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PHUKET: Phuket was once again hit by a small earthquake at 10:45 this morning (May 11) bringing the total number now to six. The 2.5 Richter quake was at the same location as the previous five closde to Koh Yao Yai.

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PHUKET: Immigration police are on the lookout for a foreign man who poses as a deaf person and solicits for donations in the Thalang area. This comes after photos of the card the man uses to solicit the donations started to spread on social media last Thursday (May 7).

Police and soldiers searched in difficult terrain for more illegal migrant detention camps in the lower South today (May 11) as the operation to shut down the violent people smuggling network continued.

PHUKET: The second OTOP Fair of the season is now on at Central Festival Phuket (May 7 - 20), featuring sweet and spicy delicacies, handicrafts, jewellery, ornaments and more from the southern region of Thailand.

Latest Eighty-seven harassed and illegal tuk-tuk drivers are being offered the chance to paint the roofs of their vehicles yellow and operate exclusively in Phuket City with fares a minimum of 20 baht.

Latest Up to 2000 boatpeople - apparently mostly Rohingya - have been abandoned by traffickers as the ‘‘sea superhighway’’ south to Malaysia suddenly becomes a more risky place.

Road safety and anti-drink-driving advocates are calling for tougher punishment for drunk drivers who are involved in fatal road accidents.

Latest In a fight-back speech, Malaysia’s embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak has turned fire on his most prominent critic, a former PM, and said he ‘‘will not boew to pressure’’ to resign.