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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.

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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.

New GM for Allamanda Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:08PM

PHUKET: Femke Beekers has been appointed General Manager of the Best Western Allamanda Laguna Phuket.

Thailand ‘trailing its neighbours’ as a destination

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:08PM

When it comes to favourite destinations for tourists, Thailand is behind Singapore and Malaysia, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Nok Air to launch Tak-Myanmar routes

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:02PM

Nok Air plans to operate two new routes from Mae Sot district in Tak Province to Myanmar in preparation for the establishment of the Mae Sot Special Economic Zone and the Asean Economic Community (AEC).

Suu Kyi arrives in Japan after 27 years

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:58PM

TOKYO: Myanmar's democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Japan on Saturday, her first visit to the country where she spent time as a university researcher nearly three decades ago.

‘Bonobo heaven’: life at a DR Congo ape sanctuary

Phuket News / World

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:54PM

Claudine Andre, a 67-year-old Belgian living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has spent the last twenty years dedicated to the protection of the bonobo, an extraordinary species of ape threatened by trafficking and poachers.

New China premier Li faces challenge to exert authority

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:51PM

China’s new premier Li Keqiang has risen from relatively humble roots to take charge of running the government of the world’s second-largest economy, but could struggle to enforce his will.

Thatcher's daughter: 'This will be a tough and tearful week'

Phuket News / World

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:46PM

LONDON: Margaret Thatcher's daughter Carol said on Saturday that she was expecting a "tough and tearful week" ahead of her mother's high-profile funeral on Wednesday.

Indian girl with swollen head needs 'miracle': parents

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:45PM

JIRANIA KHOLA: A desperate Indian father whose young child suffers from a condition that caused her head to swell up to an enormous size said Saturday he is praying for a "miracle" to save her life.

Passenger plane misses Bali runway and lands in sea

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:40PM

DENPASAR: An Indonesian plane carrying more than 100 passengers broke in two after missing the runway at Bali airport Saturday and landing in the sea, leaving dozens injured but no fatalities.

Lion Air plane crashes off Bali coast

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 13 April 2013, 04:37PM

DENPASAR: A plane carrying more than 130 passengers overshot the runway at Bali airport and went into the sea on Saturday but everybody on board survived, a transport ministry official said.

First human H7N9 case in Beijing

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 13 April 2013, 02:12PM

BEIJING: A seven-year-old girl is Beijing's first human case of H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said on Saturday as China's outbreak of the disease spread to the capital.

Songkran road toll rises to 101 across Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 13 April 2013, 02:07PM

BANGKOK: A total of 62 people were killed and 496 injured in 465 road accidents nationwide on Friday, the second of Songkran's 'seven dangerous days' (April 11-17), the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Saturday.

Phuket 7 days of danger opens with four accidents

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 April 2013, 06:28PM

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intusut will unfortunately not get his wish for the three zeroes fulfilled this year – Zero road accident, zero injuries and zero deaths during the Seven Days of Danger, starting yesterday (April 11).

Dead man found floating in Phuket waters

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 April 2013, 06:23PM

PHUKET: A dead man was found floating off Koh Tapao this morning (April 12) near the deep sea port. Police believe that he probably died about 10 days ago.

British molester arrested in Phuket, deported

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 April 2013, 05:54PM

PHUKET: Briton Hugh Glass, 57, was arrested yesterday (April 11) by Phuket Immigration Police at the request of the UK’s Serious Crime Squad, which wants him for child molestation offences.

Phuket police urge Songkran celebrants to take it easy

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 April 2013, 05:39PM

PHUKET: Thung Thong police officers led by Pol Maj Pramuan Jaikratok visited The Phuket News this morning (April 12) to ask the company’s newspapers, radio station and TV station to spread the word to Songkran celebrants in Phuket: Take it easy and be careful during the festival.

News Today, April 12

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 April 2013, 05:30PM

Phuket Media Club seeks donations for refugees

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 April 2013, 05:12PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Media Club (PMC) is receiving donations of consumer goods for victims of the March 22 fire at the Karen and hilltribe refugee camp in Mae Hong Son in the north of Thailand.

The dark side of Songkran: The danger on Phuket's roads

Phuket News / Features

Friday 12 April 2013, 04:02PM

PHUKET: Songkran’s not all fun and games, as Nattha Thepbamrung discovers speaking to the forgotten victims of road crashes during the holidays

Coconuts Bangkok site revamped

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 12 April 2013, 02:53PM

BANGKOK: Bangkok news site, Coconuts Bangkok, has been revamped for mobile and tablet use and user-generated content function, and will expand to Singapore in April.

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