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Phuket: Today's 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.

Receptionist drugged, hotel robbed in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 17 January 2013, 11:11AM

PHUKET: Police are looking for a foreigner who drugged the receptionist at the Karon Place Hotel, Phuket, on Monday (January 14) and then robbed the safety deposit boxes behind the counter.

Australian teen blinded by Bali cocktail warns others

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 06:12PM

BALI: A 17-year-old Australian tourist blinded by a cocktail in Bali is warning others to watch out for nightclubs on the island that lure backpackers with cheap drinks.

Phuket hospital urgently need O-neg blood

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 05:21PM

PHUKET: Type-O Rhesus-negative blood is urgently required at Vachira Phuket Hospital for a foreign man who is in serious condition and must have urgent heart surgery.

Central Festival Phuket announce B10bn expansion

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 05:12PM

PHUKET: Central Retail Corporation (CRC), the country's leading retail operator, will spend over 10 billion baht to develop a new luxury lifestyle complex in Phuket.

Dead baby found dumped at Phuket trash site

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 05:12PM

PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a newborn baby girl, after she was found at 10am this morning (January 16), dumped in a black bag.

Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly to be buried beside mother

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 05:10PM

AUSTRALIA: Legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly will finally be laid to rest beside his mother in line with his final wishes at a plot not far from the site of his last stand, his family said Wednesday.

Second Khmer Rouge suspect hospitalised in Cambodia

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 05:10PM

CAMBODIA: Former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan was admitted to hospital in Cambodia on Wednesday, a court official said, becoming the second ageing war crimes suspect taken ill within days.

Japan PM heads to SE Asia on first overseas tour

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 05:05PM

JAPAN: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday left for Southeast Asia on his first overseas trip since winning power, seeking to shore up relationships as a counterweight to an increasingly confident China.

Malaysia rated top Muslim-friendly holiday destination

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 05:04PM

SINGAPORE: Malaysia has been rated the world's top Muslim-friendly holiday destination in a survey released Wednesday that listed Egypt, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Singapore as runners-up.

Swiss man, 87, drowns in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 11:15AM

PHUKET: The waters of Patong Bay claimed another life yesterday when an 87-year-old Swiss citizen was found drowned in front of Loma Park in Phuket.

Phuket condo bully’s reign of fear ends in arrest

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 10:54AM

PHUKET: The 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.

Snoop Dogg sighted in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 16 January 2013, 08:59AM

PHUKET: Snoop Lion, the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg, arrived in Phuket late last night and is currently staying at the Sri Panwa resort in Panwa.

Dutch man’s death in Phuket confirmed as drowning

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 07:21PM

PHUKET: Police have announced that Dutch national Stephan Henricus Maria Buczynski, 26, whose body was found floating in the sea off Patong on Sunday morning (January 13), died of drowning.

Scared Phuket tenants in plea to government

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 07:08PM

PHUKET: Ten people went to the Phuket Governor’s residence at 10 pm last night, planning to ask him to help them with their landlord’s representative who, they alleged, had cut off their power and water and vandalised a car belonging to one of the tenants.

Light-fingered monk defrocked in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 07:02PM

PHUKET: A monk from Chaiyapoom Province in Isaan was defrocked after being caught stealing money from shops in Phuket Town today (January 15).

Hong Kong tourist dies in Phuket pool mystery

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 06:09PM

PHUKET: A tourist from Hong Kong has died in mysterious circumstances while swimming in the pool at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa late yesterday morning (January 14).

Family desperate to hear from missing Brit

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 05:46PM

KOH TAO: The family of a 22-year-old British tourist spoke of their alarm on Sunday (January 13) when he failed to return home on a flight from Thailand. He has now been missing for almost a week and the alarm has turned to anguish.

Iranian suspects deny Bangkok blast plot: lawyer

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 05:02PM

BANGKOK: Two Iranians on trial for an alleged botched bomb plot against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok appeared in court again Tuesday as their Thai lawyer protested their innocence.

'Very happy' Bush the elder leaves hospital

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10:52AM

US: Former US president George H.W. Bush was released from hospital on Monday following more than two months of treatment for bronchitis, a bacterial infection and a persistent cough.

US boy guilty of killing Neo-Nazi father

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10:51AM

US: An abused 12-year-old boy who shot his Neo-Nazi father dead while he was sleeping at their California home was found guilty Monday of second degree murder.

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