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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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Phuket hosts Thai handicrafts fair
PHUKET: Fans of Thai handicrafts will want to visit Phukets Jungceylon shopping complex over the weekend, as the second annual Thai Handicrafts Domestic Roadshow is in town until Monday. Phuket Vice Governor Weerawat Janpen presided over the event opening yesterday.
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Phuket Live Wire: Finding your True internet speed
PHUKET: Ive received email from all over the world as a result of the Bang for the Baht chart that Khun Roger and I put together for the August 27 Live Wire in the Phuket Gazette. ..
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US Embassy reaches out to Phuket
PHUKET: During a visit to the Phuket Gazette offices last week, US Ambassador to Thailand Kristie A Kenney asked staff to remind readers that there will be an outreach clinic by the Consular Section of the US Embassy in Phuket tomorrow. During her visit, Amb Kenney said that given the current funding problems in the US there was little likelihood of the country establishing a consulate in Phuket in the foreseeable future. That being the case, she encouraged American citizens to take full advantage of the outreach program, which saves hundreds of US citizens the time and expense of traveling to Bangkok each year
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Korean Ambassador says Farewell, Phuket
PHUKET: South Korean Ambassador to Thailand Chung Hae-moon today paid a visit to Phuket Governor Tri Augkadachara at Provincial Hall to say farewell before his return home. I am going back to [South] Korea at the end of this week as I have completed my four-year term in Thailand, Ambassador Chung told the Phuket Gazette. He encouraged more Korean companies to offer to join projects to develop Phukets overall infrastructure, not only the light-rail system currently proposed
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Phuket weather report: wet and windy all week
PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued another weather advisory for Phuket, the second in as many days.
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Top Cop: Phuket is car-theft capital of the South
PHUKET: Thailands top traffic cop was in Phuket yesterday to brief top-ranking officers on the need to crack down on vehicle theft and the smuggling of luxury cars.
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Complaints mount against British fraud suspect in Phuket
PHUKET: Fugitive British fraud suspect Paul Ridden has been charged with a three-month immigration overstay and faces additional charges for working without a work permit, Phuket Police told the Phuket Gazette this morning.
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Phuket convention center impasse triggers political concerns
ANALYSIS PHUKET: The latest … Full story
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Phuket lifeguards step up lifesaving campaign
PHUKET: The unveiling of plans for a new lifeguard education center at Phuket’s Nai Harn Beach yesterday also saw the announcement of new surf warning signs for tourists and a training program to educate more locals about the dangers of swimming in the sea. New signs will be posted on Phuket beaches this year in five languages Thai, English, Japanese, German and Russian said Phuket Lifeguard Center President … Full story
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- Blackwater at Phuket’s Nai Harn beach due to ‘natural causes’‘Blackwater’ has returned at one of Phuket’s favourite beaches, this time in the lagoon behind Nai Harn beach, which flushes out naturally when the tide conditions are right. For now, it is dammed up by the sand and has developed into an ugly cesspool for passersby to see. Responding to complaints from local residents, Rawai […]
- Another baby Dugong found on a Krabi beachPHOTO: Thai Rath Another lost baby dugong has been rescued after being found injured in Krabi. The baby dugong was found washed up on the shores in Klongthom District, Krabi yesterday (June 1) and was rescued by the officials from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC). Thai Rath reports that the baby dugong had a […]
- Cha-Am blackwater flowing into the beach is “natural in origin” – District ChiefPHOTOS: Daily News The Cha-Am district chief and a posse of officials have inspected a patch of ‘black water’ flowing into the Gulf of Thailand after social media posts showed “sewage” flowing into the sea at a beach north of Hua Hin. Not surprisingly, and without evidence, Khajornsak Somboon admitted the offensive outflow was “smelly” but […]