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

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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.

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.

Govt ‘to step up piracy fight’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:50AM

PHUKET: The Commerce Ministry has vowed to step up the fight against piracy and counterfeiting next year.

US to miss fiscal cliff deadline

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:49AM

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers missed a deadline to avoid the “fiscal cliff” budget crunch Monday but inched towards a deal to ease the worst impact of the crisis by heading off economy-busting tax hikes.

Venezuela cancels New Year's parties as Chavez' condition worsens

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:40AM

CARACAS: Backers of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prayed and called off New Year’s Eve festivities Monday as the cancer-stricken leftist leader took a turn for the worse.

North Korea's leader calls for 'radical turnabout'

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:32AM

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un called Tuesday for an easing of tensions with the South and flagged a “radical turnabout” in the national economy in a rare voiced message broadcast on state television.

Global New Year fireworks usher in 2013

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:28AM

World cities from Sydney and Hong Kong to Dubai and London rang in the New Year with spectacular fireworks on Monday, as revellers at Times Square in New York sought to top off the global extravaganza.

Tax revenue rises, tax rates to be cut

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:24AM

BANGKOK: With the government throwing huge amounts of money at propping up rice and rubber prices, there was good news this week: Thailand’s revenue from tax collection in the first two months of the 2013 fiscal year (October-November) hit B321 billion.

No feeding the fish, please

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:20AM

PHANG NGA: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is to crack down on visitors feeding fish at diving and snorkelling sites near the Surin and Similan islands.

Christians, OrBorJor reward ‘excellent Phuket people’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 31 December 2012, 05:19PM

PHUKET: Members of the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (OrBorJor) and local Christian communities gathered last night (December 30) to reward eight “Excellent People of 2012” for their contributions to society.

‘Colourful Countdown’ to light up Phuket City

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 31 December 2012, 04:18PM

PHUKET: If you are not among the millions of people who are heading for the Sydictive beach party or its TAT-backed free electronic music counterpart at Karon Beach, there’s an alternative in Phuket Town.

Bus driver flees crash that kills two motorcyclists in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 31 December 2012, 02:38PM

PHUKET: Two more motorcyclists died in the early hours of this morning when they were in collision with a bus full of tourists heading for Phuket International Airport.

Akon ‘definitely not appearing’ at Phuket megaparty

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 31 December 2012, 01:03PM

PHUKET: Senegalese R&B and hip-hop performer Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam – better known as Akon – will most definitely not be the headliner at the Sydictive party tonight (December 31). In fact, he won’t be appearing at all.

Amateur video shows Moscow crash landing

Phuket News / World

Monday 31 December 2012, 12:07PM

MOSCOW: Amateur video shows the moment when a passenger jet smashed into a raised highway after missing the runway at Moscow's airport.

New parks supremo sows confusion with reshuffle

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 31 December 2012, 11:41AM

PHUKET: Environmental activists are trying to understand the implications and the behind-scenes politicking following a major reshuffle of senior staff at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).

Uruguayan resort thieves nab jewels worth $4.6 mn

Phuket News / World

Monday 31 December 2012, 11:04AM

MONTEVIDEO: Some $4.6 million (3.5 million euros) worth of jewelry and another $33,000 (25,000 euros) in cash were stolen from a house in an exclusive Uruguayan resort town, police said Sunday.

Mexico police to be fired after refusing to work

Phuket News / World

Monday 31 December 2012, 11:02AM

GUADALAJARA: Thirty-one Jalisco state police officers refusing to work amid Mexico’s staggering drug violence will be dismissed Monday, a government official said.

Nine dead in US after bus careens into Oregon ravine

Phuket News / World

Monday 31 December 2012, 11:01AM

LOS ANGELES: A Canada-bound bus crashed through a guard rail on an icy road in Oregon on Sunday and careened into a ravine, killing at least nine people and injuring at least 18 others, state police said.

East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years

Phuket News

Monday 31 December 2012, 10:57AM

DILI: The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia’s youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.

Fear reigns in Central Africa’s capital Bangui

Phuket News / World

Monday 31 December 2012, 10:52AM

BANGUI: Nightfall in Bangui’s normally bustling streets brings an eery quiet to the capital of the Central African Republic, where authorities have enacted a curfew ahead of a possible rebel move on the city.

US Lawmakers still at odds on brink of fiscal cliff

Phuket News

Monday 31 December 2012, 10:47AM

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers are returning to work on New Year’s Eve for the first time in more than 40 years in a final attempt to reach a deal to avert a fiscal calamity set to hit the world economy within hours.

Gang hits gem-cutting plant in Brazil, takes hostages

Phuket News / World

Monday 31 December 2012, 10:35AM

BRASILIA: Military police killed the leader of a gang that had spectacularly blasted its way into a gem-cutting plant Sunday, traded fire with police and made off with nine hostages who were later safely freed.

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