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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.

US envoy in Phuket talks about tourist safety

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 04:20PM

PHUKET: United States Ambassador to Thailand Kristie Kenney today visited Phuket’s police chief and governor on a flying one-day trip to the island.

NEWS TODAY June 12

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 03:55PM

The Airport buses start to roll, but only to Patong. Slow Loris touts filmed, named and shamed. The white mask protest last Sunday. And the F1 for Phuket...mmmm, maybe.

Three Phuket loris touts arrested on Bangla

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 10:35AM

PHUKET: Kathu District Chief Veera Kerdsirimongkol last night (June 11) organised a dragnet that netted three loris touts on Bangla Rd.

Brazen robber raids Phuket tour office

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 06:33PM

PHUKET: A brazen robber walked into a tour company at Phuket Villa California, this morning (June 11) and threatened staff with a knife before making off with B69,000 and three mobile phones.

Phuket Airport bus service to go as far as Patong only

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 06:12PM

PHUKET: A decision was made today that the Airport-to-Kata bus service will be launched this month, but initially it will go only as far as Patong.

Three trucks destroyed in Phuket arson attack

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 04:47PM

PHUKET: Three vehicles were destroyed by fire early this morning (June 11) outside the Baan Manik offices of Tropical Landscaping International, and police have confirmed that the attack was arson.

Phuket Immigration to reopen Patong office

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 04:18PM

PHUKET: The long-closed Patong Immigration sub-office is to reopen on Thursday (June 13).

Japan's first lady says she is 'anti-nuclear'

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:39PM

TOKYO: The wife of Japan's pro-business Prime Minister Shinzo Abe does not like nuclear power and would rather her husband's government did not try to export it, she said in a speech.

Myanmar web users looking online for freedom

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:38PM

YANGON: Kam Khan Cin travelled for four days from his remote mountaintop town to attend Myanmar's forum on web freedom as the country embraces its long-vilified netizens as part of sweeping reforms.

Americans widely back NSA phone tracking: poll

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:29PM

WASHINGTON: A solid majority of Americans support the US government's programs tracking telephone records to try to uncover terror, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll found Monday.

Half of Ivory Coast's press suspended in 'clean up'

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:28PM

ABIDJAN: More than half of the Ivory Coast's press industry have been suspended, the regulatory authority announced Monday as it promised to "clean up" the sector.

Mandela remains in 'intensive care'

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:25PM

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela faced a fourth day in hospital Tuesday where he was said to be in a serious but stable condition receiving intensive care for a lung infection, as South Africans to come to terms with the mortality of their anti-apartheid hero.

Two dead, two critically ill from Australian homebrew

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:24PM

SYDNEY: Two men are dead and two others critically ill after reportedly drinking home-brewed alcohol in Australia's Queensland state, police said Tuesday.

Eco cops descend on hot Phuket tourist island

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:19PM

PHUKET: Officials braved foul weather at sea yesterday (June 10) to go out to Koh Khai Nok to investigate allegations of land encroachment at the popular tourist site, now sadly ravaged by illegal restaurants, garbage, sewage and damage to the surrounding reef.

Mumbai building collapse toll rises to four: police

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:12PM

MUMBAI: The death toll from an apartment block collapse in central Mumbai has risen to four, police said Tuesday, with rescuers still searching for people who may be trapped under the rubble.

Rain brings more flooding to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 11:11AM

PHUKET: Heavy rain overnight and this morning caused traffic chaos in various parts of the island, with flooding reported in Patong and on Chao Fah East Rd.

Phuket white mask protesters want Pheu Thai out

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 06:33PM

PHUKET: Some 2,000 Phuket people, many wearing white “Guy Fawkes” masks symbolising opposition to the government, gathered at Saphan Hin yesterday (June 9) to demand the resignation of the ruling Pheu Thai Party Cabinet.

More bad weather for Phuket, possible flooding tonight

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 05:20PM

PHUKET: The island is not over the bad weather yet. At 4pm this afternoon (June 10) the Thai Meteorological Department warned, “The intense southwest monsoon remains. Torrential rain and heavy to very heavy falls in many places are expected.”

Teacher in Phuket race raises B65k for sick colleague

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 05:08PM

PHUKET: HeadStart School physical education teacher Kayleigh Damant successfully completed her first marathon on Sunday in a time of 4 hours, 26 minutes and raised B65,000 for her sick colleague, Richard Allenby.

NEWS TODAY June 10

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 02:21PM

Rain, rain, rain. Floods in Patong, Football suspended. FOBISSEA a great success. Thanyapura hosts the fist SuperKidz series.

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