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4 plots of Phuket land checked - all illegal

PHUKET: As part of an ongoing investigation into land encroachment on the island, Pol Lt Gen Jutti Thammanovanich, Head of the Special Unit of the Ministry of Interior came down from Bangkok to investigate land plots in the Patong, Kathu and Kamala areas today.

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US carrier Nimitz due to visit Phuket

PHUKET: The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is due to visit Phuket on May 28, anchoring in Makham Bay off the deep sea port.

PHUKET IN FOCUS This week's The Phuket News

Behind the news of this week's main stories in The Phuket News. Executive Editor, Alasdair Forbes on 'Phuket in Focus'.

Phuket Navy joins disaster exercise in Satun

PHUKET: A patrol boat and crew from the Phuket base of the Royal Thai Navy Third Fleet joined relevant government departments yesterday (May 16) in a full-scale marine disaster exercise off Pak Bara Pier in Satun Province.

Phuket Lifeguard Club joins forces with Surf Life Saving Australia

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 March 2013, 08:59AM

PHUKET: The Phuket Lifeguard Club (PLC) has joined with Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) to develop a public education programme and resource that aims to reduce drowning and improve water safety in Phuket.

Man using stolen credit cards caught

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 10 March 2013, 08:41PM

BANGKOK: Police on Sunday arrested a man accused of using stolen credit cards to buy goods in shopping malls.

Drug smuggler killed, 60,000 pills seized

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 10 March 2013, 08:38PM

CHIANG RAI: A drug smuggler was killed in a clash with the Pha Muang Task Force in the northern border province of Chiang Rai on Sunday during which 60,030 methamphetamine pills were seized.

Australia offers Indonesia Corby parole guarantees

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 10 March 2013, 11:19AM

BALI: Australia on Sunday said it had offered Indonesia a formal guarantee that drug trafficker Schapelle Corby would comply with parole in a letter supporting her release from prison.

Depression affects 1.5m Thai people - study

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 9 March 2013, 08:56PM

BANGKOK: About 1.5 million Thai people aged over 15 years are suffering from depression, according to Narong Sahametapat, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry.

Don Mueang predicts leap in volume

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 9 March 2013, 03:15PM

BANGKOK: Don Mueang airport expects a quantum leap in passenger traffic and aircraft movements in the fiscal year ending Sept 30 now that the 99-year-old airfield has been reactivated as a fully functional facility.

Dokset’s Phuket murder trial adjourned

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 9 March 2013, 03:05PM

PHUKET: The trial of Norwegian Stein Havard Dokset, arrested last year after police found the rotting body of his ex-girlfriend in a garbage bin in his house, has been delayed .

Phuket: Rape claim dropped after tourist can't remember

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 9 March 2013, 01:15PM

KRABI: A rape claim involving a female tourist from the Netherlands on Phi Phi island has been dropped after the 'victim' confessed she cannot remember details of the alleged incident.

Pitfalls of catching Phuket’s animal touts

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 March 2013, 05:20PM

PHUKET: A variety of government bodies came together today (March 8), to hold a press conference to review action – or the apparent lack of it – against touts tempting tourists to have their photos taken with exotic animals.

Momentum grows for B1m Phuket skate park

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 March 2013, 05:02PM

PHUKET: A group of Phuket skaters are hoping to raise funds to build a state-of-the-art B1 million skate park to help bring the Phuket community together and provide a venue for the island’s skaters.

Rare comet visible over Thailand all week

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 8 March 2013, 04:14PM

BANGKOK: The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit) is encouraging people to try to catch a glimpse of an approaching comet that will be visible to the naked eye just once in a lifetime.

AirAsia's India entry wins investment panel approval

Phuket News / Business

Friday 8 March 2013, 08:40AM

NEW DELHI: Asia's largest low-cost carrier AirAsia won approval from India's foreign investment panel Wednesday to set up an airline in a joint venture with the giant Tata group, a government official said.

EU, Thailand launch free trade talks

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 8 March 2013, 08:39AM

BANGKOK: The European Union and Thailand on Wednesday announced the launch of talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), seeking to boost annual commerce already worth some 30 billion euros ($39 billion).

British activist fighting to avoid Thai jail term

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 8 March 2013, 08:37AM

BANGKOK: A British activist who could face up to seven years in a Thai prison for his investigation into alleged migrant labour abuses has decried the charges as a politically motivated attempt to silence him.

Lucky escape as stray bullet zips into woman’s Phuket home

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 05:05PM

PHUKET: Phuket woman 59-year-old Thayika Yotyoy had a close call yesterday evening (March 6) when a bullet missed her by millimetres as she stood inside the house in Rawai she shares with her sister and niece.

Phuket mob protests at sacking of teacher

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 03:43PM

PHUKET: Around 100 Muslim people, including students of the Muslim Wittaya School in Koh Kaew and members of the school’s foundation, gathered at the school this morning to protest at the sacking of a teacher.

City offers summer fun for Phuket children

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 02:26PM

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has invited all children aged six to 10 to join a wide variety of activities – some serious and some just plain fun – which will run from March 25 to April 25, at very little cost.

OrBorJor bus victim recovering after Phuket smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 12:48PM

PHUKET: Kirill Kulaein, 43, the Russian tourist who was hit by a Po Tong – an OrBorJor pink bus – yesterday (March 6) remains in Vachira Hospital but is out of danger.

Still no funds for new B1bn Phuket prison

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 12:19PM

PHUKET: With prisoner numbers now at bursting point in the existing overcrowded and ancient prison in Phuket Town, the director of Phuket Provincial Prison is hoping that the funds to build a new B1 billion prison in Thalang will be included in the 2014 government budget.

Phuket Opinion: Probing for the truth

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:54PM

PHUKET: Last week The Phuket News published a story about the apparent shelving of the two main land title probes that have had Phuket’s developers and hoteliers quivering for the past year.

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