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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.

Hun Sen reveals casinos are 'essential to defence'

Phuket News / Business

Monday 20 August 2012, 06:51AM

While Phuket rattles with rumour and debate over whether the complex on Koh Rang Noi is, or is not intended to be a casino, Cambodia’s maverick Prime Minister Hun Sen has come up with a novel take on the usefulness of gambling houses.

BIG LIST: World's worst jobs

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 20 August 2012, 06:45AM

We’re gonna throw it out there and say being a paintball fitness instructor is the greatest job in the world. Here are some that aren’t so flash hot:

OMG 45secs LOL AMZNG!!!

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 20 August 2012, 06:43AM

A 17-year-old boy retained his title as America’s fastest texter on Wednesday in a duel of the thumbs held in front of onlookers at New York’s Times Square.

Bikinis at 40,000 feet

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 20 August 2012, 06:43AM

A Vietnamese airline has been fined for hosting a mid-flight dance by bikini-clad beauty pageant contestants without first gaining permission.

Fitness under fire

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 20 August 2012, 06:42AM

Having trouble dropping those excess kilos? Would someone putting a gun to your head help?

Romadon romps through to Thailand's Got Talent finals

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 19 August 2012, 07:43PM

PHUKET: It was louder, messier and even more perplexing, but Romadom’s Thailand's Got Talent semi final performance was also incredibly thought provoking, symbolic and emotional.

'Tourists jumped from Tiger's second storey'

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 August 2012, 05:11PM

PHUKET: Shocking accounts of tourists jumping from the second floor and others trampled in the panic to escape are emerging following the fire at Patong's Tiger discoteque early on Friday morning.

Tiger survivor describes the horror inside

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 August 2012, 04:44PM

PHUKET: Of those injured in the Tiger Disco fire of yesterday morning, only two remain in hospital.

French family tell of terrifying hours after Tiger blaze

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 August 2012, 03:43PM

PHUKET: The family of Frenchman Benjamin Tallanotte, severely injured in the Tiger bar and disco complex in Patong, have described their terrifying four-hour search for Benjamin following the blaze.

Patong blaze: work on ID of victims starts tomorrow

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 August 2012, 04:55PM

PHUKET: Work on identifying the four people who died in the blaze early this morning (August 17) at the Tiger disco on Bangla Rd in Patong will begin in earnest tomorrow with the arrival of experts from Bangkok.

Super Sonic

Phuket News / Features

Friday 17 August 2012, 03:19PM

PHUKET: Alasdair Forbes test drives the new Chevrolet Sonic.

A pitiful waste: B23m community centre becomes a rotting carcass

Phuket News / Features

Friday 17 August 2012, 03:03PM

PHUKET: The disastrous Asian Tsunami of December 26, 2004, that smashed into Phuket, killing at least 800 people and damaging structures all along the west coast of the island, was followed by an outburst of charitable activity from around the world.

4 dead in Patong blaze

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 August 2012, 07:53AM

PHUKET: Four people died last night in a major fire at the famed Tiger bar and disco complex on Bangla Rd, Patong.

700 join anti-Tesco protest

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 16 August 2012, 06:00PM

PHUKET: About 700 people from clubs and communities in Phuket Town marched through the streets this afternoon (August 16) to protest against a proposal to build a new Tesco-Lotus complex on Bangkok Rd, close to the Slaughterhouse Intersection.

Two die violently in rubber plantations

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 16 August 2012, 05:56PM

Tha Sala District in Nakhon Sri Thammarat does not seem to be a good place to be in the rubber trade at the moment, with two violent deaths – one suicide and one a murder – being recorded on Tuesday (August 14) alone.

Pineapple and Flower Fair open at Saphan Hin

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 16 August 2012, 05:00PM

PHUKET: The 20th annual Phuket Pineapple and Flower Fair opened yesterday evening (August 15) at Saphan Hin.

Phuket Opinion: Farming out the future

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 16 August 2012, 04:03PM

PHUKET: The continuing battle between local farmers and property developers appears to be going the way of the developers. Should it be?

Phuket Opinion: Gambling on a better Phuket future?

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 16 August 2012, 03:59PM

PHUKET: Dhanin Chearavanont is not the first person to advocate the legalisation of casinos in Thailand, but as Thailand’s richest man, he is certainly the most prominent so far. He has a valid point.

3,400 'addicted to drugs in Phuket'

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 16 August 2012, 11:16AM

PHUKET: Phuket has far more drug addicts than was realised, it was revealed at a meeting at Provincial Hall yesterday (August 15).

Samui running out of power

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 16 August 2012, 11:12AM

PHUKET: The chief of Koh Samui’s Regional Electricity Authority District Office says that power use is sky-rocketing on the popular island, resulting in frequent scheduled blackouts in some areas.

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