THALANG: Yongyos Palanitisena has announced that a four-man committee comprising himself, Chaichana Ratanatraiwirat, Wisut Srisangkaew and Nuntaporn Asumpinapong will oversee the running of Blue Canyon Country...
BANGKOK (The Nation): Well-known Phuket resident Tan Teik Hai, aka "Valentino", and his wife Suwaphat Kheereephon were released on bail of 600,000 each on October 29 following...
NAI HARN: Two construction foremen were arrested and their equipment seized on Wednesday in a raid by forestry officials on a resort complex being built illegally...
BANGKOK (The Nation): Police last night arrested Malaysian national and honorary consul to Morocco Tan Tek Hai, known better on the island as "Valentino", 56, and...
BANGKOK: Thai and US law enforcement officials today announced a 1-million-baht reward for information leading to the capture of Saner Wonggoun, a most-wanted US fugitive believed...
PHUKET CITY: More than 10,000 people took part in a parade on Monday as part of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival.The parade included representatives of 18 shrines,...
PHUKET: Only 76 new companies were registered in September – compared with 135 and 132 during the same month in 2005 and 2004, respectively – following...
PATONG: This year's Phuket Carnival, a celebration held to ring in the official start of the high season for tourism, is being touted to be the...
PHUKET CITY: One hundred Phuket taxi drivers, tuk tuk drivers and airport limousine drivers will have the chance to take a crash-course in English language and...
KATA-KARON: After six ground-breaking Nation parties – four in Singapore and two in Phuket – the gay and lesbian portal Fridae.com drew the curtains in Phuket...
RASSADA: A Kathu man was gunned down while riding his motorcycle near Phuket Rajabhat University around 1:30 am on Wednesday.The man, identified by police as Panumas...
PATONG: Undercover police arrested two ya bah (methamphetamine) dealers in a sting operation on Nanai Rd early Thursday morning, seizing almost 100 pills.Kathu Police Inspector Maj...
PHANG NGA: Three religious ceremonies - one Buddhist, one Christian and one Muslim - were performed October 16 in preparation for burying 422 unidentified tsunami victims...
MAI KHAO: Three months after the villagers of Baan Kho En protested unsafe driving conditions along Thepkrasattri Rd by setting up a roadblock, officials and locals...
PHUKET CITY: Organizers of the annual Vegetarian Festival have announced that all systems are go for the start of this year's event tomorrow night.Phuket Provincial Administration...
KRABI: Thai Occidental Productions is casting for the next in its series of Maneater feature films being shot in Krabi and Phuket."We will start filming on...
PHUKET: The World No 1 pairing of Larissa and Juliana from Brazil have been named as No 1 seeds at the Phuket Thailand Open, the final...
BANGKOK (The Nation; Gazette): Former Phuket Governor Pongpayome Vasaputi has been promoted from Deputy Permanent Secretary to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MoI).K. Pongpayome,...
PATONG: The drive to keep Patong Bay free of seaweed in the upcoming high season took a big step forward with the opening of a new...
PHUKET: The Barnhem Thai-Swedish Children's Foundation home for tsunami orphans in Mai Khao will continue to operate while a provincial investigation into fraud claims has stalled,...
