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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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Update: Foreigner found drowned in Phuket identified

PHUKET: The foreigner found drowned and washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 on Tuesday morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park has been identified.

'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.

Strong quake injures 20 in Taiwan

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 12:14PM

TAIPEI: A strong earthquake shook buildings in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Wednesday, injuring at least 20 people and sparking a fire, emergency officials said.

Thailand seizes 104 smuggled endangered pangolins

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 11:57AM

BANGKOK: The Thai navy on Tuesday said it had intercepted wildlife traffickers attempting to smuggle 104 endangered pangolins to China on the Mekong river.

Thailand set for peace talks with rebels

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 11:56AM

BANGKOK: Thailand and a key rebel group operating in the insurgency-wracked south are set to begin landmark peace talks Thursday aimed at curbing violence that has killed more than 5,500 people in nine years.

Phuket City ‘ready to counter water shortages’

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 10:31AM

PHUKET: Thavorn Jirapattanasopon, Deputy Mayor of Phuket City, says the city will be able to handle water shortages expected to hit if there is no rain soon, and has a plan in place to solve any shortages.

Burmese stabbed to death in Phuket work camp

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 09:16AM

PHUKET: A Burmese worker, Kyaw Zin Lat, 29, was stabbed to death last night (March 26) in a camp for construction workers in front of Phuket Zoo, in Chalong.

Cameras to track tiger numbers in Bangladesh census

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 08:43PM

DHAKA: Bangladesh is to launch a census of tigers next month living in the world's largest mangrove forest in a bid to determine the full extent of the threat to their survival, scientists said on Tuesday.

Italy court orders retrial in Knox sex-murder case

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 08:35PM

ROME: Italy's highest court of appeal overturned the acquittal of US student Amanda Knox on Tuesday and ordered a retrial over the murder of her British housemate in what prosecutors said was a drug-fuelled sex attack.

Officials probe large piece of cleared Phuket land

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:14PM

PHUKET: A large, steep piece of land in Kamala, across the road from Laem Singh Beach, was visited yesterday (March 25) by officials after a complaint that it was too steep to be in private hands and was possibly in a forestry reserve – yet had been encroached on by “a businessman”.

Phillips Group buys leading Phuket property portal

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:04PM

PHUKET: The Phillips Group Pte Ltd announced this week that it has bought Phuket Property Dot Com Ltd, which developed one of the island’s leading websites for property sales and rentals. The price was not revealed.

Sri Panwa in Phuket to be put into property fund

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:03PM

PHUKET: Phuket luxury resort Sri Panwa will be sold into a property fund, Bill Barnett reports on his blog thephuketinsider.com.

Phuket's Sansiri launches high-end beach project

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:01PM

PHUKET: Sansiri has officially launched its latest project on Phuket, its first on a beach and its first “premium class” condo aimed at an international market.

Concerns over rising flows of hot money

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:55PM

BANGKOK: Two of Thailand’s financial heavyweights have called on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to review the policy interest rate as a short-term solution to what they believe are excessive amounts of short-term foreign capital – so-called “hot money” – flowing into the country.

Bangkok Airways, shopping and power boost Samui’s rise

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:54PM

KOH SAMUI: Hotel occupancy in Koh Samui was at an all-time high of 68 per cent overall for 2012, compared with 59 per cent in 2011, thanks to new direct international flights and aircraft upgrades, according to consulting firm C9 Hotelworks.

Marriott man to head up Hilton sales

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:50PM

SINGAPORE: Hilton has appointed Dominic Sherry as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.

Thai Smile set to launch from Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:43PM

PHUKET: Thai Smile, Thai Airways International’s junior sister, is to launch three new routes from Phuket at the beginning of April, two linking with India and one between Phuket and Kuala Lumpur.

B2tn rail project ‘will transform Thailand’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:41PM

BANGKOK: A seven-year scheme for a dual-track rail system, to be developed by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), will change the face of the nation, a senior official says.

US schools embrace ‘immersion’ Chinese

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:37PM

Susan Wang couldn’t speak English when she arrived in California from Taiwan, aged 16.

Phuket fuel spill five times larger than estimated

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 03:18PM

PHUKET: The person responsible for the Phuket boat which sank and leaked 10,000 litres of fuel – five times more fuel than originally thought – may face charges, the Phuket Marine Office has said.

High-level Phuket visit spotlights food safety

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 01:08PM

PHUKET: The Deputy Minister of Public Health, Dr Chonlanan Srikeaw, yesterday (March 25) paid a high-profile visit to the public market on Ranong Rd, Phuket Town.

New tourist police app to ‘help the public’ in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 11:11AM

PHUKET: A new phone application will be helpful for both tourists and expats in Phuket, says a representative of the Phuket Tourist Police.

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