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Phuket City FC backtrack after questions raised against legality
Phuket City FC backtrack after questions raised against legality
FOOTBALL: In the latest bamboozling twist of what is being touted as the island’s football team, Phuket City FC will play its current season in the Thai League while wearing the badge of a club based in Chonburi, some 900-plus kilometres away.
Phuket project begins to install power cables underground
Phuket project begins to install power cables underground
PHUKET: A survey along a section of Wichit Songkran Rd began yesterday (Feb 8) ahead of plans to install power cables underground in the heart of Kathu.
Pop Up 4 at The White House at Boat Lagoon
Pop Up 4 at The White House at Boat Lagoon
For one night only, sample 15 of the best restaurants in Phuket ’popping up’ at Boat Lagoon’s White House in support of Phuket Has Been Good To Us! For a 2,500 THB donation try culinary creations from the many amazing chefs and enjoy free flow from our beverage sponsors about the best crossbow. The evening will also feature fantastic silent auction prizes, great music, dancing, and more! Don’t miss Phuket’s best foodie event of the year! Book now at phuketticketmaster.com, info@phukethasbeengoodtous.org or 076-278-146
Poaching evidence firms up
Poaching evidence firms up
BANGKOK: Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) accused of poaching wildlife in a Kanchanaburi World Heritage sanctuary, should confess to the crime given the solid evidence against him, a senior forensic expert says.
Police nab Russian Infraud ‘cyber-gangster’ in Bangkok
Police nab Russian Infraud ‘cyber-gangster’ in Bangkok
BANGKOK: Police have detained a Russian national believed to be the No.2 organiser of a transnational gang operating a black market and theft operation known as the Infraud international theft ring.
North Korea holds military parade on eve of Olympics
North Korea holds military parade on eve of Olympics
North Korea staged a military parade in Pyongyang Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of its armed forces, putting its intercontinental ballistic missiles on show just a day before the Winter Olympics open in the South.
Operation Wanted
Operation Wanted
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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Target: Phuket ghostriders! Bus station upgrades? Community comes together! || February 8
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Target: Phuket ghostriders! Bus station upgrades? Community comes together! || February 8
PHUKET XTRA - February 8 Ghostriders in Phuket targeted! Bus Terminal 2 upgrades coming! Concerns after Phi Phi fire? Calling for annulment of man's death sentence? Community comes together for people who lost homes in Phuket Town fire! Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Bullet hole, pellets in dead animals at Premchai’s campsite
Bullet hole, pellets in dead animals at Premchai’s campsite
KANCHANABURI: Police have found a bullet hole in the dead endangered black leopard and shotgun pellets in the protected pheasant found at the illegal campsite of construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta in a Kanchanaburi forest reserve.
Phuket ghostriders in the spotlight
Phuket ghostriders in the spotlight
PHUKET: Motorbike “ghostriders” – motorbike riders who drive against the flow of traffic – are to be targeted after it was revealed the act results in some 100 injuries each year in just one area in Phuket alone.
BISP golfer victorious at HSBC Junior Open
BISP golfer victorious at HSBC Junior Open
GOLF: Representing the Thai national team, Vanchai “Mark” Luangnitikul produced a stunning individual victory at the recent HSBC Junior Open held in China on the very difficult Fusion Golf Club course and in extremely testing conditions.
Phuket events to promote Unesco ‘City of Gastronomy’ status
Phuket events to promote Unesco ‘City of Gastronomy’ status
PHUKET: Three separate events will be held in Phuket Town and Patong to promote the Phuket City’s status as a Unesco City of Gastronomy and to give local residents and tourists the opportunity to explore the island’s culinary heritage.
Phuket’s Bus Terminal 2 upgrades to automatic ticketing, queuing systems
Phuket’s Bus Terminal 2 upgrades to automatic ticketing, queuing systems
PHUKET: Rassada Municipality yesterday (Feb 8) held a meeting together with the Phuket Provincial Land Transportation Office (PLTO) to focus on improving the standard of services at Phuket Bus Terminal 2 in Rassada.
Donations made to Phuket homeowners whose houses were destroyed by fire
Donations made to Phuket homeowners whose houses were destroyed by fire
PHUKET: Following a fire in Phuket Town on Monday (Feb 5) that destroyed four houses and slightly damaged a fifth, Phuket Red Cross officials, Kusoldharm Foundation, Phuket Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) and Lion Club Phuket on Tuesday (Feb 6) visited the four homeowners and presented them with donations.
Eight teams to compete at Last Man Stands Thailand Open 2018 in Phuket
Eight teams to compete at Last Man Stands Thailand Open 2018 in Phuket
CRICKET: Gone are the days when one can bemoan the lengthy duration of a cricket match as playing formats have whittled away from five-day tests down to a single day, to the very popular T20 series now adopted by most leagues during their playing season, with 6’s, 7’s and 8’s tournaments also a draw for the weekend wicket warrior.
Rescuers brave aftershocks as Taiwan quake toll rises to nine
Rescuers brave aftershocks as Taiwan quake toll rises to nine
TAIWAN: Taiwanese rescuers braved powerful aftershocks to search for survivors in a dangerously leaning apartment block that was partially toppled by a quake, locating two more bodies early today (Feb 8) to bring the death toll to nine as dozens remain missing.
School head denies he molested girl
School head denies he molested girl
NAKHON RATHCHASIMA: A school director accused of sexually molesting a 14-year-old female student at his school yesterday (Feb 7) denied any wrongdoing when he turned himself in to local police.
ITD under pressure over state contracts
ITD under pressure over state contracts
BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) has been thrust into an unwelcome spotlight as questions have been raised over its corporate governance after the arrest of its president, accused of poaching wildlife in a Kanchanaburi World Heritage sanctuary.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phi Phi fire! Tycoon faces 28 years? ISIS-South Thai linked sites? || Feb 7
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phi Phi fire! Tycoon faces 28 years? ISIS-South Thai linked sites? || Feb 7
PHUKET XTRA - February 7 Phi Phi island fire injures 9, destroys buildings! ISIS-South Thai linked sites monitored? Defamation trial: Migrant workers vs company! Tycoon faces 28 years in jail? Remedies for long lines at Phuket airport? Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Family appeals against death penalty over Italian slaying in Phuket
Family appeals against death penalty over Italian slaying in Phuket
PHUKET: An Italian Senator has appealed to the Government of Thailand to stave off the death penalty for Denis Cavatassi, who stands convicted of hiring a killer to murder his business partner, Luciano Butti, in Phuket in 2011.