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PHUKET: A man was shot in the neck on New Year’s Eve just after midnight at a drinking party on Sakdidej Rd, Wichit.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 06:07PM

Phuket Opinion: The best things in Phuket are free

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 05:57PM

PHUKET: The best things in life are free. Try telling my girlfriend that.

Australian dies after 9th-floor leap

PHUKET: A 21-year-old Australian, Eric Sebastian Faulkner, was found severely injured at 9.45 pm yesterday (December 31), on the ground at the front of the Andaman Beach Suites Hotel on Rat-U-Thit Song Roi Pee Rd in Patong.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 05:05PM

Phuket megaparty final night a big loud hit

PHUKET: There couldn’t have been a bigger contrast between the first and last nights of the Sydictive Element New Year party.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 04:12PM

Rohingya refugees resupply at Rawai

PHUKET: Seventy-four Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar brought their rickety boat close to Rawai last night (December 31), looking for supplies to allow them to continue their journey to their intended destination, Malaysia.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 02:39PM

His Majesty sends New Year greetings

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 02:13PM

BANGKOK: His Majesty the King has called on all Thais to extend compassion to others as a way to lead a happy life, in the royal New Year's greeting card released by the palace Monday.

Firemen save Karon apartment

PHUKET: It was not a good start to the New Year for the residents of an apartment on Patak Soi 10 in Karon when fire threatened to engulf their flat.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 11:52AM

Minister orders Phuket airport expansion speeded up

PHUKET: Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered construction of the extension of the Phuket International Airport terminal to be speeded up.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 10:57AM

Former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo sighted in Phuket

PHUKET: Roberto Di Matteo, the Italian footballer and former Chelsea boss, has been spotted in Phuket.

Thursday 27 December 2012, 09:18AM

Car taxes to be linked to emissions

BANGKOK: The Cabinet has approved a new excise tax structure for vehicles, to take effect in January 2016, that will be in linked to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:56AM

Mortgages for foreigners available again

PHUKET: Over the past 20 years there have been a few periods when loans have been accessible to foreigners wishing to buy property in Thailand.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 10:02AM

Govt ‘to step up piracy fight’

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

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:50AM

US to miss fiscal cliff deadline

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.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:49AM

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

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.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:40AM

North Korea's leader calls for 'radical turnabout'

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.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:32AM

Global New Year fireworks usher in 2013

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.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:28AM

Tax revenue rises, tax rates to be cut

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.

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:24AM

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’