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Phuket residents plea for help against forced eviction
PHUKET: More than 200 residents from Baan Koktanod in Chalong filed a joint petition yesterday (Sept 14) calling for Phuket authorities to investigate a land title being used to force hundreds of residents to leave their homes.
New Zealand father and son arrested at Phuket Airport over Patong restaurant bill
PHUKET: A New Zealand father and his son were taken into custody on arrival at Phuket International Airport last night (Sept 14) and presented with a warrant for their arrest for failing to pay a bill at a Patong restaurant two years ago.
Ishan led Uighur-trafficking network, Somyot says
BANGKOK: Police believe Abudureheman Abususataer, the suspected mastermind behind last month’s Erawan shrine bombing, led a transnational network trafficking Chinese Uighurs that was disrupted by Thailand’s people-smuggling crackdown.
Cheating tour agents facing crackdown
BANGKOK: The Tourism Department will investigate tour companies representing Chinese operators to prevent the employment of illegal tour guides and reduce the annual number of tourist fraud complaints by two-thirds to 100 in the next two years.
All four crew rescued as Phuket longtail boat sinks
PHUKET: The captain and his three crewmen on board a longtail fishing boat have been safely recovered after a storm sank their small vessel off the east coast of Phuket early this morning (Sept 15).
Late comeback puts Leicester second
FOOTBALL: Nathan Dyer scored a brave 89th-minute winner as Leicester City stormed back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and claim second place in the Premier League on Sunday (Sept 13). Villa looked set to inflict a first defeat of the campaign on Claudio Ranieriʼs men after stylish first-time finishes either side of half-time by Jack Grealish and Carles Gil put them in control at the King Power Stadium.
Dream Hotel Brand Launches With Laguna Phuket and Castlewood
Latest Laguna Phuket has become the launching place for the Dream Resort brand, which combines the best of US and Singapore brand management.
Heavy rains blamed for Phuket power, phone outage
PHUKET: Electricity supply and telephone connections to much of Cherng Talay and Bang Tao, on Phuket’s west coast, have been restored after heavy downpours hit the area early this morning.
Kempinski to open Bill Bensley design hotel in Phuket
PHUKET: The global head office of the upscale Kempinski hotel chain in Berlin has confirmed to The Phuket News that the high-end international hotel franchise will open a Bill Bensley designed hotel in Phuket by 2018.