Phuket crash kills 4 tourists, driver 'preparing to surrender' - TODAYonline 
Phuket GazettePhuket crash kills 4 tourists, driver 'preparing to surrender'
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by Agencies PHUKET - Four young Swedes in Thailand for a diving trip were killed instantly after a lorry crashed head-on into their rented car early yesterday near Phuket. Police said the lorry was probably airborne when it launched into oncoming ...
4 Swedes, 1 Thai dead in horror smash near Phuket
Four Swedish tourists die in Thai road smash
A very cool Christmas - The Phuket News 
The Phuket NewsA very cool Christmas
The Phuket News
The late-evening Air Asia flight lifted off from Phuket airport, taking us on a two-hour flight on this rather crazy rushed long-weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur. Even the long walk from our aircraft to Air Asia's own bustling terminal, which is separate ...
Rampant rental car thefts in Phuket - Phuket Gazette 
Phuket GazetteRampant rental car thefts in Phuket
Phuket Gazette
"We didn't know that the missing cars were connected until Sirirat was arrested and confessed to Phuket City Police that Detrit had asked her to rent the car," he said. Ms Sirirat , who rented a car on November 12 was arrested at a Panthep apartment on ...
'Guns at the ready' over Phuket jet-ski dispute - Phuket Gazette 
Phuket Gazette'Guns at the ready' over Phuket jet-ski dispute
Phuket Gazette
PHUKET: Officials in Phuket are stepping in to stave off a potentially lethal situation brewing over three unregistered jet-skis being rented out to tourists at Bang Tao Beach, on Phuket's west coast. Adding to the fury of the other jet-ski operators ...
Pheu Thai to consider Phuket special administrative zone - Phuket Gazette 
Phuket GazettePheu Thai to consider Phuket special administrative zone
Phuket Gazette
PHUKET: A peaceful protest for later closing times on Patong's renowned Soi Bangla on Saturday may have finally encouraged the government to consider making Patong a special administrative zone. Government Spokesman Prompong Nopparit, in Phuket on ...
FC Phuket face extinction - Phuket Gazette 
Phuket GazetteFC Phuket face extinction
Phuket Gazette
Club consultant Paitoon continued, “I, on behalf of FC Phuket, had already talked on the phone with OrBorJor President Paiboon Upatising but we could not come to an agreement because the OrBorJor needs to charge a facilities rental fee at a rate of 10% ...
Phuket Property Watch: Stand up and deliver - Phuket Gazette 
Phuket GazettePhuket Property Watch: Stand up and deliver
Phuket Gazette
Occupy Wall Street led me to think of the seasonal annual owners' meetings held at villa and condominium estates across Phuket. These loosely based organizations, somewhat like a disenfranchised family scattered across the globe, are like walking down ...
Phuket History: From tin to tourism - Phuket Gazette 
Phuket GazettePhuket History: From tin to tourism
Phuket Gazette
They could simply rent out some floor space for 10 baht a night provided they brought their own sleeping bag. According to Kirk, in the 1970s the nicer hotels were to be found in Phuket Town rather than near the beaches. In the late 1970s, ...
4 Swedes, 1 Thai killed in southern Thailand road accident - Shanghai Daily (subscription) 4 Swedes, 1 Thai killed in southern Thailand road accident
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2 (Xinhua) -- Two young Swedish couples and their Thai driver were killed Wednesday morning when their rented car collided head-on with a six-wheel truck in south Thailand's Phang Nga Province, local media reported Thursday.
Phuket Police investigate electrician beaten, strangled - Phuket Gazette 
Phuket GazettePhuket Police investigate electrician beaten, strangled
Phuket Gazette
PHUKET: Phuket Police are investigating the apparent strangling murder of an electrician whose decomposing body was discovered in his rented room this morning. Thalang Police at 8am were informed by a landlord of a foul odor emanating from one of his ...