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Massive power cut hits Phuket and entire South

PHUKET: A massive blackout apparently originating from a fault at the hydropower station at the Rachaphrapa dam in Surat Thani blacked out Phuket tonight, along with all provinces to the south.

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'Biggest blackout ever' hits Phuket and 13 other provinces

PHUKET: The 'biggest power outage ever' in Thailand blacked out 14 southern provinces Tuesday evening, plunging almost the entire South, including Phuket, into blackness for lengthy periods.

Nine foreigners held on work permit charges

PHUKET: Nine people, apparently Chinese and Burmese nationals, were arrested this afternoon (May 21) at Wat Kathu for working without work permits.

Top Phuket chefs showcased at ‘Six of the Best’

PHUKET: Experiencing six of Phuket’s top dining experiences over the course of a year would be special enough, but to experience them in one night is exceptional.

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).

Skool's out at Laguna

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 June 2012, 11:13AM

PHUKET: Laguna Phuket’s annual Summer Family Festival gets off to a rocking start on Saturday June 23 at the Canal Village with an opening “Skool’s Out” party featuring a double bill of the island’s hottest young bands – The Screaming Hypocrites and Legends of Siam.

Celebrating the difference: Phuket's Sikh community

Phuket News / Features

Monday 11 June 2012, 11:08AM

PHUKET: Besides the currency in which devotees donate money, pretty much everything else resembles a traditional Indian Sikh service at the Gurdwara Sikh temple in Phuket Town.

Chalong Police bag six dealers

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 June 2012, 09:59AM

Six people were arrested in Chalong on Friday for selling Bangkok-bought drugs to tourists, bar staff and teenagers.

Seven held in million-baht drug busts

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 June 2012, 09:39AM

Seven people were arrested on Saturday and some 6,500 methamphetamine (ya ba) pills and more than half a kilo of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) seized.

Phuket woman shot dead in suspected British love hit

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 10 June 2012, 06:36AM

PHUKET: A Thai woman, Sumittra Namfuk, 55, was killed in her house on Soi Rakchat U-thit in Thungtong yesterday afternoon (June 9). Police suspect the murder was motivated by her affair with a British boyfriend.

Yellow Shirts march through Phuket City

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 10 June 2012, 12:04AM

About 50 members of the Phuket Guard group (People's Alliance for Democracy), Phuket Model (anti-red-shirt village) and Phuket multicolored-shirt group marched through Phuket City today (June 9) to show their opposition to four contentious reconciliation bills.

Patong tunnel 'could be reality in five years'

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 June 2012, 07:35PM

PHUKET: The road tunnel under Patong Hill, between Kathu and Patong, could be completed in as little as five years.

Crackdown on Phuket hookahs

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 June 2012, 05:12PM

Phuket: Phuket Vice-Governor, Chamroen Tipayapongtada yesterday (June 7) pledged to tightly control the use of hookahs in shops in Phuket.

Beach closure rumours denied

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 June 2012, 04:13PM

PHUKET: Rumours that Patong Beach is to be closed until the bad weather clears have been denied by officials.

Debate over 'helping' Sea Gypsies

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 June 2012, 10:49AM

PHUKET: A plan to rehouse a community of Sea Gypsies in mangroves at the edge of Phuket City might be dropped following a meeting yesterday (June 7) at Phuket Provincial Hall.

Twisters damage 25 homes in Thalang

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 June 2012, 10:13AM

PHUKET:Two mini-tornadoes swept through Baan Lipon last night, damaging 25 houses.

Australian, 39, dies of heart attack

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 June 2012, 09:14AM

PHUKET: Australian Paul James McNeil, 39, was found unconscious in a hotel room in Cherng Talay yesterday morning (June 7).

Graft busters to hold high level talks in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 June 2012, 06:31PM

PHUKET: An international conference to boost Thailand’s effectiveness in fighting corruption and to increase corruption-busters’ international links is to be held next month in Phuket.

Woman killed by storm-felled tree

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 7 June 2012, 05:04PM

Strong winds killed a woman and her child in Trang Province yesterday (June 6) and three-metre waves caused seawater to surge into more than 80 homes in fishing villages in Kantang district in the south of the province today (June 7).

Govt issues fresh weather warning

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 June 2012, 04:48PM

PHUKET: Vice-governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada has repeated a warning to all residents that the bad weather is not over yet and they should beware of flooding.

Inflation slows to 2.53pc YOY in May

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 7 June 2012, 04:25PM

PHUKET: Thai consumer prices rose 2.53 per cent in May compared with the same month last year, an indication, officials say, that inflationary pressure will ease in the near future.

Phanason to launch 426-condo project

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 7 June 2012, 04:18PM

PHUKET: Bangkok-based developer Phanason has released details of its latest project, The Park, on Nanai Rd in Patong, which will go on sale from July 5 to 15.

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