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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.

Thai ‘transgender airline’ grounded over finance issues

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 04:00PM

THAILAND: Months after taking to the skies with Thailand’s first transsexual air crew, fledgling carrier PC Air has suspended services over financial troubles that left passengers stranded in South Korea.

Thailand 2nd in HSBC survey

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 03:55PM

THAILAND: Thailand is ranked second in the world in this year’s HSBC expatriate living survey, just behind Singapore.

Two join Boathouse in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 03:50PM

PHUKET: Argentinean Santiago Lopez has been appointed Director of Food and Beverage at Boathouse Phuket and ReKáTa Beach Club.

Crafty property ideas ‘will fail’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 03:07PM

PHUKET: A lawyer who worked for eight years in Phuket, much of it on land and property issues, has warned that crafty attempts to circumvent Thai property law are most likely doomed to fail – and that a new law on shareholders’ voting rights could shake up the property industry.

Zcape Phuket condos sell out in just three months

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 03:04PM

PHUKET: Tri Property Co celebrated with a party last weekend after selling all 198 units in their Zcape Condominium project in Cherng Talay in less than three months, and announced that construction of the seven-story condo building will begin by the end of the year.

New THAI boss has a giant job ahead

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 03:01PM

THAILAND: Thai Airways International’s new president told local media at his first press conference last week that he would submit a revised business plan for 2013 by the end of this year.

Phuket hotel figures soar

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 02:59PM

PHUKET: Phuket delivered outstanding performances in occupancy rate and revenue per available room (RevPAR) of all destinations in Asia Pacific covered by the August STR Global report.

Thailand ‘a hot target’ for hotel investors

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 02:57PM

THAILAND: Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels (JLLH) are tipping Thailand as a hotel investment market to watch.

Scam artist nets B1.5m from Phuket victim

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 02:53PM

PHUKET: Chawwarote Jangjob, 44, was arrested yesterday for scamming a local man out of B1.5 million by posing as a representative of Phuket’s new Police Chief, Maj Gen Chote Chavalviwat.

‘Ultra-luxury’ cruises head for Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 02:50PM

PHUKET: Miami-based “ultra luxury” cruising company SeaDream Yacht Club has released details of its first ever season sailing in Asia and northern Australia, which will include a stop in Phuket.

Obama, Romney end tumultuous White House campaign

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 12:08PM

WORLD: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney made their final cases to Americans on election eve Monday, capping a grueling, negative, multi-billion dollar campaign and handing their fates to voters.

DNP cancels massive park fees hike

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 10:53AM

THAILAND: In the face of a deluge of criticism from the travel industry, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has cancelled its planned massive hike in park entry fees.

Gov stresses construction standards after wall collapse

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 5 November 2012, 06:47PM

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intusut visited the Senses Beach Resort in Nanai Rd, Patong, yesterday (November 4) to inspect the damage caused when a four-metre-high boundary wall of the hotel collapsed the day before onto houses below it.

Kasikorn Phuket bank robber had done it before

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 5 November 2012, 06:22PM

PHUKET: Anudit Kaewmookda, who robbed the Kasikorn Bank branch on Thepkrasattri Rd last Wednesday (October 31), escaping with B2.7 million, has confessed to pulling off another bank robbery, on January 29 this year.

Central Festival Phuket East opens

Phuket News / Business

Monday 5 November 2012, 03:48PM

PHUKET: The grand opening will not be until December 15 but “Central Festival Phuket East” is now open for business.

Protesters block new Phuket Red Shirt Village plan

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 5 November 2012, 02:21PM

PHUKET: Two groups of local people calling themselves the “Phuket Urban Anti-Red” and the “Phuket Model Banish Red Shirt Village” gathered at the Dragon Park on Thalang Rd in Phuket Town yesterday morning (November 4) to protest once more against any attempt to establish a Red Shirt Village on the island.

Phuket-bound tourists injured in bus smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 5 November 2012, 12:56PM

PHUKET: Around 11 tourists were injured when a bus suffered a tyre blowout and smashed into a concrete wall in Phang Nga yesterday (November 4).

75-year-old Phuket man hurt after crashing into dog

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 5 November 2012, 11:13AM

PHUKET: A 75-year-old foreign motorcyclist, Jean Marie Aug, was taken to Patong hospital after crashing into a dog on Nanai Rd, Patong, on Friday evening.

Two arrested for skimming Phuket ATM

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 5 November 2012, 11:01AM

PHUKET: Two Bulgarian men were arrested last night (November 4) when they went to retrieve sophisticated “skimming” equipment they had installed in an ATM.

Two dead, three injured from carbon monoxide poisoning

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 5 November 2012, 02:12AM

PHUKET: A 30-year-old Burmese worker and his colleague are dead and three others are severely injured after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning while they slept.

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