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Small Phuket vessels barred from sea travel ahead of strong monsoon weather, wave alert

PHUKET: The Phuket Marine Department (PMD) has mandated that all Phuket sea vessels measuring less than 10 metres long to stay ashore for the rest of the day (August 9) in anticipation of some more nasty monsoon weather expected in the Andaman Sea.

Thalang resident busted with revolver and 5.5 kilos of kratom after failed postal smuggling attempt

PHUKET: Thalang Police yesterday arrested and charged a Thai man who they caught with an unregistered pistol and 5.5 kilogrammes of fresh kratom leaves that he had attempted to smuggle onto Phuket via post.

Post Office Parcels for Phuket Delivered Drugs, Say Volunteers

PHOTOS A man picked up four parcels containing drugs from Phuket’s Pak Lok Post Office then volunteers found a handgun at his home, police allege.

Thai volleyball coach Kiattipong Beijing bound

VOLLEYBALL: Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai, the Thai women’s volleyball coach, has signed a three-year contract with Chinese club Beijing Automobile Works. “

Unwanted Bangkok buses to be repaired continue service

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has scrapped a plan to sell 2,860 old buses and will repair them instead to extend their service life, as the Transport Ministry has rejected its proposal to buy 2,694 new gas-fuelled buses. Ministry of…

PhuketWATCH Inheritance Tax Coming; Thailand Expects Tourism Slow; PM Bound for Singapore 50th

Phuket Updating Digest PM to help Singapore celebrate birthday; Illegal Chinese guides to be deported; Good luck seekers killed in crash; Trump dumped by Fox; Afghanistan’s nightmare day.

Asean Today: Singapore Celebrates at 50; Viet Forgets Torture; Pressures Pile on Malaysia PM

Around the Region Malaysia’s stocks sold off in scandal; Brit pedophile jailed for eight years; Typhoon kills 10 in Philippines; Hit men kill Singaporean businessman; Thailand tips 7m tourists.

Englishman, 52, found dead in Patong hotel room thought to have suffered heart attack: Police

PHUKET: Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a 52-year-old English tourist whose corpse was discovered by his older brother in the room of a popular Patong beach-side resort this evening (August 8).

Paiboon Upatising: A tale of Phuket origins and legacy

PHUKET: This week hundreds of people turned out at the family home of Paiboon Upatising to mourn the death of the former Phuket Senator and Phuket’s highest elected official.

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