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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.

Dead bodies stolen for ‘ghost brides’ in China

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 07:02PM

WEIRD WORLD:Four people have been jailed in China for digging up corpses to sell as brides for traditional “ghost marriages” – where dead single men are buried with a wife for the afterlife – according to Chinese news reports.

‘Stop Killer Robots’

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 07:00PM

WEIRD WORLD: A new global campaign warns of the dangers of “autonomous weapons” – aka killer robot drones – which could soon present an international threat.

Falling Phuket branch flattens five vehicles

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 06:25PM

PHUKET: Several people had a lucky escape when a huge branch fell from a 100-year-old banyan tree in Phuket Town around noon today, badly damaging three cars and two pick-up trucks parked in front of the Phuket Social Security Office (SSO) on Amphur Rd.

Phuket burglar hits Russian’s room for B100k

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 05:51PM

PHUKET: A Russian tourist had belongings totalling B100,000 stolen from his hotel room yesterday morning (March 11) while he was at the beach.

Teenagers hurt in Phuket bag-snatch gone wrong

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 05:14PM

PHUKET: Two teenage boys who snatched a bag from a Singaporean tourist yesterday (March 11) were seriously hurt when the motorbike they were driving crashed into an oncoming car moments later.

Bangkok-Pattaya high speed train by 2018

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 03:56PM

BANGKOK: The government is aiming to complete the country's first high-speed train between Bangkok and Pattaya by 2018.

Hat Yai Police: Sorry grandpa, wrong man

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 03:49PM

SONGKHLA: Police admit they made a blunder in obtaining an arrest warrant on burglary charges for a 79-year-old man who has trouble walking.

Six expats arrested in Phuket on work permit offences

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 11:45AM

PHUKET: Six East Europeans were arrested yesterday (March 11) around midday by Immigration Police in Rawai, on work permit offences.

Six Cambodian children arrested in Phuket raid

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 11:39AM

PHUKET: Six Cambodian children and six adults in Patong were arrested on Friday afternoon (March 8) by a Phuket Immigration team led by Superintendent Pol Col Sanchai Chotkayaikit.

Phuket: Honey, I shrunk the superyacht...

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:54AM

PHUKET: Phuket’s Yacht Solutions has just finished shrink-wrapping an entire luxury yacht, the 42 metre catamaran SY Douce France. This is the first time a superyacht has been entirely shrink-wrapped in Thailand.

Phuket: Erawan plans property fund

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:51AM

PHUKET: Listed Erawan Group PLC has filed documents with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) for the setting-up of a property fund, writes Bill Barnett in his blog, thephuketinsider.com.

Asia-Pacific ‘to lead aircraft demand to 2033’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:38AM

SINGAPORE: Asia-Pacific airlines will lead global demand for larger and more eco-efficient aircraft types over the next 20 years, according to the latest market forecast for the region by Airbus.

AirAsia also announces profit jump

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:33AM

BANGKOK: AirAsia, Asia’s largest low-cost carrier by fleet size, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit jumped 168 per cent year-on-year amid increased passengers.

Big turnaround for THAI as 2012 profitability soars

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:32AM

BANGKOK: Thai Airways International (THAI) has announced a net profit of more than B6 billion for last year’s operations – a sharp turnaround from 2011 when the company suffered a B10.2 billion loss.

CITES 'has lost patience' with Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:29AM

BANGKOK: The world's top officials on illegal ivory trading say Thailand and other 'gang of eight' countries must stop the business within a year or suffer severe trade sanctions.

When property investments crumble

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:29AM

PHUKET: In our most recent article, we focused on the very real benefits of accumulating a portfolio of physical property to create a personal retirement plan that will generate a passive income stream from rents, and hopefully also bring the added benefit of capital gains in the future.

Marking the best of Bangkok

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:27AM

BANGKOK: Bangkok Airways recently celebrated its 45th anniversary with a circus-themed party at the Bangkok Convention Centre, Centara Grand at Central World.

Tour guide laws on the table as AEC approaches

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:24AM

BANGKOK: The Bureau of Tourism and Guide Business Registration of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) held a meeting with hotel and tourism representatives and legal experts, to discuss the law governing tour guide business, before the ASEAN Economic Community takes place in 2015.

New York photographer snaps city's face

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:21AM

NEW YORK: New York is famously photogenic, but photographer Brandon Stanton is not interested in the skyscrapers, bridges or famous yellow cabs. It is New Yorkers themselves he wants to capture -- 10,000 of them.

A home for transgender elderly in Indonesia

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 09:17AM

JAKARTA: A dozen elderly women are gathered inside the pink house, set on a narrow dirt road in a dusty suburb of Jakarta. Together they sew, bake and chat.

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