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Lifeguards arrive at Phuket’s Surin Beach
Lifeguards arrive at Phuket’s Surin Beach
PHUKET: Long-awaited experienced, qualified lifeguards arrived at Surin Beach this morning (Aug 1) to start patrolling the surf in the hope of preventing swimmers drowning at the popular tourist beach.
Turtles tangled in fishing nets rescued on Phuket beaches
Turtles tangled in fishing nets rescued on Phuket beaches
PHUKET: Five turtles were rescued from being tangled in fishing nets on Phuket beaches today (Aug 1), experts at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) have confirmed.
Phuket’s top officials headline drought-prevention confab
Phuket’s top officials headline drought-prevention confab
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana yesterday (July 31) presided over a meeting held specifically to counter droughts and water shortages due to the diminished rainfall across the country this year.
Back to The ’80s
Back to The ’80s
We're going back to the totally awesome times of the '80s with Dj Garry and mixology inspired by this groovy era. Every Saturday night at Firefly from 6 pm - late.
Rotary Dinner Out, August 2019
Rotary Dinner Out, August 2019
This month dinner-out has been shifted from Tuesday to Thursday as we all attend the installation night of the Rotary Club of Andaman. Join us for a great night with our Rotary friends in Phuket.
Phuket Business Networking - Aug 2019
Phuket Business Networking - Aug 2019
A small entry fee, THB 500 per person, that includes the first 3 drinks and a light buffet. Make sure to bring lots of business cards, as getting to know each other is what PBN is all about. Location - Whisgars Tasting Room Phuket, on the Boardwalk, Phuket Boat Lagoon, Koh Kaew. Register your attendance here - www.facebook.com/events/2372511109705067/ or call Jason - 086 479 7471.
Major power outage to hit southern Patong to Paradise Beach
Major power outage to hit southern Patong to Paradise Beach
PHUKET: A power outage from the southern end of the Patong beach road to Paradise Beach tomorrow (Aug 2) is set to affect areas that are home to many hotels and resorts to the south of Patong.
Australia’s Folau launches legal action over homophobia sacking
Australia’s Folau launches legal action over homophobia sacking
RUGBY: Fallen star Israel Folau has launched legal action against Rugby Australia and the NSW Waratahs for unfair dismissal, he confirmed Thursday, reportedly demanding an apology, compensation and the right to play again after he was sacked for making homophobic comments.
Benz crash driver avoids jail
Benz crash driver avoids jail
BANGKOK: A drunk Mercedes-Benz driver who crashed into and killed a senior police officer and his wife has been given a suspended three-year jail sentence and banned from drinking alcohol for life.
Tourists ignoring red flags rescued in Patong as Phuket weather warning re-issued
Tourists ignoring red flags rescued in Patong as Phuket weather warning re-issued
PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) this morning re-issued its weather warning for Phuket and the Andaman coast, warning of rainstorm and dangerous waves.
Lottery Office to launch ‘Thai Zodiac’ game
Lottery Office to launch ‘Thai Zodiac’ game
BANGKOK: The Government Lottery Office (GLO) board has opted for a “12 Thai Zodiac” game to be added to the current lottery to compete with the underground draw.
Rare photo captures sea lion falling into mouth of whale
Rare photo captures sea lion falling into mouth of whale
In a stunning photo, a wildlife photographer has captured a sea lion falling into the mouth of a humpback whale in what he calls a “once-in-a-lifetime” moment.
Central Retail gears up for listing
Central Retail gears up for listing
BANGKOK: Central Group, the country’s largest mall operator, is transforming a family retail business held for 72 years by the Chirathivat family and worth 240 billion baht into a listed company.
