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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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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 when they spotted Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler partying at Timber Hut bar in Phuket Town.

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.

THAI defends safety record after poor survey marks

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:55PM

BANGKOK: Thai Airways Inter- national (THAI) has defended its safety record after being placed low down in a safety ranking compiled by Germany’s Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre (JACDEC).

PC Air to sue Korean partners

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:53PM

BANGKOK: PC Air, the privately owned Thai charter airline that leapt to fame by hiring ladyboy as cabin crew, has sued two South Korean business partners for B1.5 billion in compensation for damage to its reputation.

Phuket Airport ‘risks losing private jet visitors’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:49PM

PHUKET: The massive overcrowding at Phuket International Airport is causing such inconvenience to the tycoons and celebrities arriving by private jet that they may simply go elsewhere, a Hong Kong-based organisation has warned.

Mali war shows France is Africa’s reluctant gendarme

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:44PM

FRANCE: Despite sending warplanes and soldiers to fight Islamists in the Sahara, French President Francois Hollande has largely kept his promise to shun the shady system that saw France dictate politics in former African colonies, analysts said.

Pakistan foreign minister says India ‘warmongering’

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:41PM

PAKISTAN: India is “warmongering” over deadly clashes in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan’s foreign minister said Tuesday while calling for talks to end the new hostilities.

China to survey islands disputed with Japan: Xinhua

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:36PM

CHINA: Beijing is to carry out a geographical survey of islands in the East China Sea, state media said on Tuesday, the latest salvo in an increasingly tense dispute with Tokyo over the uninhabited territory.

Art Basel unveils plans for Hong Kong show

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:33PM

HONG KONG: Art Basel on Tuesday unveiled the lineup for its inaugural Hong Kong show in May, in which it promised “the strongest combination of galleries from East and West that the art world has ever seen”.

Phuket manager arrested after ‘years of bullying and cheating’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:30PM

PHUKET: The developer and manager of a condominium in Wichit has been arrested on a variety of charges after tenants complained about a reign of fear he conducted against them as he allegedly pocketed money that should have been used to pay bills or for repairs.

Canadian kills two, self in Philippine court

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:26PM

PHILIPPINES: A Canadian involved in legal disputes with his neighbours shot dead two people Tuesday in a courtroom rampage in the central Philippines before killing himself, police said.

Video captures brave rescue in Spanish metro

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:25PM

SPAIN: A Spanish policeman was Tuesday hailed a hero after a dramatic security video captured him rescuing a woman who fell onto the tracks of the Madrid subway system moments before a train arrived.

Japan mourns highest terror toll since 9/11

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:24PM

JAPAN: Japan grieved Tuesday over its greatest loss of life at militant hands since 9/11 as the carnage in Algeria provoked soul-searching for a people who have been relatively immune to Islamist terror.

Spate of Iraq car bombs kill 17

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:23PM

IRAQ: A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed 17 people and wounded dozens of others on Tuesday, shattering a relative calm after a spate of deadly attacks last week.

China's Xi says 'no leniency' in corruption fight

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:23PM

CHINA: China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping intensified calls for a crackdown on corruption Tuesday, saying there would be "no leniency" for party officials whatever their rank, state media reported.

Golden day for Phuket pork vendor

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 05:39PM

PHUKET: Pork vendor Atcharaporn Weerakarn has bought tickets for the annual Red Cross lottery for as long as she can remember, and yesterday (January 21) she was rewarded when she finally won the grand prize – B500,000 worth of gold.

New airport-Kata bus service to launch in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 03:44PM

PHUKET: Despite the possibility of a violent reaction from taxi and tuk-tuk drivers, a new bus service linking Phuket International Airport to Kata via Patong will begin in March, the Chief of the Phuket Land Transportation Office (PLTO), Teerayut Prasertphol, has announced.

Myanmar gets ready for first ever international literary festival

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 02:54PM

MYANMAR: The Irrawaddy Literary Festival, to be held in Yangon from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd February 2012, brings together a stellar cast of high-profile international authors and local Burmese counterparts.

Photographing Baba life in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 02:43PM

PHUKET: Photo competition ‘Baba Life Photo @ Phuket’ will be held on Sunday, February 3, along Thalang Road in Phuket Town, where photographers will take photos of models in traditional Baba dress.

Phuket food festival returns

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 02:20PM

PHUKET: The fifth Phuket Traditional Food Festival kicked off on Sunday at Saphan Hin, and will continue until Thursday (January 24).

Still no sightings of missing Phuket surfer

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 12:51PM

PHUKET: Police have found no more clues to shed light on the disappearance of American surfer Brett Bean, nearly two months after he was last heard from.

CCTV fails to reveal details of Phuket murder

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 12:32PM

PHUKET: CCTV camera footage around the area where Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort staff member Jintana Mahattanapak was murdered did not capture footage of her killers, police said today (January 22).

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