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Latest Four men off a plane from Hong Kong were quick to join a queue at an ATM in Patong but their behavior quickly drew the attention of onlookers who had them arrested by Phuket police.

BANGKOK: The nation’s capital is sinking an average 10mm per year and the subsidence could reach a critical level unless the problem is tackled, a leading water engineer warned on Friday (June 19).

PHUKET: Local boat company Cholamark is riding a wave of resurgence that has seen it extend its range of Phuket-made dinghies and rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) and exporting them as far abroad as north Africa and north America.

PHUKET: Police presented to the press yesterday (June 19) two handymen facing charges of robbing seven houses and allegedly selling on the stolen items for cash and drugs.

BANGKOK: The Ministry of Public Health is tracking 66 people who are at “high risk” of having contracted the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) infection after coming into contact with a 75-year-old man from Oman confirmed as the first Mers case in Thailand.

PHUKET: Marine Department Director-General Chula Sukmanop announced at a public forum in Phuket yesterday (June19) that foreign-flagged superyachts will soon be able apply for one-year permits to stay and operate charters in Thai waters.

PHUKET: A Phuket man is dead after sustaining head injuries when the Kawasaki motorbike he was driving late last night smashed into a motorbike that a had run a red light in Thalang.

The Dusit-Thani brand spreads to Krabi from July 1 with the opening of a 240-room resort that should attract plenty of guests to the Klong Muang Beach coast.

Phuket Updating Digest Mers concerns spread in Thailand; Aviation safety still an issue; Vietnam captures tanker pirates; Phuket sails towards charter deal; Scores die from bad booze.