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Latest A Phuket judge has granted the Phuket Prosecutor’s office an additional 30 days to November 30 in which to consider an appeal against the dismissal of all charges in the Phuketwan case.

PHUKET: Registration is now being taken for the upcoming Father’s Day ‘Bike for Dad’ event to be held nationwide on December 11.

BANGKOK: The cabinet yesterday (Nov 3) approved a raft of measures to deal with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as the country struggles to meet a European Union (EU) deadline in December to clamp down on illegal fishing or risk being hit with damaging trade sanctions.

PHOTO ALBUM Fishermen may have cut the head off a harmless dugong off Phuket to poach its teeth for use as good-luck charms in amulets, a marine biologist believes.

BANGKOK: Police believe between 40 and 50 military major generals and colonels could be involved in the current high-profile lese majeste case, Pol Lt Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, acting deputy national police chief in charge of the investigation said yesterday (Nov 3).

Latest Several jet-ski scam centres are being opened in Pattaya so tourists can find help quickly if they are being ripped off. Phuket has scores of jet-skis now operating on the public beach at Patong.

Latest Visits to Chiang Mai and Phuket are planned as part of an Australian embassy outreach service to the two large Thai cities.

Latest A yet-to-be-determined number of passengers were injured when a car carrying three Russians crashed into two taxis heading south on Phuket’s main road.

Latest Governor Jamleran Tipayapongtada wants to see public and private sources of water on Phuket made more readily available to prevent possible shortages in the future.