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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.

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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.

Video of eagle attacking toddler sparks online buzz

Phuket News / World

Thursday 20 December 2012, 08:55AM

MONTREAL: A video of a golden eagle swooping down in Montreal and briefly snatching a toddler off the ground sparked online buzz, but turned out on Wednesday to be a hoax that some said harms wildlife.

US to open military ties soon with Myanmar: official

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 20 December 2012, 08:40AM

MYANMAR: The United States is poised to take "nascent steps" to open up military ties with Myanmar as a way of bolstering political reforms undertaken by the former pariah state, a senior US defense official said Wednesday.

Thai deputy PM charged over export of 100 tigers to China

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 20 December 2012, 08:40AM

BANGKOK: A Thai deputy prime minister was charged Wednesday in connection with the export to China of 100 tigers, an endangered species protected by international law, the attorney general's office told AFP.

The Big List: Great Imposters

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:34PM

THE BIG LIST: Pranksters, hoaxers, fakers, imposters and impersonators. Pretending to be someone (or something) that you’re not might be just a joke, or it might get more serious.

Chinese model in hot water over cop photos

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:29PM

BEIJING: Chinese authorities sentenced a 23-year-old model to nine months in jail, suspended for a year, after she posted pictures of herself in a police uniform on the internet.

Police lieutenant’s secret identity as a ‘Baller’

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:27PM

DALLAS: In the latest ‘Lucille Baller’ rap song, she talks about how she will shoot anyone who messes with her since she’s “been to hell and back”.

The secret US plan to nuke the moon

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:24PM

WASHINGTON: A secret US military plan to detonate an atomic bomb on the moon in the 1950s was designed as a warning to the Soviet Union, says a scientist who worked on the project.

Patong business people object to Phuket party

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:18PM

PHUKET: A group of Patong business people disagree with plans to move the Sydictive Element New Year’s party from Surin Beach to Patong – and have warned that the compensation expected by Patong businesses for the disruption will be considerable.

InterCon to manage former Evason Resort in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 04:12PM

PHUKET: The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) - the world’s largest hotel group in terms of number of rooms - today (December 19) announced that it has signed a management contract for the former Evason Resort in Rawai.

Phuket's Thalang district without power

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 03:52PM

PHUKET: At 3pm today (December 19) power was abruptly cut in Thalang district.

Kamala bag-snatch robbers caught in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 02:10PM

PHUKET: Two thieves who admitted to having robbed many tourists in the Kamala area were arrested yesterday (December 18) in Phuket after they robbed an expat resident as he walked along Kamala beach in Phuket.

8 hurt in Phuket as crane rips roof off minibus

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 12:41PM

PHUKET: Eight tourists, mostly Russians, miraculously escaped serious injury when the roof of their minibus was peeled back like a sardine can by the jib of a mobile crane at about 9 am yesterday (December 18) in Chalong, Phuket.

Unusual tourists land in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:56AM

PHUKET: The island had an unexpected arrival of “package tourists” on Monday (December 17) when between 500 and 600 Asian openbill storks touched down in Rawai, the first time in human memory that these birds have been seen in Phuket.

KL consulate confirms: no one-year non-B visas

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:46AM

PHUKET: A staffer at the consular section of the Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has confirmed that the consulate is effectively no longer issuing one-year multiple-entry non-immigrant B visas except in special cases.

‘You can’t block off Patong Beach’, says deputy mayor in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:30AM

PHUKET: Patong deputy mayor Chairat Sukbal has confirmed he is aware of plans to move Phuket's Sydictive Element New Year’s party to Patong beach, but says the beach will not be able to be blocked off because it is a public area.

Australia to apologise for forced adoptions

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:19AM

AUSTRALIA: Australia will formally apologise for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies born mostly to unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s, the government said Wednesday.

Phuket yachtsman attacked by ‘samurai’ motorbike gang

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 10:03AM

PHUKET: Phuket yachting figure Neil Petford was attacked and robbed by a “samurai” motorbike gang on his way home from the final party of the recent King’s Cup Regatta.

Man to stand trial over killing of Chinese-Australian family

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 09:38AM

AUSTRALIA: A 48-year-old man was committed to stand trial Wednesday over the high-profile murder of a Chinese-Australian family of five who were bludgeoned to death inside their Sydney home.

School restarts in Newtown, but not for survivors

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 09:35AM

US: Most children in Newtown returned to classes Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre, but survivors of the shooting stayed home and their school remained a crime scene.

Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end'

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 09:33AM

FRANCE: Diehard doomsayers will be scurrying to the nearest shelter in fear of a Mayan prophecy of the world's end Friday, but many more from Delhi to Sydney will ring in the date by partying like there's no tomorrow.

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