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Social Media Tips: Make your business stand out on Facebook

PHUKET: Facebook is currently the biggest and baddest social media platform out there. If your business does not at least have a presence on Mark Zuckerberg’s brain child, you are in trouble.

PHUKET NEWS TV: Phuket Xtra - November 16

PHUKET XTRA - Monday, November 16 Hollywood Movie Museum on Nai Harn Beach, Thai English Teachers, More Uber and Grab Car, local fisherman get nabbed with dodgy diesel and Thailand tightens its borders. ‪#‎PhuketNewsTV‬ ‪#‎PhuketTV‬

Police hunt thief believed responsible for two Phuket break-ins

PHUKET: Police are investigating two break-ins that took place earlier this morning (Nov 16) at a pharmacy and residential property in Moo Baan Ananda Lake View. Police believe one suspect is responsible for both break-ins where the thief got away with B7,000 and two mobile phones.

Phuket police place no charges against dazed driving Irish man

PHUKET: The Irishman who was pulled from a wrecked Honda Jazz after smashing it in to road sign on his way home from watching the Rugby World Cup in Patong on Nov 1 is to face no criminal charges The Phuket News learned today (Nov 16).

PIWC November Luncheon

Our next Lunch has been set for the 19th of November at the Vocational College for the annual visit with some of the students we help. More details to follow. RSVP is required no later than Tuesday 17 November. Sign-in for lunch begins at 11:30AM and t…

Phuket public prosecutor needs ‘more time’ to bring Ace 1 Condo developer to court

PHUKET: The public prosecutor tasked with bringing to court the developers of the Ace 1 Condominium project in Patong has revealed that he needs “at least one more month” before bringing the case to trial.

Travel agents urge controls on foreign booking websites

BANGKOK: The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) is asking the government to supervise online travel bookings more closely after finding unfair competition between Thai and foreign companies.

HeadStarts new campus is for a love of learning

HeadStart International School’s brand-new campus finally opened its doors a couple of months ago and The Phuket News recently had the pleasure of taking a walk through the grounds to find out more.

France hits back, striking IS in Syria after Paris carnage

FRANCE: French warplanes pounded the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria yesterday (Nov 15), in the first such strikes since a wave of coordinated attacks claimed by the jihadists left 129 people dead in Paris.

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