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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Gambling on a roll; B343bn budget passed; Tarit questioned over Yingluck photo
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Study reveals truth behind Thailand’s gambling addiction Phuket GazettePHUKET: The “underground lottery” remains the most popular form of gambling in Thailand with an estimated capital of Bt100 billion per year, while the government lottery follows with a capital of Bt76.77 billion, a study by Chulalongkorn University’s Social…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Rohingya talks with Myanmar; Nat Parks denies trafficking; Akeyuth hit professional
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Surapong discusses Rohingya issue with Myanmar The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul discussed with his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin yesterday how to find a lasting solution to the problem of Rohingya boat people detained in Thailand.More than 1,700 Rohinyga migrants have been held…
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Thailand News: Kidnapped Thais in Nigeria still alive; Taib will lead BRN team; Channel 7 journo seeks help with libel charge; ICT scoffs at online control
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Kidnapped Thai calls to say all safe The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: One of the four Thai workers, who were abducted by an unknown gang in Nigeria, called his company to say he and the others were safe and had not been harmed, Thai Foreign…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Ratchanok wins royal praise; Police warned over chat probe; Yingluck tapped on ivory
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ratchanok wins royal praise The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Newly crowned world champion Ratchanok Intanon could not have been happier to receive bouquets of flowers from the Royal family, especially from Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. And the young star has set new goals – to become the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: BRN threatens no more peace; Amnesty bill under review; Trang Airport still closed, Fugitive’s son weds star actress
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Insurgents threaten to quit peace talks in latest video message The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: In another YouTube video message released on Tuesday night, insurgents in the deep South threatened to quit the peace dialogue, using inflammatory statements to lambaste Thai authorities on unspecific issues.The clip shows…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Amnesty bill begins; Democrats happy with rally; Nok Air plane slides off runway; Corals damaged in oil spill areas
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Parliament begins amnesty bill process The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The controversial amnesty bill cruised through the initial parliamentary process last night when the House voted 301-160 against a proposal by opposition and Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to postpone deliberations on the bill. Last night’s vote kick-started…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Fears of major clash; Data on Imam killing; Military gunmen shot unarmed people: Court; US pushes for tougher trafficking sentences
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fear of major clash if rivals face off at House The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A political confrontation is looming between pro- and anti-government mobs, with Democrat Party MPs having decided to lead a group of supporters to Parliament House today, which is protected by…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Top Imam slain in South; Years for oil spill recovery; Luxury car cheats fined; Online coup posts probed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Brothers behind car scam to pay fine The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Nareunart and Thanan Kuansawat, two brothers believed to be part of a luxury-car scam, agreed yesterday to pay a fine for evading car import taxes.They also heard the two extra charges put before them by…
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21-gun salute for Their Majesties; Fresh spate of Deep South violence; Thailand not safe from economic crisis
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 21-gun salute for Their Majesties The Nation/Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy welcomed Their Majesties the King and Queen to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan province with a 21-gun salute yesterday.The salute, each round five seconds apart, was fired from HTMS Pin Klao just about a…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Oil spill mop up continues; Bangkok under ISA ahead of rallies; North braces for more floods
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Oil spill probe to be finished in 7 days The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Energy Ministry promises to complete its investigation into the cause of the disastrous offshore oil spill within seven days and to ensure full compensation by PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC).“The situation is under…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Suit filed against PTTGC; Sting operation ends in shoot-out; Flash floods hit Mae Sot; Social media shows outrage over oil spill, calls for hair donations[VIDEO]
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Case filed against PTTGC The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Marine Department yesterday lodged a police complaint against PTT Global Chemical over the crude oil leak from the undersea pipeline it owns in the Gulf of Thailand. The department’s strategic move is aimed at ensuring…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Oil spill update; Pension issues; Thaksin clip was foreigners; Emergency decree before amnesty bill
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Black day for Samet The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET:Authorities yesterday feared the entire tourist island of Koh Samet in Rayong would be affected by Saturday’s oil spill.The island’s Ao Phrao (Phrao Bay) is being closed for three days to permit a cleanup of spilled crude oil that…
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Phuket Gazette Queer News: Man snores traffic to a halt
PHUKET: Motorists in Phuket who think traffic is bad here should prepare themselves if they are planning a visit to Pattaya, where a man last week caused a huge tailback on a major road after falling asleep at the wheel of his Jeep. It took other citizens and police officers an hour to awaken the dozing driver, who clung to…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Thaksin makes birthday call; Nenkham family to be probed; BRN behind some Ramadan attacks; Police Station fraud charges loom
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Birthday boy Thaksin calls on Thais to rely on one another The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra may have been in Beijing, but his figure was standing right there next to Deputy Education Minister Sermsak Pongpanit as he lit and…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Anti-govt rallies; Bus safety under fire; PM beauty smarts TV; Facebook top Thai news source
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Anti-govt groups plan street protests The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Anti-government groups are firming up plans for street rallies ahead of the parliamentary deliberation on August 7 of an amnesty bill proposed by a group of MPs from the ruling Pheu Thai Party. The protests…
