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Former lifestyle editor of The Phuket News, Jody Houton, has released a new book about the inexplicable intricacies of the Kingdom.

PHUKET: A trailer truck caught fire on bypass rd in front of Premium Outlet earlier today (Dec 19) and it took four fire engines to put out the blaze. No injuries have been reported and the cost of damage has yet to be determine.

ATHLETICS: The annual Phuket youth athletics games organised by the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports took place on the 16th and 17th of December.

PHUKET: A Phuket fishing boat was saved from sinking of the coast of Yanui beach yesterday (Dec 19). There were no reports of any injuries from the incident.

PHUKET: A prison from Phuket Provincial Prison who escaped whilst being treated ay Vachire Hospital yesterday (Dec 18) surrendered to police when they surrounded a home where he was hiding in Moo Baan Saphan Hin in Wichit.

Innovation of the Year This year’s Phuketwan Phuket Innovation of the Year goes to the ‘‘10 percent zones’’ on the holiday island’s beaches that have only benefitted jet-skis and parasailers.

BANGKOK: Don Mueang airport will open part of Terminal 2 on Dec 24 to serve passengers and ease congestion during the holiday travel season.

Latest Two vessels crash off Phuket with the prospect of an international dispute but the incident ends peacefully with the French master of the Indonesian holiday craft paying all costs.

Phuket Updating Digest A man who escaped from being handcuffed to a hospital bed is recaptured; Phuket’s road toll mounts with a double fatality; Christmas rush hits Don Muang.