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PhuketDecember 31, 2013

Phuket doubles down on Tah Chat Chai checkpoint security

PHUKET: The number of police manning the land-security gateway to Phuket, Tah Chat Chai checkpoint, has been doubled in order to ensure the safety of residents...
PhuketDecember 31, 2013

Teen sixth road death in Phuket ‘Days of Danger’ campaign

PHUKET: A teenager became the sixth person to die during Phuket’s 10 Days of Danger when he crashed his new motorcycle in Thalang last night.Thanawat Tohting,...
PhuketDecember 31, 2013

Safer Phuket launches marine safety petition

PHUKET: The Safer Phuket campaign (story here), designed to significantly improve marine safety on and around the island, launched a petition last week to build mass...
PhuketDecember 31, 2013

Government floats idea of MP registration in Phuket at military bases, police stations

PHUKET: The government has suggested registering election candidates for constituencies in Phuket and elsewhere in the South at local military bases or police stations if the...
ThailandDecember 31, 2013

Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Thailand’s army moves to allay coup fears; Violence at protests continues; Protesters examine voting options

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thailand’s army moves to allay coup fears Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Thailand’s powerful...
WorldDecember 31, 2013

Phuket Gazette World News: Second bomb blast in Russia; Volcano in El Salvador; Aussie cyclone heads inland; Four journalists held in Egypt; China says Japan PM ‘shut door’

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Second blast in Russia’s Volgograd kills 10 on trolleybus Reuters / Phuket GazetteAt...
PhuketDecember 31, 2013

Phuket MP candidate turned back by protesters

PHUKET: Two police complaints were filed yesterday after protesters once again blocked access to the Phuket Community Center, preventing a candidate from enrolling for the February...
PhuketDecember 30, 2013

Phuket Pheu Thai candidate braves protest to enroll

PHUKET: One lone candidate yesterday braved the hundreds-strong protest in front of the Community Hall in Phuket Town to register in the February 2 national election.Jirayus...
PhuketDecember 30, 2013

Phuket officers take down taxi drivers for intimidation

PHUKET: A sting operation involving an undercover Patong Police officer disguised as a taxi driver put two men operating a hotel taxi queue behind bars yesterday....
PhuketDecember 30, 2013

Runaway Phuket tour bus leaves two dead, 26 injured [Video]

PHUKET: Seven people remain in hospital after a runaway Phuket tour bus slammed into five vehicles, including one motorcycle, killing two people and leaving 26 others...
ThailandDecember 30, 2013

Phuket Gazette Thailand News: MP shortfall may annul Feb 2 election; Holiday road toll hits 86 dead; Cold-weather boozing feared lethal

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community MP total could fall short if blockades continue The Nation/ Phuket GazettePHUKET: Fears...
PhuketDecember 28, 2013

Protesters force temporary closure of Phuket MP registration

PHUKET: Island protesters on the path to political war, armed with only a mourning gift and whistles, forced the Phuket Election Commission (PEC) to close MP...
PhuketDecember 28, 2013

iBless to put on Phuket charity concert for typhoon victims

PHUKET: Local Filipino community project iBless Philippines is putting on a charity concert tomorrow to help those still suffering from the devastation of Super Typhoon Haiyan....
PhuketDecember 28, 2013

Bird strike forces AirAsia flight back to Phuket

PHUKET: AirAsia flight FD3167 from Phuket to Chiang Mai was forced to turn around 32 minutes after departing from Phuket International Airport, after a bird strike....
PhuketDecember 28, 2013

Savvy Chinese Apple user busts thieving baggage handler in Phuket

PHUKET: A technologically handicapped baggage handler at Phuket International Airport was arrested for theft after having been outwitted by a savvy Chinese Apple user. Tah Chat...
PhuketDecember 28, 2013

Phuket bus drivers caught under the influence

PHUKET: Law enforcement officials are randomly testing bus drivers for drugs and alcohol during the 10 Days of Danger, and in two days have found three...
PhuketDecember 28, 2013

Druggy Grinch confesses to Phuket holiday robbery, Russian assault

PHUKET: A 42-year-old drug addict confessed to attacking a Russian woman and multiple accounts of robbery after he was arrested by Karon Police on Boxing Day....
PhuketDecember 28, 2013

Speed cameras operational, but speed limit signs continue non-existent

PHUKET: Motorists speeding in Phuket now face a fine of 500 baht if they are caught by one of four speed cameras that became operational on...
OpinionDecember 27, 2013

Phuket Opinion: Resolving not to fail

PHUKET: With the New Year rapidly approaching, we wait to see just how effective efforts mandated by the Phuket Provincial Police will be in ridding the...
OpinionDecember 27, 2013

Phuket Opinion: Beware the water

PHUKET: I’ve been losing sleep lately thinking about all the poison I’ve subjected myself to during 12 years in Thailand – alcohol, sugar, fatty and acidic...

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