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FC Phuket skin the ‘Swat Cats’
PHUKET: FC Phuket bagged their first victory of the TPL Yamaha Division One League season against the Korat FC “Swat Cats” in a heated away match last night in Nakhon Ratchasima province. The only goal came on 29 minutes when K-league import Kim Wonsup’s corner was met by Watcharapong Jun-ngam’s glancing downward header that beat Korat’s keeper Narong Wisetsri at…
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Pineapple protest to block Bangkok-Phuket highway
PHUKET: Phuket residents planning a weekend road trip to Bangkok might want to start the journey today, as thousands of pineapple farmers in Prachuap Khiri Khan have announced they will stage a full road blockage on Phetkasem Highway tomorrow.The farmers, about 7,800 of them, said they will block a key stretch of Southern Thailand’s main north-south artery – and stay…
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Firebomb blasts rock Phuket housing estate
PHUKET: Two explosions left one man injured, a dog dead and caused extensive property damage in a late-night firebomb attack in a Phuket housing estate early this morning. Thalang Police were at 12:20am notified of two explosions in the Bo Din housing estate, located near the TOT office on Ban Don Road in Thepkrasattri Village 1. At the scene, they…
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Phuket Gazette: ASEAN business news
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. exports to China reach historic US$203.9 billion in 2011 Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: The U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) yesterday released its annual report on U.S. State Exports to China for 2011, showing that it surpassed US200 billion for the first time in history.…
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Phuket Gazette: Taliban use child in bombing; Captain goes nuts; US$500 million mega jackpot
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Officials: Taliban used child to carry out Afghan suicide attack Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: A suicide bombing which injured five people in southern Afghanistan earlier this week was carried out by a child, the Australian Department of Defense said yesterday. The Taliban previously claimed…
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Phuket police probe recovers 17 stolen cars
PHUKET: An investigation by Phuket Police has led to the recovery of 17 stolen cars from a warehouse in Nakhon Sri Thammarat, including several from car rental agencies based in Phuket.Chalong Police Deputy Superintendent Boonlert Onklang told the Phuket Gazette that he initially received two theft complaints filed by car rental agency owners Pattarisiri Manokham and Boonying Thonglor.The owners had…
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Phuket driver comes unstuck, hits tree
PHUKET: A man driving from Saphan Hin toward Phuket Town this morning crashed his pickup truck into a tree in front of the Phuket Marine Police Station.Phuket City Police were informed of the accident at 6:39am and quickly dispatched officers along with members of the Phuket Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation.Arriving at the scene, they found a Krabi-registered Mitsubishi pickup truck stopped…
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Phuket Area News: Gang hacks off tourist’s thumb in bag snatch
PHUKET:Krabi Police arrested three teenagers and one 20-year-old yesterday after a gang cut off a German woman’s thumb during an early-morning bag snatch in Krabi Town, across Phang-nga Bay from Phuket.Muang District Police Deputy Superintendent Chatchawan Ninchan said Hanna Zerlaut and Sina Maureen Beckert, both 21, were attacked while walking along Chaofa Road in Tambon Paknam, Krabi Town, at about…
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Phuket Immigration to close for holidays
PHUKET: The Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket Town will be closed for five days in April to observe a series of public holidays. The Phuket Immigration Volunteers today issued a notice that the office will be closed on: Friday, April 6 – Chakri Memorial Day Monday, April 9 – Public Holiday to observe the Royal Funeral for Her Royal Highness…
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Phuket Andaman News: Police raid illegal Phang Nga logging camp
PHUKET: A mass raid on an illegal logging camp on Monday by more than 20 Border Patrol Police officers resulted in 13 felled trees and more than 100 logs being seized.The raid, led by Phang Nga Governor Thumrong Charoenkul, was instigated by a complaint that illegal logging was being conducted at the hillside site, in Khao Krata Thong, in Phang…
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Speed cameras, booze buses in Phuket for Songkran
PHUKET: Speed cameras are expected to be installed across Phuket in time for the Thai New Year Songkran festival next month, and nightlife venue operators will be asked to provide transportation home for drunken patrons. The news was announced by Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayut Karajedee yesterday. “The budget request for 17 million baht to acquire and install radar…
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Phuket Gazette: Massive BMW auto recall; Osama bin Laden cited for Bali bombing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community BMW recalls 1.3 million vehicles worldwide Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: German automaker BMW AG yesterday issued a recall for approximately 1.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a problem with the battery cable cover.The vehicle company said it would be recalling all BMW 5 and 6 Series…
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Phuket Poll: China offers highest tourism growth potential
PHUKET: The Chinese market holds the highest growth potential for the Phuket tourism industry, according to the results of the latest Phuket Gazette Readers’ Poll. A total of 358 readers took part in the poll, which ran from March 8 until Saturday morning. Readers were asked, “Which of the following inbound markets holds the highest growth potential for the Phuket…
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Phuket Gazette: Owen’s return; F1 for Thailand; AFC champions
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ferguson says returning Owen can help United push for the title Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: A fit-again Michael Owen could play a key role in Manchester United’s push for the Premier League title, according to manager Sir Alex Ferguson.The 32-year-old striker is on the verge of…
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Phuket Gazette: PM touts Thailand in Korea; 3G saga continues; Thais getting oiled
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thailand ripe for investment, says PM in Seoul Phuket Gazette / The NationPHUKET: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has assured South Korean businessmen of Thailand’s bright economic prospects, citing the government’s business-friendly policies, flood-management measures and the cut in corporate tax. In a speech in Seoul yesterday…
