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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: New Bang Tao Beach Raid, Brit Tourist Arrested Over Disturbances, Thaksin Pardoned || June 4
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: New Bang Tao Beach Raid, Brit Tourist Arrested Over Disturbances, Thaksin Pardoned || June 4
PHUKET XTRA - June 4 || Hosted by: JP Mestanza #Phuket #PhuketNews #Thailand
Global club rugby still looking for answers
Global club rugby still looking for answers
RUGBY: Despite the crowded playing calendar, rugby needs to keep promoting itself. Finance is a global problem for clubs at all levels. Salaries are too high. Crowds are not high enough, and the gap between the professional game and the community game is widening.
Government cites AI in hatching staff cutbacks
Government cites AI in hatching staff cutbacks
BANGKOK: The government plans to downsize its civil service through an early retirement scheme while increasing pay for remaining staff, as the administration accelerates its transition towards digital governance and artificial intelligence-driven public services.
Thai spikers get Nations League campaign underway
Thai spikers get Nations League campaign underway
VOLLEYBALL: Thailand began their FIVB Women’s Nations League 2026 campaign with a 0-3 loss (24-26, 22-25, 19-25) to European powerhouses Serbia yesterday (June 3).
Fact-finding panel investigates Bang Tao encroachment
Fact-finding panel investigates Bang Tao encroachment
PHUKET: A provincial fact-finding committee has inspected Bang Tao Beach in the wake of the high-profile ‘alleged’ encroachment on public land, with its findings to be submitted to the Phuket Governor for consideration.
Russian condo transfers surge by 33% in first quarter
Russian condo transfers surge by 33% in first quarter
BANGKOK: Russia was the only nationality among the top five foreign buyers by both unit transfers and transfer value to record growth in Thailand's condominium market during the first quarter of 2026, with Phuket posting the highest transaction value.
Housing project blamed for Srisoonthorn flooding
Housing project blamed for Srisoonthorn flooding
PHUKET: Residents in Srisoonthorn have blamed runoff from a major housing development for worsening flooding in their neighbourhood and on Thepkrasattri Rd after heavy rain swept across Phuket this week.
Thaksin granted royal-birthday pardon
Thaksin granted royal-birthday pardon
BANGKOK: Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been named among those granted a royal pardon in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s 4th cycle birthday anniversary, Justice Minister Pol Lt Gen Rutthapon Naowarat said yesterday (June 3).
British man arrested after second disturbance in Soi Ta-iad
British man arrested after second disturbance in Soi Ta-iad
PHUKET: A British man whose bizarre behaviour in Soi Ta-iad went viral online after he was filmed banging on the door of a house and attempting to take items left outside has now been arrested after allegedly causing a second disturbance in the area.
Transformer blast sparks fire at Patong massage shop
Transformer blast sparks fire at Patong massage shop
PHUKET: A fire broke out at a massage shop in Patong yesterday morning (June 3) after what residents described as an explosion from an electrical transformer inside the building during stormy weather.
Two arrested as Thalang police seize meth, ya bah in Thepkrasattri raids
Two arrested as Thalang police seize meth, ya bah in Thepkrasattri raids
PHUKET: Two suspected drug dealers were arrested and more than 170 grammes of crystal meth (ya ice) along with 1,335 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) seized during separate raids in Thepkrasattri on Tuesday (June 2), Thalang Police have reported.
Two caught stripping electrical wiring from Koh Kaew PEA project
Two caught stripping electrical wiring from Koh Kaew PEA project
PHUKET: Two men were arrested after attempting to steal electrical wiring and tools from a construction site for a new Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) office in Koh Kaew Tuesday morning (June 2), Phuket City Police have reported.
Why Professional Translation Services Are Critical for Global Business Operations
Global business operations depend on clear and consistent communication. Contracts, internal documentation, technical materials, financial reports, and customer-facing content all need to function across multiple languages without losing meaning or precision.
Word nerds have a weekend on the tiles at Thailand’s Scrabble title
Word nerds have a weekend on the tiles at Thailand’s Scrabble title
BANGKOK: If he were no longer physically able to play Scrabble, 86-year-old Tan Jin Chor said he would “shut the lights and call it a day”, but his love of the word game has kept the veteran verbophile competing.
Curriculum changes stress Thai language, history, civic duty
Curriculum changes stress Thai language, history, civic duty
BANGKOK: The school curriculum in Thailand will be revised to focus more on the Thai language, civic education and Thai history, with increased mother-tongue support for Thai students in international schools.
Panel calls for overhaul of alcohol tax structure
Panel calls for overhaul of alcohol tax structure
BANGKOK: The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has recommended restructuring the alcoholic beverage tax system to help reduce consumption.
Phuket Town ‘Prison Park’ opening now slated for August, says Rewat
Phuket Town ‘Prison Park’ opening now slated for August, says Rewat
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO) President Rewat Areerob has confirmed that the new public park at the site of the old Phuket Provincial Prison in Phuket Town is now more than 80% complete and is expected to open by the end of August, later than originally scheduled.
Patong hosts Beach Volleyball Open
Patong hosts Beach Volleyball Open
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Patong played host to a major beach volleyball competition last weekend as part of this year’s Phuket Pride celebrations.