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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.

Thailand, Taiwan TV stations sorry for Thatcher photo gaffes

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 09:22AM

BANGKOK: A Thai station apologised Tuesday for showing a photo of actress Meryl Streep when reporting the death of Margaret Thatcher, while a Taiwanese cable news channel ran a photo of Queen Elizabeth II.

Thailand: Defamation charges chill labour rights inquiries

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 09:09AM

THAILAND: Criminal defamation charges against a prominent labour activist violate his right to free speech and will have a chilling effect on investigations of alleged rights abuses by companies in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said on April 9.

Reward for Phuket gold heist and killing doubled to B400k

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 11:08PM

PHUKET: The reward for information leading to the capture of the man who robbed a gold shop at the Tesco-Lotus supermarket on the bypass road and shot dead a customer last night has been doubled.

Coffee, tea or Richard Branson?

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 05:55PM

The day may have been rescheduled time after time, but on May 12, Sir Richard Branson will finally shave the hair off his legs and slip into a sexy red skirt for his debut as a flight attendant aboard an AirAsia X flight.

Police investigate Phuket motorbike ‘arson’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 05:41PM

PHUKET: Police are investigating a spate of motorbike fires around the island, with all believed to be arson.

Phuket robbery victim’s actions praised

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 04:46PM

PHUKET: The actions of the customer shot dead in last night’s gold shop robbery have been recognised by an award presented to his fiancee at the Phuket Provincial Hall today (April 9).

News Today, April 9

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 04:27PM

The Daily News Phuket

Phuket Songkran events round-up

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 03:12PM

PHUKET: With Songkran coming up this weekend, here's a list of events happening around Phuket.

Villagers lose fight over Phuket ‘fallow’ land

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 12:08PM

PHUKET: People living in a small village on 83 rai of land near Klong Mudong in Chalong staged a protest last Friday (April 5) when land officers, accompanied by police, arrived to survey the land.

B200k reward offered for info on Phuket robbery-murder [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 10:02AM

PHUKET: Police have offered a reward of B200,000 for information leading to the arrest of the gold shop robber who shot dead a customer yesterday evening (April 8) in the CP Goldmaster shop next to Tesco Lotus on the bypass road.

Thai draft 'lottery' brings range of emotions [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 09:58AM

Ror Dor: Early April is the time of year when healthy Thai men, aged 21 to 30 and having never attended the Ror Dor military school, need to participate in the military draft.

News Today, April 8

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 08:56AM

The Daily News Phuket

Phuket gold shop robber shoots and kills customer

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 12:17AM

PHUKET: A gold robber ransacking the CP Goldmaster gold shop next to Tesco Lotus on the bypass road tonight (April 8) at about 7 pm, callously and coolly shot a customer who tried to remonstrate with him.

'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

Phuket News / World

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:43PM

Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the controversial 'Iron Lady' who shaped a generation of British politics, died following a stroke on Monday at the age of 87, her spokesman said.

10 rai of Phuket forest found demolished

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:16PM

PHUKET: Around 10 rai of Forest Reserve on Pu Wa Hill in the Kamala mountain range in Kathu have been found illegally demolished, with valuable agarwood trees cut down.

Three Chinese ‘ripped off on Phuket bike rental’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:08PM

PHUKET: Three Chinese tourists have faced problems with motorcycle rental companies in the past week, the Chinese Vice-Consul in Songkhla, Qin Jian, told The Phuket News today.

Battle lines drawn over new Phuket Provincial Hall

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 8 April 2013, 06:13PM

PHUKET: Stout opposition to the proposed new Provincial Hall was voiced at a public meeting at the Phuket Merlin Hotel on Friday (April 5), with opponents vociferously unhappy that they will be losing their tennis courts and the Sanam Chai playing fields along Surin Rd.

Foreign man found dead in suspicious circumstances on Pattaya Highway 7

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 8 April 2013, 08:52AM

PATTAYA: A foreign man whose age, name, and nationality cannot be confirmed at this point, was found dead in the middle of the Pattaya-bound carriageway of Highway 7 in East Pattaya on Friday Night and he is not thought to have been killed in a road accident.

How to beat the blistering Thailand heat

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 8 April 2013, 08:42AM

BANGKOK: The sweltering weather poses few problems for people working indoors or in air-conditioned workplaces, but for many people who have to work outside, it takes some creativity to beat the heat.

Phuket medics join Bird Flu alert

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 7 April 2013, 04:02PM

PHUKET: Hospitals in Phuket and around Thailand are on high alert for tourist-borne cases of the H7N9 virus, which has claimed a sixth victim in China.

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