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World rallies to help Nepal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World rallies on social media to help Nepal The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and its surrounds on Saturday – resulting in a death toll nearing 1,900 yesterday – the assistance from countries, humanitarian organizations, companies and…
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Temple banned from making money off tigers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Temple banned from making money off tigers The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: THE controversial “Tiger Temple” has been banned from charging tourists to visit dozens of big cats in their care, the parks department has said, following a dispute between monks and officials over the…
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Warrants obtained for five men over Samui car-bomb
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Warrants obtained for five men wanted over Samui car-bomb The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police yesterday obtained arrest warrants for five suspects accused of carrying out the Central Festival car-bomb attack on Koh Samui earlier this month. The five men have been identified as Asmin…
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NACC accuses former ministers of fabricating G2G rice scheme
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NACC accuses former ministers of fabricating G2G rice scheme The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Claims of rice stockpiles being sold through government-to-government (G2G) scheme by the Yingluck Shinawatra administration were “total lies”, National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) member Vicha Mahakhun told members of the National Legislative…
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Junta agents force cancellation of event to honor late taxi driver
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Junta agents force cancellation of event to honor late taxi driver The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A symposium and the ceremonial opening of a conference room in honor of a taxi driver who killed himself in protest against the 2006 coup was banned by the…
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Bonanza execs face charges over park encroachment
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bonanza execs face charges over park encroachment The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Ongoing investigations into alleged encroachment by three big businesses in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district, namely Bonanza, Kirimaya and Moon Dance, have progressed significantly. Police have now decided to press charges against three…
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Foreign crewmen rescued in Bangkok
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Foreign crewmen rescued in Bangkok The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Twelve Chinese and Myanmar crewmen aboard a cargo ship stranded on the Chao Phraya River were rescued yesterday. Rachen Rangmarerng, head of the Port Authority of Thailand’s labor union, said the crewmen, seven of who…
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Net spreads wider over UFUN
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Net spreads wider over UFUN The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Investigation into allegedly fraudulent schemes linked to UFUN Co Ltd’s purported branch UFUN Thailand will expand to cover another three or four related firms, as well as focus on 30 key suspects, the Department of…
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Seven suspects eyed for Samui car bomb attack
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Seven suspects eyed for Samui car bomb attack The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Arrest warrants will be issued for up to seven Koh Samui car bomb suspects once sufficient evidence has been collected, national police chief Gen Somyot Poompanmuang said yesterday. Meanwhile, high-ranking Internal Security…
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Suthep provides clips of ‘men in black’ in 2010
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Suthep provides clips of ‘men in black’ in 2010 The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban yesterday gave the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) video clips and pictures of the “men in black” while testifying in the case in which he is…
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EU issues yellow card on Thailand over illegal fishing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community EU issues yellow card on Thailand over illegal fishing The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The European Commission on Tuesday put Thailand on formal notice for not taking sufficient measures in the international fight against illegal fishing (IUU). Thailand has six months to implement a corrective…
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New panel to set salary scale for state officials
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New panel to set salary scale for state officials The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Cabinet yesterday resolved to set up a committee that will be in charge of creating an appropriate salary structure for all state officials, Deputy Government Spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said.…
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DSI provides info for probe into UFUN
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community DSI provides info for probe into UFUN The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) passed information about the case against UFUN Thailand’s alleged pyramid scheme to police yesterday for further investigation, as three more people – one a military officer –…
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Man denies role in Samui car bomb
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Man denies role in Samui car bomb The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Phattalung man who resembled a suspect in a police sketch wanted over the Central Festival bomb attack on Koh Samui two weeks ago met yesterday with police. Nukul Yongnoo, the manager of…
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Anti-fracking protesters rally at US Embassy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Anti-fracking protesters rally at US Embassy The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: About 20 members of the ‘Stop Fracking Thailand Network’ rallied outside the US Embassy in Bangkok yesterday to protest against chemical fracking in this country. Two network representatives, Rangsit University professor Dr Smith Tungkasmit…
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Teacher among two more suspects arrested over Samui car bomb
