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Phuket rain fails to dampen locals' merit making spirit

PHUKET: This morning's heavy rain did not affect the turnout for the “Tam boon klang lhad” (Merit Day) as hundreds of locals poured into downtown Phuket to donate food and items to the local monks and 'make merit'.

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Box jellies spotted off Phuket beach [VIDEO]

PHUKET: Following the warning issued by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) that the Southwest Monsoon may bring jellyfish to Phuket's waters, including varieties of the deadly box jellyfish, their presence has already been confirmed

Bangkok: Reconciliation bill comes under fire

BANGKOK: The reconciliation bill sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung is facing growing opposition as it would exonerate those responsible for the crackdown on the 2010 red shirt protests.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler spotted in Phuket Town

PHUKET: Phuket Town locals got a shock last night (May 18) when they spotted Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler partying at Timber Hut bar in Phuket Town.

Dolphin found dead on Phuket beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 06:34PM

PHUKET: A bottlenose dolphin was discovered dead on Bangtao Beach near the Dalar Resort & Spa early yesterday morning (February 25).

Phuket man gravely savaged in pit bull attack

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 06:29PM

PHUKET: A local man, Tiansak Aekpaiboon, 33, is hoping to be released from hospital in a few days after spending three weeks recovering from an attack in front of his house by three large American Pit Bull Terriers.

Live music night to fundraise for Phuket charity

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 04:12PM

PHUKET: Legends Bar and Guesthouse in Kamala is set to hold a live music night on Saturday, March 2, to raise money for the Phuket Has Been Good To Us foundation.

Phuket plans events to celebrate Heroines

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 03:56PM

PHUKET: The annual celebration of the defeat of a Burmese army attempting to take Phuket in 1785 will take place this year from March 2 to 17.

Three die in smash on way home from Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 03:07PM

PHUKET: Three island residents – two adults and child – died in a smash on a wet road yesterday morning (February 26) at Pru Kok, a dangerous curve in Phang Nga. Another two people in the car, from the same family, were injured.

Four dead in Thai Buddhist festival blast: police

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 10:23AM

BANGKOK: Four people were killed and more than 20 injured when a homemade bomb was detonated during a fight at a Buddhist festival in northeast Thailand early Monday, police said.

Phuket Amcham seminar to address US expatriate tax

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 25 February 2013, 05:28PM

PHUKET: If you are a US citizen and are baffled by the US tax regime as it applies to expatriates, the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) has a seminar for you on March 8 at the Holiday Inn Patong.

Wet, windy weather in Phuket for a couple of days

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 25 February 2013, 04:23PM

PHUKET: The Southwest Coast Meteorological Department (SCMD), which is based near Phuket International Airport, has warned that the coast, including Phuket can expect wet and windy weather over the coming few days.

Phuket Buddhists celebrate Makha Bucha Day

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 25 February 2013, 04:03PM

PHUKET: Today is Makha Bucha Day, a key date in the Buddhist calendar, when Buddhists celebrate the teachings of the Buddha, and commemorate a key event that took place nine months after the Buddha attained enlightenment.

1,500 turn up to Phuket ‘Talent’ auditions

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 25 February 2013, 01:11PM

PHUKET: Around 1,500 people from Phuket and all over Thailand mobbed the Millennium Hotel in Patong’s Jungceylon complex on Saturday and Sunday (February 23-24) for the auditions for Season 3 of the Thailand’s Got Talent television talent contest.

VIDEO: 780 kg of kratom seized in Phuket; three arrested

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 25 February 2013, 11:22AM

PHUKET: Three men were arrested when Thalang police seized more than three quarters of a ton of kratom leaves from trees in their gardens in Baan Pa Khlok in a series of raids.

Police cast doubt on Scottish rape claim

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 25 February 2013, 09:02AM

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The rape of a Scottish woman in Nakhon Si Thammarat has prompted the provincial police force to launch a manhunt for the offenders.

Phuket positions itself as 'retail therapy' destination

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 25 February 2013, 08:35AM

PHUKET: A big increase in Chinese and Russian tourists has transformed the popular resort island of Phuket into a shopping destination.

B1.02bn of meth pills seized

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 24 February 2013, 08:49PM

BANGKOK: Police seized a total of 3.4 million methamphetamine pills, worth more than 1.02 billion baht in street value, in three major drug busts, Pol Maj Gen Surapol Thuanthong, deputy commissioner of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, said on Sunday.

Phuket drug dealer tries to shoot police

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 February 2013, 03:51PM

PHUKET: Police had a lucky escape this week when Witoon Piwluang, a drug dealer in Cherng Talay grabbed an officer’s gun and tried to shoot the police who had come to arrest him.

B3 million Russian tour company scam reported to Pattaya Police

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 23 February 2013, 10:24AM

PATTAYA: A Russian travel agency is once again under the spotlight and is thought to have sold an estimated B3 million worth of non-existent tour packages to Russian tourists.

Thai water buffalo goes from slaughterhouse to stardom

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 February 2013, 11:17PM

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A picture posted on Facebook has helped save a water buffalo from the slaughterhouse and it is now on course to star in movies.

Russian baby killed in Koh Phangan crash

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 February 2013, 11:15PM

KOH PHANGAN: A nine-month-old Russian baby was killed and his mother critically injured when two motorcycles collided on Koh Phangan.

Phuket court told of family’s search for ‘House of Horror’ victim

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 February 2013, 06:28PM

PHUKET: Norwegian Stein Havard Dokset was in court again today for the second day of prosecution testimony in the “House of Horror” murder case.

Prompong: Police stations fiasco ‘has bad effect on Phuket’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 February 2013, 06:17PM

PHUKET: Phue Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit told The Phuket News today (February 22) that he is very concerned about the effect the years-long delays in building new police stations and police accommodation will have on tourism destinations such as Phuket.

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