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Phuket 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.

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.

Newborn left in controversial Belgian 'babybox'

Phuket News / World

Sunday 4 November 2012, 06:07PM

WORLD: A newborn baby boy has been left in a "babybox" in the Belgian city of Antwerp, the latest unwanted infant whose parents have taken advantage of a controversial charity scheme, the Belga news agency reported Sunday.

China ex-minister formally expelled from party: media

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 4 November 2012, 06:06PM

ASIA: China's ruling Communist party formally expelled former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun on Sunday, paving the way for a trial over alleged bribe-taking of 800 million yuan ($128 million), state media said.

Poland reburies former president after body mix-up

Phuket News / World

Sunday 4 November 2012, 06:06PM

WORLD: Poland has reburied the body of its last leader-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski after a mix-up over the remains of some victims of a 2010 presidential plane crash in Russia that killed 96 people including the then head of state.

Operators say B100m tourism business threatened by shallowing channel

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 4 November 2012, 06:03PM

THAILAND: Tour boats headed for Koh Chang and Koh Pyam islands are being impeded by repeated silting of the channel used for access to Pak Nam pier in Ranong town, endangering a 100-million-baht tourism business.

Proposal to merge 50 ‘black plate’ Phuket taxis with airport fleet

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 4 November 2012, 05:53PM

PHUKET: As part of the current effort to legalise Phuket’s enormous fleet of unregistered taxis by early next year, it has been proposed that 50 vehicles be merged into the Phuket Mai Khao and Sahakorn Rot taxi associations working Phuket International Airport.

Naughty monk arrested for lewd behaviour

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 3 November 2012, 04:52PM

THAILAND: A 70-year-old monk has attracted attention of the wrong kind after he found himself arrested after displaying his private parts to a 55-year-old woman.

Fire erupts in Tesco Lotus fruit smoothie shop

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 3 November 2012, 04:34PM

PHUKET: A fire broke out during the early hours of Saturday (November 3) in a second-floor fruit smoothie shop at the Tesco Lotus Supercenter in Rassada district, with the cause believed to be either an electrical short or an overheated electric water boiler.

Robber 'chose Kasikorn because there was no security guard'

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 3 November 2012, 02:13PM

PHUKET: Phuket Police held a press conference this morning to give details of the arrest of the Kasikorn bank robber Anusit “Aow” Keawmukda, saying he also robbed a gold shop in Bangkok in 2007.

Phuket hotel wall collapses on neighbourhood

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 3 November 2012, 12:29PM

PHUKET: A five-metre high wall at the Senses Beach Resort on Nanai Rd, Patong, collapsed on Saturday morning (November 3), with bricks, concrete, scaffolding and other building equipment falling onto houses below.

Phuket police arrest Kasikorn bank robber

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 3 November 2012, 11:58AM

PHUKET: Phuket police last night arrested the man believed to be responsible for robbing the Phuket Town Kasikorn bank branch on Wednesday.

Brit commits suicide from Phuket Town tower

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 2 November 2012, 01:56PM

PHUKET: A 64-year-old British man jumped to his death from the Phuket Tourist Police Headquarters’ Radio Broadcast Tower in Phuket Town this morning at 7:15 am.

Police recover 2.5 million from Phuket bank robbery

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 2 November 2012, 12:22PM

PHUKET: Following a raid on a house in Koh Kaew this morning, police have found B2.5 million of the missing money from Wednesday’s dramatic gunpoint bank robbery.

Top cop visits robbed Kasikorn bank

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 2 November 2012, 11:49AM

PHUKET: An investigation team led by the new Southern Thailand Police Commander, Pol. Maj. Gen. Yongyuth Jaroenmanit with his Region 8 team and the Phuket Provincial Police visited the robbed Kasikorn Bank branch on Wednesday (October 31) to inspect the premises and collect evidence.

‘Mum, I can breathe now’

Phuket News / Features

Friday 2 November 2012, 11:29AM

PHUKET: A Singaporean company provides life-changing machine for Petch, reports Nattha Thepbamrung.

Locals protest over loss of regular Phuket market

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:18AM

PHUKET:Around 50 local residents gathered at the Phuket Provincial Hall on November 1 to protest against the proposed new Chalong hospital on 10 rai of land just north of Chalong Circle.

New fight needed against killer malaria in Asia

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:14AM

ASIA: Asia accounts for 88 percent of all malaria cases and most of the 46,000 annual deaths occurring outside Africa, a new report shows Friday as experts demand more urgency in fighting the deadly disease.

Asia drug boom fuels surge in opium cultivation: UN

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:14AM

ASIA: Opium cultivation in Southeast Asia has doubled over the last six years as growing demand for heroin in China and the rest of Asia lures more farmers to grow poppies, the UN said Wednesday.

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