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  • Phuket officials plan B20mn ‚final solution‘ for Patong Hill road

    Phuket officials plan B20mn ‚final solution‘ for Patong Hill road

    PHUKET: The section of hill road between Patong and Phuket Town that caved in during the heavy rain last week has received makeshift repairs and is now open to traffic, thanks to an emergency injection of cash from the Department of Highways. The road was reopened after two days of reconstruction, explained Samak Luedwonghad, the director of the Department of Highways Phuket office. “We received an emergency budget of about 100,000 baht from the Highways Department to fix the road temporarily.

  • Phuket officials plan B20mn ‚final solution‘ for Patong Hill road

    Phuket officials plan B20mn ‚final solution‘ for Patong Hill road

    PHUKET: The section of hill road between Patong and Phuket Town that caved in during the heavy rain last week has received makeshift repairs and is now open to traffic, thanks to an emergency injection of cash from the Department of Highways. The road was reopened after two days of reconstruction, explained Samak Luedwonghad, the director of the Department of Highways Phuket office. “We received an emergency budget of about 100,000 baht from the Highways Department to fix the road temporarily.

  • Sunken Phuket speedboat was legal: Marine Office

    Sunken Phuket speedboat was legal: Marine Office

    PHUKET: Following the capsize of the

  • Phuket expat Frenchman stands to lose B100mn home in national park land raid

    Phuket expat Frenchman stands to lose B100mn home in national park land raid

    PHUKET: A French businessman will have to suffer his 100-million-baht luxury villa in Phuket being demolished if the land it is on is ruled to be encroaching on national park land. The

  • Phuket man dies of heroin overdose in gas station bathroom

    Phuket man dies of heroin overdose in gas station bathroom

    PHUKET: A Phuket man died of an apparent heroin overdose in a gas station bathroom in Thalang yesterday.

  • Tour company offers compensation for capsized speedboat ordeal

    Tour company offers compensation for capsized speedboat ordeal

    PHUKET: The Phuket-based company operating tours on board the speedboat that capsized off Phi Phi Island in rough seas yesterday has vowed to cover all medical expenses for those injured in the incident and to offer compensation for the emotional stress suffered. Pongsak Pachantabut, the manager of Phuket New Generation Travel Company, today confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that there were 37 tourists of varying nationalities and four crew members on board the speedboat, the Luk Pradu 26, at the time of the incident, not

  • Police brutality complaint filed over drug suspect arrest

    Police brutality complaint filed over drug suspect arrest

    PHUKET: A man who claims his nephew was severely beaten by five Thalang police officers trying to extract more information after they had arrested him for drug possession has filed a complaint at the Phuket Damrongtham Center (ombudsman’s office).

  • Khon Baan Rao slides into clear majority in Phuket election

    Khon Baan Rao slides into clear majority in Phuket election

    PHUKET: The Khon Baan Rao Party won 13 of 24 seats in the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (PPAO) council election on Sunday, according to the preliminary vote count, giving the local “pink party” a clear majority. Khon Baan Rao, meaning “People from Our House” and led by PPAO President Paiboon Upatising, lost six of the 19 seats the party contested. The remainder were won by independents, who had a healthy showing with 37 independent candidates contesting the 24 seats available.

  • Turtle tangled in fishing net rescued from Phuket beach

    Turtle tangled in fishing net rescued from Phuket beach

    PHUKET: An adult Ridley sea turtle, tangled up in a discarded fishing net, washed onto Karon Beach alive, but injured, yesterday afternoon. The female turtle, weighing about 40 kilograms was spotted by a tourist on the beach. A lifeguard, alerted to the situation, contacted the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) Endangered Species Unit.

  • Phuket ‚false rape‘ victim Bamford to reveal all on Australian prime time TV

    Phuket ‚false rape‘ victim Bamford to reveal all on Australian prime time TV

    PHUKET: Stevie Bamford, the 21-year-old Australian tourist who in June