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  • Phuket NewsRed herring in reef bombing probe | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 19:31, 27 December 2001
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    Red herring in reef bombing probe

    KRABI: Investigators probing the dynamiting of coral in Koh Lanta National Park thought they had made a breakthrough yesterday when a tip-off led them to two men who, they found, were in possession of explosives. Questioning revealed, however, that the two suspects had not been involved in the destruction of the Hin Daeng and Hin Muang reefs. Pol Col Adisak…

  • Phuket NewsThree confess to Ao Nang murder – police | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 18:34, 11 December 2001
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    Three confess to Ao Nang murder – police

    KRABI: Police have arrested three construction workers from Amphur Chaoud, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, who, they say, have confessed to stabbing 33-year-old German tourist Petra Sack on Ao Nang Beach on November 28 at Ao Nang. Miss Sack died four hours after the stabbing. Two of the three were arrested on Sunday. One, a 16-year-old, was found in Songkhla, where he…

  • Phuket NewsForeign musicians to be hunted down | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 09:06, 04 December 2001
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    Foreign musicians to be hunted down

    BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand pledged Monday to crack down on overseas singers and musicians as part of a wider plan to cut the number of illegal migrant workers here by up to 30 percent, a senior official said. While there were some 200 mostly Filipino singers, musicians and artists working legally in hotels and bars in Thailand, many more had entered…

  • Phuket NewsKathu Police to crack down on traffic laws | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 20:09, 28 November 2001
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    Kathu Police to crack down on traffic laws

    PATONG: Kathu police today warned that, from next Wednesday, they will crack down on road traffic violations in a campaign aimed at reducing the number of deaths and injuries on the district’s roads. Signs in Thai and English have been going up all over the district, and particularly in Patong, warning motorists to follow the Highway Code or face the…

  • Phuket NewsIllegal labor raids to resume in earnest | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 13:36, 27 October 2001
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    Illegal labor raids to resume in earnest

    PHUKET: The drive by the Phuket Provincial Employment Service Office (ESO) to register all Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian laborers working in Phuket came to an end on Thursday. The ESO has warned that raids to find unregistered workers will now resume in earnest. In a campaign that began on August 28 as part of a national effort, the ESO registered…

  • Phuket NewsLast chance to register foreign labor | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 18:18, 16 October 2001
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    Last chance to register foreign labor

    PHUKET: In its drive to register all Burmese, Laotians and Cambodians working in Phuket, the Provincial Employment Service Office (ESO) yesterday extended its deadline to register foreign laborers working in fishing-related industries to October 25. The ESO issued the new deadline after four employers told the office that they had, in total, 183 foreign laborers who could not be registered…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket ranks 2nd in Thai HIV stats | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 20:00, 03 October 2001
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    Phuket ranks 2nd in Thai HIV stats

    PHUKET: Phuket now has the second-highest rate of HIV infection in Thailand, Dr Jessada Chaikhunnarath, Deputy Chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office, has told the Gazette. Only Chiang Rai has a higher rate. The infection rate in Phuket over the past 12 years was approximately six times the national average. In 1989, the last time national HIV statistics were…

  • Phuket NewsBosses urged to register foreign labor | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 07:33, 28 September 2001
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    Bosses urged to register foreign labor

    PHUKET: Governor Pongpayome Vasaputi called yesterday for employers to register their foreign laborers at the Provincial Employment Service Office (ESO). His appeal came after the ESO said that it estimated that 4,000 Burmese, Laotians and Cambodians working in Phuket had still not been registered. Speaking at the monthly meeting of senior provincial officials yesterday, Gov Pongpayome said, “I’m worried about…

  • Phuket NewsEnvironmentalist warns of action over expo center
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:38, 13 August 2001
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    Environmentalist warns of action over expo center

    MAI KHAO: Thanu Naep-nien, spokesperson for the environmentalist group Wildlife Fund Thailand, today warned that action will be taken if protected sea turtles that lay their eggs on Nai Yang Beach, in Sirinart National Park, are affected by the proposed international convention and exhibition center (CEC). “If the site is near Nai Yang beach, it will affect every sea turtle…

  • Phuket NewsMan found dead with 37 stab wounds | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 00:19, 11 August 2001
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    Man found dead with 37 stab wounds

    KOH SIREH: The body of a murdered man was found washed ashore near the Rassada Fishing port on Thursday morning. Pol Lt Khaneung Pitakkullatorn of Phuket Town Police Station said that he arrived at the scene at 8.30am to find the 25- to 30-year-old man lying face up, dressed only in a blue T-shirt and green underwear. He had been…

  • Phuket NewsStrong winds leave many in the dark | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:31, 05 July 2001
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    Strong winds leave many in the dark

