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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Amnesty Bill heats political conflict to a boil; Anti-ICJ protesters told to avoid border; Ancient hand cannons found
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Amnesty push makes political conflict more likely The Nation/Phuket GazettePHUKET: October has seen important political changes in the past – notably, a student-led uprising in 1973 and a massacre of protesters at Thammasat University in 1976.This year, a new round of political conflict is simmering after the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Council to name top monk; Nurses apologize; Naomi Campbell pales
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Council to name top monk soon The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: BECAUSE of the position left vacant by the passing away on October 24 of the late Supreme Patriarch, His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, at the age of 100, the Sangha Supreme Council would soon…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Abhisit, Suthep ready for trial as amnesty bill anger set to explode; Police name suspect in veteran’s murder
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Abhisit, Suthep ‘ready to face trial’ The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The two top Democrats facing charges over the 2010 political mayhem declared yesterday that they were ready to face trial and fight for their corner in court. Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and MP Suthep Thaugsuban also…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bomb disposal veteran killed; Business says no to blanket amnesty; Drug mule caught with 7kg of cocaine
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Revered bomb disposal expert among 3 killed The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Pol Sub-Lt Shaen Warongphaisit, a police bomb-disposal veteran whose face was familiar to both locals and reporters covering the South insurgency, was yesterday laid to rest from his tiring and dangerous job after succumbing to…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Supreme Patriach passes away; Furby fury reduced to suspended sentence; Mahouts in jumbo fight
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Supreme Patriach passes away The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Somdet Phra Sangharaja passed away Thursday after enduring ailments and undergoing hospital treatment in recent months.He turned 100 on October 3 and is considered the longest living Supreme Patriarch in…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: 21 dead as Thai tour bus plunges into ravine; Govt to clarify amnesty; Isarn floods claim 30 lives
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 21 dead as Thai tour bus plunges into ravine The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A chartered bus taking merit makers back home from a temple plunged into a roadside ravine in Lampang last night, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others. Police said the accident…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Isarn floods worst in 50 years; Pattaya on fire; Santika Pub owner aquitted
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Flooding in East worst in 50 years: Plodprasop The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Flooding in Phimai district in Nakhon Ratchasima, one of the hardest hit areas, is expected to peak over the next few days.“At this point, I am most worried about Phimai,” Water and Flood Management…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Floods close factories; Laos crash bodies to return home; Chalerm in relapse; Jakkrit mourned
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Industrial estate battles floodwater The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate in Chon Buri is facing a severe battle keeping out floodwaters, which have forced 15 factories in its compound to suspend operations.Another 78 factories outside the protection of estates, mainly in the Northeast,…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: PM orders flood action; Govt mulls ISA add-on; First-car scheme costs Bt30bn payout
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Prime minister orders immediate action in flood-affected provinces The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A priority list of flood-relief provisions was issued yesterday by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to immediately tackle the problems faced by flood-affected residents, via a network of local administrative bodies under Interior Ministry supervision.The…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Thailand joins search for bodies in Laos Mekong plane crash; Bad weather blamed; Stewardess’ last message breaks hearts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thai divers, workers join search at Laos crash site The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Thailand yesterday dispatched divers and rescue workers to help Laotian authorities retrieve the bodies of 49 people killed in Wednesday’s plane crash near Laos’ southern city of Pakse.The Royal Thai Navy sent a…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: 5 Thais killed in Lao Airlines crash; Ministers defend rice-pledging loss; DSI presses for charges in police station fiasco
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 5 Thais among 49 killed in Lao Airlines crash The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Five Thais were among 49 passengers and crew killed when a twin-engine Lao Airlines plane plunged into the Mekong River yesterday as it attempted to land at an international airport in…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Finn berry-picking fiasco probed; PM vague on special Chinese deal; Protestors get the itch to stay; MBK big plans include Phuket
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community DSI to probe berry-picking fiasco The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will take over a case in which workers from the Northeast were duped by a promise of berry-picking jobs in Sweden and Finland – then left unpaid and unaided abroad.Some workers…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Govt House sealed off; Flood victims get counselling; Red Shirts remember 1973
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt House sealed off after threat of protest The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Police yesterday began closing 14 roads around Government House to traffic for fear that anti-government protesters may move their rally to the area.The move came as an anti-government group threatened to hold a large…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Firebombs at Bangkok rally; Hospital warns thieves drug patients; Chiang Mai quake; Flood defenses down
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Patients robbed after thieves spike water with animal sedative The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: “Watch out!” the Public Health Ministry is warning all hospital users nationwide, after the recent sedation of a number of patients at major Bangkok hospitals when they unwittingly ingested a dangerous…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: PM seeks Japanese transportation deal; People’s Army on the move; Thaksin no terrorist; Floods not a crisis
