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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.

Money changer scammed with fake notes

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 19 July 2012, 06:22PM

PHUKET: A money changer at Kata Beach was scammed out of B12,389 today when she changed 100 British pounds for baht, only to discover afterwards that the money she had been given was counterfeit.

Doherty kicked out of Chiang Mai rehab clinic

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:28PM

Troubled British rock star Pete Doherty has been thrown out of an exclusive drug treatment centre in Thailand for failing to show he is ready to kick his heroin habit, the clinic said Thursday.

Phuket Opinion: No Kodak moments

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:14PM

PHUKET: Crocodiles are sometimes spotted on Bangla Road. This is not a metaphor, nor an analogy. Touts have been known to offer personalised photographs of splayed crocodiles with their mouths taped shut.

Phuket Opinion: Will ASEAN be the new Euro?

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:12PM

PHUKET: ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan's recent comments extolling the virtues of the positives of an ASEAN community assume a more sinister aspect when one considers his background as a fellow of the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, his post at the American University in Washington, and his connection to the US Congress.

Police smash major loan shark gang

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 19 July 2012, 04:28PM

PHUKET: Officials from Crime Suppression Division 5 (CSD) of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok raided a house on Chaofa East Rd in Chalong this morning (July 19) and arrested eight members of one of the biggest loan shark gangs in Phuket.

Suicide bomber blamed for attack on Israelis in Bulgaria

Phuket News / World

Thursday 19 July 2012, 02:41PM

A suicide bomber was behind the blast against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, officials said Thursday, as they raised the toll to seven, the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004.

Child disease prompts school closures

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 19 July 2012, 02:21PM

PHUKET: Two schools on the island have been closed following the discovery of cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).

Probe launched into foreign shareholdings

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 19 July 2012, 12:06PM

The Commerce Ministry is set to launch a nationwide inspection of foreign shareholdings in Thai-registered companies within the coming month.

One killed, 40 injured in clashes at Indian car plant

Phuket News / World

Thursday 19 July 2012, 11:16AM

India's top carmaker Maruti Suzuki suspended production at a plant near New Delhi after workers attacked managers, leaving one person dead and scores injured, a company executive said Thursday.

Bangkok schools close due to hand, foot and mouth disease

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 19 July 2012, 10:34AM

The number of Bangkok schools that have closed or suspended classes due to an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has risen to nearly 30, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday (July 18).

Bulgaria probes 'barbaric' attack on Israeli tourists

Phuket News / World

Thursday 19 July 2012, 10:11AM

Bulgaria began probing Thursday a blast at its Black Sea airport of Burgas that left six people dead and more than 30 injured in the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004.

Shot policeman returns home

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 05:22PM

PHUKET: The policeman who was shot following last month’s dispute at a Chalong karaoke bar has returned home after hospital treatment and four of the five involved are in custody with attempted murder charges following the incident.

Gov Tri supports The Phuket Colouring Book

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 04:49PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha met with Phuket News Managing Director Simon Samaan and PR/Marketing Manager Tamakorn Khowpon to discuss the Phuket News’ new project, The Phuket Colouring Book, today (July 18).

Students excelling at new tourism school

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 03:46PM

PHUKET: Students at the new Phuket Hospitality and Tourism College, based at the JW Marriott Mai Khao until funds are secured to transform the existing Thalang Technical College, are on their way to securing a Certificate in Tourism and Hospitality (English Programme).

Three killed in co-ordinated Southern attacks

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 03:40PM

At least two civilians and a soldier were killed after two dozen militants launched simultaneous attacks on a village and a military outpost in Thailand's restive south, the army said Wednesday.

M67 hand grenade seized in Thalang

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 12:32PM

PHUKET: Police seized an M67 hand grenade from a Thai man during a house raid yesterday morning (July 17) in Thalang, but not before he attempted to evade police by running away carrying the weapon.

TOT proposes CCTV system for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 10:41AM

PHUKET: A director of the Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) and the managing director of CCTV experts Bacom Internetwork Co met with Vice Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada yesterday (July 17) to present their combined proposal for the Phuket Safe City project.

Thaksin says amnesty key to reconciliation

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 10:06AM

Thaksin Shinawatra Tuesday called for a highly-controversial amnesty, saying it is a "key to reconciliation" and long overdue.

Viktor Bout cronies tried to renew arms trade: NGO

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 10:03AM

PHUKET: Two alleged accomplices of convicted Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout – arrested in Thailand in 2008 – sought to relaunch his business from the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius, a US non-governmental organization said Tuesday.

PTA: Where is our convention centre?

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 09:47AM

PHUKET: The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) yesterday (July 17) called for the government to pay more attention to the proposed International Convention and Exhibition Center (ICEC).

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