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| The overturned bus caused long tailbacks and several passengers required hospital treatment. The bus driver is still in ICU with, among other injuries, a ruptured liver. |
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THALANG: Four people were injured when a bus with bald tires overturned on Thepkrasattri Rd this morning, leaving commuters stuck in a traffic tailback stretching well over five kilometers long.
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17 arrested in gambling den sweep
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| Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 |
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PHUKET: In the latest bid to crackdown on illegal gambling on the island, 17 people were arrested in two weekend raids led by Phuket Provincial Police Commander Apirak Hongthong.
On Saturday, eight were arrested in a suspected “high-low” gambling den in Tung Tong.
Police charged four women – Tassanee Klaharn, 37, Thaworn Sudjai, 35, Supawadee Klaharn, 35, and Songsak Buathong, 55. The other four were men: Wichai Boon-In, 42, Boonlue Dadjarit, 43, Sawai Inphuwa, 44, and Chayodom Boon-In, 21.
On the premises, Tung Tong police found 250 baht and papers believed to be high-low score cards. Seven of those arrested were held...
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Bars raided over music copyright
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
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PHUKET: Entertainment venues around the island were raided last week in a clampdown on copyright violations. Several bar operators were fined for illegally playing copyrighted music in their bars and ordered to obtain licenses to allow them to play music at their establishments.
The raids we...
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International hotel school gets Governor’s support
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
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PHUKET CITY: Phuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit yesterday voiced his support for an international hotel school to be opened on the island.
Representing Orion Hotel Schools, Swiss national Lothar Schudt of Jasmin Consulting Property Management yesterday met Governor Niran at Provincial Hall to ...
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Gen Apirak asks for patience in murder investigations
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
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PHUKET CITY: Phuket Provincial Police Commander Apirak Hongthong has assured the public that investigators are working hard to bring to justice those responsible for a slew of unsolved murders that have shocked the island in recent months.
Speaking after a press conference on August 20, Gen ...
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| Sugar daddies duped by pretend pregnancies |
UBON RATCHATHANI: Attractive women having relationships with much older and considerably less attractive men for financial benefit is certainly nothing new.
In Isarn, however, some girls have a...
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| PATHUM THANI: As anyone who remembers the case of the football fan shot dead in Pattaya for cheering too loudly while watching Italy’s opening match of the 2006 world cup will know, the tragi-comic ov...
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| Superlover meets sticky end |
NAKON PATHOM: Many a wife would be happy that her aging husband can still “go all night” without the aid of those little blue pills.
As the saying goes, however, you can have too much of a goo...
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