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Latest The Governor of Phuket has ordered police and authorities to increase the scrutiny of buses and bus drivers during the Seven Days of Danger road safety campaign at New Year.

Phuket Updating Digest It’s going to be a record year for tourism in Thailand; Thaksin urges strength to pass obstacles; Police find no evidence of intimidation on human trafficking.

Latest Thailand’s Singha makes a large investment in Vietnam; A teacher in Japan documented encounters with 12,000 women; Christmas celebrated in Brunei.

CRICKET: The toss was won by Patong captain Seemant Raju who elected to bat in this eagerly anticipated first clash of the season between the reigning 20-over champions Patong and Island Cricket Club.

PHUKET XTRA - December 25 Merry Christmas. Additional security in tourist areas, protests in Myanmar over Koh Tao verdict and complaints over internet clampdowns.

PHUKET: The owner of an Indian restaurant at the food court of the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong has died after his motorbike slammed into the back of a parked pickup truck and he was crushed under the wheels of a passing garbage truck.

Latest A drug dealer who fled from poice into the sea washed up dead at Phuket’s Chalong pier and had incriminating methamphetamines still in his pockets.

FOOTBALL: Premier League clubs splashed out almost £130 million ($195mn, B6.9 billion) on agents’ fees last year in a £15mn (B802.3mn) increase on the previous 12 months.

Latest An Italian expat has been able to celebrate Christmas after being discharged from hospital. Earlier this month, he disappeared under an out-of-control bus.