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Massive power cut hits Phuket and entire South

PHUKET: A massive blackout apparently originating from a fault at the hydropower station at the Rachaphrapa dam in Surat Thani blacked out Phuket tonight, along with all provinces to the south.

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'Biggest blackout ever' hits Phuket and 14 other provinces

PHUKET: The 'biggest power outage ever' in Thailand blacked out 14 southern provinces Tuesday evening, plunging almost the entire South, including Phuket, into blackness for lengthy periods.

Nine foreigners held on work permit charges

PHUKET: Nine people, apparently Chinese and Burmese nationals, were arrested this afternoon (May 21) at Wat Kathu for working without work permits.

Top chefs showcased at ‘Six of the Best’

PHUKET: Experiencing six of Phuket’s top dining experiences over the course of a year would be special enough, but to experience them in one night is exceptional.

Jackson lawyer blasts 'ruthless' AEG at death trial

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 12:11PM

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's mother on Monday accused the promoter of his doomed final tour of sacrificing the drug-addled star in a 'ruthless' pursuit of profit in the months before his 2009 death.

Young obesity doubles death risk before 55: study

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 12:09PM

PARIS: Men who are obese in their early 20s are twice as likely as peers of average weight to die before reaching the age of 55, a study said Tuesday.

Phuket Rotary fundraiser on Friday

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 12:01PM

PHUKET: Rotary International and Lost Legends will join up on Friday (May 3) at the Underwood Art Factory on the bypass road, to hold a fundraising event, with half of all funds raised going toward a small school in a Burmese work camp in Phuket.

Labour Day celebrated in Phuket tomorrow

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 10:46AM

PHUKET: Tomorrow (May 1) is celebrated in Thailand – as in many countries around the globe – as Labour Day. It is an official holiday for employees, so many businesses will be closed for the day.

Govt discusses setting up Tourist Court

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 09:02AM

BANGKOK: The Tourism Ministry is working on a plan to set up a specific Tourist Court aimed at offering better protection and swifter justice for foreign visitors to the country.

Phuket’s Chinese-speaking guides in mass protest

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 07:58PM

PHUKET: More than a hundred tour guides protested for about three hours at Phuket Provincial Hall late this morning (April 29), furious at the rapidly increasing numbers of illegal Chinese tour guides on the island.

Phuket ‘still needs convention centre’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 07:21PM

PHUKET: The island is ready to become a major centre for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (Mice) but still needs a Convention Centre.

Five Iraq car bombs kill 16: officials

Phuket News / World

Monday 29 April 2013, 05:53PM

BAGHDAD: Five car bombs exploded Monday in mainly Shiite areas south of Baghdad, killing 16 people, officials said, the latest attacks in a seven-day wave of violence costing more than 230 lives across Iraq.

20 hurt in gas blast in historic Prague

Phuket News / World

Monday 29 April 2013, 05:50PM

PRAGUE: A powerful gas blast ripped through a block of flats in Prague's historic centre on Monday, injuring about 20 people, rescuers said, adding that some people may be buried in the rubble of the damaged building.

Thai 'Yellow Shirts' face court over airport rallies

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 29 April 2013, 05:49PM

BANGKOK: A Thai court on Monday postponed the trial of dozens of royalist activists facing charges relating to their roles in 2008 rallies that paralysed Bangkok's main airports stranding thousands of tourists.

UAE court jails 3 Britons on drugs charges: report

Phuket News / World

Monday 29 April 2013, 05:48PM

DUBAI: A United Arab Emirates court on Monday sentenced three Britons to four years in jail each on drugs charges, Gulf News reported, amid claims they have been beaten and tortured by police.

Runaway duo finally locked up after Phuket yacht robbery

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 05:27PM

PHUKET: It took a while, but Chalong police finally managed to put two alleged boat robbers behind bars on Saturday afternoon, after the duo twice made attempts to escape.

News Today, April 29

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 04:35PM

Even MORE expansion at Phuket Airport, two killed and forty injured in bus crash, more rain on the way PLUS seven minutes of all the weekend's event highlights in high definition.

Srisoonthorn authorities donate to Phuket people in need

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 03:53PM

PHUKET: Seven severely disabled patients at the Phuket Care Project house in Srisoonthorn were given donations by Phuket authorities last Thursday (April 25).

Phuket Opinion: Time to take on the tuk-tuks

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 29 April 2013, 03:49PM

PHUKET: I live in Thailand for six months out of every year, and have visited virtually every tourist destination on the island.

Australian bar offers trip to Phuket – with free plastic surgery

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 12:15PM

PHUKET: A singles-oriented bar in Australia is running a contest for a free trip to Phuket, and all the plastic surgery you can eat, so to speak.

Phuket Opinion: Kicking up a stink

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 29 April 2013, 09:13AM

PHUKET OPINION: The quality of the seawater around Phuket was a hot topic on the island a few years ago. Following complaints by German holidaymakers, a German documentary maker visited the island in 2011 to take water samples at various points and off beaches around the island.

Phuket party to raise funds for Rwandan girls

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 08:54AM

PHUKET: There will be an Ubushobozi Benefit Party on Friday, May 3 at the Shanti Lodge in Chalong.

Phuket airport strives to cope with demand

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 April 2013, 08:20AM

PHUKET: Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) is facing the huge challenge of arresting Phuket airport's insatiable capacity demand, which is seen continuing even after the mid-2015 wrap-up of the current 5.8-billion-baht expansion.

US businessman feared kidnapped in Pattaya

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 28 April 2013, 09:43PM

PATTAYA: The U.S. State Department has confirmed they are involved in the search for a local businessman, 38-year-old Nick Springer, in Pattaya.

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