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  • Phuket Islamic Council calls for desperately needed essentials for Rohingya refugees

    Phuket Islamic Council calls for desperately needed essentials for Rohingya refugees

    PHUKET: The Phuket Islamic Council is collecting donations at their office in Koh Kaew for the hundreds of Rohingya refugees being held in detention centers across Southern Thailand. The Islamic Council is asking for blankets, dried food and toiletries. Kitti Islam, a member of the Phuket Islamic Council, told the Phuket Gazette yesterday that the council has already received a lot of donations of food and clothes, but more are needed.

  • Phuket charity drive cooks up a family-fun entertainment extravaganza

    Phuket charity drive cooks up a family-fun entertainment extravaganza

    PHUKET: Tomorrow, Saturday January 26, the Royal Phuket Marina will be the place to be in Phuket for fabulous food, fun and games for the kids and superb live music.

  • Phuket job fair opens

    Phuket job fair opens

    PHUKET: The annual Phuket Provincial Employment Office (PPEO) job fair began today at the Central Festival East shopping complex on the bypass road, with 3,538 jobs available for job-seekers. Phuket Vice Governor Sommai Prijasilpa declared the event open at 11am, and was accompanied by Phuket Democrat MP Raywat Areerob, Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Arayapan Pukbuakao and PPEO chief Yawapa Pibulpol. “There are more than 80 employers at the fair, offering 3,538 jobs in 685 positions,” PPEO chief Yawapa told the Phuket Gazette.

  • New Zealand expat sailor drowns in Phuket boating mishap

    New Zealand expat sailor drowns in Phuket boating mishap

    PHUKET: Popular Phuket sailor Richard Spraggs, from New Zealand, drowned in an early morning boating accident today. Mr Spraggs, 59, was re-anchoring his boat La Zingara at about 5am after an overnight storm had pushed another boat too close to his, Capt Chianchai Duangsuwan of the Chalong Police reported

  • Phuket Police search for drive-by target ‘Dannie’ Knudsen

    Phuket Police search for drive-by target ‘Dannie’ Knudsen

    PHUKET: Patong Police are searching for Danish national Dennis Mark Knudsen, 24, the intended target in the drive-by shooting in Patong on Tuesday night that saw two German tourists accidentally wounded (story

  • Phang Nga immigration overloaded, Rohingya relocated to centers across Southern Thailand

    Phang Nga immigration overloaded, Rohingya relocated to centers across Southern Thailand

    PHUKET: The 179 Rohingya refugees who arrived in Khura Buri District, north of Phuket, on January 23 have taken the Phang Nga Immigration facilities past breaking point, forcing authorities to relocate hundreds of Rohingya already being held at the Phang Nga detention center to immigration centers elsewhere in Southern Thailand.

  • Burmese dies rushing from Phuket Town to Thalang party

    Burmese dies rushing from Phuket Town to Thalang party

    PHUKET: A Burmese man working in Phuket was killed and another injured when the motorbike they were riding slammed into a roadside guard rail at high speed near Baan Sapam Mongkol Wittaya school (map

  • Swiss student tourist Janisch out on bail

    Swiss student tourist Janisch out on bail

    PHUKET: A Swiss national held by Ranong Immigration since December 25 on charges of stealing an officer’s camera was released on bail yesterday after her mother appeared in Ranong Court to post 130,000-baht bail bond. Unaware that her daughter, Tscherina Nora Janisch, was being held in a Thai prison north of Phuket, Elizabeth Maria Janisch initially reported Tscherina as missing when she hadn’t heard from her in three weeks (story

  • Man tortured, murdered in mangrove forest near Phuket Town

    Man tortured, murdered in mangrove forest near Phuket Town

    PHUKET: Phuket Police found the bloodied body of an unidentified man who appeared to have been tortured before being murdered in a mangrove forest near Rassada Port, on the east side of Phuket Town (map

  • Rohingya: Only 4 meals in 16 days at sea

    Rohingya: Only 4 meals in 16 days at sea

    PHUKET: The 179 Rohingya taken into custody north of Phuket yesterday survived on four meals of uncooked rice in their 16 days at sea, one of the survivors told officials.