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First child born to Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
LOS ANGELES: Singer Justin Timberlake and his actress wife Jessica Biel welcomed their first child into the world on yesterday, a boy named Silas Randall.
Firefighters put out B50m Surat Thani Coop blaze
SURAT THANI: Firefighters yesterday morning (April 11) put out a major blaze at the Surat Thani Cooperative, founded by politician-turned-monk Suthep Thaugsuban. No one was injured in the blaze, which caused damage estimated at B50 million.
Phuket Gov orders Super Cheap stores checked after second fire in 2 days
PHUKET: Governor Nisit Jansomwong has ordered fire safety checks on all Super Cheap stores after a second store in the chain in two days went up in flames.
Phuket's Songkran Dash to Crash: Flip Flop Photo Special
Latest Strong winds and stormy weather bring danger on roads and at sea with motorists unaccustomed to wet conditions losing control all over Phuket.
PhuketWATCH Japan Cans Charters; Family's Pesticide Holiday Nightmare; Krabi Safety Checks
Phuket Updating Digest Pesticide abuse leaves kids in comas; Phangan Ibogain case resolved; Philippines lifts Thailand alert; WHO rep cleared of slavery; Nun burns for Dalai Lama.
Asean Today: Sweatshops for America; Bikers Head for Phuket; Laos Now US Darling
Around the Region China says, ‘‘who ya calling a bully?’’; Migrating Viets caught in crosshairs; Bleak futures in Cambodia’s sweatshops; Designing the Sultan’s palatial autos; Volcano No 1.
Four arrested for alleged massive pyramid scheme. Four more sought
BANGKOK: Police have arrested four executives of Ufun Store Co Ltd, which operates an alleged pyramid scheme of the same name that involves 14,700 people and may have caused total losses to victims of at least B10 billion.
Nine Phuket meth dealers busted, 2,328 pills seized
PHUKET: More than 2,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) were seized from nine dealers yesterday (April 10) as part of an ongoing police drive aagainst drugs during Songkran.
Day 2 of 7 days of danger on Phuket: 11 hurt, no deaths
PHUKET: The island’s motorists managed to get through a second day yesterday (April 10) without a death on the roads, this morning’s meeting on the Seven Days of Danger heard.