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  • Phuket school kids busted on meth

    Phuket school kids busted on meth

    PHUKET: Six students in their first year of secondary school have been caught skipping school to get high on ya bah (methamphetamine) in an abandoned disco in the heart of Phuket Town. First year secondary school students (Matthayom 1) are typically 13 years old.

  • Phuket expat reunited with ‘best friend’ Micky

    Phuket expat reunited with ‘best friend’ Micky

    PHUKET: Long-term Phuket expat Frank Lamine has been reunited with his lost dog “Micky”, but his fears of dog-nappers operating at Nai Harn Beach remain. Mr Lamine lost Mickey on January 22. After checking with police, he learned that Rawai Municipality has CCTV cameras posted at the beach.

  • FC Phuket fans to share in team’s survival

    FC Phuket fans to share in team’s survival

    PHUKET: FC Phuket could manage to survive at least one more season, but not with the help of any one wealthy benefactor. Executives have agreed to allow a group of fans to help raise funds by selling shares of the team to other fans for 1,000 baht each.

  • Alleged mastermind of ‘Ae Inside’ murder still at large

    Alleged mastermind of ‘Ae Inside’ murder still at large

    PHUKET: Atsadakorn „Pod“ Seedokbuab, 48, the man who police believe ordered the assassination of Phuket newsman Wisut „Ae Inside“ Tangwitthayaporn earlier this month, remains at large. Phuket City Police Superintendent Col Chote Chidchai confirmed that police were still hunting Atsadakorn and two other suspects for their roles in the murder of Mr Wisut, who was

  • Phuket Police appeal to public over unidentified body

    Phuket Police appeal to public over unidentified body

    PHUKET: Chalong Police today appealed to the public for any information that may help identify the body of a man found near Phuket’s iconic Phromthep Cape earlier this month. Chalong Police Duty Officer Boonlert Onklang this afternoon told the Phuket Gazette that the public appeal for help follows the autopsy report received by the police on Friday

  • Phuket Media Watch: Thai government welcomes Twitter censorship announcement

    Phuket Media Watch: Thai government welcomes Twitter censorship announcement

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thai government welcomes Twitter censorship announcement Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: The Thai government welcomed an announcement from the social networking website Twitter that it will start censoring controversial content on a country-specific level, local media reported.

  • Phuket ‘anti plastic bag’ campaign kicks into gear

    Phuket ‘anti plastic bag’ campaign kicks into gear

    PHUKET: The provincial government campaign to rid the island of plastic bags will start in earnest on February 27, when retailers across Phuket will start handing out free cloth bags to shoppers over the course of one week. The news was announced on Friday by Phuket Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkaosuttirak at the signing of the second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the “Phuket plastic bag free campaign”. At Provincial Hall to mark the occasion were Phuket Provincial Energy Office Chief Jirasak Tummawetch and Dr Wiwat Seetamanotch, deputy chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office.

  • Phuket tour van in three-way accident on Patong Hill

    Phuket tour van in three-way accident on Patong Hill

    PHUKET: A van carrying foreign tourists was involved in a three-vehicle accident on Patong Hill road this morning, causing a long traffic tailback into Phuket’s most popular west coast resort town. The accident happened on the hairpin turn descending into Patong where numerous other mishaps have occurred, including the

  • Phuket Sports: Patriots missile the Ravens to contest Superbowl

    Phuket Sports: Patriots missile the Ravens to contest Superbowl

    PHUKET: Fans of the New England Patriots in Phuket got some great news when local media reports out of Boston revealed that the team’s superstar tight end Rob Gronkowsi will play in the Super Bowl XLVI against the red hot New York Giants.

  • Phuket MP joins call for opposition to Nitirat group

    Phuket MP joins call for opposition to Nitirat group

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community MP Sathit Wongnongtoey cites danger over ‚distortion of information‘ The NationPHUKET: Opposition mounted yesterday to the Nitirat group of law lecturers and their controversial proposals regarding the monarchy. At a reunion party, a group of Thammasat University law graduates called for the removal of five of the Thammasat university law lecturers who are members of Nitirat. Representatives of the Law School class of 1958, including Suthep Niran and Sichart Sahatchote, led the call.