JAPAN: US animal rights activist Ric O’Barry who featured in “The Cove”, a documentary about dolphin slaughter in a Japanese town, has been detained in Tokyo by immigration authorities after being denied entry to the country, his supporters said today (Jan 20).
PHUKET: Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out in a professors home behind Phuket Technical College this afternoon (Jan 20), after about B100,000 worth of valuables were damaged though no injuries were reported.
PHUKET: Over 50 motorbike riders were pulled over near Central Festival in Vichit this morning (Jan 20) for illegally using the Darasamuth underpass and riding without a helmet.
PHUKET: A man from Bulgaria was arrested for fraud on Monday (Jan 18) when he was caught using cloned credit cards to withdraw cash from an ATM machine outside of a 7Eleven store in Karon. Police seized from the man a total of 130 cloned cards.
PHUKET XTRA - January 20 Miller father say no death penalty, a new February Festival for Phuket, Thai Airlines bad scorecard for safety, Dengue Fever stats and man shot in Thalang.
PHUKET: Phuket FC is back, albeit with a new nickname, logo and roster.
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BANGKOK: The Immigration Bureau are setting up special teams to examine passports at airports more thoroughly as the government seeks to increase efforts to tackle global terrorist threats and transnational crimes.
PHUKET: A health and beauty store in Wichit has been banned from selling a number of products after it was found that some were counterfeit. It is alleged they were also selling unregistered medicines and health products.