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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 in which he repeatedly tried to have sex with her and she repeatedly defended herself.

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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.

4 plots of Phuket land checked - all illegal

PHUKET: As part of an ongoing investigation into land encroachment on the island, Pol Lt Gen Jutti Thammanovanich, Head of the Special Unit of the Ministry of Interior came down from Bangkok to investigate land plots in the Patong, Kathu and Kamala areas today.

The Big List: Strange endangered animals

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 7 February 2013, 01:49PM

THE BIG LIST: New Zealand’s kiwis (the birds, not people) are on the endangered animals list – and maybe New Zealand’s cats will join them there, if one campaigner has his way (see story at right.) Today’s best known endangered animal is probably the panda, but here are some of the stranger animals now facing extinction.

Scientist seeks mother for his ‘cave-man’ baby

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 7 February 2013, 01:45PM

WEIRD WORLD: A researcher at Havard Medical School in the United States says an “adventurous female” is needed to serve as the surrogate mother for the first Neanderthal baby to be born in at least 30,000 years.

Fur flies over call to exterminate Kiwi cats

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 7 February 2013, 01:42PM

WEIRD WORLD: A New Zealand campaigner has infuriated cat lovers with a call to eradicate their pets, to stop them killing endangered native birds.

Robot car lets you sleep at the wheel

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 7 February 2013, 01:40PM

WEIRD WORLD: The Chinese military is developing a robotic car that will let drivers fall asleep at the wheel.

Thai toddler becomes YouTube hit

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 7 February 2013, 11:49AM

BANGKOK: A three-year-old half-Thai, half-British boy has racked up over two million YouTube views with a clip of him reciting the Thai alphabet.

Dramatic landslide rescue in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 February 2013, 12:29AM

PHUKET: A dramatic rescue effort took place to try and save two construction workers trapped in the rubble when a hillside came down behind Soi Nanai in Patong around 3pm yesterday afternoon (February 6).

Russian man found dead in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 06:35PM

PHUKET: Russian man Ivan Malyukov, 53, was found dead and sitting upright in a hotel restaurant in Patong this morning.

One dead, one injured in Phuket landslide

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 05:38PM

PHUKET: There have been reports one person is dead and another injured following a landslide in Patong this afternoon.

Nominations open for Thailand Property Awards 2013

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 05:13PM

BANGKOK: Nominations officially opened for the eighth annual Thailand Awards on Monday February 4th and property sector firms from across the kingdom are already being put forward for consideration in 35 categories.

Monk defrocked after Phuket drugs, women bender

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 04:26PM

PHUKET: A Nakhon Sawan monk from central Thailand was defrocked yesterday (February 5) in Phuket after being caught with two women and a pile of drugs.

Five dead as 8.0 quake off Solomons sparks Pacific tsunami

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 03:22PM

SOLOMON ISLANDS: A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five people dead and dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.

Anchor-wielding jet ski operator wanted by Phuket police

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 11:56AM

PHUKET: Police are on the hunt for an anchor-wielding jet ski operator who allegedly swung the heavy anchor at a German tourist, narrowly missing his head.

Phuket officials to inspect Racha Yai again

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 11:12AM

PHUKET: Phuket Vice-Governor Dr Sommai Preechasilpa, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Management, and other officials will visit Racha Yai island tomorrow (February 7) with the hope of finally solving the island’s long-standing pollution issues.

Bangkok officials arrive to check Phuket foreign businesses

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 06:09PM

PHUKET: A team from the Department of Business Development (DBD) in Bangkok will arrive in Phuket this month to help local officials investigate foreign businesses on the island.

Phuket Old Town Festival returns

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 04:02PM

PHUKET: Phuket’s much-loved Old Town Festival is back for another year, and will run from February 15-17, coinciding with the island’s Chinese New Year celebrations.

Russians robbed in Phuket hotels

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 03:38PM

PHUKET: Four different groups of Russian tourists have been the victims of hotel theft in the last two weeks.

Phuket’s Chalong Temple Fair announced

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 03:30PM

PHUKET: The annual Chalong Temple Fair will take place from February 9-16, Phuket officials have announced.

Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs: study

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:51PM

FRANCE: Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

Four traders killed in insurgency-hit Thai south

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:26PM

YALA: Four fruit traders were shot dead by suspected militants in Thailand's unrest-hit south early on Tuesday, an army spokesman told AFP.

China one-child policy enforcer runs over baby

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:20PM

BEIJING: A Chinese official demanding a couple pay a fine for violating the country's one-child policy crushed their 13-month-old boy to death with a car, a local spokesman said Tuesday.

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