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Phuket alcohol sales ban for Visakha Bucha Day

PHUKET: Friday (May 24) is Visakha Bucha Day, a public holiday. Because it is a holy day, shops, bars and restaurants are barred from selling alcohol for 24 hours from midnight on Thursday night.

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Phuket: Crash, breakdown on Patong hill jam up traffic

PHUKET: Traffic is slow on both sides of the Patong hill this morning (May 21) after a small accident took place on one side and a six-wheeled truck broke down on the other at around 8am.

At least 51 dead in deadly Oklahoma tornado

WASHINGTON: A powerful tornado with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) per hour pulverized an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes. The death toll has risen to 51, US media said, citing the state medical examiner's office.

Phuket taxi driver denies kidnapping, molestation

PHUKET: The black taxi driver arrested after allegedly abducting a Chinese tourist on Sunday night (May 19) and attempting to molest her, today appeared in court where he denied kidnapping and sexual assault charges.

Bhutan aims to be first 100pc organic nation

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:48AM

ASIA: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking "happiness" for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic.

Monk protest in Bangkok against Bangladesh unrest

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:48AM

THAILAND: About 300 Buddhist monks demonstrated in Bangkok on Wednesday against recent attacks by Muslim mobs targeting temples and houses in Bangladesh.

Teacher battles aftermath of Phuket crash

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:37AM

PHUKET: A young American woman has described her horrific ordeal following a motorbike crash in Phuket, in which she broke her right leg in four places and shattered her right ankle.

Pian officially back in power in Patong, Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 03:08PM

PHUKET: Pian Keesin is now officially back on the Mayor’s throne after his reelection on September 2, following the confirmation of election results by the the National Election Commission.

50 turtles washed up in past 3 months

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 02:15PM

PHUKET: Over the past three months 50 live turtles – most of them injured – have been found washed up on Nai Yang beach and on the beaches of Phang Nga.

Japanese visit Phuket to get advice on tsunami recovery

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 12:45PM

PHUKET: An official party from the Japanese island of Okinawa visited Acting Governor Dr Sommai Preechasilpa on Monday (October 1), interested in any advice Phuket might be able to give on economic recovery following a tsunami.

New Phuket police chief brings lessons from troubled South

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 12:35PM

PHUKET: Phuket’s new police chief, 59-year-old Pol Maj Gen Choti Chavalviwat, says he plans to educate the island’s police force to be more alert and hard-working than they are now.

Crabs cause traffic jam in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 12:26PM

PHUKET: An unusual migration of mangrove crabs caused amazement among residents of Saphan Hin and a traffic jam on Sunday evening (September 30).

18-wheeler in Phuket hit-and-run

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 12:15PM

PHUKET: Drivers fleeing the scene of accidents is not a new phenomenon, but 18-wheel tractor-trailer rigs performing classic hit-and run manoeuvres is a little unusual.

Horror Phuket crash splits car in two

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 12:05PM

PHUKET: Three people were severely injured in the early hours of Sunday (September 30) in a high-speed smash in Baan Lipon that resulted in the car they were in being split in two by the impact.

More wet weather heads for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 06:31PM

PHUKET: Tropical Storm Gaemi, now in the South China Sea approaching Da Nang in Vietnam, is expected to begin to affect weather in Thailand from Thursday (October 4), the Southern Meteorological Centre (SMC) reports.

New Phuket Governor named

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 05:35PM

PHUKET: Maitri Intusut, up until now the Governor of Phayao in the north of Thailand, has been named Phuket’s new Governor, replacing Tri Augkaradacha who retired last month.

Crew held after 37 die in Hong Kong ferry disaster

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 05:32PM

ASIA: Six crew members were arrested Tuesday over a collision between a ferry and a pleasure boat in Hong Kong that killed 37 people in the city's worst maritime disaster in decades, officials said.

Two young sisters drown at Bangkok health club

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 03:43PM

THAILAND: A young mother has demanded a Bangkok health club take responsibility for the deaths of her two young daughters, who drowned in the facility’s swimming pool yesterday.

Indonesians hack into beached whales in mass stranding

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 03:40PM

ASIA: Locals on a remote island in eastern Indonesia on Tuesday cut up several dead pilot whales for food after a mass stranding that killed at least 41 of the mammals, an official said.

Great Barrier Reef coral halved in 27 years: study

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 03:39PM

WORLD: Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, predatory starfish and bleaching linked to climate change, a study found Tuesday.

Pope's butler to take stand in 'Vatileaks' trial

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 03:39PM

WORLD: Pope Benedict XVI's former butler Paolo Gabriele takes the stand on Tuesday at his historic trial for stealing secret memos in what he said was a bid to battle "evil and corruption" in the Vatican.

Cambodia jails two Frenchmen for child sex

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 03:37PM

ASIA: A Cambodian court on Tuesday handed two Frenchmen partially suspended two-year prison sentences for sexually abusing teenage boys, a punishment criticised as too lenient by the victims' lawyer.

Tiger group charged over Phuket disco fire

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 02:11PM

PHUKET: Patong Police Superintendent Chiraphat Pochanaphan has announced that Sara Entertainment Co, the operators of Tiger Discotheque, along with chief executive Piya Isaramalai, have been charged with negligence causing death, along with physical and mental injury to other people, and with trading after hours.

Phuket FC player sustains minor injury in car crash

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 10:39AM

FOOTBALL: Alternate Phuket FC captain Watcharapong “Pae” Jun-ngam was involved in a serious car accident in which his car flipped over following Sunday night’s match against Sriracha FC.

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