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Phuket airport cleaner rewarded after returning wallet containing over B500k in cash
Phuket airport cleaner rewarded after returning wallet containing over B500k in cash
PHUKET: The General Manager of Phuket International Airport Petch Chancharoen today (Mar 2) rewarded an airport toilet cleaner who returned a wallet containing over B500,000 in cash and cards that she found and returned to the rightful owner earlier this week.
Premchai shows up to answer poaching charges
Premchai shows up to answer poaching charges
KANCHANABURI: Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta turned up at Thong Pha Phum Police Station in Kanchanaburi province about midday today (Mar 2) to answer multiple charges relating to illegal camping and hunting protected wildlife in the province’s world heritage forest early last month.
Songkran break grows to five days
Songkran break grows to five days
NATIONWIDE: The cabinet decided on Tuesday (Feb 27) to approve an extension of the Songkran holiday period, which from this year will be a five-day break running from April 12-16.
Phuket Governor pushes for improvements at stray dog shelter
Phuket Governor pushes for improvements at stray dog shelter
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong has ordered improvements to the landscape at the Phuket Stray Dog Shelter in Thalang and that a wastewater-treatment system be installed at the facility.
Bournemouth beats Phuket in TripAdvisor ‘Top 25 Beaches – World’ rankings
Bournemouth beats Phuket in TripAdvisor ‘Top 25 Beaches – World’ rankings
PHUKET: Not a single beach in Phuket or the surrounding region has made it into the “Top 25 Beaches – World” by TripAdvisor, announced today (Mar 2).
Phuket hotel worker injured after falling asleep at the wheel
Phuket hotel worker injured after falling asleep at the wheel
PHUKET: A Phuket hotel worker suffered minor injuries this morning after he fell asleep at the wheel causing him to crash into a roadside restaurant before coming to rest in a roadside ditch. Four passengers in the car escaped uninjured.
Thai Airways reports full-year loss
Thai Airways reports full-year loss
BANGKOK: Thai Airways International (THAI) reported a disappointing loss despite increased passenger numbers, load factors and new fleet purchases, reducing the average fleet age. The national airline also introduced new direct long-haul flights and increased regional coverage.
Phuket sea gypsies win another land rights case
Phuket sea gypsies win another land rights case
PHUKET: The Region 8 Court of Appeal on Wednesday dismissed another land right case filed against the Phuket sea gypsies in Rawai, upholding their right to occupy land in sea gypsy village at the southern end of Phuket.
Red Bull’s efforts to join last year’s title protagonists undermined by engine supplier
Red Bull’s efforts to join last year’s title protagonists undermined by engine supplier
FORMULA ONE: The three months that passed between the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi last November and the first fire-up of pre-season testing on February 26 was enough to engender almost boundless optimism amongst all 10 Formula One teams. Almost all of them will be disappointed.
Baby born on British roadside after snow blocks hospital dash
Baby born on British roadside after snow blocks hospital dash
UNITED KINGDOM: It may have been a frosty welcome, but the dramatic birth of a British baby on a snowy roadside has warmed hearts as the country shivers in a blast of freezing weather.
Grandma turns on murder mum, says she has new lover
Grandma turns on murder mum, says she has new lover
NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: A woman charged with the murder of her young son by pushing him into a canal is not mentally ill as she claims, but killed him because she did not want her new lover to know she had a child, according to the boy’s grandmother.
Police captain rapped over tycoon’s animal cruelty charge
Police captain rapped over tycoon’s animal cruelty charge
KANCHANABURI: A police captain in Kanchanaburi province has been put on probation for accepting a complaint of cruelty to animals, later withdrawn, against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who is accused of illegally hunting endangered animals in a World Heritage forest last month.
Russian ‘sex trainer’ amid political scandal asks US embassy for asylum
Russian ‘sex trainer’ amid political scandal asks US embassy for asylum
BANGKOK: A Russian woman arrested in Pattaya for working illegally as a “sex expert” has appealed to the US embassy for asylum, claiming that she has sensitive information involving top Russian and US diplomats.
Dead baby girl foetus found dumped in Patong garbage
Dead baby girl foetus found dumped in Patong garbage
PHUKET: Patong Police have launched a search for the person who dumped a dead female foetus in a garbage bin on the main road from Kathu into Patong last night (Feb 28).
Teacher Preecha arrested in B30m prize dispute
Teacher Preecha arrested in B30m prize dispute
BANGKOK: Crime Suppression Division police arrested teacher Preecha Kraikruan and a local lottery vendor in Kanchanaburi province yesterday (Feb 28) in a dramatic climax to the long-running B30-million first-prize dispute.
Pregnant woman injured in Patong bus crash safe
Pregnant woman injured in Patong bus crash safe
PHUKET: The pregnant woman injured in the Patong bus crash on Sunday (Feb 25) is safe from harm and has been discharged from hospital, police have confirmed.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket officials begins working to “clean up” the amount of trash on the island || February 28
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket officials begins working to “clean up” the amount of trash on the island || February 28
PHUKET XTRA - February 28 || The Vice Governor of Phuket has spearheaded a drive for improved solid-waste management across the island
Phuket Smart Bus launches in style
Phuket Smart Bus launches in style
PHUKET: Ministry of Tourism and Sports Permanent Secretary Pongpanu Svetaroon joined Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong at the launch ceremony for the new Phuket Smart Bus today (Feb 28), with 10 buses ready to serve the company’s first bus route, from Phuket International Airport to Rawai via the west coast.
Phuket rental companies to be fined if found renting to unlicenced drivers
Phuket rental companies to be fined if found renting to unlicenced drivers
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Col Sermpan Sirikong has confirmed that vehicle rental operators who allow drivers to rent a vehicle without the required driving licence must be fined B2,000.
Russians sex-skills trainers to be deported, blacklisted
Russians sex-skills trainers to be deported, blacklisted
PATTAYA: Immigration police will deport and blacklist 10 Russians caught running sex training classes in the seaside tourist town of Pattaya.