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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has increased the fuel tariff rate (FT) on electricity, which will result in higher power bills from this month on.

Thursday 3 January 2013, 04:15PM

Dane fined for false attack report

PHUKET: A 19-year-old Dane, Morten Budtz Berthelsen, was today sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for two years, and fined B500 for making a false report to Kamala police, in which he said he was attacked and robbed by a Thai gang at Kamala Beach.

Thursday 3 January 2013, 03:46PM

Britain warns tourists about Thai violence

The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), the country’s foreign ministry yesterday (January 2) updated its online travel advisory with a strong warning over the possibility of criminal violence against tourists in Thailand, particularly on Koh Samui and neighbouring Koh Pha Ngan.

Thursday 3 January 2013, 02:46PM

Myanmar air strikes hit Kachin rebel base [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 3 January 2013, 10:16AM

KACHIN STATE: Myanmar’s military is using air strikes against Kachin rebels in the north of the country, in an escalation of a conflict that has raised doubts over the country’s reform drive.

Thai arrested over death of Briton at New Year party

KOH PHANGAN:Police in Thailand said Wednesday they had arrested a Thai over the death of a British tourist shot during New Year celebrations at one of the Southeast Asian nation's most popular islands.

Thursday 3 January 2013, 09:08AM

Phuket blood bank appeals for donations

PHUKET: The Phuket Regional Blood Centre appealed for more blood this morning (January 2) in the Governor’s monthly press briefing at Provincial Hall.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 06:17PM

One dead after car slams into Phuket power pole

PHUKET: A car crashed into a power pole in Kathu in the early hours of yesterday (January 1), killing the front-seat passenger.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 04:51PM

Falling Phuket bike rider dies after hitting kerb

PHUKET: A Thai man died instantly this morning when his bike went out from under him and his head hit the kerb at the side of the eastern carriageway of the main Patong-Phuket Town road, opposite the Caltex station in Kathu. The crash took place at 11am.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 04:43PM

Speedboat driver murdered in Phuket Town

PHUKET: Ronnachai Chailiang, 26, a speedboat driver from Phi Phi was murdered early this morning right in front of the main gate of Wat Wichit Sangkaram, next to the Anuban Phuket primary school, and not far from Provincial Hall.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 04:20PM

Phuket sends Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar

PHUKET: The 74 Rohingya refugees found in a rickety boat off Rawai on Monday (December 31) are to be sent back to Myanmar, the country they fled 13 days ago.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 04:00PM

9 dead during 'Seven Days of Danger'

PHUKET: This year’s 'Seven Days of Danger' road safety campaign ended with mixed results – the total number of accidents dropped to a third of the number in 2011-2012, as did the number of people injures. But the number of deaths rose.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 01:12PM

RAYONG: At midnight New Year's Eve, the beach at Mae Phim village in Rayong east Thailand was turned into an inferno of fire. The culprit was a rocket which ignited a thatched roof of Joe Joe restaurant and minutes after the whole lane of restaurants was on fire.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 12:59PM

Four Thais jailed over deaths of 54 Myanmar migrants bound for Phuket

THAILAND: Four people smugglers were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison by a Thai court after 54 illegal workers from Myanmar suffocated to death inside a seafood container, an official said on December 28.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:52AM

60 dead in New Year’s stampede in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN: At least 60 people died and dozens more were injured in Abidjan as crowds that had gathered for celebratory New Year’s fireworks stampeded overnight, Ivory Coast rescue workers said on Tuesday.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:23AM

Senegal road accident kills 18

DAKAR: A minibus and a coach packed with pilgrims collided Tuesday in western Senegal, killing at least 18 people and leaving another 16 wounded, emergency services said.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:20AM

Singapore arrests boy over Facebook bomb threat

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:19AM

SINGAPORE: Singapore police on Tuesday arrested a 13-year-old Indian boy for posting a Facebook message in which he allegedly threatened to bomb a luxury casino resort in the city-state.

Tens of thousands march against Hong Kong leader

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:17AM

HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong Tuesday, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.

Record 40,000 Dutch in New Year North Sea dip

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Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:16AM

THE HAGUE: A record 40,000 people braved icy temperatures on the Netherlands’s North Sea coast Tuesday to take a cold plunge, setting a new record for the traditional New Year’s Day dip, organisers said.

Dozens hurt in West Bank after Israeli commandos rumbled

NABLUS: Israeli troops wounded dozens of Palestinians in clashes in a West Bank village on Tuesday after the discovery of a small commando force disguised as Arabs brought a crowd of stone-throwing villagers onto the streets, Palestinians said.

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:15AM

Motorcycle bomb kills four in Pakistan’s Karachi