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PHUKET: The plans for the B40-million “movie museum” that failed to to gain consensus at Nai Harn has been well received by community leaders in Karon, and is likely to find a new home there, Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada has confirmed.

PHUKET: The Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW) today issued a statement to all provincial governors and business owners throughout the country requesting their cooperation in considering Friday (Dec 11) as a public holiday.

PHUKET: It has been confirmed that around 5,355 people in Phuket have registered to take part in the nationwide “Bike for Dad” cycling event to be held Friday (Dec 11) to mark His Majesty the Kings 88th birthday.

PHUKET XTRA - December 9 Coming from Keemala, an underwater Bike for Dad, new guidelines for local dive tours, new child sex offence legislation and Central Festival Underpass score-card.

PHUKET: Thalang Police Chief Lt Col Chanucharn Cholsuwat has confirmed that more than 80 arrest warrants had been issued for suspects wanted in connection with the Thalang Police Station riot earlier this year.

CRICKET: It was the turn of the “Loose Cannons”, a team from Singapore to play the last of the tour games at Alan Cooke Ground last weekend. And it was games which PCG desperately needed to win in order to regain some kind of credibility on the field.

Latest A 2.86 million baht grant from the Safer Roads Foundation has enabled Phuket to plan for a new roundabout that will make more deaths at a Phuket blackspot unlikely.

The government has slammed the British ambassador’s comments “supporting law-breakers” and is considering whether to summon him for talks.

Latest An Australian convicted of sex offences against children in Indonesia managed to become a teacher at a school in Thailand and almost elude his past.