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Phuket Town youths face heat for drugs, motorbike street races
Phuket Town youths face heat for drugs, motorbike street races
PHUKET: Phuket City Police have ramped up patrols throughout Phuket Town and Saphan Hin to counter gangs of youths using public areas for taking drugs and holding motorbike street races.
Man arrested for slaying estranged wife in Phuket knife attack
Man arrested for slaying estranged wife in Phuket knife attack
PHUKET: Police have arrested a man for the brutal slaying of his ex-wife in broad daylight in Wichit, south of Phuket Town, yesterday (Mar 8).
Popular Phuket night market caught selling alcohol – again
Popular Phuket night market caught selling alcohol – again
PHUKET: After a week of warnings issued to vendors across Phuket for illegally promoting and selling alcohol at New Year, Phuket Provincial Health Office have postponed taking any action against vendors at a popular market near Samkong School until next week.
Teachers' homes at school destroyed by fire
Teachers' homes at school destroyed by fire
PHUKET: Two houses that served as teachers’ accommodation at Baan Bang Tao School in Cherng Talay were destroyed by a fire last night (Mar 8).
Laguna Phuket host and sponsor of 2018 Asian Development Tour event
Laguna Phuket host and sponsor of 2018 Asian Development Tour event
PHUKET: Laguna Phuket has become the joint title sponsor of an All Thailand Golf Tour professional event to be held on the award-winning course in May.
Tycoon Premchai faces bribery charge
Tycoon Premchai faces bribery charge
BANGKOK: Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta faces an additional charge of bribery for offering officials “anything you want” in return for his release after he was detained in a high-profile wildlife poaching case in Kanchanaburi.
World Wai Khru Muay Thai Ceremony 2018 to bring 1,800 disciples to Ayutthaya
World Wai Khru Muay Thai Ceremony 2018 to bring 1,800 disciples to Ayutthaya
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced that this year’s World Wai Khru Muay Thai Ceremony in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, scheduled from 16 to 17 March, expects to welcome over 1,800 international disciples of the art of Muay Thai from over 60 countries from around the world. The 14th annual event this year has added significance, as it falls on the celebration of Nai Khanom Tom Day on 17 March. He was an almost mythological Muay Thai folk hero and warrior who is also hailed as the "Father of Muay Thai". Mr Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of TAT, said, “The World Wai Khru Muay Thai Ceremony 2018 provides continuity that ensures the art form is being properly preserved and curated for future generations as many consider Wai Khru to be the ‘heart and soul’ of Muay Thai. “Wai Khru is much more than a ceremonial kick boxing ritual, performance art or just paying respect to one’s teacher. It is an important part of Thailand’s cultural and martial arts history with origins that are traced back to ancient battlefields when Thai soldiers fought for independence, centuries before Muay Thai developed into a martial art for sport.” As with all Thai local events and experiences sponsored by TAT, the annual World Wai Khru Muay Thai Ceremony 2018 features heaps of tasty Thai food, lots of quality handicraft shopping, Muay Thai boxing souvenirs and memorabilia plus free cultural and historical lessons for good measure. Some of the more interesting Thai local experiences include the ancient arts of Yantra tattooing and Yantra calligraphy, plus Aranyik sword making from Ayutthaya’s famed sword village. Thai martial art performances are interactive with audience members encouraged to participate in energy testing through ancient Muay Thai boxing drills that include kicking a banana tree, punching limes and chopping water. Numerous Thai food stalls will be serving modern and retro-period interpretations on traditional Thai cuisine.
