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  • Election Commission encourages turnout for referendum

    Election Commission encourages turnout for referendum

    PHUKET: A government-backed campaign is trying to raise public awareness in Phuket ahead of the August 7 vote on a new draft constitution.

  • Tourist Police Chief: job well done

    Tourist Police Chief: job well done

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  • Record-breaking turnout for Day 1 of 2016 Cape Panwa Raceweek

    Record-breaking turnout for Day 1 of 2016 Cape Panwa Raceweek

    PHUKET: Perseverance and patience were the skills in most demand on Day 1 of the 2016 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek as Principal Race Officer (PRO) Simon James and his on-water team tracked around Chalong Bay and surrounds in search of wind. It was testing and trying for the record 47-boat fleet and 500+ sailors. As 14:00 approached, the PRO set a course and at 13:54 got the Firefly 850 Sport class off first.

  • Beached yacht at Ao Nang refuses to budge

    Beached yacht at Ao Nang refuses to budge

    KRABI: Officials and volunteers yesterday made another attempt to salvage a yacht that has been grounded at Ao Nang Beach since July 6, after breaking free of its anchoring during a storm. The vessel’s owners, a Russian man and his Ukranian partner, were on the mainland when the boat went adrift.

  • Migrant workers arrested during registration

    Migrant workers arrested during registration

    PHUKET: Officers from the Phuket Provincial Office (PPO) and the Royal Thai Navy arrested 80 migrant laborers during two raids in Thalang on Sunday. The raids came after the Phuket Provincial Employment Office (PPEO) encouraged illegal laborers to register throughout the month of July, with PPEO officials stating that the government is showing leniency with employers and illegal workers (story here ).

  • Profile: DJ Retro hits the Phuket stage

    Profile: DJ Retro hits the Phuket stage

    PHUKET: Jeff Retro, a DJ from a top night club in Las Vegas, performed for thousands of guests at Illuzion night club in Patong on July 9.

  • Island View: Irrefutable commandments for Phuket farangs

    Island View: Irrefutable commandments for Phuket farangs

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  • Dolphins washing ashore, injured or dead

    Dolphins washing ashore, injured or dead

    PHUKET: A dead dolphin was discovered off a Patong Beach and another is recovering at a Royal Thai Navy facility on Koh Lanta. Both were discovered by scuba divers on Saturday.

  • Ministry of Farang Affairs: Mythological Tree of Women

    Ministry of Farang Affairs: Mythological Tree of Women

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  • Condo conundrum

    Condo conundrum

    PHUKET: Your ownership of a condominium or your ability to rent it out has nothing to do with whether or not you have a work permit, Phuket Employment Office Chief Pitool Dumsakorn has told the Phuket Gazette . Legal ambiguities over real estate regulations distressed foreign owners last week, when Phuket Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat announced a crackdown on condominium complexes and individual unit owners operating their properties illegally as hotels (story here ).