they...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:34:38 PM
SPECIAL REPORT by Bill Barnett PHUKET: Phuket and other provinces along the Andaman Coast are currently making preparations to mark the seventh anniversary...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:05:01 PM
PHUKET: The second trash incinerator currently under construction at the Saphan Hin facility is expected to be operational by March. Chief Prachum Suriya, Phuket...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:37:30 PM
PHUKET: Police conducting drug raids on three houses in Mai Khao, at the northern tip of Phuket, today seized a slew of guns, including a .45 Thompson submachine...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:35:03 PM
PHUKET: Disaster medical assistance teams (DMAT) from across Thailand yesterday began a four-day intensive training course at Phuket’s
Boat Lagoon comp...
