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Phuket/South blackout will cost industry 'billions'

BANGKOK: The huge power blackout in the South on Tuesday night could cost the food and rubber processing sector about 10 billion baht, and the government must ensure it does not happen again, Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) secretary-general Tanit Sorat said on Wednesday.

Yingluck: Find cause of Phuket/South blackout

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered an investigation into the causes of the massive power blackout in 14 southern provinces on Tuesday night, and the preparation of contingency plans to ensure it does not happen again.

Condo raid nets capital's 'largest-ever drugs haul'

BANGKOK: A raid yesterday at a condo in Bung Kum district netted Bangkok's largest-ever single seizure of drugs, police say.

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.

US lawmaker in sexting scandal opens new Twitter account

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 09:25AM

NEW YORK: Anthony Weiner, the disgraced ex-US congressman forced to resign after tweeting lewd photos of himself to women, on Monday reopened a Twitter account in an apparent political comeback drive.

Michael Jackson's ex-doctor files appeal

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 09:24AM

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's jailed former doctor filed an appeal Monday against his conviction for involuntary manslaughter over the US star's 2009 death.

After gang-rape, India struggles to put words into action

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 09:20AM

DELHI: A hundred days after India mourned the death of a gang-rape victim and vowed to fight sex crimes, the torn clothes and tears of Bharti Kagra bear testimony to a tide of violence that refuses to ebb.

Fake nun 'swindled villagers'

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 09:17AM

CHUMPHON: A woman who allegedly disguised herself as a Buddhist nun to swindle five million baht from villagers turned herself in to police on Monday.

Legal team says falsified border map could give Thailand victory

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 09:16AM

BANGKOK: The falsified border map used by Cambodia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) could be key evidence allowing a verdict in favour of Thailand, the Thai legal team fighting the case says.

Boston marathon bombing suspect charged

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 08:52AM

BOSTON: Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face the death penalty after being charged on Monday for his alleged role in the attacks which left three people dead and 200 wounded.

Canada foil Al Qaeda-backed train smash plot

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 08:38AM

OTTAWA: Two foreign nationals have been arrested in Canada in connection with what federal police said Monday was a plot backed by Al-Qaeda to derail a passenger train in the Toronto area.

Eight more Phuket bikes torched

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 April 2013, 06:47PM

PHUKET: Eight motorcycles were incinerated early this morning (April 22) next to the Irawadee Ket Ho condominium in Kathu. This brings to 20 the number of motorcycles burned in a continuing spate of arson attacks.

Police baffled by skeleton in Phuket hills

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 April 2013, 06:40PM

PHUKET: Police are scratching for clues to the identity of a skeleton found by local people in the Nakkerd Mountains yesterday morning (April 21), not far from the big Buddha.

Phuket: Missing Hungarian’s body found under Samui villa

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 22 April 2013, 05:47PM

PHUKET: Police on Koh Samui are scrambling to explain the discovery of a human skeleton buried under a luxury villa believed to belong to Phuket murder accused Moshe David.

Phuket Opinion: Greetings from the Governor

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 22 April 2013, 05:02PM

PHUKET OPINION: I would like to say Happy Thai New Year to all the readers of The Phuket News and wish you good luck for the coming year. I also want to say a big welcome to all visitors to the island over this joyful period. In this month’s Greetings from the Governor column, I wish to address three issues.

Phuket Opinion: Learning from the Sea Gypsies

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 22 April 2013, 04:58PM

PHUKET OPINION: Having read recent articles in the media regarding the Rawai Sea Gypsies, I wanted to write to you about the plight of the people who taught me all I know about the Andaman Sea and still continue to educate and amaze me – the Rawai Sea Gypsies.

Phuket Opinion: Boats, pubs, marinas and boat shows

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 22 April 2013, 04:51PM

PHUKET OPINION: I went to the Phuket boat show last month.

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