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM seeks Japanese role in Bt2-tn transportation project The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited Japan Inc to take part in Thailand’s Bt2-trillion transportation development project.She also proposed to Myanmar to jointly develop a “trilateral highway”, creating land bridges between India, Myanmar and…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Tourists escape bus crash; ISA invoked in Bangkok; Suspect arrested for Brit murder; ATM attacks in South
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ISA invoked ahead of visit by Premier Li The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The government yesterday decided to impose the Internal Security Act (ISA) on Dusit, Pomprap Sattru Phai and Phra Nakhon districts of Bangkok until October 18 as 200-300 protesters continued to rally outside Government House.The…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Floods rage in Isarn; 17 killed in pickup crash; Hmong Bt344mn drug bust; Supercar probe stalls
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Lack of water-drainage options blamed for Isarn inundation The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Royal Irrigation Department is blaming the raging floods in the East on the lack of water-drainage options. Many areas in the region have been under water for more than a month…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bangkok warned over flood tide; Chalerm has water on the brain; Nok Air has rough landing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bangkok residents warned over flood tide The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The first high-tide period of this month is imminent – and Bangkok residents in riverside communities who do not have flood barriers must be ready for possible flooding, say authorities. “Please move your belongings…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Response to BRN demands; Surachai grateful for royal pardon; More flood warnings
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Response to BRN up to Paradorn now The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: National Security Council (NSC) chief Paradorn Pattanatabut will make a final decision on how to respond to Barisan Revolusi Nasional’s (BRN) five demands, keeping in mind the recommendations of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc),…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Kratom not legal yet; Flood-aid food lands 51 in hospital; Minister stands firm amid Thaksin Cabinet reshuffle rumors
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Kratom not legal yet, but closer The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong confirmed yesterday that the narcotics control committee under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has still not reached a decision on whether to remove “kratom” (Mitragyna speciosa) from the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Pressure builds to publicly explain dam project
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: The Standing Committee on National Security yesterday proposed that the Water and Flood Management Commission (WFMC) explain to the public the likely impacts of the Mae Wong Dam project in a show to be aired on Channel 9 on October 13.The show would follow an episode of…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Picture of flood devastation emerges
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: Twenty-five provinces – mostly in the North, Northeast and East of the country – remain flooded, though the situation is improving, says the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.Seasonal flooding, which has hit 32 provinces since September 17, has affected 2.86 million people and left 27 dead,…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Threat from typhoon eases [VIDEO]
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Threat from typhoon eases The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: With Typhoon Wutip rapidly heading for a downgrade to a low-pressure ridge yesterday, some Thais heaved a sigh of relief but many remained on the lookout for another coming storm. Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, who…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Floods hit, more rain coming; High hopes for baby panda; Govt urged to consider BRN proposal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM visits Prachin Buri as flood crisis intensifies The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The flood crisis in Prachin Buri was the focus of attention yesterday amid forecasts of more rain on the way and fears that local industrial estates could be submerged.The eastern province has been the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bank security boost; Floods unabated; Granny kratom grower gets 3 years in jail
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Banks to up security in wake of robberies The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Royal Thai Police has held a meeting with 16 banks and six security-truck firms to discuss the recent spate of bank, gold-shop and convenience-store robberies (story here), deputy police spokesman Thana…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bangkok floods not critical, says BMA; Dam report scrapped; Constitutional Court accepts complaints; Students split on sexy uniforms
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community No major flooding in capital: BMA The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Despite heavy downpours over the past two weeks, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) still believes the capital should escape floods this rainy season. “Run-offs and rain will not coincide with high tides this year,” an official…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: PM defends her performance; China wants Asean rail-link; BRN demands; Girl swept away in floods; 3 heists
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM defends performance in ‘challenging’ first year The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra finally delivered her administration’s first-year performance declaration to Parliament yesterday, stressing that the period was filled with challenges and problems on many fronts, ranging from politics, society and natural…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Flood under control, media blamed for ‘panic’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Floods ‘under control’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: While industrial estates and households along waterways are bracing for heavy water runoff, the authorities have soothed public fears, saying the situation will not be as bad as in 2011. “The situation, so far, is not as…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Isarn floods as Bangkok forecast downgraded; Senators deny coup plot; Brits arrested for fraud
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Provinces flood as rain forecast downgraded The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: At least seven provinces, mostly in the Northeast, are under water due to rain that has continued for several days under the influence of a tropical depression. The depression has been downgraded to a low-pressure cell…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bangkok prepares for floods; Cops collar sex toys; Wat Arun restoration; 28kg heroin bust; Say no to umbilical cords
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bangkok flood areas marked ahead of storm The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Authorities have identified 37 flood-prone spots in Bangkok in the face of a coming tropical depression.The depression, which entered Thailand’s Northeast yesterday morning, is expected to reach the Central region today. Traffic Police chief Pol…
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