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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.

OrBorJor approves B100m for 'pilot' road

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 June 2012, 10:25AM

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organization (OrBorJor) has approved the budget to build the first two kilometres of a new 21-kilometre road running parallel to Thepkrassattri Rd from the bypass road to close to the airport.

US backs greater role for Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 14 June 2012, 09:51AM

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced hope Wednesday that Thailand would play a greater leadership role after years of political turmoil that has shaken the oldest US ally in Asia.

Phuket Prison definitely drug free: official

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 06:36PM

PHUKET: The Provincial Prison has officially been declared a “white prison”, meaning it is free of all drugs and mobile phones, officials say.

Rawai elephant camp wins national award

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 06:01PM

PHUKET: The Kinaree Elephant Camp in Rawai has received a national award for the way it looks after its animals.

Thailand delays voting on politically-charged bills

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 05:35PM

Thailand's government said on Tuesday that it was postponing voting in parliament on controversial "reconciliation" proposals that have stoked political tensions in the divided kingdom.

AirAsia sets up planning centre in Indonesia

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 05:34PM

Budget carrier AirAsia is moving its strategic planning centre to Indonesia from its Malaysian headquarters, it said Wednesday, as it looks to expand its regional operations.

Search for missing American suspended

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 02:14PM

PHUKET: Rescue teams suspended a search for a young American at 1pm today, after a five-hour attempt to find him in the sea from Kalim, along Patong Beach to Tri Trang Beach.

Eight more arrested for drugs

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 11:51AM

PHUKET: Chalong police, after arresting six people on drugs charges on Friday (June 8) hauled in another eight yesterday morning (June 12).

American student missing in sea off Patong

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 09:52AM

PHUKET: Rescue teams are searching for a young American, named by Marine Police as Joshua Shane, 21, who went missing last night at about 10pm when he went swimming with a group of friends off Patong Beach.

Murder mastermind arrested, confesses – police

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 09:49PM

PHUKET: Winaporn Ratakarn, the mastermind behind the shooting murder on Saturday (June 9) of a 55-year-old woman, was arrested this afternoon (June 12) at her home in Pa Khlok. She has confessed, police say.

For Koh Maphrao, light at the end of a long tunnel

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 06:06PM

PHUKET: Mains power for Koh Maphrao is still coming, but it’s coming at a snail’s pace, the chief of the Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has explained.

US consular outreach heads for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 02:57PM

PHUKET: Staff from the Consular Section of the American Embassy in Bangkok will visit Phuket for their regular “consular outreach” next Tuesday (June 19).

Tycoon in plea for SEZ status for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 12:14PM

PHUKET: Thai tycoon Dr Boon Wanasin has made an eloquent plea for Phuket to be declared a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to free it from the dead hand of central government dithering.

Work on illegal restaurant stopped

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 09:31AM

PHUKET: Nine Burmese workers were arrested yesterday (June 11) while working on construction of a new restaurant on Tri Trang Beach, south of Patong.

Battery thieves crash phone network

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 09:18AM

PHUKET: Thalang police arrested two Thai men last night (June 11) after they were found in possession of more than 30 large batteries.

Australian, 22, raped in tuk tuk

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 09:05AM

PHUKET: An Australian tourist, 22, was raped by three men in a red tuk-tuk in Patong on Sunday night (June 10), according to reports by Kathu Police.

Bangkok taxi drivers lend a beating hand

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 11 June 2012, 05:40PM

It’s not just Phuketians who experience woes at the hands of the Thai taxi and tuk tuk ‘industry’; a Thai man was mauled by three taxi drivers at Bangkok’s Makkasan Airport Link station for taking photos of a driver who refused to take him to his destination.

Shaming the trading of Phuket dog meat

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 June 2012, 04:42PM

PHUKET: The Soi Dog Foundation has launched the Trade of Shame Campaign in a bid to raise awareness of the growing dog meat trade across Asia.

AEC 2015 - will see rise in Phuket crime

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 June 2012, 12:19PM

PHUKET: The arrival of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, when nationals of the ASEAN bloc will be able to travel and work in Thailand more or less without hindrance, will encourage more crime, a senior policeman has warned.

Phuket police officer dies in car accident

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 June 2012, 12:03PM

PHUKET: Kathu police officer, Capt Thanakrit Kiawyai, died in a car accident on Patak Rd in Karon yesterday morning (June 10).

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