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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.

Phuket Opinion: For the good of the few

Phuket News / Opinion

Friday 27 July 2012, 04:22PM

PHUKET: Less than two months ago, Thai tycoon Dr Boon Wanasin stated his desire for Phuket to become a Special Economic Zone, which would in effect give the island complete autonomy over its decisions.

Chinese rickshaw driver claims Olympian journey to London

Phuket News / World

Friday 27 July 2012, 10:44AM

A Chinese farmer said Thursday he spent two years riding nearly 40,000 miles (60,000 kilometres) through 16 countries on a rickshaw to reach London in time for the Olympic Games.

Kathu ready for annual carnival

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 26 July 2012, 12:12PM

PHUKET: The fourth Kathu Street Culture carnival will run from August 4 - 6 on Vichit Songkram Rd, bringing back the old days to the town, and showcasing the town’s cultural and culinary heritage.

Fire destroys Burmese work camp

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 26 July 2012, 11:27AM

PHUKET: Fire ripped through a Burmese construction workers’ camp on Soi Hua Pru in Rawai yesterday (July 25), causing an estimated B200,000 in damage.

Briton drowns at Patong

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 26 July 2012, 09:59AM

PHUKET: Starhub vice president and Briton, Peter John Cook, 47, drowned on Tuesday morning (July 24) at Patong Beach, before lifeguards came on duty.

Villagers finally catch naughty monk

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 09:41AM

Outraged villagers in the Haad Yai district of Songkhla have finally nailed the abbot of the local Wat Kuanluang, who they claim has been dallying salaciously with women for years.

Two die in Chao Fa accidents

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 26 July 2012, 09:19AM

PHUKET: Two people died on Chao Fa West Rd on Tuesday in separate accidents.

Driver crushed by own crane

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 26 July 2012, 09:17AM

PHUKET: A crane truck driver was crushed to death when the crane fell on him on Tuesday morning (July 24).

Progress reported with candidate dengue vaccine

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:59AM

Trials in Thailand with a candidate vaccine for dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, have shown it to protect against three of the four virus strains, its French maker said Wednesday.

Myanmar prison terms for Thai 'encroachers'

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:59AM

Almost a hundred Thai nationals were sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, a Myanmar official said Wednesday, after they were held for illegally crossing the border to run rubber plantations.

Health concerns for Thai charged with royal slur

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:58AM

A Bangkok court has charged a 64-year-old Thai-born New Zealand resident for insulting the kingdom's revered monarchy, police said Wednesday, despite concerns over the woman's mental health.

Five police killed in south roadside bomb

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 26 July 2012, 08:58AM

Five policemen were killed and another was critically wounded Wednesday in a roadside bomb attack in Thailand's restive south, police said, as an uptick in violence since the start of Ramadan continued.

Elections to bring booze bans

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 02:42PM

PHUKET: Two upcoming elections will result in 30-hour alcohol sales bans, one across the island and the other in Patong.

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 02:39PM

PHUKET: The Department of Intellectual Property is to hold a seminar on avoiding international music copyright infringement on August 6 at the Blue Ocean Resort, Patong, from 2pm to 6pm.

Phuket charity launches monthly pub quiz

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 12:55PM

PHUKET: The last Monday of every month will see the brains of Phuket converge for a battle of wits and intellect – all for a good cause.

Vote for Gig

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 11:10AM

PHUKET: Warunee ‘Gig’ Suwannurak, Phuket’s pint-sized singer with a larger than life voice, leaves for Bangkok today to take part in the semi finals of Thailand’s Got Talent on Sunday.

Asia fuels record elephant, rhino killings: WWF

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 09:19AM

China, Vietnam and Thailand are among the worst offenders in fuelling a global black market that is seeing record numbers of elephants and rhinos killed in Africa, environment group WWF said on Monday.

Sex, drugs, stigma put Thai transsexuals at HIV risk

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 09:17AM

From a cafe near the go-go bars of a Bangkok red light district where she campaigns for safe sex, Gigi gives an unvarnished view of how she joined Thailand's growing ranks of transgender people with HIV.

Thai troops shot Italian photographer: police

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 25 July 2012, 09:16AM

Government troops are believed to have shot an Italian photographer who was killed during mass opposition street protests in 2010 in Bangkok, police told an official inquest in Thailand on Monday.

Demand made for bus decency

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 05:43PM

PHUKET: A professor at the Phuket Vocational College has unwittingly become the figurehead for inter-provincial public bus decency after making a complaint over what she deemed as the screening of ‘inappropriate’ movies.

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