Patong wastewater crisis may end long-term marine life reproduction, says expert
Patong wastewater crisis may end long-term marine life reproduction, says expert
PHUKET: After two weeks of inspecting and sampling the marine life and soil at Patong beaches, a lecturer at the Faculty of Technology and Environment of the Prince of Songkla University has revealed that although there are no serious short-term effects of untreated wastewater pollution on bleached coral, she predicts all seabed-spawning marine life at Patong Bay may die out this year.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Sleepy cop flips car! Chalong kidnapping? King Rama X banknotes! || March 8
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Sleepy cop flips car! Chalong kidnapping? King Rama X banknotes! || March 8
PHUKET XTRA - March 8 Sleepy cop flips car! Kidnapping charges over €5,000 ransom? Second King Cobra killed in Kamala! Thaksin trial resume with no lawyer? New King Rama X banknotes to be released? Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Phuket Governor order to widen Chalong underpass lanes jeopardises fast lane for ambulances
Phuket Governor order to widen Chalong underpass lanes jeopardises fast lane for ambulances
PHUKET: Work will begin tonight to widen the lanes past the construction site of the Chalong Underpass to relieve huge traffic jams following an order by Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong during an inspection visit this morning (Mar 8).
Oilfield Classic’s 10-year Anniversary
Oilfield Classic’s 10-year Anniversary
GOLF: The first Phuket Oilfield Classic was held in April 2009 and was founded by 18 friends of Mark Cameron who attended his wedding in November 2008. The plan was to have a reunion every year because everyone enjoyed the golf in Phuket so much, then it mushroomed into a full blown organised event for the Oil and Gas Industry professionals in the region.
British police hunt culprit in Russian ex-spy’s poisoning
British police hunt culprit in Russian ex-spy’s poisoning
UNITED KINGDOM: British detectives were scrambling today (Mar 8) to uncover who poisoned a Russian former double-agent and his daughter with a nerve agent, as doctors battled to save their lives and that of a policeman who also fell ill after coming to their aid.
French tourists face Phuket kidnapping charges over €5k death-threat ransom
French tourists face Phuket kidnapping charges over €5k death-threat ransom
PHUKET: Seven French tourists have been arrested for kidnapping a 21-year-old Frenchwoman from Patong on Sunday night (Mar 4) and holding her for a ransom of 5,000 euros (about B194,000), which the victim’s family promptly paid from France after receiving a video threatening the woman’s safety.
Sleeping Phuket policeman charged with reckless driving after flipping car
Sleeping Phuket policeman charged with reckless driving after flipping car
PHUKET: A Phuket policeman has been charged with reckless driving after he fell asleep at the wheel, crashed into a pickup truck and flipped his vehicle close to Bangkok International Hospital in the early hours of this morning.
Heavy rains strike amid Phuket thunderstorm season
Heavy rains strike amid Phuket thunderstorm season
PHUKET: Heavy rain lasting only an hour long reduced traffic to a crawl on Thepkrasattri Rd in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, last night (Mar 7) as the Thai weather bureau urges caution amid Phuket’s thunderstorm season.
Honda steps forward in preseason testing
Honda steps forward in preseason testing
FORMULA ONE: They say that Formula One preseason testing is notoriously difficult to read, but perhaps that’s never been as true as during last week’s (Feb 26 to Mar 1) snowed-out opening test.
Information sought on missing 12-year-old Phuket boy
Information sought on missing 12-year-old Phuket boy
PHUKET: The mother of a 12-year-old boy who went missing from his home on Feb 17 has appealed for help from the public for any information on his whereabouts.
US Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
US Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
UNITED STATES: The US Holocaust Memorial Museum said yesterday (Mar 7) that it was stripping Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of a prestigious human rights award, accusing her of doing little to halt the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.
First coins of Rama X readied for April debut
First coins of Rama X readied for April debut
BANGKOK: The first coins and banknotes to circulate under His Majesty the King’s reign are expected to be launched in April, says an informed source at the Finance Ministry.
Leopard probe flak hits Srivara
Leopard probe flak hits Srivara
BANGKOK: Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul yesterday (Mar 7) threatened to file a lawsuit against groups campaigning on social media against him over his role in the police investigation into the wildlife poaching case involving construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta.