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PhuketApril 30, 2014

Research team collecting Phuket corals mistaken as poachers

PHUKET: A group of six researchers studying the possibility of corals containing the key to curing cancer were mistaken as coral poachers by recreational divers at...
PhuketApril 30, 2014

Phuket residents warned about sewage dumping

PHUKET: Governor Maitri Inthusut has warned residents and restaurant owners in the Soi Paniang area, north of Phuket Town, that they will be prosecuted if they...
Thai LifeApril 30, 2014

H&M fashions arrive at Central Festival Phuket

PHUKET: Hundreds of shoppers are expected to line up at Central Festival Phuket early this Saturday morning to be among the first to get their hands...
ThailandApril 30, 2014

July 20 set for national election

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community July 20 set for national election The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET:...
PhuketApril 30, 2014

We all have the swing in us

PHUKET: Gilles Duboueix, a professional golf coach and mental trainer, claims that we all have the swing in us, we just need to discover it, and...
EntertainmentApril 30, 2014

Soap suds: A sidelong glance at Thai melodrama

PHUKET: Any “farang” who lives with a Thai partner will be familiar, possibly all too familiar, with the rarefied world of television soap opera. As I...
PhuketApril 30, 2014

Phuket woman impaled by her mattress

PHUKET: Rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Foundation responded to an unusual plea for help yesterday afternoon: a woman had been impaled by her mattress. The rescue...
WorldApril 30, 2014

Brunei adopts sharia law, others in region consider it

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Brunei adopts sharia law, others in region consider it Reuters / Phuket...
WorldApril 30, 2014

Air France pilots plan daily strikes in May

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Air France pilots plan daily strikes in May Reuters / Phuket Gazette...
ThailandApril 30, 2014

Thailand News: Police to replace soldiers in Bangkok; EC warms to Abhisit’s reforms; NACC refuses more Yingluck witnesses

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Prayuth against use of force to end impasse The Nation / Phuket...
WorldApril 30, 2014

Egypt mass death sentences will bring down government, warns Brotherhood

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt’s Brotherhood says mass death sentences will bring down government Reuters /...
ThailandApril 30, 2014

Thailand News: Thawil pledges to rethink Deep South policy; Pregnant official slain; Bt2.9mn ATM robbery; Warrants sought for red shirt poet killers

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thawil to review Deep South policy The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET:...
PhuketApril 30, 2014

Phuket ice truck flips, causes massive tailback

PHUKET: An ice truck flipped at the busy Bangkhu Intersection, at the north end of the bypass road, during rush hour this morning, causing massive tailbacks...
ThailandApril 30, 2014

Driver who mowed down three police officers released on bail

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Driver who mowed down three police officers released on bail The Nation...
WorldApril 30, 2014

MH370 Search: Firm says finds plane debris in Bay of Bengal

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community MH370 Search: Firm says finds plane debris in Bay of Bengal Reuters...
EntertainmentApril 29, 2014

Last Gasp of a humorist

I used to have high hopes for PJ O’Rourke as the Fresh Prince of American Journalism. If Tom Wolfe had invented the New Journalism in the...
BusinessApril 29, 2014

What if Phuket’s roads took you?

PHUKET: Over the last decade the number of well-known, and often very well-liked, expats who have perished on Phuket’s deadly roads seems to have increased at...
PhuketApril 29, 2014

Light-fingered Phuket woman undone by iPhone app

PHUKET: Phuket Police used a location app today to track down within 10 minutes a woman who had stolen a Danish tourist’s iPhone. Michael Dybdahl, 51,...
Thai LifeApril 29, 2014

Live simple, consume less

PHUKET: Live simple, consume less. This philosophy is engrained in the business and life of custom surfboard maker David “Mousset” Sautebin. Originally from Bienne, Switzerland, the...
PhuketApril 29, 2014

Local flowboarders head to Singapore

PHUKET: Phuket’s rising stars are set to depart our sunny shores for another installment in the new sport of flowboarding (surfing on an artificial wave) when...

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