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Nearly half of coral off Nai Yang damaged, killed by bleaching
Nearly half of coral off Nai Yang damaged, killed by bleaching
PHUKET: Specialists from the Department of Natural Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) have discovered that some 10% of coral off Nai Yang Beach are dead because of bleaching while 30% more damaged.
Phuket driver nabbed with 2,000 meth pills
Phuket driver nabbed with 2,000 meth pills
PHUKET: A 36-year-old Thai truck driver was arrested with 2,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) in Rassada on Friday night (May 17).
Phuket-based fighter first Aussie ever to fight for Lumpinee title
Phuket-based fighter first Aussie ever to fight for Lumpinee title
MUAY THAI: On June 18, Chadd Collins will become the first Australian ever to fight for a Lumpinee Stadium title.
Phuket Law: Transfer fees and taxes revisited
Phuket Law: Transfer fees and taxes revisited
This month the Thai Cabinet decided to reduce the transfer fees and mortgage registration fees for certain immovable properties to 0.01% for a period of one year*. It should be noted that the reduction as outlined above will have no affect on high price properties since it is limited to immovable properties in the value of up to B1 million only.
Imported vs local: Is Thailand finally able to compete with imported food products?
Imported vs local: Is Thailand finally able to compete with imported food products?
Many of you who over the past decade have lived in Phuket, and indeed across Thai­land, cannot fail to have noticed the ever-increasing range of local food products now on offer in our supermarkets and even the upsurge in artisanal grocers.
Poll finds most Thais starving for holidays
Poll finds most Thais starving for holidays
Thai workers are the seventh most vacation-deprived globally, according to an Expedia study that examines vacation usage and trends across 19 countries and territories.
Rainy season begins officially on Monday
Rainy season begins officially on Monday
NATIONWIDE: The scorching summer heat is finally coming to an end as weathermen have officially declared Monday (May 20) as the beginning of the rainy season that will last until mid-October throughout most of the country.
Chalong Boatbuilding Business
Chalong Boatbuilding Business
Boatbuilding business with 300sqm Office + 300sqm Workshop/Store. Chanote 0.5rai. 30ft Speedboat plus moulds for more production.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Mom buries baby alive! Elephants in the sea? Stabbing victim disappears? || May 17
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Mom buries baby alive! Elephants in the sea? Stabbing victim disappears? || May 17
1- British stabbing victim disappears as hunt for suspect stalls MORE: Original story   2- Phuket elephant rides in the sea given all clear   3- Baby Jumbo is dead   4- Newborn abandoned in forest, mother charged with attempted murder   5- Election Update: Bhumjaithai, Democrats form a coalition of their own  
Phuket Marine Office to destroy abandoned Chinese fishing boats
Phuket Marine Office to destroy abandoned Chinese fishing boats
PHUKET: All marine operators have been warned to keep clear of Tha Chatchai Pier in the Chong Bpark Phra canal separating Phuket from the mainland while officers from the Phuket Marine Office break apart five Chinese fishing boats left abandoned at the pier.
Seven arrested with drugs and firearms in Phuket
Seven arrested with drugs and firearms in Phuket
PHUKET: Several drug busts have been made in Phuket leading to the arrests of seven individuals for drugs and firearm-related offences.
Phuket readies for Andaman Hotelier and Tourism Fair
Phuket readies for Andaman Hotelier and Tourism Fair
PHUKET: This year’s edition of the Andaman Hotelier and Tourism Fair 2019 will be held at Baan & Beyond Phuket (formerly called Central Festival Phuket East) on June 21-23, it was announced yesterday (May 16).
Baby Jumbo is dead
Baby Jumbo is dead
PHUKET: The Phuket Zoo baby elephant Jumbo, just three years old, has died from a digestive tract infection despite an international campaign calling for him to be taken into care for better protection.
Phuket man arrested for role in Thalang Riot posts B500k bail
Phuket man arrested for role in Thalang Riot posts B500k bail
PHUKET: The 21-year-old man arrested in Bangkok and brought back to Phuket to face charges for his alleged role in the Thalang Riot more than three years ago has been released by police after posting B500,000 bail.
Second golfing Major of the year is upon us
Second golfing Major of the year is upon us
The second golfing Major of the year is upon us – normally played in August and now changed to May – and is played at the Bethpage Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, New York.
Phuket elephant rides in the sea given all clear
Phuket elephant rides in the sea given all clear
PHUKET: An elephant ride operation at Tri Trang Beach, south of Patong, has been given the all clear to continue despite an outpouring of comments online calling for officials to investigate amid concerns that the elephants were destroying corals near the beach by treading on them.
Government clamps down on surging illegal Thai migration
Government clamps down on surging illegal Thai migration
BANGKOK: The Labour Ministry is stepping up measures to curb the growing number of Thai nationals intending to live and work illegally in South Korea, as the number of illegal Thai immigrants in South Korea has soared to 140,000.
Senior monks jailed for fraud
Senior monks jailed for fraud
BANGKOK: The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has sentenced a former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and his secretary to six years and three years in jail, respectively, for laundering money budgeted to promote Buddhism into their own pockets.
Nattawat sets the pace with a 62 at the Singha Laguna Phuket Open
Nattawat sets the pace with a 62 at the Singha Laguna Phuket Open
GOLF: Thailand’s Nattawat Suvajanakorn recorded a stunning eight-under-par 62 to seize the first-round lead at the Singha Laguna Phuket Open yesterday (May 16).
THAI profits take Q1 nosedive
THAI profits take Q1 nosedive
BANGKOK: Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) has blamed the appreciation of the baht, the US-China trade war and the closure of Pakistani airspace for an 83% dive in its year-on-year first-quarter profits.