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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.

Driver crushed by own crane

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 26 July 2012, 09:17AM

PHUKET: A crane truck driver was crushed to death when the crane fell on him on Tuesday morning (July 24).

Progress reported with candidate dengue vaccine

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:59AM

Trials in Thailand with a candidate vaccine for dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, have shown it to protect against three of the four virus strains, its French maker said Wednesday.

Myanmar prison terms for Thai 'encroachers'

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:59AM

Almost a hundred Thai nationals were sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, a Myanmar official said Wednesday, after they were held for illegally crossing the border to run rubber plantations.

Health concerns for Thai charged with royal slur

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:58AM

A Bangkok court has charged a 64-year-old Thai-born New Zealand resident for insulting the kingdom's revered monarchy, police said Wednesday, despite concerns over the woman's mental health.

Five police killed in south roadside bomb

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:58AM

Five policemen were killed and another was critically wounded Wednesday in a roadside bomb attack in Thailand's restive south, police said, as an uptick in violence since the start of Ramadan continued.

Elections to bring booze bans

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 02:42PM

PHUKET: Two upcoming elections will result in 30-hour alcohol sales bans, one across the island and the other in Patong.

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 02:39PM

PHUKET: The Department of Intellectual Property is to hold a seminar on avoiding international music copyright infringement on August 6 at the Blue Ocean Resort, Patong, from 2pm to 6pm.

Phuket charity launches monthly pub quiz

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 12:55PM

PHUKET: The last Monday of every month will see the brains of Phuket converge for a battle of wits and intellect – all for a good cause.

Vote for Gig

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 11:10AM

PHUKET: Warunee ‘Gig’ Suwannurak, Phuket’s pint-sized singer with a larger than life voice, leaves for Bangkok today to take part in the semi finals of Thailand’s Got Talent on Sunday.

Asia fuels record elephant, rhino killings: WWF

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 09:19AM

China, Vietnam and Thailand are among the worst offenders in fuelling a global black market that is seeing record numbers of elephants and rhinos killed in Africa, environment group WWF said on Monday.

Sex, drugs, stigma put Thai transsexuals at HIV risk

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 09:17AM

From a cafe near the go-go bars of a Bangkok red light district where she campaigns for safe sex, Gigi gives an unvarnished view of how she joined Thailand's growing ranks of transgender people with HIV.

Thai troops shot Italian photographer: police

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 09:16AM

Government troops are believed to have shot an Italian photographer who was killed during mass opposition street protests in 2010 in Bangkok, police told an official inquest in Thailand on Monday.

Demand made for bus decency

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 05:43PM

PHUKET: A professor at the Phuket Vocational College has unwittingly become the figurehead for inter-provincial public bus decency after making a complaint over what she deemed as the screening of ‘inappropriate’ movies.

Elderly gamblers race to avoid capture

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 04:40PM

PHUKET: Eleven people – including three women aged over 60 – were arrested yesterday (July 23) following a raid on an illegal casino in Wichit, but not before they went “running in all directions” to evade capture.

Gun culture thrives despite US massacre

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 03:39PM

A girl aged five or six tries out a rifle in an Aurora gunshop, oblivious to Friday's massacre in this Colorado town. "Honey, it's too big for you, we will find you another," says her mother.

Outrigger signs to buy Laguna Beach Resort

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 10:42AM

PHUKET: After four months of secrecy, the new owner of the Laguna Beach Resort (LBR) has been announced: Outrigger Hotels and Resorts.

Mystery over death of man in jail

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 23 July 2012, 06:25PM

A man who escaped from Phang-nga prison early this month, then four days later decided to surrender, died on Saturday (July 21) in official custody – reportedly after vomiting blood.

Police colonel found dead in hotel

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 23 July 2012, 06:10PM

PHUKET: A senior police officer was found dead on Wednesday afternoon (July 18) in a hotel in Phuket Town.

Amcham seminar to address green practices for tourism

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 23 July 2012, 05:48PM

PHUKET: The American Chamber of Commerce Greater Phuket Chapter (Amcham) and local green NGO Seek are to hold a forum addressing tourism as the leading industry in Phuket and the need for it to work towards a better environment.

Mob rule on the Web

Phuket News / Business

Monday 23 July 2012, 04:46PM

PHUKET: An innovative new accommodation booking site, Travelmob.com, launched officially in Phuket on Tuesday, aimed at delivering “non-traditional” places to stay.

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