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PHUKET: The locally owned Thavorn Hotels & Resorts is spending B500 million renovating its two beachfront resorts in Phuket, the Thavorn Palm Beach Resort in Karon and the Thavorn Beach Village & Spa at Nakalay Bay.

Friday 7 September 2012, 04:48PM

Appeal for A-negative blood

PHUKET: Vachira Hospital has issued an appeal for A-negative blood to allow surgeons to perform essential operations on French tourist Jerome Heras, in a coma since the early hours of Monday morning.

Friday 7 September 2012, 04:04PM

Thai Smile launches Phuket flights

PHUKET: Thai Airways’ almost-but-not-quite-budget airline, Thai Smile, will begin daily flights between Phuket and Chiang Mai, Phuket and Bangkok, and Chiangmai and Bangkok next month.

Friday 7 September 2012, 03:04PM

Homeowner fears house will be buried by landslides

PHUKET: Government officials led by Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosuttirak yesterday (September 6) visited a small complex of three houses in Rawai which, its owners worry, is at risk of being buried by landslides.

Friday 7 September 2012, 02:02PM

Malaysia summons German envoy over NGO funding

Malaysia has summoned Germany's ambassador after the embassy reportedly funded an opposition-leaning human rights organisation that has accused the government of corruption.

Friday 7 September 2012, 12:04PM

China backs down on Hong Kong visa plan

Hong Kong said Friday that Beijing will suspend a plan to allow millions more mainland Chinese to visit the southern city, in response to a public outcry about the influx of tourists.

Friday 7 September 2012, 12:03PM

Asian markets sharply higher after ECB move

Asian markets surged Friday after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi unveiled a plan to buy the bonds of troubled eurozone nations in a bid to tackle the region's long-running debt crisis.

Friday 7 September 2012, 12:01PM

Crude down in Asia over demand concerns

Oil prices sank in AsiaFriday, with demand concerns in the spotlight despite the European Central Bank's plan to support weak eurozone economies, analysts said.

Friday 7 September 2012, 11:59AM

Hospital staff learn how to wash their hands

PHUKET: Vachira Hospital’s Team Wisanyi were the big winners in an unusual competition held at the hospital on Tuesday afternoon (September 4) to establish who could clean their hands most effectively.

Thursday 6 September 2012, 03:10PM

Pattaya to have hi-speed trains

The Thai government will open bidding for the first phase of a hi-speed rail project linking Bangkok to Pattaya.

Thursday 6 September 2012, 02:48PM

Singapore gives VIP welcome to Chinese pandas

Singapore on Thursday gave a VIP welcome to a pair of giant pandas loaned by China for 10 years to mark two decades of close diplomatic relations.

Thursday 6 September 2012, 12:50PM

Inquiry finds cop was rammed from behind

A forensic investigation has found that a Thong Lor police officer did not cut in front of the Ferrari of Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya with his motorcycle but was hit by the sports car from the rear.

Thursday 6 September 2012, 11:25AM

Govt ‘has failed to stamp on corruption’

Yesterday was National Anti-Corruption Day in Thailand, but the government of Yingluck Shinawatra received a poor scorecard for its efforts to deliver its promised crackdown on corruption, according to a poll at Bangkok’s Turakij Pundit University (TPU)

Thursday 6 September 2012, 11:02AM

Croc eats wife believes husband

A Samut Prakan man has filed a police report saying that he thinks his wife has been eaten by a crocodile at one of the province’s many reptile farms.

Thursday 6 September 2012, 10:54AM

Who's your Baba?

Phuket News / Features

Thursday 6 September 2012, 08:52AM

PHUKET: The word ‘Baba’ refers to people of mixed Thai and Chinese heritage, and although on a superficial level it might seem that the only discernible difference is the multi-coloured garments members of the 10,000 strong Phuket town community wear at traditional events, it runs much deeper.

Weather warning

The Thai Meterological Department (TMD) has issued a weather warning for the Andaman Coast as monsoons from Vietnam shift across to central Thailand from today until Sunday (September 9).

Wednesday 5 September 2012, 06:55PM

BIS singing sensation to perform at IBAP fair

PHUKET: Twelve year-old Gift Benjamin Boonyasit, a student at Phuket’s British International School (BIS), will perform at this weekend’s IBAP Business Fair in Jungceylon.

Wednesday 5 September 2012, 05:38PM

Immigration lobbies for system to block bad people

PHUKET: The Immigration Bureau is pushing for Advance Passenger Processing (APP) to be established in Thailand within the next two years to help block international criminals, terrorists and human traffickers from the country.

Wednesday 5 September 2012, 02:53PM

Happy third birthday for Lin Ping

Lin Ping, the first giant panda born in Chiang Mai Zoo and a darling of the Thai people, has turned three years and three months old on Aug. 27.

Wednesday 5 September 2012, 01:28PM

Patong elections go off without a hitch, says official