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Phuket Loses Patong to Jet-Skis And May Soon Lose Other Beaches
Latest The sly encroachment of the jet-ski business on Patong beach is an indication that Phuket’s new governor may have one last chance to ban the vehicles as Krabi and Phang Nga have done.
PhuketWATCH Branson Looks at Thai Flights; Traffickers Test New Routes; Remake for Phuket Resort
Phuket News Update Porn crackdown online; Chinese gem thief coughs up; Traffickers set to try new routes; Novotel in Patong will renovate; New Phuket rail link mooted; PM for the UN.
Asean Today: New Rail Link for Phuket; Haze Threat to F1; Aussie Sought Over Terror Funds
Around the Region Threat of haze causes strife in Malaysia, Singapore; Aussie allegedly gave $500,000 for terror; British pensioner heads home to face charges; New rail link in Thailand.
Haze forces AirAsia flight to re-route to Phuket
PHUKET: An AirAsia flight from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur had to be re-routed to Phuket before entering Malaysian air space on today (Sept 13) due to severe haze blanketing Thailand’s southern neighbour.
Elderly German woman, 71, dies in rented Phuket home, thought to have fallen off ladder
PHUKET: Police do not suspect foul play in the death of an elderly woman who was found this morning by her brother on the floor of a home she rented in Thalang.
German Expat Plunges to Her Death at Phuket Villa Changing Light Strip
Latest A German woman falls from a stepladder to her death while trying to change a neon light with her left arm in a plaster cast, say Phuket police.
Phuket Gains Space Near Patong City Sign for Trucks, Buses and Ambulances
Latest At a cost of 5.3 million baht, a 60-metre section of parking is being added to the road over Patong Hill for ambulances and for buses and trucks in trouble.
Frenchman among 10 drug arrests by Kathu Police this weekend
PHUKET: One Frenchman caught with a small amount of crystal meth this morning was among 10 drug arrests made in Phuket by Kathu police this weekend.
Two hospitalised in Phuket marina speedboat fire
PHUKET: At least two Thai nationals are being treated for burns at Mission Hospital after being burned when the speedboat they were on burst into flames this morning near Royal Phuket Marina.