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Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

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Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

NEWS TODAY May 23

'Blackout could have been avoided'. Thai industries affected by black out. Former VG house suspect overlooking Patong.

Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

Sri Lanka bars Briton with Buddha tattoo

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 16 March 2013, 03:56PM

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka denied entry to a British tourist sporting a Buddha tattoo on his arm because he showed disrespect to Buddhism, a newspaper report said Saturday.

Bomb kills three policemen in Thai south

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 16 March 2013, 03:17PM

NARATHIWAT: A massive roadside bomb killed three policemen in Thailand's restive south on Friday, an army spokesman said, a fortnight ahead of peace talks between Thai authorities and a rebel group.

Phuket: UN urges Thai probe into alleged Rohingya shooting

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 16 March 2013, 03:14PM

PHANG NGA: The UN's refugee agency on Friday called for the Thai government to probe reports its sailors shot at Rohingya boat people fleeing sectarian strife in Myanmar.

Speeding Phuket driver causes road carnage

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 16 March 2013, 01:14AM

PHUKET: A car driver, apparently drunk and travelling at high speed, missed a bend on Chao Fa West Rd late last night (March 15), slammed into a motorbike and then rammed into a minibus, injuring six people, one of them so badly she was not expected to live.

Bangkok mum gives birth on motorbike

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 15 March 2013, 04:50PM

BANGKOK: A newborn baby fell from a motorbike in Bangkok this morning, reportedly after the rider gave birth without noticing – and without stopping to pick up the baby.

German caught with pants down in Chiang Rai

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 15 March 2013, 04:04PM

CHIANG RAI: Residents of the Banmai market area in Chiang Rai were surprised to see a naked German shaking his hips at the roadside yesterday (March 14).

PAD leaders indicted for 2008 airport blockade

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 15 March 2013, 03:12PM

BANGKOK: It has taken five years but 31 leading members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have finally been indicted in the Criminal Court on a range of charges, including terrorism, in connection with the PAD’s seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports in 2008.

Phuket: Witness describes Patong bus crash horror

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 March 2013, 12:39PM

PHUKET: Phuket taxi driver Anan Phemjit, 56, has described scenes following a bus crash on Patong Hill this morning (March 15), saying he looked in his rear view mirror to see ‘injured bike riders lying all over the road’.

Russian couple caught touting monkeys in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 March 2013, 10:54AM

PHUKET: A Russian couple were arrested on Koh Khai Nok yesterday afternoon (March 14), accused of possession of three baby macaques – a protected species.

Phuket: One dead in Patong Hill smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 March 2013, 09:19AM

PHUKET: One person is dead and nine injured, some seriously, after a bus with no brakes heading downhill into Patong sideswiped several cars and knocked motorbike riders flying just before 8am today (March 15).

Ivory trade 'Gang of Eight' escape sanctions

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 15 March 2013, 09:03AM

BANGKOK: Eight nations accused of failing to do enough to tackle the illegal trade in elephant ivory escaped sanctions at a major wildlife meeting on Thursday.

Governments boost support for sharks, elephants

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 15 March 2013, 08:57AM

BANGKOK: A major meeting on the plight of endangered species wrapped up Thursday with a victory for shark conservationists and increased pressure on countries to curb rampant illegal trade in ivory.

Mission impossible for police station builders PCC

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 14 March 2013, 06:05PM

BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Police Office (RTPO) has given PCC Development and Construction Co (PCC) of Chiang Mai another 30 days to complete the construction of 396 police stations nationwide.

Phuket: Bag-snatch teen dies in hospital

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 March 2013, 05:56PM

PHUKET: One of the teenagers, aged 16, who snatched a handbag from a Singaporean tourist and then was hit by an oncoming car, has died in Vachira Hospital Phuket.

Phuket sailor plans world record attempt

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 March 2013, 05:23PM

PHUKET: A Phuket man is on the hunt for support crew and a boat to help assist him set a new world record for the longest distance sailed in a Laser dinghy.

Expensive Phuket jet ski fun for Chinese tourists

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 March 2013, 05:07PM

PHUKET: Three Chinese tourists go home this weekend after learning how expensive it can be to hire a jet ski in Patong.

Ieng Sary, public face of Cambodia's genocide

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 14 March 2013, 12:27PM

PHNOM PENH: Ieng Sary, the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister who died Thursday at the age of 87, was a student radical who emerged as one of the few public faces of Cambodia's brutal 1970s regime.

Ex-Khmer Rouge minister facing war crimes trial dies

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 14 March 2013, 12:27PM

PHNOM PENH: Former Khmer Rouge minister Ieng Sary, who was on trial for genocide and war crimes, died Thursday, the UN-backed court said, denying Cambodians a verdict over his role in the brutal regime.

iPhone5 explodes while user takes call

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 14 March 2013, 11:54AM

BANGKOK: At 3pm yesterday, Bangkok resident Suwicha Auesomsaksakul was almost injured when his iPhone5 exploded after he had been holding it to his ear for only 30 seconds.

Phuket actors re-enact famous Battle of Thalang

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 March 2013, 11:34AM

PHUKET: A large crowd gathered in Thalang last night (March 13) to watch the impressive annual performance of the re-enactment of the Battle of Thalang, featuring Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut as King Rama I.

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