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  • Drunken Dane fails Phuket bar test

    Drunken Dane fails Phuket bar test

    PHUKET: A group of young foreigners out celebrating their graduation from the European Bartender School in Patong received a lesson in Phuket bar etiquette this week when one man was chased down and vigorously apprehended by tuk-tuk and motorcycle taxi drivers. The objection among the drivers was the rough treatment given to a Thai barmaid following a disagreement late Thursday night over the bill at the Ice Bar, off Soi Bangla. Following the altercation, the Thai woman involved was taken to Patong Hospital to receive treatment for injuries, and a doorman at the Tai Pan nightclub saw two foreign men running into Soi Sunset, at about midnight.

  • South African family said to suffer Phuket holiday nightmare

    South African family said to suffer Phuket holiday nightmare

    PHUKET: A South African familys holiday in Phuket turned into a nightmare on their last day here when the father was arrested and detained for almost a month for allegedly being in possession of fake U.S. dollars.

  • Kidney dialysis center opens in Phuket

    Kidney dialysis center opens in Phuket

    PHUKET: The Laem Son Health Center in Wichit began providing kidney dialysis treatment to patients yesterday, and in doing so became the first center in Phuket to offer such treatment outside government hospitals. The center (pictured here), located on …

  • Phuket taxi thugs apologize, pay damages for attack on tour driver

    Phuket taxi thugs apologize, pay damages for attack on tour driver

    PHUKET: The three taxi drivers who assaulted another driver working for a Phuket elephant camp have apologized for the attack and paid 40,000 baht in damages. Kamala Police Duty Officer Anek Mongkol confirmed today that the three taxi drivers Wasan Sanae, 35, Sitthikorn Boonsri, 28, and Thanawut Poksakul, 25 were each fined 1,000 baht for the attack.

  • Phuket construction worker dies of high blood pressure

    Phuket construction worker dies of high blood pressure

    PHUKET: Police believe that a Cambodian construction worker found dead this morning died from high blood pressure. Thalang Police Duty Officer Praman Yapphayak said he was notified of the death at about 7:30am

  • Bangkok student trumps Phuket as national winner in Thailand’s Dublin Literary Awards

    Bangkok student trumps Phuket as national winner in Thailand’s Dublin Literary Awards

    PHUKET: Sirada Chatikavanij, a 17-year-old student from Triam Udom Suksa school in Bangkok has won the Junior Dublin Literary Award for Thailand in a contest that saw close to 1,000 English-language essays submitted.

  • Park chief preps Similan Islands for tourist high season

    Park chief preps Similan Islands for tourist high season

    PHUKET: The chief of the Similan Islands Marine National Park is calling for all tour boat operators to register in order to be able to legally enter the park when it reopens on November 1.

  • Phuket minimum wage hike effective tomorrow

    Phuket minimum wage hike effective tomorrow

    PHUKET: The minimum wage rise to 300 baht per day will be in effect for all government employees in Phuket from tomorrow, October 1, a panel of experts revealed today. Senator Anothai Rittiphanyawong broke the news this morning at a seminar at the Royal Phuket City Hotel in Phuket Town.

  • Soft opening: Aphrodite lands in Phuket

    Soft opening: Aphrodite lands in Phuket

    PHUKET: The Aphrodite Cabaret Show held its soft opening party in Phuket last night with a performance that featured a wide variety of dance styles from classical Thai, East Asian and Indian, to bawdy numbers like „Cheeky Girls“, the inevitable „I Will Survive“ and Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance.

  • Phuket meth dealers launch ‚white skin‘ campaign

    Phuket meth dealers launch ‚white skin‘ campaign

    PHUKET: Police are concerned about a rise in the use of ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) in Phuket and nearby provinces, and say drug dealers are falsely touting the powerful stimulant as a skin whitening agent to lure in new users. Pramote Phumprakun, superintendent of Narcotics Suppression Bureau Division (NSBD) precinct responsible for the Upper South, described the ya ice problem as „epidemic and continuing to grow“ despite the best efforts of law enforcement officials