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Phuket mansion grounds to become public park

PHUKET: The grounds around a classic but decaying Sino-colonial mansion on Wichit Songkram Rd near Kathu are to be turned into a new exercise park run by the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation, but the well-known mansion will remain.

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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.

Three arrested for Phuket bikes-for-ransom scheme

PHUKET: Three teenagers have been arrested for stealing motorbikes and then holding them for ransom.

The Big List: Lost and Found

THE BIG LIST: Stories of missing soldiers and standed sailors are as old as literature itself – Homer’s hero Odysseus was cursed to wander for 10 years after the battle of Troy before returning home. Here are some strange but true tales of men who were lost and then found a long time later.

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.

Thailand sets world record for mass massage

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 30 August 2012, 04:31PM

Hundreds of people pushed, prodded and stretched their way to a new world record for the biggest simultaneous group massage, in Bangkok today (August 20), organisers said.

Kata next for security zone

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 30 August 2012, 04:18PM

PHUKET: With Patong now established as a pilot for the overall Phuket Security Zone project ordered by the Royal Thai Police, the concept is expected to be applied next to the area controlled by Chalong Police, beginning with Kata on September 15.

Thai MP: Marry a farang for easier life

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 29 August 2012, 04:12PM

A Thai MP has gotten into hot water over his controversial suggestion for poor Thai women who want an easy life: “find a farang husband.”

'Hungry Ghosts' to be fed on Sunday

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 29 August 2012, 10:32AM

PHUKET: Phuket’s Old Town streets will come alive on Sunday morning as Por Tor Festival celebrations begin on Thalang Road.

Survey finds Thai women second most unfaithful women in the world

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 29 August 2012, 09:06AM

Thai women have been pipped to the post by women from Ghana, in ranking for the world’s most unfaithful partners.

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