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Amari apartments go up on Phuket site to kill for

PHUKET: The site is one of the few left in Phuket that all property developers would kill for: A hillside with huge sea views, 10 minutes from the centre of Patong, a 30-year record of solid ownership and a hotel below that’s going to stay that way so there’s no chance of it being turned into something else that will block the view.

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Thai monks rebuked over 'ostentatious' jet ride

BANGKOK: The behaviour of Thailand's Buddhist clergy has been thrust under the spotlight after footage emerged of three monks flying in a private jet, wearing earphones and sunglasses and travelling with a Louis Vuitton luxury bag.

Battle over beachside ‘encroachment’ in Phuket

PHUKET: Vice-Governor Somkiat Sungkhaosutthirak today paid a visit to a piece of land next to Bangtao Beach that has recently become the centre of heated debate in the local community around Klong Bangtao.

Robber in raincoat raids Phuket convenience store

PHUKET: A robber wearing a motorbike helmet with the visor down and a red plastic raincoat walked into the Baan Lipon, Thalang, branch of the 24-hour Family Mart chain of convenience stores this morning and pulled a knife.

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.

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.

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