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NEWS TODAY May 24

Taxi blockade at airport. Another protest - outside Governor's mansion. Dredging at Bang Tao Klong nearly complete.

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The Big List: Ghost Towns

THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.

‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction

WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar.

Stray dogs sniff out human remains

WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside.

Phuket: Of no fixed abode

Phuket News / Opinion

Friday 17 May 2013, 03:52PM

PHUKET: The role of a consul is to act as an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another.

Phuket German expat loses B600k to skimmers

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 May 2013, 11:59AM

PHUKET: German expat Dirk Schmidt had B600,000 skimmed from his Kasikornbank account in early January, and more than four months later is still waiting for developments in the case.

Phuket heroin user tries to evade police, falls off bike

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 May 2013, 10:16AM

PHUKET: A Phuket man was arrested yesterday morning (May 16) on charges of possession of 50 grams of heroin and resisting arrest, after a short police chase which ended with him falling off his motorbike.

Soi Dog in bid to run Phuket Dog Pound

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 16 May 2013, 06:37PM

PHUKET: The state of Phuket’s government dog pound, situated in Bang Kanoon forest, Thalang, was again brought to the public eye this week when the Soi Dog Foundation (SDF) vice-president John Dalley wrote an email to Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut, outlining his concerns and discussing the option of the foundation taking control of the pound.

Navy needs B13bn for new frigate

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 16 May 2013, 07:25PM

The Royal Thai Navy will ask the cabinet to approve a budget of 13 billion baht for a new frigate to be built by a South Korean shipyard.

Hacker suspect slams police incompetence

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 16 May 2013, 07:24PM

Accused hacker Narongrit Suksarn, aka Window 98se, says he has been betrayed by the police Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), which has not told the press the truth about him being innocent even though they are using him to track down the real criminals who hacked the PM's Office website.

Cyclone ‘has no effect’ on Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 16 May 2013, 04:43PM

PHUKET: As Cyclone Mahasen crossed the coast of Bangladesh and Myanmar this morning, local weathermen have said there is no direct effect on Phuket from the superstorm.

NEWS TODAY May 16

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 16 May 2013, 02:03PM

'Cautious' approval for water taxi service. PIA operator being blamed for taxi chaos. Weather warning - small boats 'stay ashore'.

Qatar Airways in codeshare with Bangkok Airways

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 16 May 2013, 12:36PM

BANGKOK: Qatar Airways yesterday (May 15) announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways to destinations across Thailand, along with Yangon and Phnom Penh.

May greetings from the Phuket Governor

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 16 May 2013, 10:58AM

PHUKET: To all residents and visitors to Phuket, I hope you are well and enjoying our wonderful island home. In this month’s Greetings from the Governor column, I wish to address four main points.

Cyclone triggers mass evacuations in Bangladesh, Myanmar

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 04:50PM

SITTWE: Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Myanmar were ordered Wednesday to move to safety as a cyclone barrelled towards low-lying coastal areas.

Okinawa women demand sex remark apology

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 04:49PM

TOKYO: Women on Japan's island chain of Okinawa on Wednesday demanded an apology from an outspoken Japanese politician who suggested US troops there make use of its thriving sex industry.

Toddler dies after being left in Thai school bus

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 04:48PM

BANGKOK: A three-year-old boy has died after being left inside a private school bus for several hours in sweltering heat, Thai police said Wednesday, the second such death of a toddler in recent weeks.

NEWS TODAY May 15

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 04:19PM

'Gang Kwai' members arrested. Two Thai teenagers arrested in Karon for attacking a Burmese youth. Metered taxi crackdown. Plans to expand the Australian Consulate on the island.

No small schools to be closed in Phuket – officials

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 01:35PM

PHUKET: No schools will be shut down in Phuket, local officials say, despite a nationwide drive announced by the government to close almost 6,000 small schools across the country and move their students to bigger schools nearby.

‘Encroacher’ arrested for construction in Phuket hills

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 01:17PM

PHUKET: A suspected encroacher on Forestry Reserve land was arrested yesterday (May 14) in the hills above Kamala, where he was in the process of constructing six buildings.

Muted taxi reception for Phuket airport boat service

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 11:58AM

PHUKET: The final public hearing on the proposed airport passenger pier and boat service received a surprisingly muted reception yesterday (May 14) from Patong taxi and tuk-tuk drivers.

Thailand 'No. 9 in terror risk'

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 11:19AM

Thailand is the world's ninth most-prone country to terrorist attacks, according to a ranking devised by a British-based firm specialising in risk management and terrorism insurance.

Woman warns of foreigner sex con

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 11:17AM

CHIANG MAI: A Chiang Mai woman who claims she was lured into having sex with an American man under the pretence he would marry her has warned other Thai women to be cautious in relationships with foreigners.

Women hail 'brave' Jolie's mastectomy revelation

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 11:03AM

LOS ANGELES: Health activists, doctors and movie fans hailed glamorous Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie on Tuesday for her decision to reveal that she had had her breasts removed to reduce her cancer risk.

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