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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.

New Phuket power station planned nearby airport

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 25 October 2012, 02:38PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut and Vice-Governor Sommai Preechasilpa met with Phuket International Airport officials yesterday (October 24) to discuss progress on the airport’s expansion, and at the same time released details of a new electricity power station for the area.

Service of Remembrance at British Embassy in Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 25 October 2012, 08:59AM

THAILAND: A remembrance ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Thai-Burma railway will be held on Sunday (11 November) at 10am at the British Embassy in Bangkok.

Thai rice mountain casts shadow over world market

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 06:05PM

THAILAND: Thailand's status as the world's top rice exporter is under threat from a controversial scheme to boost farmer incomes that has resulted in a growing mountain of unsold stocks, experts warn.

Nissan to double Thai production: report

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 06:05PM

THAILAND: Japanese auto maker Nissan is aiming to double its production in Thailand with plans for a new 30 billion yen ($376 million) factory near Bangkok, according to a report Wednesday.

‘Murdered’ Burmese man found floating in water

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 04:32PM

PHUKET: A severely disfigured body was found floating in the sea near Rassada Port this morning (October 24).

Veg Fest injuries on the rise

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 01:44PM

PHUKET: The number of people taken to hospital with injuries from the Phuket Vegetarian Festival doubled to 81 during this year’s festival, Orachon Authawelap, Phuket Provincial Public Health Office academic expert, said today (October 24).

Mother returns for abandoned baby

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 08:52AM

PHUKET: The mother who abandoned her newborn baby daughter in Thalang Hospital on October 18 has returned to the hospital after staff found her working in a village in Thalang district.

Phuket Opinion: Facing the music

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 05:50PM

PHUKET: Once again, the Vegetarian Festival has provided a feast of deliciously healthy food, wonderfully weird thrills, and disgustingly literal spills.

Cash crisis delays Khmer Rouge trial

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 05:31PM

ASIA: Cambodia's landmark trial of three ex-Khmer Rouge leaders faces fresh delays, the UN-backed court said Tuesday, explaining funding woes would force it to hold fewer hearings each month.

Pattaya police hunt Russian stab suspects

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 05:15PM

THAILAND: An emergency meeting of senior officers was held at the Pattaya Tourist Police Station on Monday evening to discuss the case of a Russian woman who was repeatedly stabbed as she walked back to her hotel in the early hours of Monday on Jomtien Beach.

Phuket ‘robbed by government’ of convention centre

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 04:08PM

PHUKET: Boonsupa Tantai, president of the “We Love Phuket” club, has said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government has ‘robbed’ the island of the chance to benefit from the planned B2.6 billion international convention centre, which was axed by the cabinet on October 2.

Demolisher’s men start probing on Monday

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 02:02PM

PHUKET: The first group of the 366 six-man teams to investigate land titles on behalf of Damrong “The Demolisher” Pidech are expected to arrive in Phuket next Monday (October 29).

Phuket Gov pays tribute to King Rama V

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 12:32PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut, along with other officials, paid tribute to the late King Chulalongkorn, also known as King Rama V, by laying a wreath at his statue at the Phuket Provincial Hall this morning.

Royal faux pas sparks Cambodian factory unrest

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 12:12PM

ASIA: Police in Cambodia were called in on Monday to prevent a riot at a factory whose Chinese manager angered 1,000 workers by ripping up photos of recently deceased former king Norodom Sihanouk.

Singapore opens new cruise terminal, eyes Asian market

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 12:12PM

ASIA: Singapore has opened a new cruise terminal capable of berthing the world's biggest luxury liners, in a bid to boost the city-state's position as a regional travel hub.

Immunity for Thai senator who shot ex-wife

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 08:41AM

THAILAND: Thailand's Senate on Monday voted to deny a request by the police to question one of its members who shot his ex-wife at the dinner table with an Uzi 9mm pistol.

Paris Hilton arrives to announce Phuket party

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 07:56AM

PHUKET: American socialite Paris Hilton arrived in Bangkok yesterday (October 22) to help announce a New Year’s party in Phuket that will feature a stage floating on the ocean.

‘Fearless’ men climb bladed ladder

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 06:09PM

PHUKET: More than 30 maa song climbed bladed ladders at a packed Bang Niew Shrine in Phuket Town last night.

Gov chairs meeting for Phuket press

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 05:30PM

PHUKET: Around 20 members of the Phuket Press Association were given a lecture on essential media laws on Saturday (October 20) by Dr Supaporn Sridee from the faculty of Mass Communication, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University.

Public appeal after mother of newborn baby vanishes

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 05:03PM

PHUKET: A public appeal has been launched after a Thai woman gave birth at Thalang Hospital on October 18 and then vanished later that day, leaving her newborn baby girl in the hospital.

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