Artikel erschien September 2011
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Phuket ’security guard‘ confesses to stabbing murder
PHUKET: A security guard has confessed to the murder of a maid at a workers‘ guesthouse in Phuket last night. Patong Police duty officer Weerapong Rakkito identified the deceased as 39-year-old Nuanchawee Sarating, until the time of her death the maid at a workers‘ guesthouse in the Kalim. At about 9:45pm, her body was found face-up outside her room under the four-storey guesthouse, opposite The Lodge resort on Phra Barami Soi 5
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Clarification sought over car tax rebate plan: Phuket Excise Office
PHUKET: First-time car buyers should wait until rules regarding the much-publicized tax rebate are clarified before signing off on purchases, Phukets Excise Office has advised. Thanongsak Booncluab, Acting Director of the Phuket Excise Office, told the Phuket Gazette yesterday that a senior specialist will be arriving on Phuket on Monday to explain the populist program.
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Battle for Phukets Surin Beach goes on
PHUKET: The saga over the stalled clearing of a restaurant encroaching on Surin Beach continues, with the restaurant owners refusing to remove structures and local authorities planning to file yet another report. Pla Restaurant was spared from a raid on Wednesday morning when a multi-agency task force of no less than 30 officers acting under an order from the Governor was expected to arrive and take action. …
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Worldwide Photo Walk: Phuket event to focus on Vegetarian Festival
PHUKET: Shutterbugs should move quickly to sign up for the Phuket installment of the Fourth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk on October 2, when local and visiting photographers will capture images of the colorful spectacle that is the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Part of what is described as the largest global social event for photographers, the Photo Walk will take place over two days next month, giving photographers from around the world a chance to participate. It is the first time the annual event has coincided with the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, which should give local photographers taking part in the international competition a big advantage over other photo walkers with less dramatic subject matter.
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Phuket Police help nab drug kingpin in Krabi
PHUKET: After a gunfight and a chase through a rubber plantation, police on Wednesday arrested two men in connection with a drug-trafficking network that allegedly spanned from Phuket to Malaysia. One of the men was a known kingpin already wanted by police in Bangkok. Police presented the suspects Krabi resident Songchai Aied Chumpon, 51, and alleged associate Paechon Navadej, 55, from Songkhla to the media at a press conference at Muang District Office in Krabi on Wednesday
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AFL Phuket dishes out another night of thrills
PHUKET: Round three of Phuket’s Adult Futsal League (AFL) season eight presented by Thanachart Bank Premier Division kicked off with much anticipation for an action packed night on Thursday at Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club.
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Phuket’s Windsor big in Japan
PHUKET: British International School (BIS) Phuket swimming sensation Raymond Windsor is making waves for his local swimming club in Japan.
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Road work clogs Phukets main artery
PHUKET: Motorists commuting along Phukets Thepkrasattri Road northbound should try to avoid rush hour as resurfacing work is causing long tailbacks and dirty conditions.
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Luang Pu Supha marks 115th birthday
PHUKET: Phukets best-known monk Luang Pu Supha marked the grand old age of 115 years yesterday and received an honorary doctorate in Buddhist theology from Chulalongkorn University.
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Call for Phuket Vegetarian Festival gods to carry ID
PHUKET: The organizers of the upcoming Phuket Vegetarian Festival are calling for Chinese shrines taking part in the annual rituals to issue identity cards to their spirit mediums. The move to issue the ID cards to the mediums, called mah song (literally Horses of the Gods), is to preserve the integrity of the spirit-medium community and to stop fakes from taking part in the festival, Prasert Fakthongphol, president of Phuket Shrine Association, explained yesterday. I am the organizing president at ..
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