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Latest April 3 is being suggested as the likely date when Phuket Governor Nisit Jamsongwong may meet the holiday island’s honorary consuls for the first time as a group.

Latest A Pakistani thief who robbed rooms at a resort in Patong is nabbed by police in Songkhla, thanks to the way word of crimes is spread by social media these days.

Phuket Updating Digest Thai VIDEO rant at Chinese; Phuket Terminal ends airport plan; Big biker shot through head; Poacher tracked to Phuket; Two held for ivory bust; Isis kills 23.

Around the Region Laos caters to worst Chinese tiger-eating tourists, says report; Malaysia suggests Asean peace force; Brunei slashes defence spending; One Direction drugs bond imposed.

PHUKET: The cleaning up of the klong on Racha Yai, which started on March 7, is going well, officials say, now that some hiccups have been ironed out.

PHUKET: The closure of part of Chao Fa West Rd near Central Festival, scheduled to take place on Wednesday night (March 18) to allow the span of a footbridge to be put in place, was postponed after it was found that high-voltage cables were dangerously close.

PHUKET: Thanks to social media, a man from Pakistan who was wanted in Phuket on a theft charge was arrested in Songkhla yesterday (March 18).

PHUKET: Thanks to social media, a man from Pakistan who was wanted in Phuket on a theft charge was arrested in Songkhla yesterday (March 18).

BANGKOK: The “Hands Across the Water’s Night of Celebration”, a creative temple-fair-themed evening to raise funds for Hands Across the Water (HAW) – a charity that supports at-risk Thai children and their communities – was a great success.