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Foreigner found dead on Phuket beach

PHUKET: The body of a foreign man was found washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 this morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park.

Phuket: Crash, breakdown on Patong hill jam up traffic

PHUKET: Traffic is slow on both sides of the Patong hill this morning (May 21) after a small accident took place on one side and a six-wheeled truck broke down on the other at around 8am.

At least 51 dead in deadly Oklahoma tornado

WASHINGTON: A powerful tornado with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) per hour pulverized an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes. The death toll has risen to 51, US media said, citing the state medical examiner's office.

Phuket underwater: 'It's normal'

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 June 2012, 09:57AM

PHUKET: Twenty four hours of almost non-stop torrents left Phuket in a sorry state this morning (June 7) with flooding in many parts and no letup in sight.

Manik site 'sending mud into homes'

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 June 2012, 07:06PM

PHUKET: Led by Phuket Vice Governor Somkiat Sangkhaosutthirak, officials inspected a private property in Baan Manik in Tambon Sri Soontorn today (June 6).

30 more meter taxis approved

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 June 2012, 06:57PM

PHUKET: A committee that oversees the registration of taxis and tuk tuks this morning (June 6) announced its approval of 30 more meter taxis in Phuket.

Phuket Governor warns of wild weather

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 June 2012, 05:01PM

After several days of torrential rain and strong winds across Phuket, the governor’s office is warning of possible landslides and other safety hazards.

Comedy rapper boosts Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 June 2012, 03:46PM

PHUKET: A Swedish-Finnish multi-platinum-selling artist has helped throw some Euro light on Phuket, after releasing a music video that has gone viral and clocked up over 100,000 hits on YouTube.

Curtain falls on Phuket Youth Games

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 June 2012, 02:12PM

PHUKET: The closing ceremony of the National Youth Games was held at Surakul Stadium last night (June 5).

Phuket - will receive 7.4m tourists this year

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 June 2012, 12:26PM

Kasikorn Research Centre (KRC) has predicted that Phuket will earn B140 billion from tourism this year – three quarters of all the revenue brought in by the five Andaman Coast provinces – Phuket, Ranong, Krabi, Phang Nga, and Trang.

Bike smash athlete goes home

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 June 2012, 05:00PM

PHUKET: Athlete Auttapong Noikamsin from the Bangkok National Youth Games canoeing team, who suffered a broken collarbone in a motorbike crash last Thursday (May 31), was well enough on Sunday (June 3) to leave hospital and go home.

Anti-loan-sharking body set up

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 June 2012, 03:59PM

Phuket finally has a committee aimed at clamping down on loan sharking, although the regulatory mechanism to form such a body has existed for 21 years.

Phuket grabs two more golds

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 June 2012, 03:37PM

PHUKET The island today retained its seventh place in the medal standings of the National Youth Games, capturing two more gold medals.

New 'no swimming' sign in 7 languages

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 June 2012, 12:17PM

PHUKET: Karon Municipality has designed new warning signs in seven languages with the aim of preventing tourists from drowning.

Mutilated corpse found at Nai Yang

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 June 2012, 12:15PM

PHUKET: The mutilated body of a Thai man was found on Nai Yang Beach yesterday morning (June 3).

Filipina tourist missing in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 June 2012, 08:56AM

PHUKET: A Filipina tourist on holiday in Phuket has been missing for more than a month, the Philippine Daily Inquirer has reported.

18-year-old drowns off Patong

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 2 June 2012, 09:43PM

PHUKET: The Patong Sea Rescue team searched in vain for four hours in the sea off Patong yesterday (June 3) after an 18-year-old man from Bangkok, Adiwut Promrat, went missing while swimming.

Phuket Democrats fight bill that could see the return of a free Thaksin

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 2 June 2012, 12:55PM

Representatives of the Democrat Party organised a ‘casual’ gathering at Dragon Park in Phuket town last night (June 1) with the aim of educating and encouraging people to keep abreast of Thailand’s political situation.

Hilton to take on former Courtyard at Surin

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 1 June 2012, 06:31PM

PHUKET: Hilton Worldwide announced today (June 1) that it will take over management of the former Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Surin Beach.

Briton's electrocution in Phuket was an accident, says court ruling

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 1 June 2012, 06:30PM

Twenty-one year-old British student Charlie Thomas was electrocuted and suffered an ‘accidental death’ on Bangla road last year, according to a coroner’s inquest held in the U.K earlier today (June 1).

Damrong the 'Demolisher' investigates Phuket's illegal buildings

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 1 June 2012, 04:50PM

Damrong Pidech, Director of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, unofficially visited the Sirinart Marine National Park, in north of Phuket, on Tuesday (May 29) to examine an alleged case of land encroachment. The initial purpose of his visit was to take a look at three roads in the Layan area – 800-metre-long Layan Soi 9, Soi 7/1 (1.3 km) and Soi 7/2 (597 metres) – which were built in 2008 by OrBorTor Cherng Talay and a private company and which supposedly intrude into the park. Power poles and cables were also installed along the roads, supposedly with the approval of a former chief of the Sirinart Park. Since then, there have been ongoing court battles between officials of the park and OrBorTor Cherng Thalay. These have yet to come to a conclusion, but Mr Pidetch said he would in any case set up a committee to investigate. The Sirinart park covers 56,250 rai along the west coast, from the tip of Mai Khao, through Nai Yang and Nai Torn beaches and down to Layan, an area in which several luxury property developments and resorts have opened up in recent years. Questioning the legitimacy of some of these, Mr Pidetch said he would set up a team to investigate the origins of the deeds for land the properties are built on. At least seven hotels and resorts, covering a total of more than 700 rai will be examined, he said. His team will take about 30 days to search for evidence such as aerial photographs and documents supporting the issue of the title deeds. He said that he would like to apply “the Wang Nam Kiew model” to any resorts found to be illegal. He was referring to the Wang Nam Kiew area of Nakhon Ratchassima Province in Isarn, which saw a boom in illegal building in recent years, with as many as 150 resorts being established on supposedly protected land. After investigating the situation, Mr Damrong ordered 25 of these to be bulldozed last year. See photographs for an example (Picture by Noppatjak Attanon). His clean-out of Wang Nam Kiew also included intense investigation of officials involved in the issuing of title deeds. This tough approach naturally sparked outrage among property owners and villagers, with protests and attempts to block the demolitions. A map of the Sirinart Marine National Park can be seen here .

Phuket dengue fever cases on the rise

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 1 June 2012, 04:40PM

Chief of The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PHO), Doctor Sak Tengchaikul, announced today (June 1) that the extreme conditions of the rainy season and climate change has led to a rise in the number of dengue cases.

Parliament chaos over reconciliation debate

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 31 May 2012, 09:17PM

The Thai parliament was thrown into chaos for a second day Thursday, as lawmakers clashed over plans to push through a reconciliation debate that threatens to widen the country's bitter divides.

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