Public Notice
Public Notice
Due to the case on the 14th May, 2019, which Mr. William James Dalrymple West filed the lawsuit against Mr. Michael Lawrence in regards to accused at Phuket Provincial Court, as the Criminal Case No. Or.539/2019. My name is Michael Lawrence. I have been living in Thailand for many years and own a frequented establishment in Phuket Town. Over the years I have met many people, one of which is a man called William James D West. I met him in my bar as he used to visit it on occasion before going to another establishment for dinner on the adjacent soi. I never really got to know him very well but was aware of him as someone to say hi to, years ago we had an argument in the bar one day that became heated, and we didn’t really speak again. Over the years, I heard that William was involved with some kind of technology company doing something with artificial intelligence, the company he founded is called Invacio, but I didn’t really understand it very much. Sometime in early 2018, someone who knew William told me that there was a new sister company to Invacio in the Seychelles that was called Invacio AAP holdings and this was raising funds to begin providing artificial intelligence services for all kinds of regular people and not commercial or government organisations which are more their focus, this new company had its own payment system called INV. I had heard tokenized currency was a bad thing and because I already fell out with him, I began to think William was not a good person. I decided I could maybe do something to stop him and started to share my opinion about him with other people that I knew. I told many people that William West was a bad person and that he was doing bad things in tokenized currency space. Something that made it look bad, and so helped me with what I was trying to do was that the entire tokenized currency space as a whole was crashing in value, more than 98%, including INV. The entire market reduced in value from 900 billions of dollars to a fraction of its previous worth. The entire fledgeling market almost vanishing in the space of a year this created a breeding ground of resentment and allegations not just for INV but for the entire tokenized space.  As a foreigner living in Thailand, I sometimes use online websites to keep up with current news using the English websites for local newspapers like the Phuket News and also some chat groups for ex-pats. One such person was someone that used to have dealings with William, this individual was creating a smear campaign which included lewd photoshopped images, or offcuts of conversations against Invacio, and William, I decided to involve myself more deeply in this, I even provided a statement that William was a drug user. Using my statement alongside video clips taken from a video the other two had access to, a video was created using a combination of images from private online conversations and clips from the video and many other elements. The video was as destructive as it could be, calling William a drug taker, criminal, murderer, scammer, and fraud. Then it was released all over the internet. I said these things even though I had never seen William on drugs and never really understood anything connected to his company, the technology or. I made many comments and liked and shared a lot of things I found online which were negative about William and his company Invacio. I didn’t think about what I was doing and didn’t really think about the damage I could be causing to William’s reputation or the safety of the many staff associated to the companies, I was sure I was right. It came as a huge surprise when I was suddenly served papers for a criminal case. When that happened I went online to see if I could find real proof about the illegal activities I had been describing because if I could prove what I had been in part creating that Invacio or William was a scam, it would be a simple win of a case, what I found was something completely different from what I thought I would. I found a company that had many, many products and services available. Operating in finance projections (Agnes.invacio.com), social media (relevancy.invacio.com), communications (invmail.io and loop), video analysis (for crypto lucid.invacio.com, finance madoff.invacio.com, politics Lincoln.invacio.com and general business veritas.invacio.com ). Invacio also offers cleansed data for multiple sectors via data.invacio.com and commercial data analysis capabilities via api.invacio.com. aside from those, invacio also has its own blockchain solution reaper.invacio.com to offer for commercial use. Partnerships with Universities across Asia which even send students to Invacio to gain real-world experience in AI systems, and multiple evidence of Invacio’s involvement at the United Nations in Geneva alongside prior addresses at the UN.ESCAP (page4) or meetings with various companies such as Telkom Indonesia, and more. I also found a video similar to the original one we used in our smear campaign but different as it was recorded at night and not daytime as I remembered the first one I saw was which we had used in making the one we released. I saw a group of people fighting to keep their company together and having to constantly refute rumours and lies that I helped to start and spread, which was having a negative impact on the safety of the companies staff and operations. I also discovered that the people I had aligned myself with during this unwarranted hate campaign against William and the company he founded, Invacio, were in fact far from the innocent affected individuals I had thought them to be. One had been released from contract by Invacio sometime before and was in fact accused of a number of activities which are currently being pursued at a criminal level. There are rumours around that at least one of the 2 individuals i conspired with, if not both, are truly and deeply involved in some exceptionally bad online activities themselves and are simply deflecting attention onto William. I was summoned to court, whereby on meeting William face to face, he made it clear his interest was not to cause harm, but to set the record straight, if he was or had done anything illegal, unethical, then he would suffer the consequences, if he had not, his interests were purely in the safety of the staff and the reputation of the Group. My lawyers in light of the facts and evidence presented by William’s legal team pleaded guilty at my behest, and rather than putting me through an ordeal of criminal charges brought by the court, or possible for punitive damages, I instead was invited to set the record straight in the public. I cannot apologise enough for the statements I have made and the damage I have caused. My activities were entirely unwarranted and without merit. To William, his Staff and their families, I extend my unreserved apologies for the damage to your reputations and livelihoods and ask that you forgive me.  
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Coral recovery at 90%! Money talks after fatal crash? Student’s bent spine? || July 31
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Coral recovery at 90%! Money talks after fatal crash? Student’s bent spine? || July 31
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Ministry of Public Health reconfirms no foreigners will be allowed to grow marijuana
Ministry of Public Health reconfirms no foreigners will be allowed to grow marijuana
BANGKOK: The Thai Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives yesterday (July 30) consulted with franchising business researchers about medical uses of marijuana and reconfirmed that no foreign businesspersons will be allowed to grow marijuana plants.
Surin Islands bleached corals nearly fully recovered
Surin Islands bleached corals nearly fully recovered
PHUKET: An estimated 90% of the corals damaged by bleaching at the popular Mu Ko Surin National Park, north of Phuket, have recovered, reports national park officials.
DSI probes alleged corruption in B355mn Cherng Talay wastewater treatment systems
DSI probes alleged corruption in B355mn Cherng Talay wastewater treatment systems
PHUKET: Officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) inspected the wastewater-treatment plants at Surin Beach and Bang Tao yesterday (July 30) as they began their investigation into alleged corruption by MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor).
Forest rangers promised better equipment, welfare
Forest rangers promised better equipment, welfare
THAILAND: National Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa on Wednesday (July 31) promised to improve welfare benefits and working conditions for the 20,000 forest rangers nationwide.
Basketball Africa League reveals debut season host cities
Basketball Africa League reveals debut season host cities
The NBA-backed Basketball Africa League (BAL) unveiled host cities Tuesday (July 30) for its inaugural season, with Kigali, Rwanda, as the named host city for the first semi-final and championship games.