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NEWS TODAY May 22

Massive power black-out in southern Thailand. Immigration police raid in Kathu Wat. Deal struck for life-gurads in June. Monsoon pushing fish prices up.

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Man dies after second-storey fall in Phuket

PHUKET: A welder from Nan province in northern Thailand died around 11am this morning (May 22) when he fell from the second floor of a building near the Heroines’ Monument.

Update: Foreigner found drowned in Phuket identified

PHUKET: The foreigner found drowned and washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 on Tuesday morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park has been identified.

'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.

Phuket crash kills Swiss tourist

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 16 February 2013, 10:01PM

PHUKET: A Swiss tourist died after he lost control of his car and it plunged onto the beach early on Saturday morning (February 16).

Thai couple smooch to a new world record

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 16 February 2013, 01:49PM

BANGKOK: A kiss lasting nearly two-and-a-half days propelled one determined Thai couple to a new record for the world's longest smooch on Valentine's Day, organisers said Friday.

Phuket: Asteroid to make close encounter tonight

Phuket News / World

Friday 15 February 2013, 05:27PM

EARTH: Question: What has a diameter about the same as the Heroines Monument, weighs the same as 10,000 London buses, and flies at 23 times the speed of sound?

187 couples wed in Phuket on Valentine Day

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 04:42PM

PHUKET: Phuket’s three district offices, Muang, Kathu and Thalang, were jammed yesterday as couples queued to get married on the most romantic day of the year – Valentine’s Day.

Phuket visa run minibus crashes

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 04:40PM

PHUKET: A visa run minibus crashed off the rain-soaked road in Phang Nga and rolled yesterday afternoon (February14) on the way back from Ranong.

TOT server crash wipes out Phuket Internet

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 02:59PM

PHUKET: Access to the Internet via TOT – across Thailand – was wiped out for several hours this morning and early afternoon (February 15) after the telephone company’s main server in Bangkok crashed.

UFO explodes over eastern Russia [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 15 February 2013, 01:54PM

WEIRD WORLD: Astonishing online videos show the moment an unidentified flying object exploded in the sky above eastern Russia today.

Phuket Opinion: Celebrating history

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 12:35PM

PHUKET: If it’s one thing that Phuket Town does well, it’s festivals. Last week’s Chinese New Year festival in Phuket Town culminated on the Sanam Chai football field with a wonderful assortment of celebrations on Sunday night. There were Chinese acrobats, Chinese musicians, Chinese dancing and a magnificent fireworks display, which was, technically speaking, Chinese in origin.

Phuket Old Town Festival begins today

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 10:01AM

PHUKET: A large parade through the streets of Phuket’s Old Town this afternoon (February 15) will mark the start of the three-day annual festival.

New appeal to find missing British tourist

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 15 February 2013, 09:15AM

KOH PHANGAN: It's almost five years since English tourist Daniel Hall went missing while backpacking in Thailand. He was last seen on Koh Phangan in 2008.

Mother's warning after British man's motorcycle death in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 08:40AM

PHUKET: A British mother has warned of the dangers of young people hiring motorcycles abroad after her 22-year-old son was killed in a crash in Phuket last year.

Phuket checkpoint catches druggies

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 04:51PM

PHUKET: Two people in possession of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice), were arrested at a police checkpoint on the Sai Muang Mai-Pa Khlok Rd near Dream Village and Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa yesterday afternoon (February 13).

Phuket speedboat victims face mounting medical costs

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 03:57PM

PHUKET: Two Australian sisters injured in a speedboat incident last month now face mounting doctor’s bills after what they say was incorrect treatment by Phuket International Hospital – with the tour company responsible yet to pay for expensive additional treatment.

'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius arrested for killing girlfriend

Phuket News / World

Thursday 14 February 2013, 03:29PM

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was arrested early Thursday for allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder, media reports said.

Phuket tailor shop targeted in vandal act

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 01:29PM

PHUKET: An act of vandalism on a tailor’s shop in Naithon last night (February 13) has led its Nepalese owner to express concerns over the future of the area.

Russian man dies of Phuket crash injuries

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 11:31AM

PHUKET: The 25-year-old Russian man hit by a truck wheel last week has died of his injuries.

Phuket: Dokset offers to pay compensation – reports

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 11:25AM

PHUKET: The brother of Rungnapa “June” Suktong, whose body was found decomposing in the home of Norwegian man Stein Havard Dokset, testified during the first day of Dokset’s murder trial on Tuesday (February 12), a Norwegian newspaper has reported.

British backpacker missing in Australian Outback

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:36AM

AUSTRALIA: A British backpacker was missing in Australia's remote Outback Thursday after failing to return from a hike, sparking a police search with fears he may have come to harm.

Five dead as plane makes emergency landing in Ukraine

Phuket News / World

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:33AM

UKRAINE: Five people died when an Antonov AN-24 plane with dozens of football fans on board made an emergency landing in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on Wednesday, officials said.

'Too much meanness' in US political life: Panetta

Phuket News

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:30AM

US: Looking back at a long political career, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday lamented an increasingly bitter atmosphere in Washington, saying there was "too much meanness" on display.

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