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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…
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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.