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Cherng Talay villages hit by flash floods
Published on 22/08/2012
» PHUKET -- A 163.5mm deluge of rain fell on Phuket between 7am Tuesday and 7am today, the Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office (DPM) reported on Wednesday.
B23m community centre a rotting waste
Published on 17/08/2012
» PHUKET: The disastrous Asian Tsunami of December 26, 2004, that smashed into Phuket, killing at least 800 people and damaging structures all along the west coast of the island, was followed by an outburst of charitable activity from around the world.
Cop arrested for drug trafficking
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 17/08/2012
» A Chiang Mai border patrol policeman has been charged with smuggling more than 20,000 ya ba pills said Pol Maj Gen Chamnan Ruadrew, the Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police Bureau, Region 5, on August 11.
Road accident claims three lives
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 17/08/2012
» Two children are among the three people who have died when a tour bus full of school students crashed into an oncoming vehicle in Doi Saket district, Chiang Mai on Aug.15.
Police raid Chuvit casinos in Phuket
Published on 16/08/2012
» PHUKET: Police yesterday (August 15) raided seven locations around the island listed in a post on Bangkok MP Chuvit Kamolvisit’s Facebook page as being casinos.
Two of Phuket’s worst roads set for upgrade
Published on 01/08/2012
» PHUKET: The Department of Highways and the Department of Rural Roads visited the Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (July 31) to discuss ways of how to improve the standard of roads in Phuket.
Illegal forest resort targeted
Published on 31/07/2012
» PHUKET: Around 150 forestry officials descended on Saturday morning (July 28) on a resort under construction on a hill in the Bang Kanoon National Forest Reserve.
Elderly gamblers race to avoid capture
Published on 24/07/2012
» PHUKET: Eleven people – including three women aged over 60 – were arrested yesterday (July 23) following a raid on an illegal casino in Wichit, but not before they went “running in all directions” to evade capture.
Chiang Mai Zoo introduces Red-Shanked Doucs
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 24/07/2012
» Chiang Mai Zoo has been busy preparing for the introduction of three red-shanked douc monkeys.
Tourism forum focuses on Chiang Rai and Burma
Published on 23/07/2012
» In co-operation with the Chiang Rai Provincial Administration and the Bangkok-based Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO), Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports successfully held this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF).