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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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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.

French floods claim first victim, Lourdes remains closed

TOULOUSE: Flash floods in southwestern France killed an elderly woman as the inundated grotto at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes remained closed for a second day on Wednesday.

Cash crisis delays Khmer Rouge trial

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 05:31PM

ASIA: Cambodia's landmark trial of three ex-Khmer Rouge leaders faces fresh delays, the UN-backed court said Tuesday, explaining funding woes would force it to hold fewer hearings each month.

Pattaya police hunt Russian stab suspects

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 05:15PM

THAILAND: An emergency meeting of senior officers was held at the Pattaya Tourist Police Station on Monday evening to discuss the case of a Russian woman who was repeatedly stabbed as she walked back to her hotel in the early hours of Monday on Jomtien Beach.

Phuket ‘robbed by government’ of convention centre

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 04:08PM

PHUKET: Boonsupa Tantai, president of the “We Love Phuket” club, has said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government has ‘robbed’ the island of the chance to benefit from the planned B2.6 billion international convention centre, which was axed by the cabinet on October 2.

Demolisher’s men start probing on Monday

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 02:02PM

PHUKET: The first group of the 366 six-man teams to investigate land titles on behalf of Damrong “The Demolisher” Pidech are expected to arrive in Phuket next Monday (October 29).

Phuket Gov pays tribute to King Rama V

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 12:32PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut, along with other officials, paid tribute to the late King Chulalongkorn, also known as King Rama V, by laying a wreath at his statue at the Phuket Provincial Hall this morning.

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.

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