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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.

NEWS TODAY May 23

'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.

Royal faux pas sparks Cambodian factory unrest

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 12:12PM

ASIA: Police in Cambodia were called in on Monday to prevent a riot at a factory whose Chinese manager angered 1,000 workers by ripping up photos of recently deceased former king Norodom Sihanouk.

Singapore opens new cruise terminal, eyes Asian market

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 12:12PM

ASIA: Singapore has opened a new cruise terminal capable of berthing the world's biggest luxury liners, in a bid to boost the city-state's position as a regional travel hub.

Immunity for Thai senator who shot ex-wife

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 08:41AM

THAILAND: Thailand's Senate on Monday voted to deny a request by the police to question one of its members who shot his ex-wife at the dinner table with an Uzi 9mm pistol.

Paris Hilton arrives to announce Phuket party

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 07:56AM

PHUKET: American socialite Paris Hilton arrived in Bangkok yesterday (October 22) to help announce a New Year’s party in Phuket that will feature a stage floating on the ocean.

‘Fearless’ men climb bladed ladder

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 06:09PM

PHUKET: More than 30 maa song climbed bladed ladders at a packed Bang Niew Shrine in Phuket Town last night.

Gov chairs meeting for Phuket press

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 05:30PM

PHUKET: Around 20 members of the Phuket Press Association were given a lecture on essential media laws on Saturday (October 20) by Dr Supaporn Sridee from the faculty of Mass Communication, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University.

Public appeal after mother of newborn baby vanishes

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 05:03PM

PHUKET: A public appeal has been launched after a Thai woman gave birth at Thalang Hospital on October 18 and then vanished later that day, leaving her newborn baby girl in the hospital.

Amateur mistake from gold robber leads to arrest

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 04:42PM

PHUKET: Jakkreut Jantnont robbed a gold shop of a one-baht weight necklace on Thursday evening in Patong, and was caught when he went to a shop in Phuket Town the following day trying to sell it, police say.

Man robs tourist of more than B200,000

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 04:05PM

PHUKET: Police said an unidentified Kuwaiti tourist was assaulted and robbed of more than B200,000 in valuables on Saturday (October 20) in Patong.

Kathu police in ‘drugs crackdown’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 03:52PM

PHUKET: Kathu District Police Superintendent Pol Col Jirapat Pochanapant ordered a “continuing crackdown on illegal drug use” today (October 22) in his area, which includes Patong.

Expert praises Hard Rock safety measures

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 03:40PM

PHUKET: Hard Rock Cafe – the second major entertainment venue to experience a fire in recent months – was investigated yesterday (October 21) by Bangkok-based President of the Safety in Architecture section of the Association of Siamese Architects, Dr Bundit Pradabsook, who also visited the Tiger Disco ruins.

Sun rises in East, retires in West for expats, survey suggests

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 22 October 2012, 12:48PM

THAILAND: Asia is fast becoming a top destination for professional people and executives who go abroad for their companies, their careers and their bank accounts: the expatriates.

Thai 'transgender airline' grounded over finances

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 22 October 2012, 12:46PM

THAILAND: Months after taking to the skies with Thailand's first transsexual air crew, fledgling carrier PC Air has suspended services over financial troubles that left passengers stranded in South Korea.

US Navy to conduct 100th Community Service Project

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 October 2012, 09:06AM

PHUKET: With today’s (October 22) return of the USS Peleliu to Phuket, the US Navy will be performing its 100th Community Service Project in the greater Phuket area.

Phuket hoteliers happy with Singaporean roadshow

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 October 2012, 11:46PM

PHUKET: Representatives of 120 Phuket hotels were in Singapore recently to participate in the city's fifth ITB Asia 2012 road show, which was held from October 17-19.

Deadline for Phuket black taxis extended

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 October 2012, 06:15PM

PHUKET: Illegal “black plate” taxi drivers have been given another four months – until February 28 next year – to register their vehicles for conversion to legal green plates, Vice-Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada announced yesterday (October 18).

Fury at Phuket expo centre cancellation

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 19 October 2012, 04:23PM

PHUKET: Reaction to the unceremonious dumping of the Phuket International Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC) project by the Cabinet has been met with dismay and fury on the part of local politicians and businesspeople.

Exposing Thailand’s secret shadow trade

Phuket News / Features

Friday 19 October 2012, 04:02PM

PHUKET: John Dalley, co-founder of the Phuket-based Soi Dog Foundation, says he doesn’t have time to feel pride – he is always too busy feeling frustrated.

Phuket Sea Gypsies under siege from owners

Phuket News / Features

Friday 19 October 2012, 11:07AM

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Court is facing a long series of lawsuits aimed at getting members of the Rawai Sea Gypsy village – the largest such village in Phuket – evicted from land claimed by a local businessman who bought the land four years ago.

N. Korean leader's nephew labels him a 'dictator'

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 19 October 2012, 09:17AM

ASIA: In a rare and remarkable interview posted on YouTube, the teenage grandson of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has provided a glimpse into the secretive world of his country's ruling dynasty.

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