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  • Yingluck pushes for elections, Phuket prepares for booze ban

    Yingluck pushes for elections, Phuket prepares for booze ban

    PHUKET: Phuket will face an alcohol ban starting on February 1 as caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pushes ahead with the February 2 national elections (story

  • Fatal accident on Kata Hill raises concerns about Patong Hill bus ban

    Fatal accident on Kata Hill raises concerns about Patong Hill bus ban

    PHUKET: Yet another bus accident, this time killing a motorcyclist on the Kata Hill road yesterday morning, has raised concerns about increased bus traffic in the area after the controversial Patong Hill bus ban takes effect. Worrapong Chaichomphu, 25, was travelling downhill toward Chalong when a bus travelling uphill crossed the center line and struck him in front of the Baan Kata School.

  • Phuket protest forces Provincial Hall to remain closed

    Phuket protest forces Provincial Hall to remain closed

    PHUKET: Police today closed Surin Road in Phuket Town after anti-government protesters expanded their camp and forced Provincial Hall to remain closed for a second consecutive day. The protesters, led by former Rassada Mayor Suratin Lian-udom, compelled officials to close Provincial Hall (map

  • Iraqi tourist, 27, dies after fall from Phuket jet-ski

    Iraqi tourist, 27, dies after fall from Phuket jet-ski

    PHUKET: Police have yet to establish what caused a 27-year-old Iraqi tourist to die after he fell from his jet-ski at Naka Island, off the east coast of Phuket, yesterday afternoon. Mariwan Qader Salim, 27, from Iraq, was pronounced dead by doctors at Thalang Hospital at 5pm, Thalang Police Deputy Superintendent Kitthiphum Thinthalang told the Phuket Gazette. “He was staying at a resort in Patong and went to Koh Naka on a day-trip,” Lt Col Kitthiphum explained.

  • Phuket tour bus avoids car, but clips motorcyclist near Kata Hill

    Phuket tour bus avoids car, but clips motorcyclist near Kata Hill

    PHUKET: A man parking his motorbike by the side of the road near Chalong Circle escaped with minor injuries this morning when a Phuket tour bus clipped him while trying to avoid an accident. The bus driver told police that he was en route to Kata when a car cut in front of him near the Sarapan Pleng bar, west of Chalong Circle (map

  • Phuket’s Paul ‚DJ Doris‘ Norris dies in motorcycle accident

    Phuket’s Paul ‚DJ Doris‘ Norris dies in motorcycle accident

    PHUKET: Paul Norris, Phuket’s renowned ‚DJ Doris‘ on Phuket Island Radio 91.5FM, died in a motorcycle accident early this morning. He was riding home when his motorbike and a taxi collided at an intesection on Chao Fa West Road in Chalong at about 2am, police confirmed.

  • Phuket celebrates Children’s Day

    Phuket celebrates Children’s Day

    PHUKET: Today is Children’s Day, and youngsters across the island are being feted with games, prizes, and free food and drink in the annual celebration.

  • Phuket Election Commission seeks to re-open candidate registration

    Phuket Election Commission seeks to re-open candidate registration

    PHUKET: The Phuket Election Commission (PEC) has sent a formal request to Bangkok asking for permission to re-open registration so more candidates can contest the February 2 national election. “It’s not fair to hold an election with only one candidate. There is no choice for the people,” Tassaneeya Srirattanaprapan, chief of the PEC’s Political Party Division, said at a news conference this morning.

  • Murder fugitive in Phuket land dispute surrenders to police

    Murder fugitive in Phuket land dispute surrenders to police

    PHUKET: The man wanted for shooting dead a rival in a land dispute yesterday surrendered to Phuket police last night. Supongdeth Vetchatam, 53, presented himself at the Phuket City Police Station at about 7:30pm.

  • Phuket Filipina in 5-month legal limbo

    Phuket Filipina in 5-month legal limbo

    PHUKET: A Philippine national charged with working in Patong illegally was forced to wait in limbo for five months for a trail and for her passport to be returned to her. In the meantime, she remained stuck in Thailand without a work permit, or legal way to support herself