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Phuket black taxi accused of molesting tourist

PHUKET: A“black taxi” driver was accused today of molesting a 19-year-old Chinese tourist during a five hour ordeal, during which he repeatedly tried to have sex with her and she repeatedly defended herself.

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Phuket Police must stamp out abuse of tourists, says Chinese envoy

PHUKET: China’s Haad-Yai-based Vice Consul, Qin Jian, has urged police to crack down hard on sexual attacks on tourists, following yesterday’s alleged molestation of a 19-year-old Chinese tourist by a “black taxi” driver who picked her up from the airport.

Government yields to pressure over school closures

BANGKOK: Bowing to a public outcry and resistance from many civic groups, the Education Ministry has agreed to create a joint committee to look into the issue of small school closures.

DSI arrests B150 million bank robber

HUA HIN: The Department of Special Investigation arrested the head of a Swiss bank robber gang on May 16 in Hua Hin.

Tourist arrivals jump 30pc in first half

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 4 September 2012, 09:36AM

PHUKET: The number of tourists arriving in Phuket in the first half of this year grew by 30 per cent compared with the same period last year.

Red Bull scion arrested in deadly hit-and-run

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 4 September 2012, 09:06AM

Thai police have arrested the Ferrari-driving grandson of the co-creator of the Red Bull energy drink on suspicion of killing a policeman in a hit-and-run collision in Bangkok on Monday, officials said.

La Colline ‘demolishes illegal structures’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 3 September 2012, 06:28PM

PHUKET: Following visits from the team led by Damrong ‘the Demolisher’ Pidech, La Colline Villa Development Co is reported to have demolished temporary structures on land thought to be outside the boundaries of the project and inside the Sirinart Marine National Park.

IBAP Fair this weekend

Phuket News / Business

Monday 3 September 2012, 05:34PM

PHUKET: After a successful Business Fair in 2011, the International Business Association of Phuket (IBAP), is about to launch its seventh such event, which it promises will be “even bigger and better”.

Health officials warn against slimming coffee

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 3 September 2012, 05:03PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Health Office (PHO) has announced that 19 brands of so-called “slimming coffees” are banned in Thailand and has warned people not to drink them because they contain a substance that may aggravate heart disease and high blood pressure.

Pian wins Patong mayoral election

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 3 September 2012, 04:09PM

PHUKET: The incumbent Mayor of Patong Municipality, Pian Keesin, won elections yesterday (September 2), to give him a third term in office.

High drama as man contemplates suicide

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 3 September 2012, 03:34PM

PHUKET: A man from Trang climbed on top of a billboard this afternoon (September 3), apparently contemplating suicide after his wife left him.

Festival food sellers worried at price rises

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 3 September 2012, 03:10PM

PHUKET: With the annual Vegetarian Festival fast approaching, vegetarian food sellers are alarmed about the swiftly rising prices of vegetables, rice and cooking oil, and have asked the Provincial Government to give them a subsidy to offset the rises.

American Citizens Abroad promotes warden network

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 3 September 2012, 10:16AM

American Citizens Abroad Country Representative Frank G Anderson would like to remind all US citizens in the kingdom - and those going to or in other destinations - that the US Department of State, through embassies abroad, maintains a volunteer warden system in each country.

Bleak future for visa-run crash victim

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 3 September 2012, 08:31AM

PHUKET: Although visa run bus-crash victim Alexandra ‘Sasha’ Monakhova has finally received funds for medical expenses from the TVR visa run company, and is well on the road to recovery, the nightmare of that hellish journey is unlikely to end any time soon.

Aerial acrobat wins Thailand's Got Talent

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 2 September 2012, 09:07PM

PHUKET: In a surprise result to the Thailand’s Got Talent 2012 TV show, neither of the two Phuket competitors managed to claim the top prize. That prestige, along with B5 million, went to Leng Rachanikorn Keawdee, an aerial acrobat.

Airport expansion work begins this month

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 2 September 2012, 01:52PM

PHUKET: Work will begin this month on the expansion of the Phuket International Airport, almost doubling its passenger capacity from the current official figure of 6.5 million a year to 12.5 million, the Deputy Director of Airports of Thailand (AoT), Wing Commander Prathip Vijitthor, announced on Friday evening (August 31).

Canadian sisters ‘died of insecticide’

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 1 September 2012, 11:18AM

PHUKET: The two Canadian sisters who died in mysterious circumstances on Phi Phi two and a half months ago were poisoned by insecticide, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has reported.

Gig and Romadon meet in TGT final

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 31 August 2012, 05:12PM

PHUKET: Sunday is D-Day for Phuket’s two finalists in the Thailand’s Got Talent competition, when they go head to head at 5.45pm, live on national television.

Family sues for manslaughter after speedboat death

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 31 August 2012, 05:09PM

PHUKET: A French family has filed a civil suit for manslaughter after a family member died after he was hit by a passing boat as he swam off a beach off Phi Phi, prosecutors said.

South rattled by coordinated attacks

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 31 August 2012, 05:06PM

Militants in Thailand's Muslim-majority south carried out a wave of coordinated attacks Friday, wounding several soldiers and hoisting the Malaysian flag across the restive region, officials said.

New police commander for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 31 August 2012, 05:03PM

PHUKET: The commander of Narathiwat Provincial Police, Maj Gen Chote Chawanwiwat, will move to become commander of Phuket on October 1, as part of the annual reshuffle of senior police officers.

Brit shot dead on his motorbike on way home

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 31 August 2012, 09:26AM

A murder investigation is under way after a man believed to be from Manchester was shot dead in Thailand.

Koh Lone villagers to get hydro power

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 30 August 2012, 05:10PM

PHUKET: After a three-year wait, villagers on Koh Lone in Chalong Bay are finally to get some green, clean power – not a lot, but better than none.

Thai firm pleads guilty over Australian oil spill

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 30 August 2012, 04:32PM

A Thai state-owned firm on Thursday admitted four charges over a huge oil spill off northwestern Australia, the country's worst ever offshore drilling accident.

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