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Phuket black taxi accused of molesting tourist

PHUKET: A“black taxi” driver was accused today of molesting a 19-year-old Chinese tourist during a five hour ordeal, during which he repeatedly tried to have sex with her and she repeatedly defended herself.

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Phuket Police must stamp out abuse of tourists, says Chinese envoy

PHUKET: China’s Haad-Yai-based Vice Consul, Qin Jian, has urged police to crack down hard on sexual attacks on tourists, following yesterday’s alleged molestation of a 19-year-old Chinese tourist by a “black taxi” driver who picked her up from the airport.

Government yields to pressure over school closures

BANGKOK: Bowing to a public outcry and resistance from many civic groups, the Education Ministry has agreed to create a joint committee to look into the issue of small school closures.

DSI arrests B150 million bank robber

HUA HIN: The Department of Special Investigation arrested the head of a Swiss bank robber gang on May 16 in Hua Hin.

US police detain Boston bomb suspect

Phuket News / World

Saturday 20 April 2013, 08:23AM

WATERTOWN: Police said Friday they had detained a teenaged suspect in the Boston marathon bombings after a showdown at a house in the suburbs.

Chinese bank ICBC tops Forbes Global 2000 list

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 20 April 2013, 08:21AM

WASHINGTON: Chinese bank ICBC knocked US oil giant ExxonMobil from its perch as the world's biggest public company Wednesday, ranking number-one for the first time on the Forbes Global 2000 list.

Phuket police boss slams Bangkok over CCTV delay

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 April 2013, 07:33PM

PHUKET: The gold shop robbery and murder on April has highlighted once again a nagging problem for Phuket’s police force: the continuing lack of decent coverage of the island with CCTV cameras, despite proposals to the government.

Phuket Town citizens setting up safety zone

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 April 2013, 07:31PM

PHUKET: A new Phuket Town safety zone is to be set up soon, following the success of the safety zones that have been in operation in Patong since July last year and more recently in Chalong.

Phuket underpass to be completed by early 2014

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 April 2013, 05:41PM

PHUKET: Phuket’s first underpass, which will run underneath the Tainan intersection by Central Festival, is expected to be complete by the start of 2014, the project engineer has confirmed.

A wet and not so wild week in Phuket

Phuket News / Opinion

Friday 19 April 2013, 05:10PM

PHUKET: While last week in Phuket was characterised by a pervading sense of fear and anger, over both the atrocious actions of the callous Tesco Lotus gunman, and promises of protests by the island’s tuk-tuk drivers, this week in Phuket has by contrast, at least on the face of it, been much calmer.

Boston bomb suspect killed after shootout: media

Phuket News / World

Friday 19 April 2013, 03:46PM

BOSTON: One of the Boston bombing suspects reportedly died Friday after a shootout with police, as explosions rang out near the tense US city and officers stayed on the hunt for a second suspect.

Entertainer Rolf Harris named as British sex probe suspect

Phuket News / World

Friday 19 April 2013, 03:41PM

LONDON: Veteran Australian-born entertainer Rolf Harris was on Friday named by media as one of the men questioned by British police investigating allegations of sexual abuse following the scandal involving former BBC DJ and presenter Jimmy Savile.

Thailand dabbles in ‘voluntourism’

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 19 April 2013, 03:23PM

BANGKOK: In an effort to attract more visitors to the Kingdom while simultaneously helping bolster the country’s ecosystem, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has decided to embark on a “voluntourism” project.

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Friday 19 April 2013, 03:10PM

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Chef caught setting Phuket bikes on fire ‘accidentally’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 April 2013, 12:08PM

PHUKET: Three more motorbikes were set on fire in Karon early during Songkran (April 13) but this time – unlike in previous cases of motorbike arson around the island – CCTV cameras caught the culprit at work.

Laguna Phuket hosts record-breaking Nu Skin programme

Phuket News / Business

Friday 19 April 2013, 10:57AM

PHUKET: Laguna Phuket is playing a major role in a record-breaking annual incentive programme being staged over six days on the island for 4,000 delegates and staff of anti-aging products company Nu Skin Greater China, which is predicted to generate a business boom for Phuket and Thailand.

Phuket fugitive ducks into pond

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 April 2013, 10:38AM

PHUKET: A suspected drug dealer went to great lengths to evade police capture yesterday afternoon (April 18) by running away into the forest and trying to hide in a pond.

Preah Vihear temple case: Phnom Penh denies doctoring map

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 19 April 2013, 08:45AM

Cambodia denied Thursday that it had doctored a map to mislead the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its request for the court to interpret its 1962 ruling on the Preah Vihear temple.

Race to find survivors after huge Texas blast kills up to 15

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 11:44PM

TEXAS: Rescuers launched a door-to-door search Thursday for victims after a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer factory killed as many as 15 people and leveled much of this small Texas town.

Six missing after two boats collide in Hong Kong: official

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 18 April 2013, 11:43PM

HONG KONG: Six people were missing after two boats collided in waters off Hong Kong late Thursday.

Pakistani girl makes Time's 'most influential' list

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 11:41PM

NEW YORK: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl and advocate for girls' education who survived a would-be assassin's bullet, is among the 100 most influential people in the world, Time magazine said Thursday.

Swedish anorexia patients targeted by modelling agencies

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 11:40PM

STOCKHOLM: A Stockholm treatment centre for eating disorders on Thursday said talent scouts from modelling agencies had approached their patients outside the clinic, hoping to recruit them.

Bangkok killer found in Phuket after 11 years

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 18 April 2013, 05:54PM

PHUKET: Phuket Police yesterday (April 17) arrested a man wanted for a stabbing murder 11 years ago in Bangkok.

Phuket’s 'zero' road deaths record marred on last day

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 18 April 2013, 05:19PM

PHUKET: The island almost got through the Seven Days of Danger around Songkran with no road deaths.

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