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Premier League’s Golden Boot race hots up
Premier League’s Golden Boot race hots up
FOOTBALL: While the Premier League title has already been won by Liverpool in record time, the battle to finish as the top-flight’s leading scorer is set to go down to the wire.
Seoul mayor takes own life after sexual harassment allegations
Seoul mayor takes own life after sexual harassment allegations
WORLD: The mayor of Seoul, a contender to be South Korea’s next president and a former human rights lawyer, took his own life a day after he was accused of sexual harassment, authorities said today (July 10).
US pledges to help deter trafficking
US pledges to help deter trafficking
THAILAND: United States ambassador Michael George DeSombre yesterday (July 9) pledged to assist Thailand in achieving its goal to be upgraded from Tier 2 in the US Trafficking in Person Report (TIP) to Tier 1.
Phuket villagers rally to save 300-year-old tree from road expansion
Phuket villagers rally to save 300-year-old tree from road expansion
PHUKET: Local villagers in Pa Khlok have rallied together to save a tree they believe is 300 years old from being felled as part of the road expansion of the main route through the subdistrict.
Phuket’s notorious Nui Beach club finally torn down
Phuket’s notorious Nui Beach club finally torn down
PHUKET: The notorious illegal beach club at Nui Beach in Karon, where tourists for years were extorted entry fees and even threatened with violence, has been torn down by officials for illegally occupying state forest land.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Closer to legal kratom! Thailand takes ’slave monkey’ measures? || July 9
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Closer to legal kratom! Thailand takes ’slave monkey’ measures? || July 9
PHUKET XTRA - July 9 || Brought to you by PVCPhuket.com Bangla workers plea to health ministry for help |:| ’Slave monkey’ scandal gets officials working |:| Thailand takes step toward legal kratom Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Feeding Friends Patong COVID food relief campaign draws to a close
Feeding Friends Patong COVID food relief campaign draws to a close
PHUKET: The food relief and basic supplies drive by the Feeding Friends Patong campaign came to an end today (July 9) after providing more than 20,000 meals to people in Patong left without any form of income to support themselves due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hit-and-run monk killer tests negative for alcohol, say police
Hit-and-run monk killer tests negative for alcohol, say police
PHUKET: Chalong Police Chief Col Sarawut Chuprasit today announced that the woman who killed a monk walking by the side of the road in a hit-and-run in Chalong early last Saturday morning has tested negative for alcohol at the time of the incident.
New turtle nest found near Khao Lak
New turtle nest found near Khao Lak
PHUKET: A new leatherback turtle nest has been found at Khao Lak, north of Phuket, with nearly 100 fertilised eggs that are expected to produce younglings.
Bangla workers plea to health ministry for help
Bangla workers plea to health ministry for help
PHUKET: Ministry of Public Health Deputy Permanent Secretary Dr Phisit Sriprasert was surrounded by workers pleading for help during his inspection of the entertainment venues on Bangla Rd in Patong last night (July 8).
Push for total Thai ban on wildlife trade
Push for total Thai ban on wildlife trade
THAILAND: Activists campaigning against wildlife crime say Thailand could be a global leader in stopping pandemics by further cracking down on and ceasing to be a gateway for the illegal wildlife trade.
Alonso returns to F1 with Renault ‘family’
Alonso returns to F1 with Renault ‘family’
FORMULA ONE: Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso yesterday (July 8) insisted “age doesn’t count” as it was revealed he would make a return to his Renault “family” in 2021 when he will be 39.
Thai hotels transform under the ‘New Normal’
Thai hotels transform under the ‘New Normal’
BANGKOK: The changes being brought into effect in the tourism and hospitality sectors as a result of COVID-19 pandemic may well remain in place long after the “short-term” effects of the pandemic have gone, says a leading figure at the international property consultancy CBRE.
Rangsrid vows to raise Thai golf to world level
Rangsrid vows to raise Thai golf to world level
GOLF: Rangsrid Luxitanond was elected unopposed as president of the Thailand Golf Association for a seventh term yesterday (July 8).
No US base in Thailand: Apirat
No US base in Thailand: Apirat
THAILAND: Army chief Apirat Kongsompong has denied the US is looking to set up a military base on Thai soil.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Civil partnership bill in Thailand; activists say doesn’t go far enough! || July 8
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Civil partnership bill in Thailand; activists say doesn’t go far enough! || July 8
PHUKET XTRA - July 8 || Brought to you by PVCPhuket.com Civil partnership bill endorsed, activists say doesn’t go far enough |:| Another Bangkok bridge to become landmark? |:| Thai officials rethink travel bubble program |:| Worried about visa status? Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Phuket restaurant in hot water over charging tourists high prices
Phuket restaurant in hot water over charging tourists high prices
PHUKET: Kamala Police Chief Col Chaiyaphruk Phatiworakorn has intervened to diffuse a “misunderstanding” of a local restaurant charging a Thai tourist B3,000 just for cooking the seafood meals ordered, not including the ingredients.
Power outage to affects parts of Patong
Power outage to affects parts of Patong
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Patong tomorrow (July 9) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
‘Travel bubbles’ plan tipped to be put on ice
‘Travel bubbles’ plan tipped to be put on ice
BANGKOK: Travel bubbles are likely to be delayed after several countries eyed for the scheme have seen a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Monkeys & coconuts making people go bananas! Doomed Phoenix boat, 2 years later || July 7
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Monkeys & coconuts making people go bananas! Doomed Phoenix boat, 2 years later || July 7
PHUKET XTRA - July 7 || Brought to you by PVCPhuket.com Phoenix, stranded and forgotten two years later |:| Thais respond to Peta calls for boycott over monkeys picking coconuts |:| Key Phuket tourism figures slam ’worst is over’ claim |:| Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket