Phuket News | The Phuket News

THURSDAY | June 20, 2013 | Last update: 07:44 PM.

PHUKET NEWS

Phuket News

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.

Latest Phuket News

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.

‘Pregnant man’ denied divorce

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 2 May 2013, 03:20PM

WEIRD WORLD: A transgender man who has given birth to three children since starting to change sex from being a woman has been denied a divorce by a court in Arizona – because the judge decided his marriage was invalid.

Teen dies imitating movie scene

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 2 May 2013, 03:15PM

CHANTHABURI: A worker at a fruit orchard drowned on Thursday morning after he and two friends tried to imitate a comedy boating scene in the highly popular Thai movie Pee Mak Phra Khanong.

Print versus radio in ultimate Phuket burger eating showdown

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 2 May 2013, 03:05PM

PHUKET: Live 89.5’s breakfast show host Sam “chicken fillets” Clarke will go head to head with Novosti Phuketa’s editor Alexander “I will eat you for breakfast” Semenov in the Burger Eating Competition this Saturday (May 4) at Home Pro in Chalong.

NEWS TODAY May 2

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 2 May 2013, 01:29PM

Two foreigners dead in Rawai. Hotel safe their caught. A million Chinese tourists already in 2013. PLUS Alice takes us to 'World in Grey' exhibition.

Benz-driving thief ‘robbed six Phuket hotels’: police

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 2 May 2013, 12:29PM

PHUKET: Details emerged today of the hotel room thefts carried out by Reutdhimet Singha-ampai, 34, who was arrested in the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong yesterday.

Woman in Northern Ireland takes 30 minutes to parallel park car [VIDEO]

Phuket News / World

Thursday 2 May 2013, 12:24PM

BELFAST: A woman in Belfast, Northern Ireland took almost 30 minutes to parallel park her car. Having refused their assistance, students Ciaran Doherty and Ciaran Shannon, who live in a nearby house, decided to video her parking efforts half way in.

Explore Phuket Town on foot with the Walk Rally

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 2 May 2013, 11:03AM

PHUKET: Those keen to discover and explore Phuket Town by foot should enter the Phuket Walk Rally, which is being held next Saturday (May 11).

Police crack spate of Phuket hotel robberies

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 05:23PM

PHUKET: Police appear to have cracked the case of the hotel safe deposit box robber who stole the contents of room safes – and sometimes the safes themselves – from hotels in Patong, Karon and Kata over the past few months.

Royal Thai Police to step up gun control from May

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 04:58PM

BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Police is set to step up its control on gun ownership from May onwards.

Small whale found stranded on Phuket beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 04:15PM

PHUKET: A young Dwarf Sperm Whale, about two metres long and weighing between 100 and 150 kilogrammes, was found on Patong beach this morning (May 1) at about 8am, attracting a crowd of curious tourists and locals.

Two foreigners found dead in Saiyuan Rd, Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 03:57PM

PHUKET: Two foreigners were found dead in Saiyuan Rd, Rawai, yesterday (April 30), in separate cases.

NEWS TODAY May 1

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 02:02PM

11 out of 35 'workers' are illegal. Motorbike firebug caught. Dawn raids at Phuket prison.

Phuket News: Yingluck distances speech from Thaksin

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 09:55AM

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, back in Thailand on Tuesday, defended her Mongolia speech, insisting she has no intention of defending elder brother Thaksin, ousted by the 2006 coup she so strongly condemned.

94 year old Australian alleged rapist carried into court on a wheelchair in Chiang Mai

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 09:50AM

CHIANG MAI: Australian national Karl Joseph Kraus, accused of raping four sisters aged between 7 and 15 in Ban Tharn Ing Doi, Doi Saket, arrived at Chiang Mai courthouse on Monday 30th April to face charges.

Australian falls to his death from 21st floor Pattaya condominium

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 09:44AM

PATTAYA: A 45 year old Australian reportedly fell from a 21st floor apartment in Jomtien early on Tuesday Morning. Police are unsure if he committed suicide or fell due to his alleged intoxicated state.

Five bands compete in Battle of the Young Bands Phuket final

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 06:01PM

PHUKET: After three heats and more than a month of voting, the final line-up for the Battle of the Young Bands on Saturday (May 4) has been confirmed.

Phuket nightlife raids net ‘dancer’ and 10 illegal foreign workers

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 05:53PM

PHUKET: Kathu Police last night (April 29) arrested 11 foreigners for working illegally in four nightspots along Bangla Rd, Patong.

Bangladesh defends disaster effort as anger grows

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 05:43PM

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Tuesday defended its decision to snub foreign aid after the collapse of a factory complex as anger flared at the recovery operation and towards the building's owner when he appeared in court.

Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 05:33PM

PARIS: Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease, scientists said on Sunday.

King Willem-Alexander takes Dutch throne

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 04:30PM

AMSTERDAM: Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander became Europe's youngest monarch on Tuesday after his mother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated and his country hailed the avowedly 21st-century king with a massive, orange-hued party.

Page: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 »

Matches 500 result(s)

Phuket Hotel Search

Destination

Check-in

Check-out

Rooms :

Child

Adult(s)

PHUKET NEWS
Phuket
Thailand
Asia
World
Business
Features
Opinion
Weird World
ARCHIVE
POLL

PHUKET SPORT
Phuket
Thailand
Asia
World
Tipping Comp

PHUKET LIFE
Phuket Arts
Phuket Dining
Phuket Education
Phuket Environment
Phuket Film
Phuket Health
Phuket Legal
Phuket Music
Phuket People
Phuket Tech
Phuket Travel
Photo Galleries
COLOURING BOOK

PHUKET CLASSIFIEDS
Phuket Buy and Sell
Phuket Jobs
Phuket Property
Phuket Cars and Boats
Phuket Community
Phuket Services
SEARCH CLASSIFIEDS
POST CLASSIFIED

PHUKET EVENTS
Phuket Event listings
Phuket Event calendar
Phuket Ticketmaster
POST EVENT

PHUKET DIRECTORY
Phuket Bars, pubs and clubs
Phuket Hotels and villas
Phuket Restaurants
Phuket Yellow Pages
POST LISTING

ABOUT US
Q&A
The Company
Distribution points
Subscribe
Advertise with us
Pay for advert
Contact us
F.A.Q.
CONTESTS