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PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command will host Thailand’s annual Search And Rescue Exercise (SAREX 2015) in Phuket this weekend (August 28-29) with a full-scale simulation using helicopters off Phuket’s Deep Sea Port.

PHUKET: The Director of the Highways Department Phuket office, Samak Lueduanghad, has ordered the contractor for Samkong Underpass to urgently make major road repairs to make the roads past the construction site safe.

PHUKET: Phuket FC was unable to take advantage of having their home supporters behind them and were defeated 3-1 by Airforce Central at Surakul Stadium on Sunday (August 23).

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A senior teacher accused of using excessive force by slapping a student protest leader after forcing him to remove his trousers has been found guilty by a panel investigating the incident.

Latest The Region 8 Police headquarters will open on Phuket on September 11 and add more than 200 officers to the island, boosting confidence in security and safety among toutrists and residents.

BANGKOK: Former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn insisted his innocence when he turned himself in to police yesterday (August 25) to hear charges of theft of shares held by the late billionaire contractor Chuwong Sae Tang.

BANGKOK: A 44-year-old male taxi driver who drove the Erawan shrine bomb suspect last Monday (August 17) told police the yellow-shirted suspect was a foreigner, an informed source said yesterday (August 25).

Latest The SAREX2015 two-day show will sharpen search and rescue skills and give the Phuket public a chance to see the exciting role played by the Navy and other safety organisations.

Latest The SAREX2015 two-day show will sharpen search and rescue skills and give the Phuket public a chance to see the exciting role played by the Navy and other safety organisations.