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Political showdown for Pita
Political showdown for Pita
BANGKOK: The much-anticipated prime minister vote occurs today (July 13), and the odds are not in favour of Move For ward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat emerging as the country’s next leader.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: EC forwards Pita’s case to court, Prayut retires, Underpass woes, Piling on the cheese || July 12
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: EC forwards Pita’s case to court, Prayut retires, Underpass woes, Piling on the cheese || July 12
PHUKET XTRA - July 12 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket #PhuketNews #Thailand
Suspect held in killing of German in Pattaya
Suspect held in killing of German in Pattaya
PATTAYA: One person has surrendered to police and warrants are out for two others linked to the gruesome murder of a German property broker whose dismembered body was found in a freezer in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district in Chon Buri.
Beached dolphin taken into care
Beached dolphin taken into care
PHUKET: A striped dolphin found beached at Koh Yao Noi, some 18 kilometres east of Phuket, has been taken into care by marine biologists at the Siritharn Rare Marine Life Rescue Center, based at Ao Makham on Phuket’s east coast.
Officials ready for ‘Tsunami Walk & Run’ event
Officials ready for ‘Tsunami Walk & Run’ event
PHUKET: Officials are preparing to hold the Phuket edition of the inaugural ’Walk & Run for Tsunami Learning 2023’ event, to be held in Mai Khao on Sunday (July 16).
Major League Cricket aims for US breakthrough
Major League Cricket aims for US breakthrough
CRICKET: The most ambitious attempt yet to establish professional cricket in the United States gets under way today (July 12) when wickets will be pitched for the start of the inaugural season of Major League Cricket.
Grab driver threatened with machete over taxi queue
Grab driver threatened with machete over taxi queue
PHUKET: A man has been charged for threatening a Grab taxi driver with a machete at Naithon Beach in a dispute over the Grab driver parking in an area claimed to be reserved for a local taxi queue.
Australia fears China’s latest Pacific deal could stoke tensions
Australia fears China’s latest Pacific deal could stoke tensions
SYDNEY: Australia has urged China to release the details of a new policing pact with Solomon Islands, saying Beijing’s latest push for influence threatens to inflame tensions in the South Pacific.
Prayut announces retirement from politics
Prayut announces retirement from politics
BANGKOK: Thailand’s outgoing prime minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha announced his retirement from politics yesterday (July 11), although he will remain as the country’s leader until the formation of a new government.
B1.8mn to fix Darasamut Underpass pump problem
B1.8mn to fix Darasamut Underpass pump problem
PHUKET: The Phuket Highways Office has hired a contractor to repair the water pump system in the Darasamut Underpass, in the hope of eventually avoiding having the essential tunnel closed again due to flooding.
Officials called to fix dangerous sections of Phuket’s busiest road
Officials called to fix dangerous sections of Phuket’s busiest road
PHUKET: Local residents using the northern parts of Thepkrasattri Rd have called for officials to complete works that are still ongoing to install drains, as the areas where the work remains incomplete posing dangerous risk to motorists, especially motorbike riders.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Missing man found in freezer, Residents push back against Navy over forest rights || July 11
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Missing man found in freezer, Residents push back against Navy over forest rights || July 11
PHUKET XTRA - July 11 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket #PhuketNews #Thailand
Australia, New Zealand revive ‘football’s Ashes’
Australia, New Zealand revive ‘football’s Ashes’
FOOTBALL: Australia and New Zealand will play this year for the “Soccer Ashes”, sporting officials said today (July 11), a long-forgotten trophy recently rediscovered almost 70 years after it was lost.
Two killed, 10 injured as elevated road collapses in Bangkok
Two killed, 10 injured as elevated road collapses in Bangkok
BANGKOK: Two people died and ten others were injured when an elevated road section under construction collapsed on Luang Phaeng Road in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district last night (July 10).
Residents fight Navy over protected forest rights
Residents fight Navy over protected forest rights
PHUKET: More than 100 local residents occupying land within the Bang Khanun protected national forest yesterday (July 10) presented a formal request for the Royal Thai Navy to remove a barbed-wire fence from the area.
Last week the hottest worldwide on record: UN
Last week the hottest worldwide on record: UN
PARIS: The beginning of July was the hottest week on record for the planet, according to early findings yesterday (July 10) from the World Meteorological Organization, after a series of scorching days saw global temperature records tumble.
Djokovic, Alcaraz stay on track for Wimbledon showdown
Djokovic, Alcaraz stay on track for Wimbledon showdown
TENNIS: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz stayed on track for a dream final at Wimbledon yesterday (July 10) as defending women’s champion Elena Rybakina reached the last eight after barely breaking sweat.
Missing German broker found dead
Missing German broker found dead
CHON BURI: Police found the body of a missing German property broker hidden in a freezer at a house in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district last night (July 11).
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket on flood alert as rains pound island, Phuket temple jump, Reforestation project || July 10
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket on flood alert as rains pound island, Phuket temple jump, Reforestation project || July 10
PHUKET XTRA - July 10 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket #PhuketNews #Thailand
Two injured as motorbike plunges off back road on Patong Hill
Two injured as motorbike plunges off back road on Patong Hill
PHUKET: Rescue workers took about one hour to safely recover a man and a woman who had plunged off the side of Patong Hill back road on a motorbike earlier today (July 10).