    PHUKET: Several areas of the island suffered extended blackouts last night after storms knocked down power poles. Worst affected were Phuket Town and Kathu, where power shortages lasted up to two hours. In Kathu, a tree knocked down four power poles on Wichit Songkram Rd near the entrance to Prince of Songkla University. One of the poles crushed a parked…

  • Phuket NewsBangkok airport goes to the dogs | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 07:02, 04 July 2001
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    Bangkok airport goes to the dogs

    BANGKOK (AFP): The authorities at Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport said today that they had launched a drive to ensure that stray dogs that have made their home next to the runways don’t end up straying onto the tarmac. The dogs have taken up residence on the golf course next to the airport, where they thrive on scraps from the clubhouse…

  • Phuket NewsThree drown off Karon Beach | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 05:21, 11 June 2001
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    Three drown off Karon Beach

    KARON: Three construction workers from Isarn drowned in front of the Nong Harn inlet yesterday afternoon. Pol Capt Teerawat Liamsuwan, of Chalong Police Station, told the Gazette, “Two 21-year-old men, Teung Suthamma and Duangden Sawangwong, and a 17-year-old girl, Jaruwan Pakya, were swimming with three friends when a large wave crashed down on them, pushing them underwater.” Of the three…

  • Phuket NewsThai Airways board appointments spark protest | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:40, 30 April 2001
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    Thai Airways board appointments spark protest

    BANGKOK (AFP): Hundreds of aviation industry employees rallied today outside the headquarters of Thai Airways to protest the company’s new board of directors, which they say is rife with cronyism. Wearing symbolic black dress, workers from Thai Airways and Aeronautical Radio of Thailand surrounded a limousine carrying Deputy Transportation and Communication Minister Pracha Maleenond, who will chair a meeting of…

  • Phuket NewsGovernor “not worried’ about transfer rumors | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 08:29, 04 April 2001
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    Governor “not worried’ about transfer rumors

    PHUKET TOWN: Provincial Governor Pongpayome Vasaputi says he has heard the recent rumors that pressure is building to have him transferred out of Phuket because he is applying Thailand’s laws too stringently. He said he had heard that business people whose profits had been hit by his strict enforcement of laws were prepared to pay money to get him moved…

  • Phuket NewsPolice bust karaoke selling ya bah | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 07:53, 22 March 2001
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    Police bust karaoke selling ya bah

    PHUKET TOWN: Teerawit “Jiew” Saefu, the 32-year-old owner of Nong Kim Karaoke on Soi Sri Sena, was arrested during a police raid on Tuesday on drugs charges. Two minors were also arrested. Pol Maj Sanya Thongsawat of Phuket Town Police Station said that sources had informed him that ya bah (methamphetamine) was for sale at the karaoke bar, near the…

  • Phuket News18 Burmese “waitresses” arrested | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 05:47, 07 March 2001
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    18 Burmese “waitresses” arrested

    PATONG: Phuket Immigration Police officers last night arrested 18 Burmese “waitresses” at the Phatpong Karaoke on Taweewong Rd. They also arrested Wicharn Sakatekarn, 32, the manager of the establishment, on charges of harboring illegal immigrants. Pol Col Apirak Hongthong, superintendent of the Phuket Immigration Office, said he had received a tip-off that there were Burmese women working illegally at the…

  • Phuket NewsGovernor vs Burmese in ping-pong | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 00:44, 03 March 2001
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    Governor vs Burmese in ping-pong

    PHUKET TOWN: The Governor of Phuket admitted yesterday that he feels like a ping-pong player when dealing with illegal Burmese workers, who are expelled one day only to return the next. Speaking at the mass expulsion of 305 illegal Burmese workers caught in Immigration Police raids between February 27 and March 1, Gov Pongpayome Vasaputi said, “It makes me feel…

  • Phuket NewsDutchman held for working illegally | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 05:59, 16 January 2001
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    Dutchman held for working illegally

    PHUKET TOWN: A Dutch national living in Phuket was arrested on Saturday evening for working without a work permit. Police told the Gazette that Provincial Defense Officers, led by Chief Nikorn Torhiranpruek, were conducting a sweep for illegal workers when they found William Pittel, 46, helping his Thai wife to sell limes at the Down Town Night Market, opposite the…

  • Phuket NewsHealth warnings should not concern tourists | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 09:49, 04 January 2001
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    Health warnings should not concern tourists

    PHUKET: Following health warnings issued by the Phuket Provincial Health Department (PHD) on January 2, Dr Jessada Chaikhunnarath, Specialist in Preventive Medicine, confirmed that tourists are not at serious risk of diarrhea or malarial infections. “There were no recorded cases of serious diarrhea or dysentery among tourists in the year 2000. The PHD health survey includes reports from every hospital…

