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PHUKET: Taxi drivers in Karon have said they “will not allow” the planned new airport bus service to take their jobs, saying they “guarantee” protests if the buses start running.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 07:54PM

Phuket eatery ordered demolished, owner says ‘Huh?’

PHUKET: Arun Sorot, President of the Rawai OrBorTor has said the owner of the Marine Seafood restaurant, currently under reconstruction on the rocks at the southern end of Nai Harn Beach, has been ordered to demolish the concrete he has laid within 30 days.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 07:03PM

Phuket cop hits ‘bribe’ woman with defamation complaint

PHUKET: An upright senior officer at the Phuket City police station has laid a complaint of criminal libel against a woman who, it is alleged, claimed he could be bribed to get a convicted felon out of Phuket Provincial Prison.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 06:54PM

10 held in raid on Phuket ‘ice party’

PHUKET: Ten people – four men and six women – were arrested in the early hours of yesterday while partying in a house in Baan Lipon, and charged with possession of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice). One was also charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:39PM

Money’s not everything for Phuket's OB Wetzell

PHUKET: It’s really no good trying to talk about money with Otho Beale Wetzell, known to his many Phuket friends as OB. Money isn’t really a factor in his definition of success.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:27PM

Phuket Opinion: Tangled web we weave

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:16PM

THAILAND: Not only is Leonardo DiCaprio an award-winning actor, he's also an admirable philanthropist. But life is rarely fair.

Phuket Opinion: Skatepark deserves our full support

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:09PM

PHUKET: Those with the determination and vision to launch fundraising for what will hopefully become Phuket’s first skatepark should be praised.

Laguna Shores Phuket apartments 50pc booked

PHUKET: Laguna Property has begun selling units in the third wing of its Laguna Shores holiday apartment development, just three months after launching the project.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:06PM

Consumer confidence highest for 19 months

BANGKOK: The consumer confidence index (CCI) rose from 81.7 in January to 84.0 for February, Thanavath Phonwichai, director of the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce has announced.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:01PM

Yoo to go into hotel managing

PHUKET: International design firm yoo – headed by French designer Philippe Starck, British developer John Hitchcox, British interior designer Kelly Hoppen and designer Jade Jagger (daughter of Mick) – is moving into hospitality management.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:00PM

Keeping an eye on teleworkers

Telecommuting – having staff work at home, even in other countries, all linked via the Internet – is fine in theory. It reduces office space and office costs, and is good for the planet because it reduces the number of commuters.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 04:50PM

Helicopter deliveries ‘to boom’

Honeywell expects global deliveries of new helicopters for non-military use will increase to between 4,900 to 5,600 over the five-year period from this year to 2017.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 04:48PM

AirAsia awarded India go-ahead

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia has won approval from India’s Foreign Investment Panel to set up an airline in a joint venture with the giant Tata group, an Indian government official said this week.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 04:45PM

Buriram race track has double agenda

BANGKOK: With the Thai government concentrating firmly on populist policies such as the very expensive rice pledging programme, the no-tax first car scheme and others, the dream of the late Minister of Tourism and Sports, Chumpol Silpa-Archa to establish a Grand Prix track in Thailand has long looked like a non-starter.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 04:42PM

Chiang Mai's haze problem remains under control

CHIANG MAI: The haze problem in northern Chiang Mai Province continues but the situation are still under control, according to local health officials.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 04:10PM

Squat toilets to be scrapped in a bid to end knee-arthritis, boost tourism

BANGKOK: The government has planned to launch a campaign to discourage squat toilets, in a pledge to end knee-related arthritis and boost tourism.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 04:01PM

Calling for peace in Thailand's south

NARATHIWAT: People hold banners as they take part in an anti-violence protest in the southern province of Narathiwat on March 9.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 03:55PM

Nuclear-hit Fukushima to get 20,000 cherry trees

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 03:19PM

TOKYO: A project to plant 190 kilometres (120 miles) of Japan's tsunami-hit coast with cherry trees has begun, with organisers saying they want something to welcome nuclear evacuees in three decades' time.

Buri Ram family finds kitten corpse in sausages