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Officials call for strict vehicle checks after bus tyre takes out noodle stand
PHUKET: A loose tyre flying off a tour bus and bowling over a roadside noodle stand in northern Phuket on Tuesday has prompted officials to ramp up safety checks of tour buses as they come onto the island. The bus, which was carrying both locals and tourists, was travelling from Phuket to Surat Thani on Tuesday when the tyre broke…
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No charges over boat collision off Phuket
PHUKET: Police will not press any charges over the incident in which a dive boat and a sailboat collided heavily north of Koh Mai Thon, east of Phuket, last Saturday. On returning to Phuket last Saturday afternoon, the captain and crew on board the sailboat Starship alleged that the dive boat North Star struck their vessel and fled after throwing…
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Ronins shot down by Air Force Central
PHUKET: The island’s Phuket FC is looking to rebuild their confidence after their 2-0 loss away to Air Force Central (AFC) FC on April 8. AFC supporters had to wait until only the 19th minute to roar with delight as the Bangkok squad’s Nigerian midfielder Julius Obioh slotted the ball into the net after receiving a superb cross from fellow…
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Phuket readies for Gran Fondo road race
PHUKET: About 150 riders will take to the streets of Phuket this Sunday for the Thanyapura Gran Fondo, a 120km bicycle road race to be headed by Tour de France green jersey winner Baden Cooke. “Among the cyclists travelling to Phuket to join the major event are the women’s bike team W2 from Bangkok and lots of Phuket cyclists as…
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Finance: Understanding capital
PHUKET: I often write and talk to my clients about what actually moves most major asset classes, as understanding this is essential to choosing wise, and poor, investments at given times during the longer-term cycles. Capital is always the culprit, and it determines the direction prices will move as it flows into and out of any asset class, such as…
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Opinion: By land, air or sea – embarrassment for all
PHUKET: The ferry fire that claimed the life of 12-year-old Israeli tourist Shani Manil last week is just the latest in a series of tourist industry maritime tragedies that have occurred in the Andaman region in recent years, demonstrating once again that transport safety for tourists and residents alike remains a chronic problem here. There have been numerous sinkings, capsizings,…
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Phuket’s new tourism rule book: “Out with the beach, in with the shopping’
PHUKET: The island’s reputation for attracting luxury tourists with its azure seas, coral sand coves and boutique resorts is being transformed by recent demographic shifts which are seeing wealthy visitors to Phuket spending more time away from the beach in pursuit of retail therapy. Shopping is becoming the main activity for luxury travellers coming to Phuket from within the region.…
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Ex-husband, friends wanted by police after gun threat
PHUKET: Police are searching for a man and at least two others after he threatened his ex-wife and their family with a gun in front of their home in Phuket Town on Wednesday night. Phuket City Police rushed to the scene at about 7:45pm after receiving reports of shots fired in Srisuthat Soi 4, Maj Rachan Panwai of Phuket City…
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Man held for fatally brutalizing lover
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Man held for fatally brutalizing lover The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A man was arrested in Chiang Mai’s Muang district for allegedly killing a woman unintentionally by inserting a glass bottle into her anus, which later broke into pieces and fatally injured her while the…
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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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Phuket top cop labels bomb threat via Line a “rumor’
PHUKET: The island’s top cop has brushed aside a Phuket car bomb threat circulating on social media sites as only an unsubstantiated rumor. Nonetheless, the governor has asked that police boost security measures throughout the island. The increased security measures follows a message being passed through the Line application and social media sites that urges readers to be weary of…
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No Phuket deaths recorded for Songkran Seven Days of Danger campaign
PHUKET: Phuket ended the national Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran New Year festival with no fatalities to report. The campaign drew to a close at midnight last night with a final tally of zero road deaths and 58 injuries during the week-long holiday, reported the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Phuket office. Last year,…
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Officials ramp up search for missing American diver
PHUKET: Officials ramped up their search yesterday for an American diver who went missing from a Similans-bound liveaboard on April 11. Joshua Michael Devine, 36, a civilian IT operative working at a United States military base in Kuwait, was on the CRP Transport diving trip with his Thai wife, Thadsana, and 22 other divers (story here). The Phuket Marine Police…
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Phuket bomb fears disarmed by wet clothes
PHUKET: Fears that an abandoned bag might contain a bomb sent an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit and Wichit Police racing to Sriphuwanart Public Park on Pattana Thongthin Road in Wichit on Tuesday evening. “Wichit Police informed us that they had received a call from locals who had seen a bag that looked like a bomb, so we immediately went…
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Opinion: Tides turn against IUU vessels in Southeast Asia
Siddharth Chakravarty, captain of The Steve Irwin, has been working for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and battling on the frontlines of marine conservation since 2011. Since then, he and his crew have managed to combat Japanese whalers, patrol the Bluefin Tuna fishing season, protect the Whale Sanctuary in the Southern Ocean, save sharks in the South Pacific and more.…
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Drunk drivers targeted as Phuket police relax enforcement on Songkran bans
