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Massive power cut hits Phuket and entire South

PHUKET: A massive blackout apparently originating from a fault at the hydropower station at the Rachaphrapa dam in Surat Thani blacked out Phuket tonight, along with all provinces to the south.

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'Biggest blackout ever' hits Phuket and 13 other provinces

PHUKET: The 'biggest power outage ever' in Thailand blacked out 14 southern provinces Tuesday evening, plunging almost the entire South, including Phuket, into blackness for lengthy periods.

Nine foreigners held on work permit charges

PHUKET: Nine people, apparently Chinese and Burmese nationals, were arrested this afternoon (May 21) at Wat Kathu for working without work permits.

Top Phuket chefs showcased at ‘Six of the Best’

PHUKET: Experiencing six of Phuket’s top dining experiences over the course of a year would be special enough, but to experience them in one night is exceptional.

Phuket recycling network set up

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 09:19AM

PHUKET: The Regional Environment Office (REO) in Phuket has announced that it has opened a network of centres around the island for people to drop off recyclable waste. All are at existing junk shops.

Ghana recalls120 million faulty Chinese condoms

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 08:56AM

ACCRA: Ghana is recalling a shipment of 120 million Chinese-made condoms distributed to charities in the country after testing showed that they were riddled with holes and prone to breaking, an official said Tuesday.

Filthy Phuket klong to be fixed – Prompong

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 06:54PM

PHUKET: A high-priority plan has been laid to fix pollution flowing down a klong, across Bang Tao Beach and into the sea.

Two more Phuket bikes incinerated

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 04:52PM

PHUKET: Yesterday (April 22) was an incendiary day for Kamala, with two more motorcycles incinerated in separate incidents at different times in the afternoon, and a restaurant roof catching fire.

NEWS TODAY April 23

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 03:24PM

Another fatal 'big bike' crash. More motorbike arson. Black 'slick' on west coast beaches.

Phuket dengue fever cases on the rise

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 03:08PM

PHUKET: The number of people who have died from dengue fever in Phuket this year stands at one – a young Burmese girl – but the number of confirmed cases on the island so far is more than double that of last year.

Gov intervenes in stinking Phuket canal problem

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 02:11PM

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intusut yesterday (April 22) stepped into a long-running dispute over untreated waste water in Klong Bang Yai, which is stinking up the Samkong area.

Phuket: Skeleton in David's house believed to be of missing multi-millionaire

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 12:10PM

PHUKET: Police in Surat Thani have revealed more details of the gruesome find on Koh Samui that may lead to a second murder charge against Phuket murder accused Hungarian-Israeli Moshe David.

Death row Briton in Bali lodges appeal with top court

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 12:06PM

DENPASAR: A British grandmother on death row for trafficking drugs into Bali on Tuesday lodged an appeal with Indonesia's top court, a day after losing a bid to get London to fund her legal fight.

Charity aims to raise B1m at ‘Mystic Mirage’ Phuket party

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:28AM

PHUKET: Phuket Has Been Good To Us is gearing up for their biggest fundraising event of the year, to be held on Friday, April 26 at Bliss Beach Club on Bang Tao beach.

Russian airline sold for 1 rouble

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:19AM

In what may be the biggest shopping bargain in history, a group of investors have bought Moscow-based airline Red Wings for just 1 rouble – equivalent to 93 satang.

Cambodia to get new air carrier

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:16AM

Cambodia is expected to launch a new airline later this year after a deal was struck between one of the country’s biggest tycoons and Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corporation.

TCEB aiming to encourage greener Mice

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:14AM

BANGKOK: Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has collaborated with the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a stringent guideline on carbon footprint assessment for the exhibition industry.

Phuket: Mid-range villa project launched in Rawai

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:01AM

PHUKET: Estate Master, headed up by Richard Bell of Cornerstone Management, one of the country’s larger project management companies, launched Ka Villa, its low-to-mid-range sea-view development on Phuket, on April 4.

Koh Tao is ‘top island’ in Asia

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 10:57AM

PHUKET: TripAdvisor has unveiled the winners of its inaugural Travellers’ Choice Islands awards, with Koh Tao being voted the top island in Asia and 10th in the world.

Google urges tour firms ‘to engage customers online’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 10:45AM

Thai tourism businesses need to understand and cover various online marketing channels to catch up with fast-moving trends in the industry, according to a survey by Google Thailand.

Safety ‘priority’ for new tourism minister Somsak

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 10:26AM

Somsak Pureesrisak, the new Tourism and Sports Minister, says tourist safety will take priority under his watch.

Indians test Thai Smile Mumbai-Phuket link

Phuket News

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 10:23AM

PHUKET: Laguna Phuket last week hosted a welcome lunch for Indian travel agents and media, along with Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) executives and airline representatives who traveled to the island on April 4 with the inaugural Thai Smile Airlines flight from Mumbai.

Expat money: Honey, I shrunk our pension pot

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 10:02AM

EXPAT MONEY: Not to be confused with the 1989 children’s comedy, this storyline is darker and far more dramatic.

Three die as bomb rips through navy base

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 09:39AM

NARATHIWAT: Three servicemen, including a senior bomb disposal expert, were killed when a bomb they were inspecting exploded inside a Narathiwat naval base Monday.

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