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Latest The local mayor making news for his battles on the beaches of Phuket is the surprise volunteer for the job of president of embattled Phuket FC - and he has a new game plan.

Phuket Updating Digest A Phuket jet-ski is being blamed for an injury to the son of stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt; Facebook exposes a trashed full moon party beach; The Aussie dollar tipped to dive.

Around the Region Papua mob kills three police; Myanmar court jails woman over Facebook post; China riled by Philippines protesters; Vietnam still backs Russia; Singapore jobs threat.

PHUKET: Dr Kritsada Tonsakul, who heads the Phuket-based Southern Thailand chapter of the Thai Hotels Association, today (Dec 28) led a delegation of tourism and hospitality leaders in filing a petition calling for the government to take action against an estimated 92,000 illegal hotel rooms in Phuket.

BANGKOK: National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda on Monday (Dec 28) announced that he had ordered police nationwide to find the supposed shadowy group that law enforcement insists is “instigating” protests over the Koh Tao murders ruling.

PHUKET: The Chinese couple injured in a jet-ski collision on Patong Bay yesterday remain recovering in hospital, but may leave within a week, The Phuket News was told today (Dec 28).

PHUKET: Inspectors from the Phuket Marine Office today (Dec 28) carried our their annual safety inspections of ferries and other tourist boats operating out of Rassada Pier as part of a safety drive for the New Year.

Latest National park rangers and rescue centre officers have helped two European families to bed down for the night on a desolate island off Krabi because of strong winds.

PHUKET XTRA - December 28 Phuket remembers the 2005 tsunami, new rail and road projects to Phuket, tourism numbers ALMOST reach 30 million and what made Thailand happy and sad in 2015?