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Battle over beachside ‘encroachment’ in Phuket

PHUKET: Vice-Governor Somkiat Sungkhaosutthirak today paid a visit to a piece of land next to Bangtao Beach that has recently become the centre of heated debate in the local community around Klong Bangtao.

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Robber in raincoat raids Phuket convenience store

PHUKET: A robber wearing a motorbike helmet with the visor down and a red plastic raincoat walked into the Baan Lipon, Thalang, branch of the 24-hour Family Mart chain of convenience stores this morning and pulled a knife.

Chinese tourist drowns during trip off Phuket

PHUKET: Chinese tourist Li Ran, 30, drowned this afternoon (June 18) while on a trip to Racha Yai island.

Top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98, charged in Hungary

BUDAPEST: Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal role in organising the deportation of some 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps.

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.

TV Talent contestant Romadon brings chaos and colour to Phuket

Phuket News / Features

Friday 26 October 2012, 11:29AM

PHUKET: One can never really keep up with Romadon, as he always appears to be at least a few steps slightly ahead. Sometimes though, it’s possible to sit down with him, and attempt to find out how he has been since reaching the grand final of Thailand’s biggest reality TV show.

Phuket ‘casino’ tipoff a dead end

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 26 October 2012, 10:30AM

PHUKET: More than 50 Kathu policemen and guards raided the JJ Plaza in Patong yesterday (October 25) following a tip off that a casino was operating in the area, but the search revealed nothing.

Phuket Andaman Culture Festival scheduled for November

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 25 October 2012, 05:58PM

PHUKET: Thailand’s six Andaman Sea provinces are preparing for the Andaman Culture Festival, which will be held in Phuket from November 9.

Tourists provide cash injection during Phuket Veg Fest

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 25 October 2012, 05:31PM

PHUKET: Phuket has ‘benefited enormously’ from its annual Vegetarian Festival and the tourist spending during the nine-day event exceeded B600 million, according to records from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Thailand says to miss export goal on soft demand

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 25 October 2012, 04:33PM

THAILAND: Thai exports are likely to miss growth targets for 2012, a top official said Wednesday, as the global economic slowdown and a slump in rice shipments hit demand.

Brit tourist stabbed in Krabi

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 25 October 2012, 04:18PM

PHUKET: A 21-year-old British tourist has been admitted to Bangkok Hospital Phuket with injuries after he was stabbed by a 17-year-old Thai youth in Krabi on Monday (October 22), following a dispute.

Artificial solution to save Phuket's Surin beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 25 October 2012, 02:51PM

PHUKET: A proposed new B6 million recreational area on Surin Beach will go a long way to helping beach encroachment on one of the island’s top stretches of sand, says Ma-Ann Samran, the Chief Executive of the Cherng Talay Subdistrict Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor).

New Phuket power station planned nearby airport

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 25 October 2012, 02:38PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut and Vice-Governor Sommai Preechasilpa met with Phuket International Airport officials yesterday (October 24) to discuss progress on the airport’s expansion, and at the same time released details of a new electricity power station for the area.

Service of Remembrance at British Embassy in Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 25 October 2012, 08:59AM

THAILAND: A remembrance ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Thai-Burma railway will be held on Sunday (11 November) at 10am at the British Embassy in Bangkok.

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