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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Hill crash linked to murder! Vegetarian Festival rises! Runway skid? || Oct. 9
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Hill crash linked to murder! Vegetarian Festival rises! Runway skid? || Oct. 9
PHUKET XTRA - October 9 Patong Hill crash linked to murder |:| Vegetarian Festival 2018 rises |:| 1 arrest in shootout that killed tourists |:| Poaching and then cooking? |:| THAI flight skids off runway Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Patong bars to be respectful for Rama 9 remembrance this weekend
Patong bars to be respectful for Rama 9 remembrance this weekend
PHUKET: Bars on Bangla Rd and other main entertainment areas of Patong have been asked to be respectful this Saturday (Oct 13) as the nation commemorates two years since the passing King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Animal remains, spent shells found in park poaching case
Animal remains, spent shells found in park poaching case
KANCHANABURI: Wildlife remains have been found in the cooking area of the campsite used by suspected poachers, including a senior district official, detained as they were leaving Sai Yok National Park on Sunday (Oct 7).
Thai tennis umpires get life bans for match-fixing, betting
Thai tennis umpires get life bans for match-fixing, betting
TENNIS: Three tennis umpires from Thailand have been handed life bans for match-fixing and betting offences, including manipulating the official scoring system during matches, the sport’s anti-corruption body said.
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2018 rises
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2018 rises
PHUKET: The Phuket Vegetarian Festival got underway in its traditional style at sunset yesterday evening (Oct 8) as participating shrines across the island raised their Go Teng poles so that the Jade Emperor and the Nine emperor Gods may descend from the heavens.
Patong Hill crash linked to Phuket murder, say police
Patong Hill crash linked to Phuket murder, say police
PHUKET: Police have said that a man who hit a motorcyclist opposite the Patong City sign on Patong Hill yesterday before ploughing his vehicle 30 metres down the hillside is believed to have murdered his wife sometime before the accident.
THAI 747 slides off Suvarnabhumi runway on landing
THAI 747 slides off Suvarnabhumi runway on landing
BANGKOK: A Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 carrying 97 passengers and 18 crew members from Guangzhou slid off a runway while landing at Suvarnabhumi airport in heavy rain late yesterday (Oct 8). There were no injuries.
Airport officers transferred over bribes
Airport officers transferred over bribes
BANGKOK: A police superintendent and three deputy chief inspectors at Don Mueang airport have been transferred as they face a probe in connection with a bribery allegation made against them, said Immigration Bureau (IB) commissioner Surachate Hakparn.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Burnt to a crisp! Supreme Court evictions? Arrests in fatal shooting! || Oct. 8
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Burnt to a crisp! Supreme Court evictions? Arrests in fatal shooting! || Oct. 8
PHUKET XTRA - October 8 Phuket mall fire update |:| Suspects arrested in fatal shooting |:| No date set for Supreme Court beach evictions |:| Aid for motorbike taxi drivers? |:| Wildlife poaching charges for senior official, 11 others Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Phuket Airport Immigration chief ‘thankful’ for No Tips order
Phuket Airport Immigration chief ‘thankful’ for No Tips order
PHUKET: The chief of the immigration officers stationed at Phuket International Airport told The Phuket News today (Oct 8) that he is ‘thankful’ for new Immigration boss Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn ordering his officers to no longer accept cash ‘tips’ from tourists arriving in the country.
German tourist’s Phuket assault case is being investigated, say police
German tourist’s Phuket assault case is being investigated, say police
PHUKET: Chalong Police have today confirmed that a case related to an assault on a German tourist last month is being investigated and arrest warrants should be issued this week.
British Embassy Bangkok to stop Certification of Income letters
British Embassy Bangkok to stop Certification of Income letters
PHUKET: The British Embassy in Bangkok from Jan 1 next year will no longer provide British nationals with letters confirming their income, the embassy announced in a statement today (Oct 8).
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Suspects arrested for deadly Phuket street shooting
Suspects arrested for deadly Phuket street shooting
PHUKET: Police have confirmed that two suspects wanted for the fatal shooting of the 18-year-old son of a village headman in Phuket on Saturday have been taken into custody.
Yacht show forces combine for Phuket’s ‘only boat show’
Yacht show forces combine for Phuket’s ‘only boat show’
PHUKET: In a joint statement issued today (Oct 8), Gulu Lalvani, Chairman of Royal Phuket Marina, by Andy Treadwell, CEO of Verventia Pte Ltd, owners of the Thailand Yacht Show (TYS), and Gael and Olivier Burlot, owners of Asia RendezVous, announced that the three parties have agreed to collaborate in producing one combined boat show in Phuket next year.
Senior official, 11 others charged with wildlife poaching
Senior official, 11 others charged with wildlife poaching
KANCHANABURI: Twelve people, including a senior district official, have been arrested and charged with poaching in Sai Yok National Park after they were found leaving there with guns and several paws from an Asian bearcat.
Swedish expat, 76, found dead in Phuket house
Swedish expat, 76, found dead in Phuket house
PHUKET: A 76-year-old Swedish expat was found dead in his home in Thalang on Saturday with police believing the death was caused by health issues.
Missing toll soars to 5,000 in engulfed Indonesia quake neighbourhoods
Missing toll soars to 5,000 in engulfed Indonesia quake neighbourhoods
INDONESIA: The number of people believed missing from the quake and tsunami that struck Indonesia’s Palu city has soared to 5,000, an official said yesterday (Oct 7), an indication that far more may have perished in the twin disaster than the current toll.
Hamilton in title box seat after dominant Japanese win
Hamilton in title box seat after dominant Japanese win
FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton has won his fourth successive race at the Japanese Grand Prix to put himself 67 points ahead of title rival Sebastian Vettel, who undid his weekend with yet another early-race crash.
Street gang brawl kills, injures tourists
Street gang brawl kills, injures tourists
BANGKOK: An Indian and Lao citizen were killed and five other people including tourists wounded by stray bullets from an apparent battle between two gangs of young men on Ratchaprarop Rd in Bangkok yesterday night (Oct 7).