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Teacher among two more suspects arrested over Samui car bomb The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A teacher is among the two new suspects arrested for allegedly playing a role in the Central Festival Samui bomb blast. An informed source revealed yesterday that the 33-year-old teacher,…
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Ex-DSI chief Tarit Pengdith hit with assets freeze
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ex-DSI chief Tarit Pengdith hit with assets freeze The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday announced that it had temporarily frozen nearly 60 million baht in assets of former Department of Special Investigation director-general Tarit Pengdith and a former academic attached to…
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Taxi driver confesses to running down cop, shooting couple dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cabbie who ran over cop, shot dead couple ‘confesses’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Bangkok taxi driver, who ran over a traffic policeman, stole his gun and shot dead a middle-aged couple in Nonthaburi’s Bang Yai district on Friday, surrendered to police yesterday reportedly…
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Monk disrobed for theft of heads from four corpses
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Monk disrobed for theft of heads from four corpses The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Buddhist monk in Udon Thani province was disrobed in order to face criminal charges, along with two layman accomplices, for allegedly stealing and chopping off the heads of four corpses.…
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Education heads roll, PM Prayut enacts reshuffle
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Education Ministry suffers major shake-up The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: National council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has introduced a big shake-up at the Education Ministry in the push for education reform and greater efficiency. Several top education officials,…
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Monk held for ‘stealing’ corpse parts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Monk held for ‘stealing’ corpse parts The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A monk in Udon Thani has been arrested for allegedly stealing a corpse from a local cemetery and chopping off the head of another corpse for black magic purposes. Prachak Sinlapakhom police chief Nawara…
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Forestry officials face probe over land deeds
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Forestry officials face probe The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Royal Forest Department has launched an investigation against its own officials in Nakhon Ratchasima, Phetchabun and Rayong provinces over alleged forest encroachment. “The investigation must be completed within 45 days,” RFD director-general Theerapat PraYunrasiddhi said…
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Prayut takes swipe at media in six-month progress report
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Prayut takes swipe at media in six-month progress report The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: In his announcement yesterday on the government’s progress over the past six months, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha stressed that his administration had stuck – so far – to the road…
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Nationwide Songkran holiday road toll rises
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Road toll exceeds last year’s figures The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Songkran holiday period saw 364 deaths and 3,559 injuries from 3,373 accidents – higher than last year’s figures, the Road Safety Center said yesterday. This year saw 42 more deaths, 334 more injuries…
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Arms deals with Russia in pipeline as West shuns junta
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Arms deals with Russia in pipeline as West shuns junta The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Despite Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s insistence that the government’s renewed relationship with Russia is not meant to counterbalance deteriorating relations with the United States, a top Russian minister said…
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Govt tells BOT to ‘manage’ baht
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt tells BOT to ‘manage’ baht The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The committee of economic ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, yesterday signalled the Thai central bank to pursue a monetary-easing policy in an attempt to shore up the export sector amid the…
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Five injured in Central Festival Samui bomb blast
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Four Thais, one foreigner injured in Samui car bomb blast The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A bomb hidden in a car parked at the Central Festival Samui exploded late last night, injuring five people, including a foreigner. The five injured were identified as Sudarat Deepenkaew,…
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Songkran revellers warned of fines, jail for high-pressure water guns
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Songkran revellers warned of fines, jail for high-pressure water guns The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Royal Thai Police Consumer Protection Division yesterday warned that people caught selling high-pressure water guns could be jailed for up to five years and/or fined 500,000 baht. People who…
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Billionaire seeks police help for alleged extortion
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Billionaire seeks police help for alleged extortion The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A billionaire businessman lodged a complaint yesterday against a former board member of the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel for alleged detention, extortion and intimidation. “Several times…
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Senior transport officials to discuss aviation crisis with ICAO, Germany and Australia
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Senior transport officials to discuss aviation crisis with ICAO, Germany and Australia The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: In a bid to ease the country’s current aviation woes, the Transport Ministry is seeking help from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and preparing a team to…
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