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Phuket airport to Patong bus starts July 1. Definitely

PHUKET: The long-awaited bus service from Phuket International Airport to Patong will launch on July 1, it was confirmed in a meeting this afternoon (June 19) at Phuket Provincial Hall.

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'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dead at 51

LOS ANGELES: Emmy award-winning US actor James Gandolfini, the star of the long-running mafia drama "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 51 in Italy, his managers said Wednesday.

Now it’s Phuket’s Andara under the microscope

PHUKET: The high-profile Andara resort and property development, along with the Parisorn project, currently under construction in Kamala, were this morning (June 19) examined by a high-level and very suspicious team from the Ministry of Interior.

Thousands evacuated after blasts at Russian arms depot

MOSCOW: More than 6,000 people were evacuated in central Russia overnight after a series of massive explosions at an arms depot blew out windows and sparked a fire, the emergency situations ministry said Wednesday.

Australian prime minister dodges another sandwich

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 30 May 2013, 12:41PM

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was forced to dodge a flying sandwich for the second time this month Thursday when someone's salami lunch was flung at her during a school visit.

Malaysian royalty guard attacked in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 30 May 2013, 12:07PM

PHUKET: Police on Thursday (May 30) announced that they had caught two Thais suspected of attacking a personal bodyguard of the crown prince of Malaysia’s Kedah state in his five-star hotel room in Patong, early on Wednesday morning.

Qatar Airways signs codeshare with PG

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 30 May 2013, 11:11AM

BANGKOK: Qatar Airways on May 15 announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways to destinations across Thailand and the capitals of Cambodia and Myanmar.

Chinese Ambassador lays out long list of Phuket tourism complaints

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 08:14PM

PHUKET: In a meeting that lasted most of this afternoon, Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Guan Mu, bluntly laid out complaints and suggestions that his embassy has collected from Chinese tourists who have visited Phuket.

‘Large waves’ caused Phuket ferry incident – owner

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 06:19PM

PHUKET: One of the owners of the stricken ferry Peuan Foong 2, from which 111 passengers had to be rescued yesterday (May 28), held a press conference today to counter reports in the Thai press that the ferry sank.

Large Bangkok developers bring ‘big change’ to Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 05:48PM

PHUKET: Real estate consultancy CBRE Thailand this week reported what it sees as “the most significant change of direction for the property industry in Phuket since 1997”, starting late last year.

Developers and Bank at odds over property ‘bubble’

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 05:46PM

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) and developers are divided over the likelihood of a property bubble in the near future.

Thais will spend more on travel this year: survey

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 05:39PM

Thais will spend more on travel in 2013 while relying more on the internet and social network, according to TripAdvisor’s latest TripBarometer.

Round-world cruise for Chinese

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 05:37PM

Costa Cruises has sign-ed a partnership with Shanghai Airlines Tours (SAT) to take mainland Chinese from Shanghai on an 83-day round-the-world cruise next year.

AEC ‘will result in fierce competition for hospitality jobs’

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 05:31PM

The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) says Thai hospitality and tourism workers will face fierce competition from foreign labour once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) starts in late 2015.

Asean Secretary-General looks at tourism progress in Southeast Asia

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 05:26PM

Le Luong Minh, the new Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), took office in January. His five-year tenure will include the birth of the Asean Economic Community (AEC). In this interview, released by Asean, he gives a progress report on tourism integration in Southeast Asia

Italian arrested in Thailand over B300 million fraud

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 05:02PM

CHIANG MAI: Thai authorities have arrested an Italian man wanted over alleged links to a human trafficking ring which swindled around US$10 million (B300 million) from European taxpayers and banks, immigration officials said on May 23.

Court rules Thai army killed Italian journalist

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 04:57PM

BANGKOK: The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court on Wednesday ruled that Italian journalist Fabio Polenghi was killed by a bullet fired by the security forces during the May 19, 2010 dispersal of the red-shirt protestors.

Snake in bedroom gives Phuket woman a fright

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 04:11PM

PHUKET: Phuket resident Lies Sol got a surprise when she arrived home yesterday (May 28) to find a long green snake in her bedroom.

NEWS TODAY May 29

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 02:48PM

Ferry sinks off Koh Phi Phi. Shot fired in Buddhist Wat. DNA tests confirm missing millionaire in Samui.

Phuket ferry accident ‘caused by nature’ – marine office

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 01:00PM

PHUKET: The director of the Marine Office has praised the captain of the sinking ferry off Phuket yesterday, and has said the accident was “caused by nature”.

Phuket expat celebrates birthday with charity event

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 12:28PM

PHUKET: This year Phuket expat Kaye Smith is having a birthday celebration with a difference.

Phuket Opinion: Getting over those tribal instincts

Phuket News / Opinion

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 10:50AM

BANGKOK: Thai culture still relies far too much on relationships, rather than ideologies.

Jackass Chiang Mai? Motorcycle nakedness pranksters seen branching out

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 10:12AM

CHIANG MAI: After Jetpol Chanboontawee, 24, was arrested recently for obscenity after riding his 1.2 million baht Ducati motorbike through Chiang Mai naked and posting the video on Facebook, it has come to light that his team who call themselves Rock Mode have made quite a few daredevil films.

100 rescued from sinking Phuket ferry

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 28 May 2013, 10:57PM

PHUKET: About 100 tourists – mostly foreigners but including 11 Thais – were rescued this afternoon from a ferry carrying them from Phi Phi to Rassada Pier in Phuket.

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