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PHUKET: The Southern Meteorological Center for the West Coast has issued a warning that heavy rain can be expected across the island for the next few days.

Wednesday 4 July 2012, 11:53AM

Single female, over 30 and 'too old' to marry in UAE

If you are a 30-year-old Emirati woman and still single, then you have missed the marriage boat: by UAE standards, you are now considered to be too old.

Wednesday 4 July 2012, 11:05AM

Crackdown on airport black taxis begins

PHUKET: Police have initiated a drive against unregistered “black’ taxis at Phuket International Airport (PIA).

Wednesday 4 July 2012, 10:35AM

Blast at Bangkok oil refinery triggers huge blaze

An explosion at an oil refinery in an industrial area of Bangkok sparked a massive fire early Wednesday, sending a thick column of smoke into the air that could be seen across the city.

Wednesday 4 July 2012, 10:30AM

Gov wants 5,000 CCTV cams on the island

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha said yesterday (July 3) that he wants to see the number of CCTV cameras in Phuket increase to 5,000 by next year.

Wednesday 4 July 2012, 09:49AM

Seven hurt in fishing boat blast

PHUKET: The captain and six crew members of a Phuket fishing boat were burned, some severely, when a gas explosion set their boat on fire on Sunday (July 1) and then sank it.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 05:53PM

Police Chief reveals plans to improve security

PHUKET: Actions to improve security in Phuket have been proposed by Provincial Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Chonasit Watanawarangkun, following a meeting yesterday (June 2) with commanders of police stations on the island.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 05:37PM

Indonesian 'haze' drives fishing fleets to port

Illegal burning of forests in Indonesia, which blankets southern Thailand in a thick haze every year, has this year driven fishing fleets back to port because of dangerously reduced visibility at sea, according to a report released on Monday (June 2). The opaque air conditions extend well into the Gulf of Thailand.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 03:12PM

Officials try again to bring taxis to heel

PHUKET: Phuket authorities have announced that they will begin meeting with taxi rank leaders tomorrow (July 4), as part of a fresh attempt to solve taxi and tuk-tuk problems, including unregistered vehicles, violence against passengers and “influential people” supporting the drivers.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 12:15PM

Ten dead in Koh Phangan-bound bus crash

Ten people are dead and 17 others injured following a bus crash in Surat Thani this morning (July 3).

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 11:46AM

Phuket 'could lose out to Vietnam, Myanmar'

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 09:18AM

PHUKET: The island risks losing investment over the next few years to emerging countries such as Vietnam and possibly Myanmar, officials were warned yesterday (July 2).

Four foreign aid workers released in Somalia: Kenyan army

Four foreign aid workers kidnapped in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp were released overnight in southern Somalia after a short gunfight, and were due to be flown back to Kenya, officials said Monday.

Monday 2 July 2012, 05:29PM

Northeast India floods kill 79, displace two million

At least 79 people have died and 2.2 million forced to leave their homes over the last week as torrential monsoon rains triggered floods across India's northeast, officials said Monday.

Monday 2 July 2012, 05:28PM

Busy burglar arrested

PHUKET: Police in Cherng Talay have arrested a man believed to be a member of a gang that has burgled at least 17 luxury homes in the Surin Beach area in the past two months.

Monday 2 July 2012, 04:20PM

Doherty hoping for Cabin fever

Perpetual partier and Libertines' frontman Pete Doherty is once again hoping to swap heroin and crack cocaine for green curry and calming green tea by checking into a Chiang Mai-based rehabilitation centre.

Monday 2 July 2012, 01:28PM

Kim Jong-Il ordered uranium bombs: reports

The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce "a massive amount" of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports in Japan said Monday.

Monday 2 July 2012, 12:55PM

Power slowly returns as US heatwave drags on

Utility crews made slow progress Monday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon.

Monday 2 July 2012, 12:55PM

Fuel prices rise by B0.30 a litre

PHUKET: PTT and Bangchak oil refineries raised retail prices of all kinds of fuel and biofuel by 30 satang a litre from 5am today (July 2).

Monday 2 July 2012, 11:20AM

Myanmar tells Suu Kyi to stop calling nation Burma

Myanmar's authorities have ordered opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to stop calling the country "Burma", state media reported Friday, its colonial-era name widely used to defy the former junta.

Monday 2 July 2012, 11:17AM

Michelle Smith farewelled in Perth