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Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

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Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

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'Blackout could have been avoided'. Thai industries affected by black out. Former VG house suspect overlooking Patong.

Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

Storm leaves billions in damage across eastern US

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:09AM

WORLD: US businesses, homeowners and local governments faced up to $20 billion in damage Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy left coastal homes crumbled, urban neighborhoods swamped and eight million without power.

Spotlight off Romney as storm, Obama take center stage

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:08AM

WORLD: Barack Obama spent Tuesday deploying the vast tools of his presidency to combat a raging super storm ravaging the East Coast; rival Mitt Romney took in cans of soup and mandarin oranges for victims.

Hurricane forces three US reactors shut

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:07AM

WORLD: Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems.

Mexican pleads guilty in 'Fast and Furious' killing

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:07AM

WORLD: A Mexican man pleaded guilty Tuesday over the killing of a US border agent that threw a spotlight on the United States' controversial "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation, prosecutors said.

Surin hoteliers oppose Paris Hilton NY party

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 03:57PM

PHUKET: A group of Surin hotel representatives have sent a letter to the Phuket Governor regarding the announced New Year’s Eve two day party on Surin Beach, asking him to reconsider the date and the venue of the festive bash.

Missing British tourists found

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 01:13PM

PHUKET: Police have confirmed the two British tourists reported missing in the Ton Sai waterfall area in Thalang have been found.

Phuket police hunt for two missing Brit tourists

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 12:51PM

PHUKET: More than 100 police officers from all over Phuket are searching for two British tourists believed to be missing near Ton Sai waterfall in Thalang.

Thirteen dead in US, Canada from storm Sandy

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 10:40AM

WORLD: At least 13 people were killed Monday in the United States and Canada as the megastorm Sandy slammed into the US East Coast, tearing down trees and power lines with hurricane-strength gusts.

Thai man nabbed with 16 tiger cubs in truck

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 10:18AM

THAILAND: A Thai man has been arrested with 16 tiger cubs in his pick-up truck while driving near the kingdom's border with Laos, police said Saturday.

Seminar held on Thai-foreign relationships

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 October 2012, 04:25PM

PHUKET: A seminar to inform couples of mixed nationality about their rights and obligations both here and abroad was held last Wednesday (October 24) in the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation's Hall of the People.

Phuket electric grid gets boost from new transformer

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 October 2012, 02:29PM

Phuket Vice-Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosuttirak and Sutad Pathamasirirat from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) officially opened the Andaman region’s third electrical transformer station at Koh Kaew, Phuket on October 26.

MP Worawat: Phuket ICEC cancelled for ‘economic’ reasons

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 29 October 2012, 10:29AM

PHUKET: Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office MP Worawat Ue-Apinyakul was in Phuket over the weekend and told The Phuket News that the cancellation of the Phuket International Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC) was for ‘environmental’ as well as ‘economic’ reasons.

Life since Thailand's Got Talent

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 27 October 2012, 02:55PM

PHUKET: Despite coming fourth in season two of Thailand’s Got Talent, and now being well known not only in Phuket but across Thailand, Rawai rock singer Warunee ‘Gig’ Suwannurak still finds it hard to believe that she’s not living a dream.

Phuket MP Anchalee questions PM Yingluck over ICEC cancellation

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 27 October 2012, 02:25PM

PHUKET: Phuket MP Anchalee Vanich Thepabutra took the opportunity to question PM Yingluck Shinawatra about the cancellation of the Phuket International Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC) in Parliament on Thursday (October 25).

Patong hospital flood prevention measures done by Jan

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 26 October 2012, 05:10PM

PHUKET: Doctor Pumin Silapan, Director of Patong Hospital today (October 26) announced that flood protection measures for the hospital will be completed by January.

Canadian, Australian found dead in Bangkok hotel

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 26 October 2012, 05:05PM

THAILAND: A Canadian and an Australian tourist have been found dead in a Bangkok hotel after a suspected drug overdose, Thai tourist police said Friday.

Stabbed Brit says attack ‘unprovoked’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 26 October 2012, 04:41PM

PHUKET: The 21-year-old British tourist stabbed in Krabi by two Thai youths on Monday has spoken out about his ordeal, saying he feared for his girlfriend’s life during the attack which left him hospitalised.

Phuket student reaches for the stars

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 26 October 2012, 03:07PM

PHUKET: A student from Phuket Wittayalai School has won third prize in the International Astronomy Olympiad, fighting off competition from students from 20 other countries.

Accused Swede killers to appear in Phuket court

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 26 October 2012, 02:57PM

PHUKET: The two Swedish men arrested in August last year, charged with the brutal murder of Russian-born Swede Maxim Schantz, will appear in Phuket Provincial Court on November 2 for a hearing.

Plans move ahead for Phuket ‘party of the year’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 26 October 2012, 11:36AM

PHUKET: American socialite Paris Hilton flew into Bangkok for one night on Monday (October 22) to announce the massive Sydictive Element New Year’s Eve party planned for Surin Beach. Up to 50,000 people are expected to attend the two-day dance marathon.

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