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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.

Rock fan loves the stones

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:58PM

Stress does funny things to people’s eating and drinking habits.

Olympian feats

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:57PM

With the 2012 London Olympics just a week away, we thought you should know something about the odder side of this mega-event. Our five favourites:

BIG LIST: Freaky Foods

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 20 July 2012, 03:10PM

If you thought eating rocks was bad (see story left), then how about some of these foul foods, which are guaranteed to leave a bad taste in your mouth...

Doing what Italians do

Phuket News / Features

Friday 20 July 2012, 03:04PM

PHUKET: Giuseppe “Pepe” Viva, manager of Bliss Beach Club on Bang Tao Bay, is, by his own admission, nuts about bikes.

April 11 quake a ‘record breaker’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 20 July 2012, 09:00AM

PHUKET: The Indonesian earthquake on April 11 that caused widespread panic in Phuket broke two records, researchers reported in the American Science journal.

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.

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