  • Phuket NewsAfrican men imported for Thai sex industry | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 05:25, 25 December 2000
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    African men imported for Thai sex industry

    BANGKOK (AFP): African men are being transported to Thailand to work in the capital’s commercial sex industry, reports said earlier today. African male prostitutes have become “fairly popular among gays and wild older women,” the Nation daily said, quoting a Thai man who frequently purchases the Africans’ services. Transported to Thailand from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and the Sudan, the men…

  • Phuket News40 illegals, 5 employers netted in crackdown | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 05:11, 07 December 2000
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    40 illegals, 5 employers netted in crackdown

    PHUKET: About 40 illegal workers and five people employing them have been arrested since a crackdown on illegal labor began last Friday. Vowing to continue to arrest illegal workers and their employers, Phuket Governor Pongpayome Vasaputi yesterday noted, “There are people who do not agree with me for cracking down. “I have even heard that some employers may raise a…

  • Phuket NewsMass reburial of unclaimed bodies planned | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 05:50, 30 November 2000
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    Mass reburial of unclaimed bodies planned

    PHUKET: The Kusonlatham Foundation has announced that it will exhume and rebury some 2,000 unclaimed bodies between February 7 and March 27 next year. This will be the fourth time that unclaimed bodies in Phuket have been reburied. The first time was in 1976 and the most recent was in July 1989. About half of the corpses involved in the…

  • Phuket NewsTough ‘B’ visa rules introduced in Penang | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:46, 24 November 2000
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    Tough ‘B’ visa rules introduced in Penang

    PENANG: In the beginning there was light. Then there was darkness. First, in September, the Thai Consulate in Penang introduced 12-month, multiple-entry non-immigrant B visas. Then, with effect from this month, the consulate began demanding a pile of paperwork, some of it consisting of copies of highly confidential company documents. According to an announcement issued by the consulate to any…

  • Phuket NewsHealth system staggering under foreign laborers | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 08:00, 22 September 2000
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    Health system staggering under foreign laborers

    PHUKET TOWN: Health officials here have urged the Thai government to force employers of foreign manual laborers to bear the cost of medical treatment for their workers. Their plea came after revelations that the health system is staggering under the increasingly heavy costs of providing health care to both legal and illegal laborers. Dr Boonrieng Chuchaisangrat, chief of the Phuket…

  • Phuket NewsSeven laborers electrocuted in canal | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:47, 20 September 2000
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    Seven laborers electrocuted in canal

    PHUKET TOWN: Seven laborers working in a canal next to the bypass road were rushed unconscious to the Wachira Phuket Hospital today after being electrocuted. The men – six Cambodians and a Thai – were working in the canal when an excavator working alongside them tangled a power line, breaking the cable, which dropped into the canal and electrocuted the…

  • Phuket NewsDeadly disease returns to Phuket | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:35, 29 July 2000
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    Deadly disease returns to Phuket

    PHUKET: Burmese, Laotian, and Cambodian laborers have brought a deadly disease back to Thailand, the Phuket Provincial Health Office said yesterday at its monthly meeting. In March, two people in Phuket were infected with the contagious disease, which is called Meningo Cocemia. The first, an unidentified Burmese worker, transmitted the contagious disease to a Thai child living in the same…

  • Phuket NewsTHAI plan to ground “unsexy’ stewardesses slammed | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:29, 28 July 2000
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    THAI plan to ground “unsexy’ stewardesses slammed

    BANGKOK (AFP): A top labor union representative today slammed plans by Thai Airways International (THAI) to ground older stewardesses not sexy enough to meet its hostess profile. THAI is planning to replace older stewardesses with younger, sexier models, labour union president Jaemsri Sukchotesri said, by moving over-45s to ground staff positions. “THAI is not selling sex. We are simply selling…

  • Phuket NewsLocal Burmese with HIV/AIDS bring huge costs | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 06:54, 04 July 2000
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    Local Burmese with HIV/AIDS bring huge costs

    PHUKET TOWN: Recent reports about the ignorance of people in Burma when it comes to HIV and AIDS is reflected in local figures, says the Phuket Provincial Health Office. Dr Boonriang Chuchaisangrat, chief of the Health Office, said that the number of Burmese in Phuket suffering from AIDS is rising, mostly because the Burmese have little knowledge about the deadly…

  • Phuket NewsPig disease “no danger to Phuket’ | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 22:57, 24 June 2000
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    Pig disease “no danger to Phuket’

    PHUKET: Following reports that the deadly Nipah virus is making a comeback in northern Malaysia, Phuket’s health chief today sought to allay worries that the disease may spread to southern Thailand, including Phuket. Dr Boonrieng Chuchaisangrat, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office told the Gazette, “So far, there have been no reports of anyone in the country getting this…