PHUKET: Police in Phuket targeted drunk drivers, arresting hundreds of people driving under the influence yesterday, while relaxing their efforts to enforce other banned Songkran activities, the Phuket Gazette was told today. Prior to yesterday’s celebrations, a nationwide ban that Phuket police said that they would be strictly enforcing was put on sexy outfits, sexy dancing and rolling water-fight trucks.…
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Alleged Phuket tour fraudster a no show – arrest warrant issued
PHUKET: An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who is wanted for allegedly defrauding a Phuket tour company of about 1.5 million baht. The warrant for Peerapat ‘Deer’ Singhon, 25, was issued after the alleged fraudster failed to present himself to police on April 7. “As Mr Peerapat failed to present himself in accordance with the police summons,…
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No deaths on day five of Phuket’s Seven Days of Danger
PHUKET: The island escaped another day in the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign without a single death yesterday. By the end of day five, at midnight last night, 49 people had been injured in a total of 48 road accidents, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket office (DDPM-Phuket), which collates all road accident statistics in…
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Three killed in Krabi palm plantation stabbing
PHUKET: Krabi police are hunting two men wanted for the stabbing murders of three men in a palm plantation in Nuea Khlong early this morning. “We were notified of the attack just after midnight,” said Nuea Khlong Police Superintendent Taksin Phochakorn. “Four men found at the scene had serious stab wounds – three died en route to hospital.” Police are…
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Changing winds: Minister puts weight behind changes to boost marine tourism
PHUKET: A special task force has been formed to come up with viable suggestions for changes to visas and yacht-charter regulations to help boost marine tourism in Phuket, with a working deadline for rolling out the changes by 2016. “The task force comprises officials from relevant government agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism and Sports and…
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Business Buzz: Twitter – Instant marketing, tweets of success
PHUKET: Twitter was created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey and Noah Glass as a method of using SMS to give status updates to all of your friends in your address book, but without the cost or time used sending individual messages. This has morphed into what is now a multi-billion dollar company with 232 million monthly users. What started out…
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Myanmar worker hospitalized following electrical leakage
PHUKET: A Myanmar worker was injured by an electrical shock from a metal wall divider inside a Phuket worker camp in Cherng Talay yesterday. The 28-year-old man, named only as ‘Mr Ao’, was taken to Thalang Hospital by Kusoldharm rescue workers following the accident. “He was at his place when he touched a metal sheet that we used to separate…
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Zero road deaths as Phuket enters day five of ‘Seven Days of Danger’
PHUKET: The island has made it more than halfway through the nationwide ‘Seven Days of Danger’ road-safety campaign for Songkran without a single death. By the end of day four, at midnight last night, there were 34 people injured in a total of 33 road accidents, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket office (DDPM-Phuket), which collates…
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Comment: Gazette Forum back on line after major revamp
PHUKET: Critics, complainers, doomsayers, drifters, fraudsters, panhandlers, trolls and all the other intellects lurking among the cognoscenti of Phuket, can get back to their keyboards. The island’s largest online forums are back up and running after a major revamps. The Phuket Forum was taken off line earlier this month as record traffic, mostly from the local marine department, cops and…
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Fishing boat explosion leaves seven crew seriously injured
PHUKET: Seven Myanmar fishermen were seriously injured after a battery allegedly exploded, sparking a fire inside their fishing boat off the coast of Phang Nga early this morning. One of the Myanmar nationals, whose name was withheld by hospital staff, is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Vachira Phuket Hospital after he sustained severe burns to his entire body,…
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Shocked Danish tourist allegedly pushed from dive boat after hit-and-run accident
PHUKET: Marine Police are waiting at Chalong Pier for the arrival of a dive boat that allegedly hit a sailboat and fled after throwing one of the Danish crew members seeking the safety of the dive boat into the water. “Everyone was screaming. I realized that we hit the boat, and my friend fell into the water,” 21-year-old Jens Ole…
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Krabi officials launch tourist boat-safety inspections following deadly ferry fire
PHUKET: Krabi officials are launching a series boat-safety inspections, starting today, to ensure that all tourist boats are safe for use during the long Songkran holiday. “The checks will run until Wednesday. Uniformed officers will be stationed at popular tourism spots to inspect the boats and help tourists,” said Maj Anurak Parinyasathiragul of the Krabi Marine Police. “We will have…
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Phuket Police boost security following Koh Samui bombing
PHUKET: A Phuket top cop has confirmed that he will boost security measures on the island following a car bomb exploding on the resort island of Koh Samui last night. “In short, we will strengthen our security measures and keep a closer eye on tourist locations, as well as areas where the public generally gathers,” Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander…
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Video Report: Goldie, Eka take stage tonight for Music is My Life at Xana
PHUKET: World renowned, British DJ Goldie is joining forces with Number One Hit Canadian soul artist Eka for the charity jam ‘Music is My Life’ at Xana Beach Club on tonight, starting at 9pm and running late. The show is a tribute to passionate underground Phuket DJ Josh Ezelle, who died in a motorbike crash last year on his way…
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