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Phuket’s Baba Wedding returns

PHUKET: The annual Baba (Peranakan) Wedding ceremony will be held this weekend in Phuket Town from June 22-24.

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Report documents ‘slavery’ in Thailand

BANGKOK: The government is doing too little to stop tens of thousands of trafficking victims being forced into “modern slavery” in the sex trade, fishing-related industries and domestic servitude in Thailand, the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report by the US State Department has warned.

NEWS TODAY - Risk taking 'Aussies'?

Statistically, Australians are the most likely to die or be harmed during their trip to Phuket. Why is that? You had your say and the answers were, well, consistent!

N.Z. burglar turns himself in after finding corpse

WELLINGTON: A terrified New Zealand burglar handed himself in after breaking into a darkened house and bumping into a hanging corpse, waking neighbours with his blood-curdling screams, police said Thursday.

Cambodia jails two Frenchmen for child sex

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 03:37PM

ASIA: A Cambodian court on Tuesday handed two Frenchmen partially suspended two-year prison sentences for sexually abusing teenage boys, a punishment criticised as too lenient by the victims' lawyer.

Tiger group charged over Phuket disco fire

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 02:11PM

PHUKET: Patong Police Superintendent Chiraphat Pochanaphan has announced that Sara Entertainment Co, the operators of Tiger Discotheque, along with chief executive Piya Isaramalai, have been charged with negligence causing death, along with physical and mental injury to other people, and with trading after hours.

Phuket FC player sustains minor injury in car crash

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 10:39AM

FOOTBALL: Alternate Phuket FC captain Watcharapong “Pae” Jun-ngam was involved in a serious car accident in which his car flipped over following Sunday night’s match against Sriracha FC.

Phuket land probes sent to DSI, NACC

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 09:50AM

PHUKET: The first briefing for the press at Phuket Provincial Hall following the retirement of Governor Tri Augkaradacha was dominated by the recent land investigations by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).

Thai broadcaster axes panda reality TV

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 09:06AM

THAILAND: After three years of following her every move, a Thai broadcaster has pulled the plug on one of the kingdom's most-loved but lethargic reality TV celebrities -- a giant panda.

36 dead in Hong Kong ferry collision: official

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 08:32AM

A pleasure boat collided with a passenger ferry and sank off Hong Kong, leaving 36 people dead and sparking a frantic overnight search and rescue effort, officials said Tuesday.

Call for companies to run Phuket buses

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 1 October 2012, 07:13PM

PHUKET: Private companies have been invited to bid to to run sanctioned bus routes from the airport to Rawai, Patong-Kata-Karon and Kamala, starting from October 15.

Bid to add Thai temple to World Heritage list

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 1 October 2012, 06:17PM

THAILAND: Nakhon Si Thammarat province and Fine Arts Department officials are hastily preparing a nomination profile to inscribe Wat Phrathat, the most revered Buddhist temple in this history-rich southern province, to the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Phuket jet ski problems almost resolved

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 1 October 2012, 05:00PM

PHUKET: The government, along with Phuket authorities, are now very close to finding a resolution of the jet ski rentals problem.

Free Wi-Fi for all on its way to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 1 October 2012, 03:44PM

PHUKET: Free Wi-Fi is on the way for residents and visitors to Thailand with the introduction of the latest government project, ICT Free Wi-Fi for Tourism, TTR Weekly reports.

Phuket Opinion: Bye bye Bali

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 1 October 2012, 12:49PM

PHUKET: AirAsia’s decision in 2010 to introduce a direct flight from the tropical island of Phuket to the tropical island of Bali was odd. Why would anybody who lives in Phuket want to visit Bali or vice versa?

Phuket Muslims protest at anti-Islam film

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 1 October 2012, 09:13AM

PHUKET: Hundreds of Muslim people in the Bang Tao area gathered on Friday at the Mu Ka Rom mosque to protest against the Innocence of Muslims movie, an anti-Islam film that has sparked global protests.

Six dead, dozens injured in Thai south attacks

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 30 September 2012, 10:41PM

THAILAND: Bombing and shooting attacks have killed six people and left 27 wounded across the restive Thai south in two days of violence in the insurgency-plagued region, police said Sunday.

Thai interior minister quits amid land sale probe

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 30 September 2012, 10:40PM

THAILAND: Thailand's interior minister and leader of the ruling party resigned from the cabinet on Friday amid a spiralling graft probe scandal and fears over the political fallout for the government.

Phuket Lotus protesters meet Commerce boss

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 30 September 2012, 10:16PM

PHUKET: Santichai Santhawanpat, the vice general director of the Department of Internal Trade, along with Phuket MP Rewat Jindapol and municipality representative Niwat Engchuan held a meeting yesterday (Saturday) to discuss the proposal for the new Tesco Lotus in Phuket Town.

Graft busters spar with land officials

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 28 September 2012, 07:30PM

PHUKET: Land officers and the adviser to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP), which has been rattling skeltons all around Phuket with its land investigation, confronted each other at the Sirinart Marine National Park offices this morning.

Mayor and locals plan how to block Tesco

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 28 September 2012, 07:14PM

PHUKET: Local officials met yesterday (September 27) to discuss ways to block the construction of a large Tesco-Lotus hypermarket on Bangkok Rd in Phuket Town.

Worker electrocuted atop LED billboard

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 28 September 2012, 06:46PM

PHUKET: A Nakorn Sri Thammarat man working on the erection of a new giant LED advertising screen just south of the Central Festival mall was electrocuted this afternoon (September 28).

Store owner 1, burglar 0

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 28 September 2012, 05:56PM

PHUKET: A burglar who climbed to the third floor of a Phuket Town clothing store was confronted and finally overcome by the store’s owner after a furious struggle in the wee hours of Thursday morning.

Croc escapes cage on board Qantas flight

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 September 2012, 02:35PM

Baggage handlers came to the rescue on board a Qantas flight earlier this month, capturing a loose crocodile that had escaped its cage in the aircraft’s cargo hold.

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