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Bangkok News: Croc trainer gets stitches – croc suspended; Police Chief will face investigation; Liverpool kick-off delayed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – News from the Thai capital by Coconuts Bangkok compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Trainer receives 30 stitches; Croc suspended from duty Coconuts BangkokBANGKOK: The crocodile trainer who survived a terrifying croc attack earlier this week spoke out for the first time about the near-death experience that left him with 30 stitches on his…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand news: Tests needed to ID crash victims; Southern unrest during Ramadan; Deeds to be revoked for golf course
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tests needed to identify many victims of bus crash The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Forensic experts are working to identify victims whose bodies were burnt beyond recognition after a horrific bus crash in Kaeng Khoi in Saraburi early yesterday.The tragedy, which claimed 19 lives, has prompted Transport…
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19 killed in tour bus crash
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Reuters/ Phuket Gazette Nineteen people were killed and 23 were injured when a double-decker passenger bus caught fire after a collision in Saraburi, north of Bangkok. An 18-wheel lorry crashed into the Bangkok-bound overnight bus on Mitraphab highway, one of Thailand’s busiest roads. Most passengers, as…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Chiang Mai, Hua Hin best for retirees; Phuket’s best Raceweek
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Chiang Mai, Hua Hin best The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Live and Invest Overseas website has ranked Chiang Mai and Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district as a couple of the world’s best places to retire due to the low cost of living and beautiful beaches.The…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Dengue vaccine in the works; Govt ignoring the elderly; Monk’s passport revoked; Biogas stations approved
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sanofi set to make dengue vaccine The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Nobody knows for sure whether the trials of a vaccine for dengue fever will bear fruit, or provide new hope to countries plagued by the virus. However, a factory is now ready to start producing the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Rice tests approved; Abhisit for vox pops amnesty; Ranong border dispute; Nenkham’s 8 tonnes of gold; Chiang Mai trains resume
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rice importers unfazed as tests approved The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: As the government scurries to restore consumer confidence in Thai rice, buyers abroad are unfazed by problems with pesticides and fumigation.“Foreign importers are still placing orders for our rice,” Wallop Pitchyapongsa, secretary-general of the Thai Rice…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Finance Minister warns graft threatens growth; Arrest warrant for missing monk; B100mn fire in Haad Yai
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Finance Minister warns graft threatens growth The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Global credit-rating agency Fitch Ratings believes lessening corruption in the Thai public service will help prop up the Thai economy, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong.Following discussions yesterday with Fitch Ratings, Kittiratt…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Thailand a smuggler’s paradise for abused Rohingya
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thailand a smuggler’s paradise for abused Rohingya Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The beatings were accompanied by threats: If his family didn’t produce the money, Myanmar refugee Abdul Sabur would be sold into slavery on a fishing boat, his captors shouted, lashing him with bamboo sticks.It had been…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Rice contamination fears grow; Floating parade marks Buddhist Lent; Sadao named in Deep South ceasefire; Ramkhamhaeng bombers in court
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt urged to inspect rice for contamination The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A consumer watchdog is calling on the government to inspect packaged rice after random tests found several samples to be tainted with high levels of methyl bromide, which is used to kill rice-eating…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Cat meat trade discovered
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thailand continues to slaughter cats for meat trade Coconuts Bangkok / Phuket Gazette The National News Bureau of Thailand reports that law enforcement officials have apprehended a “transnational” cat smuggler on the border between Thailand and Laos. The miscreant was caught transporting 90 cats into Laos,…
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Special Report: Rice smugglers hitch ride on Thai pledge-price profiteering
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rice smugglers hitching ride on pledge-price profiteering Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Hidden in 18-wheeler trucks, carts and pickup vans, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rice are being smuggled from Cambodia and Myanmar into Thailand, although the country holds enough stocks to meet half the world’s annual…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Farmer credit fails; DSI ups Nenkham hunt; Cabinet to tackle violent oil palm land grab
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Credit cards fail to win over farmers The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Launched two years ago, the farmers’ credit-card scheme has proved to be anything but a success. As of June, only about Bt10 billion of credit was outstanding in the first phase from the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Army will not meddle in politics; Ramadan peace push; Monk to return with “bigger greatness”
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Army will have nothing to do with Thaksin return: Thanasak The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Supreme Commander General Thanasak Pratimapakorn said yesterday that the issue of whether former PM Thaksin Shinawatra will be allowed to return as a free man was not up to the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: B12bn credit union embezzlement charge; Monk’s B95mn cars; Ramadan soldiers turn civil; HK sex slaves saved; Thailand to honor 119yo man
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Credit Union execs accused of embezzling Bt12 billion The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Mounting evidence that Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative Ltd embezzled nearly Bt12 billion has led the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and the Anti Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to launch an investigation into…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: High hopes for Ramadan peace; Thaksin clip a hit; DSI wants missing monk disrobed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hopes for Ramadan peace hold The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Thai authorities and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hope that the initiative taken by the government and Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), aimed at cutting on violence in the deep South, will yield results from the first…
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