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Phuket, Krabi rocked by ‘sudden’ thunderstorms
PHUKET: Following a stretch of hot weather, greater Phuket Town was hit by thunderstorms and torrential rainfall late yesterday afternoon. At about the same time in Muang District Krabi, a fierce squall damaged homes and felled rubber trees in a surrounding plantation in Khao Khraam subdistrict.The squall hit the rubber-tapping community of Khao Khraam Village 5 at about 5pm, causing…
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Phuket fractional ownership ventures into new waters
PHUKET: Among the many luxury yachts to go on display at the 2012 Phuket International Boat Show (PIMEX) at Royal Phuket Marina. on Thursday will be the event’s first fractional ownership boat for sale. Shared ownership pioneer Absolute Fractionals will showcase the Elan42 luxury motor yacht. A product of one of Europe’s largest and long established shipbuilders, the yacht features…
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Phuket Live Wire looks at Windows 8: ‘You probably won’t like it’
PHUKET: I have spent two of the past three Live Wire columns extolling the virtues of Apple products. A few of my friends were shocked. After all, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool PC user. I’ve written many dozens of books about Windows and Office, and thousands of articles. Windows is like an old security blanket to me. Sparring partner, too. And it’s…
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Phuket Gazette: Pedophiles flourishing on the Web
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pedophiles invade ordinary websites to sell child porno Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: Pedophiles are operating hundreds of websites which appear to be ordinary web shops but are actually being used to distribute and even sell photos and videos of young children being sexually abused, according to…
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Noppowon all set, Phuket’s De Cesare outgunned at ITF tournament
PHUKET: Week two of the Phuket Chang ITF Women’s Pro Circuit tennis tournament opened today with six round one single’s matches and five in double’s competition at Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club (TSLC).Phuket’s Helen De Cesare had earned a wild card entry, but found herself drawn against number two seed Kurumi Nara of Japan. The 17-year-old De Cesare couldn’t keep…
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Phuket model crowned Miss Thailand World 2012
PHUKET: Phuket model Vanessa “Na-Chatra” Muangkod was crowned Miss Thailand World 2012 on Saturday night, and picked up three other accolades during the renowned beauty pageant. Miss Muangkod, a former student at Satree Phuket School, was also bestowed the titles Miss Beauty With a Purpose, Miss Top Model and Best in Swimsuit at the gala event, organized by Thai TV…
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Suzuki Swift on a roll in Phuket
PHUKET: The Suzuki car dealership in Phuket Town is reporting brisk sales of the “all new” Suzuki Swift eco-car and expects to sell 200 units by the end of the month from its recently renovated showroom in Phuket Town. The showroom, on Surin Road near the Shell service station, is well-known to scores of Suzuki SJ413 “Caribian” drivers on the…
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Big-headed driver gets away with it
A MAN in Ang Thong province recently got a pass from the police when he was stopped on his motorcycle for not wearing a helmet – and there were no bribes involved. Sombat Chiangkham, 37, told amused officers his head was too big to fit into a helmet. After taking the top-heavy gentlemen to their station and making him try…
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Weird World News: Woman pee addict spills story, North Korea loves triplets and vasectomy doctor serves slices
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News round-up takes aim at people ingesting and breeding in the name of addiction, state approval and for the promise of pizza. Woman addicted to drinking own pee A 53-year-old Colorado woman has been addicted to drinking her own urine for the past four years, it emerged this past week. Photos of the woman –…
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Phuket Sports: Mydeen knocks first ACG ton
PHUKET: Recovered from their recent defeat at the hands of the Laguna CC, the Village showed no mercy to Phuket’s youth development cricket team in dishing out a 235 run demolition of the Leopards. This season’s 15th match of the Island Furniture League became batting practice for several of the Village players while the Leopards were hoping to gain valuable…
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Phuket Sports: She’s “Dear’ to the heart of Indigo Pearl
PHUKET: Tennis played well at any level is an enviable pursuit. Those with the physical skill and coordination required to spot a ball traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour, then choose a shot before returning the two and a half inch diameter projectile over a three foot obstacle and land it accurately within a 27ft by 39ft area,…
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Phuket Gazette: Ceremony rehearsal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ceremony rehearsal PHUKET (The Nation): Soliders marched during the second major rehearsal yesterday of the cremation of HRH Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda at Sanam Luang on April 9. The Maha Pichai Ratcharot chariot will carry the royal urn. Princess Bejaratana, the only child of King Rama VI,…
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Phuket Gazette ‘Green Report’: Regional mangrove restoration project receives green light
PHUKET: Efforts to restore the lost mangrove forests of Thailand and other parts of Asia will receive a boost this week when international partners gather in Krabi province, across Phang Nga Bay from Phuket, to discuss the use of project funding received via Germany’s Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).The meeting, which is being coordinated by the Trang-based Southeast…
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Phuket Sports: Pulsating play in round six of PSSL
PHUKET: The Pita Bar Phuketeers and Eden FC got the ball rolling for round six of the Phuket Super Six League (PSSL) last Wednesday evening at Headstart’s Football Island. The Phuketeers grabbed an early 2-0 lead when Yannik Christll tapped in after Fabian Kleiner Scniedelmann’s shot was spilled by the goalkeeper. Christll doubled his team’s advantage with a fine solo…
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Phuket elections: Phudit wins Rassada; Samran retains Chalong seat
PHUKET: Preliminary results of two local elections in Phuket yesterday indicate that Phudit “Ko Noi” Raksarat will take over administration of Rassada Municipality, while Somran Jindapol has been elected Mayor of Chalong Municipality. Before yesterday’s election, Mr Somran was incumbent president of the Chalong Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor), which was upgraded to municipal status on October 1 last year. In…
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