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Phuket airport suffers blackout as truck slams power pole, flights not affected
Phuket airport suffers blackout as truck slams power pole, flights not affected
PHUKET: Phuket International Airport was left without mains power supply this afternoon after a 10-wheeled truck slammed into a power pole on Thepkrasattri Rd in Mai Khao at about 2pm today (Nov 22).
Speedboat destroyed as garbage pile fire spreads near homes
Speedboat destroyed as garbage pile fire spreads near homes
PHUKET: Police are investigating a garbage pile fire that spread near homes in Rassada this morning (Nov 22) and destroyed a speedboat that was behind a house undergoing repairs.
Phuket building collapse search ends as last body recovered
Phuket building collapse search ends as last body recovered
PHUKET: The search for the remaining bodies crushed under a concrete slab at the construction site of a petrol station on Thepkrasattri Rd was called to a halt last night (Nov 21) as the body of the seventh victim was recovered.
Prawit warns Thanathorn: 'No protests'
Prawit warns Thanathorn: 'No protests'
BANGKOK: Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon warned Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit not to instigate any street protests in the wake of the Constitutional Court’s ruling to disqualify him as an MP in a media-shareholding case.
Pope plea for needy
Pope plea for needy
BANGKOK: During his historic visit to Thailand, His Holiness Pope Francis has used the opportunity to pass on a message to the world to help take care of abused children and women as well as refugees around the world while highlighting inter-religious cooperation to create peace.
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Four dead, three yet to be recovered from Phuket building collapse
Four dead, three yet to be recovered from Phuket building collapse
PHUKET: Rescue workers late this afternoon recovered the fourth body from the site of the petrol station that collapsed while under construction on Thepkrasattri Rd today (Nov 21).
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thanathorn disqualified as MP |:| November 21
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thanathorn disqualified as MP |:| November 21
PHUKET XTRA - November 21 || brought to you by PVCPhuket.com #PVCPhuket || Convict Escapes Through Bathroom Window of Police Station |:| Thanathorn disqualified |:| Angry Father Murders Son-In-Law in Front of Family |:| Budget Airlines Look to Compromise for Fuel Tax Cut |:| More CCTV in Patong
Chinese ‘tourists’ arrested in Phuket for illegally operating foreign exchange online
Chinese ‘tourists’ arrested in Phuket for illegally operating foreign exchange online
PHUKET: Five Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegally operating an online foreign-exchange (“FOREX”) brokerage from a residential housing estate in Phuket.
Six believed crushed in Phuket building collapse
Six believed crushed in Phuket building collapse
PHUKET: Rescue workers are scrambling to recover construction labourers crushed under a slab of concrete in a building collapse on Thepkrasattri Rd near Home Pro, Thalang, early this afternoon.
Chinese man, daughter safe after boat adrift with engine failure at Koh Lanta
Chinese man, daughter safe after boat adrift with engine failure at Koh Lanta
PHUKET: Navy personnel and national park officers in Krabi safely recovered a Chinese man and his daughter from the yacht they were on Tuesday night (Nov 19) after a mooring line tied to a buoy broke in strong winds, leaving the pair adrift on a yacht with an engine that would not start.
Pope Francis kicks off Asia tour with Buddhist temple visit
Pope Francis kicks off Asia tour with Buddhist temple visit
BANGKOK: Pope Francis will visit one of Thailand’s famed gilded temples today (Nov 21) to meet the supreme Buddhist patriarch, on the first full day of his Asian tour aimed at promoting religious harmony.
Meth mule caught smuggling 18,000 pills into Phuket
Meth mule caught smuggling 18,000 pills into Phuket
PHUKET: A man wanted for speeding through the main police checkpoint onto the island and escaping capture by police last month has been arrested while trying to smuggle more than 18,000 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills hidden inside his car into Phuket.
AoT gives B42bn Suvarnabhumi airport expansion green light
AoT gives B42bn Suvarnabhumi airport expansion green light
BANGKOK: The Airports of Thailand (AoT) board has officially given the green light to the controversial northern expansion plan of Suvarnabhumi airport and the B42-billion project will be forwarded to Cabinet for approval, said AoT President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn.
Earthquake shakes Thai-Lao border, sways Bangkok high-rises
Earthquake shakes Thai-Lao border, sways Bangkok high-rises
BANGKOK: A strong earthquake shook a border area between northern Thailand and northwestern Laos this morning (Nov 21), swaying Bangkok high-rises.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: EC denies Thanathorn claim :| - November 19
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: EC denies Thanathorn claim :| - November 19
HUKET XTRA - November 20 || brought to you by PVCPhuket.com Private Hospitals Ranked on Fairness of Price |:| Drug Trafficking Kingpin Nabbed in Kan |:| Election Commission Stands Ground Against Thanathorn |:| Elderly Woman Alleges Daughter Stole 250 Million |:| Phuket Man Crashes Into Speed Sign
‘Special one’ Mourinho named Spurs boss after Pochettino sacking
‘Special one’ Mourinho named Spurs boss after Pochettino sacking
FOOTBALL: Jose Mourinho, one of European football’s most successful managers, was appointed Wednesday (Nov 20) to replace the sacked Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, with a brief to revive the fortunes of a club languishing in the lower reaches of the Premier League.
Thanathorn disqualified as MP
Thanathorn disqualified as MP
BANGKOK: The Constitutional Court has ruled 7-2 to disqualify Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit as MP for having shares in a media company when applying to become MP.
Drug suspect back in custody after escape through toilet window
Drug suspect back in custody after escape through toilet window
PHUKET: A man arrested at a police checkpoint early this morning for carrying a minor amount of crystal meth (ya ice) is back in custody after he fled Cherng Talay Police Station simply by sliding a toilet window open.