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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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Foreigner found dead on Phuket beach

PHUKET: The body of a foreign man was found washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 this morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park.

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.

Thai Muslims protest anti-Islam film at US embassy

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 11:59AM

THAILAND: Hundreds of Muslims, many carrying placards and chanting 'Down with America', rallied outside the US embassy in Bangkok Tuesday, as protests over an anti-Islam film spread to the Thai capital.

Patong detective injured in road smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 10:27AM

PHUKET: A Patong police detective was injured after the car he was driving smashed into an electricity pole on Sunday morning in Rassada district and ended up in a water-filled ditch.

Human trafficking suspect arrested at Phuket airport

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 09:37AM

PHUKET: A Thai woman suspected to be a member of a Thai-Bahrain human trafficking gang, who forced Thai women to work as prostitutes in Bahrain, was arrested at Phuket International Airport on Sunday (September 16).

Phuket Police closing in on ‘Wigged crims’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 18 September 2012, 06:34PM

PHUKET: Although the ‘wigged criminals’ suspected of making off with two kilograms of gold in yesterday’s Phuket store jewellery store robbery are still to be apprehended, police believe they are closing in on the dubiously-dressed duo.

Lax law enforcement ‘ruining Phuket’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 18 September 2012, 05:38PM

PHUKET: Environmental authorities have urged Phuket’s local elected councils – OrBorJor, OrBorTor and municipalities – to enforce laws more effectively to control the unbridled growth of economic development on the island.

King Power beats Audemars Piguet in King's Cup Final

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 18 September 2012, 06:29AM

THAILAND: After a fun and ferocious week of elephant polo, attended by teams from all over the world as well as royals, celebrities and many other special VIP guests, the final day of the tournament offered up a showcase of skillful play, plenty of memorable moments and a new winning team for 2012.

Army behind Thai protest death: inquest

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 06:17PM

The Thai military shot and killed a taxi driver during 2010 "Red Shirt" rallies, an inquest found Monday, in the first ever ruling on deaths during the country's worst political violence in decades.

Security warning to US citizens

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 04:12PM

The US Embassy in Bangkok is bracing for a protest planned at its gates tomorrow (September 18) over an anti-Islamic film that was at the root of the recent riots in Benghazi, Libya, in which the US Ambassador to that country and three other embassy staffers were killed.

BTS sells huge plot of Phuket land

Phuket News / Business

Monday 17 September 2012, 03:45PM

PHUKET: Thailand’s publicly listed BTS has announced that its subsidiary, Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co Ltd (BMTS), has sold a massive 455-rai piece of land in Kamala.

Wigged raiders hit Phuket gold shop

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 17 September 2012, 03:23PM

PHUKET: Two men wearing wigs robbed a gold shop in Mubaan Kaeha, in the Rassada Port area of Phuket Town, at about 1pm today.

Buffalo rescued from well

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 02:51PM

Pataloong Kupai Rescue Service in Ranong were called to perform an unusual rescue on Wednesday (September 12): pulling a two-year-old water buffalo from a well.

Phang-Nga prisoner caught

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 02:31PM

After two days on the lam, drug suspect Tsongraks Kam-on, who escaped from Phang-nga courthouse on September 12 subsequent to his arraignment on charges of possessing 10,000 methamphetamine tablets and an unspecified type of firearm, was re-captured by provincial police.

Four shot dead and burnt in Thai south unrest

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 12:49PM

Three paramilitary soldiers and a woman were shot dead by militants who then torched their bodies in an early morning ambush in Thailand's restive south, police said Saturday.

Thaksin should stay out of Thai politics: panel chief

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 12:49PM

The head of an independent Thai reconciliation panel called on former leader Thaksin Shinawatra to stay out of the country's turbulent politics ahead of a key report on deadly 2010 protests Monday.

Funeral for Christian Roth set for Monday

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 16 September 2012, 11:59PM

PHUKET: The funeral for Christian Roth, highly popular beach complex operations manager at Angsana Laguna Phuket, will take place tomorrow (Monday, September 17).

Will the AEC really change anything?

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 15 September 2012, 02:48PM

PHUKET: In three years the Asean Economic Community will become fully operational, removing impediments to travel and commerce between the 13 member countries.

84-rai suspect land plot discovered

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 September 2012, 04:49PM

PHUKET: Another suspect land paper covering 84 rai, which officials believe encroaches on Sirinart Marine National Park, was discovered this week.

Angsana manager dies in road smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 September 2012, 02:35PM

Thai bid clouds Heineken's Asian expansion

Phuket News / Business

Friday 14 September 2012, 09:02AM

A battle for dominance in Asia's lucrative beer market broke out Thursday as a Thai tycoon made a $7.1 billion bid for a Singapore group that includes a brewer about to be taken over by Dutch giant Heineken.

Romney: Middle East needs US leadership

Phuket News / World

Friday 14 September 2012, 09:02AM

WORLD: Mitt Romney paid tribute Thursday to four American diplomats killed in Libya, insisting that US power was vital in the Middle East, but he halted his criticism of President Barack Obama's handling of the crisis.

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