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PHUKET: Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos is sticking to his guns and refusing to take any action against the Eva Beach condo project until he receives express instructions from the court to do so, despite already being informed by the court that many parts of the project have been deemed illegal.

For someone who’s climbed the biggest mountains in the world, parachuted from hot air balloons and travelled from Europe to South America on a row boat, you wouldn’t think Phuket training instructor Luke Richmond would find crossing the Gobi Desert one of the most physically demanding challenges he’s ever attempted.

BANGKOK: A former commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau is suspected of masterminding the escape of ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after a police colonel admitted during questioning he was ordered to help Yingluck flee, a source says

PHUKET: Phuket’s lifeguards are threatening to go on strike from Oct 1 after the budget for their services was quietly cut yet again at an Provincial Administration Organisation (PPAO) council meeting last month.

PHUKET: Tourist Police have confirmed that an elderly couple, believed to be Russian, who escaped injury after the boat they were on washed up on rocks at Freedom Beach, south of Patong on Phuket’s west coast, on Wednesday (Sept 20) are safe.

PHUKET: A beach dog residing on Surin Beach that was initially believed to have been shot multiple times today (Sept 22) is now believed to have been attacked by another dog, said an expert at Soi Dog Foundation (SDF).

Shela lets you in on events happening around Phuket this week, from September 22nd to September 29th! For more on these and other happenings around the island, check out the EVENTS page on ThePhuketNews.com. Phuket News TV - Class Act Media - Thailand

PHUKET: A majority of people voting in an online opinion poll by The Phuket News have called for officials to set free “Leypang”, the saltwater crocodile caught on Phuket’s west coast earlier this month.