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Phuket teacher runs marathon for cancer-stricken colleague

PHUKET: As HeadStart teacher Richard Allenby lay on his hospital bed before surgery at Bangkok Hospital Phuket, he was convinced he was going to die. He told his adult son to look after his pregnant wife and their unborn child.

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Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

Stockholm 'police brutality' riots go into third day

STOCKHOLM: Riots in a poor, mainly immigrant suburb of Sweden's capital have continued into a third night.

Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down

MOORE: As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people.

ALERT: Army takes over Patong roads

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 11:15PM

PHUKET: In a bizarre convulsion in Phuket's tourism hot spot, Royal Thai Army troops tonight (June 18) swarmed onto the streets of Patong, setting up road blocks with jeeps and checking under cars with mirrors.

Grass hut focus of Mai Khao beach probe

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 08:02PM

PHUKET: An apparently abandoned grass-roof hut has become the focus of a multi-agency investigation into the precise boundaries of the Sirinart Marine National Park, public land and the land the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa stands on.

M-150 18-wheeler crashes on bypass

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 06:28PM

PHUKET: An 18-wheel-truck carried more than 1,600 crates of M-150 energy drink crashed on the bypass road this afternoon (June 18), causing traffic chaos.

Turtles to benefit from boxing bouts

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 06:04PM

PHUKET: The turtles of Phuket are set to benefit from a good boxing on July 6.

Topless video an internet sensation

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 18 June 2012, 05:57PM

Thailand’s Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said today (June 18) that she will seek an explanation from producers of a popular television show after a woman appeared topless during Sunday’s prime-time slot.

Volunteer dies in smash at Heroines

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 05:11PM

PHUKET: A Civil Defence Volunteer with Thepkrassattri Municipality, Somyod Pewsalab, 42, died after his pick-up truck smashed into the base of the Heroines Monument at 3am yesterday (June 17).

Mayor Somjai reelected

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 05:01PM

PHUKET: Incumbent Somjai Suwansupana won reelection as Mayor of Phuket City on Saturday (June 16) with 11,477 votes from 15,786 people who gave their votes.

Land scandal spreads to Kathu Hill

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 04:54PM

PHUKET: Seven pieces of land covering more than 80 rai on Kathu Hill, north of Patong Bay, supposedly in the Kamala National Forest Reserve, have been found to have title deeds, which investigators suspect may have been obtained through bribing government officials.

Police promise fast probe into Canadian deaths

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 03:33PM

PHUKET: Thai police today (June 18) promised a swift investigation into the deaths of two Canadian sisters found in their hotel room on Phi Phi island.

Canadian sisters' bodies sent to Bangkok

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 June 2012, 09:58AM

PHUKET: The bodies of the two Canadian sisters found dead in a Phi Phi hotel room on Friday (June 15) will be sent to the Police Forensic Science Institution in Bangkok today (June 18) for autopsy, the director of Krabi Hospital told Thai media.

June storms have caused 'worrying' erosion

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 16 June 2012, 07:48PM

The storms that hit the Andaman coast of Thailand earlier this month are estimated to have caused erosion damage of as much as B100 million. A survey done by specialists from the Erosion Prevention on Andaman Coast (EPAC) project revealed that 15 metres of shoreline disappeared on Koh Lanta between June 6 and 9, with more than 60 beach-front hotels and homes effected. The damage in terms of loss of land and coastal natural resources is estimated on Lanta alone at round B40 million. The survey has not yet been completed for Phuket. But from damage seen on the shore, environmental experts see Phuket as one of the most worrying areas for rapid coastal erosion. Engineering expert Prof Payom Rattanamanee, who is also head of the EPAC project, said that coomparison of aerial photographs showed that around 30 metres of Phuket’s shore had been lost to the sea in just two years. “Nai Yang beach is the most worrying because of the value of its natural resources,” said Prof Payom. “When we have finished analysing the situation, we expect the results will show that coastal erosion on Phuket has been severe.” Since the Asian Tsunami of 2004, Phuket’s coast has been battered by waves that have left only a thin buffer zone to protect the shore. This has been aggravated by beach-front areas in many places being cleared for new development. Clear evidence of the loss of beachfront to erosion can be seen in the location of bungalows and a restaurant run by the Sirinat National Park office . The tropical-style buildings were wiped out by the tsunami, when they were located 30 metres inland from the sea. The location where they were is now next to the water. This year, waves and currents are reported to be unusually strong at Nai Yang, and local people told The Phuket News that around 10 metres of Nai Yang Beach have been devoured by waves in the first half of the year. In addition, trees that are valuable in containing erosion have been knocked over. One of the local fishermen earning a living in the sea off Nai Yang beach, Suwan Plodbhut, 44, said that fish catches had been falling because the coral reef off the beach, which acts as a nursery, had been damaged by erosion. “The number of fish close to shore has fallen off, so we have to sail further for our catches, which means we have to pay more for fuel,” said Mr Suwan. “We only lose.” He added that if Phuket’s shore continues to be eroded, fishermen will soon have no space to repair their boats on seafront land. An environmental expert who join EPAC project, Prof Nopparat Bamrungrak, said that there are various ways to protect coastlines from erosion protection, but they have both pros and cons. “We could build an embankment to protect the coast, but it would ruin the scenery,” said Prof Nopparat. “Or we could plant some strong-rooted plants, but we would need to wait for two years or more before the plants would be effective.” Staff of the EPAC project will meet local people on June 29 for more discussions on problems and solutions.

Surat-Phuket rail study to begin this year

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 16 June 2012, 01:29PM

PHUKET: The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) is about to start a study into a new conventional rail route linking Phuket with Surat Thani via Phang Nga.

Canadian sisters found dead in Phi Phi hotel room

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 16 June 2012, 01:20PM

The bodies of two Canadian sisters have been found in a hotel room in Phi Phi, Thai police told AFP Saturday, without revealing the suspected cause of death.

Election booze ban in Phuket City

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 June 2012, 05:37PM

PHUKET: The sale of alcohol in restaurants, shops and entertainment venues in Phuket City (Tambon Talad Nuea and Tambon Talad Yai), will be banned from 6pm tonight (June 15) until midnight at the end of tomorrow (June 16).

Rape 'victim' sentenced to 15 days in jail

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 June 2012, 03:31PM

PHUKET: An Australian tourist who admitted lying to authorities about being raped in Phuket has been sentenced to 15 days in prison, starting today.

Avista Group moves up a notch with new resort

Phuket News / Business

Friday 15 June 2012, 03:02PM

PHUKET: The new high-end Avista Hideaway Resort, owned and run by Thai group Avista Hospitality and Investments, is scheduled to open in November.

1997 'crisis architect' Saxena gets 10 years

Phuket News / Business

Friday 15 June 2012, 03:00PM

A saga spanning 17 years came to an end on Friday (June 8) when a Thai court sentenced former Indian financier Rakesh Saxena to 10 years in prison for his part in a fraud case that helped trigger the 1997 Asian crisis.

Govt scales down N-power plans

Phuket News / Business

Friday 15 June 2012, 02:59PM

The National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) has scaled down plans for nuclear power plants.

Confidence dips after 6-mth rise

Phuket News / Business

Friday 15 June 2012, 02:56PM

Thailand’s Consumer Confidence Index in May dipped for the first time in the six months, according to the latest monthly survey by the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).

Cycling mad couple on 9,000km journey

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 June 2012, 02:17PM

PHUKET: A newly married couple are spending their honeymoon in a rather unconventional way – cycling 9,000 kilometres on a tandem bike around Thailand.

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