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PHUKET: Preechawut “Prap” Keesin, the son of Patong Mayor Pian Keesin, met with government officials and tourist industry representatives on July 20 to throw his weight behind a proposal for Patong to become a self-governing municipal area (SGMA), like Pattaya.

Friday 20 July 2012, 06:06PM

Three missing in Malaysia helicopter crash

A German pilot was rescued but three passengers remained missing after their helicopter crashed into a river on the remote island of Borneo in Malaysia, an official said Friday.

Friday 20 July 2012, 05:28PM

At least 14 killed in US cinema shooting: report

At least 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a crowded cinema premiere of the latest Batman movie in the US state of Colorado, police and media said.

Friday 20 July 2012, 05:04PM

All puffed out

An orang-utan housed in an Indonesian zoo who quickly shot to stardom for puffing on cigarettes will be forced to quit cold turkey.

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:58PM

Rock fan loves the stones

Stress does funny things to people’s eating and drinking habits.

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:58PM

Olympian feats

With the 2012 London Olympics just a week away, we thought you should know something about the odder side of this mega-event. Our five favourites:

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:57PM

BIG LIST: Freaky Foods

If you thought eating rocks was bad (see story left), then how about some of these foul foods, which are guaranteed to leave a bad taste in your mouth...

Friday 20 July 2012, 03:10PM

Doing what Italians do

Phuket News / Features

Friday 20 July 2012, 03:04PM

PHUKET: Giuseppe “Pepe” Viva, manager of Bliss Beach Club on Bang Tao Bay, is, by his own admission, nuts about bikes.

April 11 quake a ‘record breaker’

PHUKET: The Indonesian earthquake on April 11 that caused widespread panic in Phuket broke two records, researchers reported in the American Science journal.

Friday 20 July 2012, 09:00AM

Money changer scammed with fake notes

PHUKET: A money changer at Kata Beach was scammed out of B12,389 today when she changed 100 British pounds for baht, only to discover afterwards that the money she had been given was counterfeit.

Thursday 19 July 2012, 06:22PM

Doherty kicked out of Chiang Mai rehab clinic

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:28PM

Troubled British rock star Pete Doherty has been thrown out of an exclusive drug treatment centre in Thailand for failing to show he is ready to kick his heroin habit, the clinic said Thursday.

Phuket Opinion: No Kodak moments

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Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:14PM

PHUKET: Crocodiles are sometimes spotted on Bangla Road. This is not a metaphor, nor an analogy. Touts have been known to offer personalised photographs of splayed crocodiles with their mouths taped shut.

Phuket Opinion: Will ASEAN be the new Euro?

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:12PM

PHUKET: ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan's recent comments extolling the virtues of the positives of an ASEAN community assume a more sinister aspect when one considers his background as a fellow of the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, his post at the American University in Washington, and his connection to the US Congress.

Police smash major loan shark gang

PHUKET: Officials from Crime Suppression Division 5 (CSD) of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok raided a house on Chaofa East Rd in Chalong this morning (July 19) and arrested eight members of one of the biggest loan shark gangs in Phuket.

Thursday 19 July 2012, 04:28PM

Suicide bomber blamed for attack on Israelis in Bulgaria

A suicide bomber was behind the blast against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, officials said Thursday, as they raised the toll to seven, the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004.

Thursday 19 July 2012, 02:41PM

Child disease prompts school closures

PHUKET: Two schools on the island have been closed following the discovery of cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).

Thursday 19 July 2012, 02:21PM

Probe launched into foreign shareholdings

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 19 July 2012, 12:06PM

The Commerce Ministry is set to launch a nationwide inspection of foreign shareholdings in Thai-registered companies within the coming month.

One killed, 40 injured in clashes at Indian car plant

India's top carmaker Maruti Suzuki suspended production at a plant near New Delhi after workers attacked managers, leaving one person dead and scores injured, a company executive said Thursday.

Thursday 19 July 2012, 11:16AM

Bangkok schools close due to hand, foot and mouth disease

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 19 July 2012, 10:34AM

The number of Bangkok schools that have closed or suspended classes due to an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has risen to nearly 30, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday (July 18).

Bulgaria probes 'barbaric' attack on Israeli tourists