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Rotary for kids
On February 21, the Rotary Club of Patong Beach organised the Happy Home Kid’s Day Out for the children of Happy Home (Patong) with morning beach games at Kata Noi Beach and then an afternoon tour at the Phuket Zoo.
Machines will cut airport queues
The Immigration Police Bureau will install immigration clearance machines to cut queues at the countrys main Bangkok airports by mid-2015.
Local community fire salvo of complaints against Phuket resort
PHUKET: The complaint about calls form a village mosque disturbing people’s lives has been rejected by the authorities.
Wealth and Spending of Malaysia's PM and Wife Under Scrutiny
Latest Elected Prime Ministers are not supposed to display outright signs of wealth or have wives who go on high-spending sprees, Malaysia’s Prime Minister is discovering.
Sounds Like Phuket Radio's 91.5FM Will Soon Be Back on Air
Latest After a gap of many months, Phuket’s Radio 91.5FM is close to returning to air, say management. All radio licenses were suspended when the military took control in Thailand.
Phuket Police Keen to Know Identity of Mystery European Killed in Motorcycle Crash
Latest The identity of a young European man killed when a motorcycle crashed into a pole in southern Phuket remains unknown more than 24 hours after his death.
PhuketWATCH Phuket Transport Boost; Thai Tuna Poisoning Scare; Slavery at Sea; Phuket Events
Phuket Updating Digest Turbulence on flight injures 11 passengers; Thai tuna suspected of food poisoning; Truth about Patong’s ‘‘ban on food’’; Death plunge from skyscraper.
Asean Today: Drugs Ringleader Deported; Tourist to Donate Organs; Survivor Does Cambodia
Around the Region Laos $3b tourism boost; Irish tourist suffers ‘altitude sickness’ in Indonesia; Brit to be first deported from Philippines; France picks a new tourist destination; Executions nearer.
Big bad cop sentenced to another 15 years in jail
BANGKOK: The Criminal Court today (February 26) sentenced the former chief of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Pongpat Chayapan, to another 15 years in jail, raising the accumulated prison time ahead of him to more than 30 years.