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  • Monk defrocked after alleged drunk, drugged altercation at funeral

    Monk defrocked after alleged drunk, drugged altercation at funeral

    PHUKET: A monk has been defrocked in Phuket and is being held by police after a violent and possibly drug-induced incident at a cremation ceremony this morning. At about 10am Nusit Phanu, reportedly leapt from a wall at Wat Saensuk temple in Phuket Town and seized a 12-year-old girl by her neck

  • Heavy rains prompt Phuket flood, landslide warning

    Heavy rains prompt Phuket flood, landslide warning

    PHUKET: While the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) today upgraded its “heavy rain warning” for Phuket and the Andaman coast to a flood caution, the Phuket provincial office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) has issued a flood warning for risk areas across the island “We sent the warning letter to every local administration yesterday, warning of possible flooding and landslides on the island,” DDPM-Phuket chief San Jantharawong told the Phuket Gazette this morning.

  • Heavy rains prompt Phuket flood, landslide warning

    Heavy rains prompt Phuket flood, landslide warning

    PHUKET: While the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) today upgraded its “heavy rain warning” for Phuket and the Andaman coast to a flood caution, the Phuket provincial office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) has issued a flood warning for risk areas across the island “We sent the warning letter to every local administration yesterday, warning of possible flooding and landslides on the island,” DDPM-Phuket chief San Jantharawong told the Phuket Gazette this morning.

  • PHUKET GEM HEIST UPDATE: Turk to face drug charges first

    PHUKET GEM HEIST UPDATE: Turk to face drug charges first

    PHUKET: The Turkish national who was arrested in connection with the 30-million-baht gem and jewelry heist in Phuket on Monday will face drug possession charges before being handed over to the Phuket Police to face charges related to the gem heist. Phuket Provincial Police Commander Chonasit Wattanavrangkul told the Phuket Gazette that Riza Balkan, 49, was found in possession of ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) when searched by Trang Police on Monday. “Riza Balkan needs to be held in Trang for his drug case first before being transferred to Phuket to face charges related to the jewelry theft,” Maj Gen Chonasit said.

  • Phuket joins Andaman fight against coastal erosion

    Phuket joins Andaman fight against coastal erosion

    PHUKET: Phuket has joined an Andaman-wide project spearheaded by the Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Haad Yai Campus to combat coastal erosion throughout the region. At the recent sea gypsy

  • Pile-driving tower crushes three homes in Krabi

    Pile-driving tower crushes three homes in Krabi

    PHUKET: Residents of a small community in Khlong Hin subdistrict, Krabi, got a rude awakening yesterday morning when a 15-meter-high pile-driving tower came crashing down onto their homes.

  • Phuket beach tout turf war targets Cambodians

    Phuket beach tout turf war targets Cambodians

    SPECIAL REPORT A FURIOUS beach brawl between rival groups of migrant Thai and Cambodian beach peddlers in February has led Karon Municipality to draft regulations to register all peddlers and rid the sands of illegal alien workers.

  • Phuket’s poor turn out for annual alms festival

    Phuket’s poor turn out for annual alms festival

    PHUKET: More than 1,000 of Phuket’s poorest people were at the Kusoldharm Foundation headquarters in Phuket Town this afternoon to receive donations of food as part of the annual Te Krajard merit-making ceremony.

  • Bangkok Police arrest Phuket gold heist bandit

    Bangkok Police arrest Phuket gold heist bandit

    PHUKET: The brazen thief who made off with an estimated

  • Phuket teenage drug addicts blamed for community center fire

    Phuket teenage drug addicts blamed for community center fire

    PHUKET: Phuket City Police believe that a fire at the Austria-Phuket Community Center in Rassada in the early hours of this morning was started by a group of teenage drug addicts known to frequent the area. It was the second time the center had been set on fire within a month. Phuket City Police received a report at 1:10am from residents who live near the center.