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  • Thai innovation may resolve Phuket’s dirty water woes

    Thai innovation may resolve Phuket’s dirty water woes

    PHUKET: Officers at the Phuket Office of Natural Resource and Environment (NRE) are promoting a new mini wastewater treatment machine developed in Thailand as a possible savior for Phuket’s ongoing water-pollution woes. The machine was developed by Kanok Nakaew, the Research and Development chief at the Energy and Environmental Engineering Center (EEEC) of Kasetsart University in Bangkok.

  • Rusty ex-con nabbed with modern technology in Phuket

    Rusty ex-con nabbed with modern technology in Phuket

    PHUKET: A Songkhla man fresh out of jail for bag-snatching was apparently out of practice and failed in his first attempt to grab a woman’s purse yesterday afternoon. He succeeded on his second try, but landed in the hands of the police shortly thereafter, thanks to the “Find My iPhone” application. Just two days out of prison in Songkhla, Suphada Tuansuwan, 29, had come to Phuket to meet his girlfriend.

  • Phuket Governor combats dengue with ‘333’ strategy

    Phuket Governor combats dengue with ‘333’ strategy

    PHUKET: The Phuket Governor has branded his new strategy to combat the spread of dengue fever in Phuket with the lucky number 333, representing a sustained campaign of “three days, three weeks, three months”.

  • Teen masseuse falls from fourth floor after argument with boyfriend

    Teen masseuse falls from fourth floor after argument with boyfriend

    PHUKET: A 17-year-old masseuse is in a coma after falling from the fourth floor of a building following an argument with her boyfriend. The young woman was discovered unconscious and severely injured on the ground behind the Phuket Town massage parlor where she worked, a Kusoldharm Foundation rescue worker told the Phuket Gazette. Rescue workers administered emergency first aid before rushing the masseuse to Vachira Phuket Hospital.

  • Phuket Justice: Hope fades for finding Jintana’s executioners

    Phuket Justice: Hope fades for finding Jintana’s executioners

    PHUKET: Police officers’ hopes are dissipating as they once again turn to the public for help in finding the executioners of Jintana Mahattanapak, who was shot in the head on her way home from work in January. With leads running out earlier this year, police were banking on CCTV footage captured in the area to help identify the killers or at least provide leads (story

  • Phuket chef charged with setting alight motorbikes

    Phuket chef charged with setting alight motorbikes

    PHUKET: A chef at a seafood restaurant in Karon has confessed to setting alight three motorbikes after he was shown CCTV footage of himself throwing a live cigarette butt at one of the vehicles. Karon Police arrested Ek Musika, 39, at 5:30pm yesterday after officers tracked him down through the CCTV footage of the incident and by questioning local residents. The incident occurred at about 5:30am on April 13, explained Karon Police Deputy Superintendent Sophon Borrirak.

  • Boston bombing prompts Phuket Airport security boost

    Boston bombing prompts Phuket Airport security boost

    PHUKET: Security at Phuket International Airport has been boosted in the wake of the tragic bombing of the Boston Marathon on Monday, which killed three people and injured at least 180 more. The move follows Pongsak Semsant, caretaker president of Airports of Thailand (AOT), announcing the security boost for all major AOT airports in Thailand, including Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports in Bangkok, and Chiang Mai International Airport.

  • Phuket Tech: What, exactly, is a Bitcoin? – Live Wire

    Phuket Tech: What, exactly, is a Bitcoin? – Live Wire

    PHUKET: In the past couple of week, three of my friends in Phuket – all of whom are reasonably savvy with their investments – have asked me about Bitcoin.

  • Phuket Songkran road toll remains at zero dead

    Phuket Songkran road toll remains at zero dead

    PHUKET: The fifth day of the Seven Days of Danger nationwide road-safety campaign came to a close at midnight last night with the death toll for the Thai new year holiday period in Phuket remaining at zero. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket office (DDPM-Phuket), which collates all road accident statistics in Phuket during the campaign, reported two motorbike accidents and one car accident between midnight Sunday and midnight Monday.

  • Phuket seawalkers deny destroying corals

    Phuket seawalkers deny destroying corals

    PHUKET: About 200 square meters of coral have been damaged off Khai Nai island in Phang Nga, say local marine officials, in order to create a pathway for tourists to walk on the sea floor. The manager of the seawalking company at the site, however, has defended his business, telling the Phuket Gazette it is environmentally friendly and had not damaged any coral.