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Police crack down on lucrative public beach business
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 25/09/2014
» PHUKET - Police on Thursday issued warrants for 15 people including the Karon Municipality chief to hear charges of illegally conducting business on public beaches.
The revival of Phuket
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 20/09/2014
» Perhaps more than any other province, Phuket has lived in fear of mafia-style gangs preying on tourists and business operators for several decades.
Phuket to beef up vessel checks
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/09/2014
» PHUKET - The maritime office has ordered certain vessels heading to the island to report through their navigational systems as officials tighten the checks on inbound marine traffic from Oct 1.
NACC joins Phuket land probe
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/08/2014
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has begun gathering information on alleged resort encroachment on Sirinat National Park in Phuket for its own investigation.
Job training for Phuket beach vendors
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 23/08/2014
» PHUKET: Poor vendors displaced by the ongoing beach cleanup in Phuket will receive training so that they can find new jobs, says the southern army chief.
Britons meet their tsunami helper
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 03/08/2014
» A Phuket roadside restaurant owner has been reunited with two British siblings she helped 10 years ago during the Boxing Day tsunami for the first time.
Reds to defy army with Kamol rites
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 31/07/2014
» Red-shirt sympathisers plan to defy the junta and go ahead as planned with religious ceremonies to mark 100 days since the death of red-shirt poet Kamol Duangphasuk at Wat Phra Si Mahathat in Bangkhen today.
Tsunami heroine honoured
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 20/07/2014
» Phuket: Authorities yesterday presented an honorary plaque and a certificate to a Thai woman who helped two British children survive the devastating 2004 tsunami.
Phuket tsunami heroine honoured
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 19/07/2014
» Yupin Sengmuang, who runs a small roadside restaurant in Phuket, on Saturday received an honorary plaque and a certificate from the provincial governor for helping British victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami a decade ago.
Myanmar sinks Thai trawler
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/07/2014
» A Myanmar naval patrol boat sank a Thai fishing trawler and towed another boat after the two craft strayed into Myanmar waters on Friday. All crew members survived unharmed.