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  • ‘Ae Inside’ murder: Phuket police refute need for outside help

    ‘Ae Inside’ murder: Phuket police refute need for outside help

    PHUKET: The Deputy Commander of Provincial Police Region 8 has spoken out against outside police help in the investigation into the murder of Phuket journalist

  • Phuket Opinion: Great news for Phuket and our football team

    Phuket Opinion: Great news for Phuket and our football team

    PHUKET: Phuket football fans received some excellent news last weekend with the revelation that FC Phuket will enjoy financial support from Thai Premier League powerhouse Muangthong United next season. The news also came as a considerable relief to fans, given that the team had been reported „sold“ and that its future had been very much in doubt

  • Phuket Roads: Napping driver crushed by 18-wheeler

    Phuket Roads: Napping driver crushed by 18-wheeler

    PHUKET: A truck driver taking a nap beneath his 18-wheeler was run over and killed when the rig’s brake system failed at a hillside construction site in Phuket yesterday. Kamala Police identified the deceased as 31-year-old Boonruam Lekyai, a resident of Thonburi district, Bangkok.

  • Phuket Media Watch: Flood, landslide warnings for South Thailand

    Phuket Media Watch: Flood, landslide warnings for South Thailand

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South on alert for floods, landslides; Phuket not affectedPhuket Gazette / The NationPHUKET: Weather conditions in the lower Gulf of Thailand will get rough over the next few days, the National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC) warned this morning. It also warned of possible flash floods, landslides and mudslides in Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Phatthalung, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat through Monday.

  • Chinese New Year to bring B900mn boost to Phuket

    Chinese New Year to bring B900mn boost to Phuket

    PHUKET: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket office expects Phuket to rake in up to 900 million baht during the upcoming Chinese New Year festivities. The annual event, this year welcoming in the Year of the Dragon, is to be celebrated in Phuket from January 23-25.

  • ‚Ae Inside’ murder: Phuket reporters call for PM Yingluck to appoint chief investigator

    ‚Ae Inside’ murder: Phuket reporters call for PM Yingluck to appoint chief investigator

    PHUKET: The President of the Phuket Reporters Club, on January 11, filed a formal request for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to personally appoint the chief police officer who will lead the investigation into the murder of Wisut “Ae Inside” Tangwitthayaporn. Mr Wisut was

  • Bangkok terror alert: Deputy PM Chalerm denies threat

    Bangkok terror alert: Deputy PM Chalerm denies threat

    Following US Embassy warning to Americans, Thai authorities confirm arrest of suspect linked to Hezbollah PHUKET: Senior Thai officials scrambled yesterday to deny that Thailand faced an immediate terrorist threat, following a dramatic

  • Phuket’s ‘Pla-wan’ recovering returns home, receives second Royal bouquet

    Phuket’s ‘Pla-wan’ recovering returns home, receives second Royal bouquet

    PHUKET: Sri panwa resort General Manager Vorasit “Pla-wan” Issara is recovering at Sripanwa Villa, Phuket, after being released from hospital on Wednesday. His release was followed by another gift of flowers, this time from HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.

  • Great day to be a kid in Phuket

    Great day to be a kid in Phuket

    PHUKET: National Children’s Day will be celebrated across Thailand tomorrow and there are many fun activities planned all over Phuket for children to enjoy and learn from. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has dedicated the slogan “Unity, Knowledge, Wisdom, Preserving Thai Identity, and Learning Technology” as the theme for this year’s Children’s Day. Here in Phuket, many organizations will get into the spirit of the occasion and open their offices and businesses to give the kids insight as to what goes on inside.

  • BREAKING NEWS: US Embassy warns of possible terrorist attack in Bangkok

    BREAKING NEWS: US Embassy warns of possible terrorist attack in Bangkok

    PHUKET: The US Embassy in Bangkok today issued an urgent alert for its citizens in Bangkok of poosible terrorist attack. The alert said foreign terrorists may be currently looking to conduct attacks against tourist areas in Bangkok in the near future.