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PHUKET: Chalermluck Kebsub, Patong mayor confirmed with the Phuket News that the regulations about managing Patong beach are basically the same as at other beaches.

Phukets Governor thanks Class Act Media for their contribution to last years Asian Beach Games

The northern Italian village of Tione di Trento sits so close to Switzerland, you can basically hear the yodeling. With a population of just 3,000 people, it’s no wonder why Roberto Collini, Executive Chef at Prego by the Beach inside Phuket’s Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, started cooking at the age of 5 – it was a way to pass the time.

PHUKET: During a recent monthly beach cleaning activity at Kamala Beach, Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong announced that he wants to see Phuket beaches once more ranked among the best in the world.

PHUKET: Police are looking for two teenagers who severely wounded a 46-year-old man in a drive-by shooting in Srisoonthon this morning (January 19).

At Kangaroo Bar on Friday the 23rd of January on Bangla Road. Wan works in Patong around the Bangla Road area selling various wares. Wan was born with no hands and badly disfigured legs. Wan has an amazing spirit and is worthy of a lot more from life t…

BANGKOK: Gen Arthit Kamlang-ek, a former army chief and supreme commander, died early this morning (January 19) at King Mongkut Hospital. He was 89. His funeral will be held at Wat Benjamabopit.

PHUKET: Following the US State Department downgrading Thailand to a Tier 3 ranking – the lowest – in its 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, Phuket has set up a committee to work on illegal foreign labour suppression and management.

In light of the Transport Ministers plan to do away with monopoly in the nations duty free market– bringing King Power International Groups control over the industry to an end– several foreign and domestic companies have expressed interest in setting up their duty-free shops in Thailand, says Transport Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Janthong.