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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.

Tourists fight the flab at Phuket boxing camps

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 29 March 2013, 01:52PM

PHUKET: In a sweltering training camp on a tropical Thai island, sweaty tourists wearing oversized gloves and baggy shorts slam their fists, knees, elbows and feet into a row of heavy bags.

Foursome back in Phuket after record odyssey

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 29 March 2013, 12:30PM

PHUKET: Four Russians have finally reached the island after an epic first-of-its-kind voyage around the world on an inflatable catamaran, battling storms, broken equipment and, on one occasion, a shark that mistook one of the air-filled hulls for a whale.

Tax cuts not yet in force – Phuket Revenue Office

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 29 March 2013, 10:43AM

PHUKET: Bad news for tax payers – despite the ballyhoo over the Finance Ministry’s plan to cut personal income tax rates, supposedly starting at the beginning of this year, the Phuket Revenue Office (RO) has stressed the cuts will not come into effect for a while yet.

Australian warship visits Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 29 March 2013, 10:39AM

PHUKET: The Australian minehunter HMAS Huon arrived in Phuket on Wednesday (March 27) on a visit to the Royal Thai Navy Third Fleet.

Italian couple thank police after Phuket jungle rescue

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 28 March 2013, 04:05PM

PHUKET: An Italian couple who spent nearly three hours lost on Khao Phra Taew yesterday (March 27) came to the Phuket Tourist Police Station today to thank officers who found them and guided them out of the woods.

Speedboat plan to ease ride to Phuket airport

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 28 March 2013, 01:40PM

PHUKET: With traffic getting worse and worse on Phuket’s roads, authorities are seeking new ways to get people from Phuket International Airport to their destinations on the island.

Security truck driver denies B500k Phuket cash heist

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 28 March 2013, 01:28PM

PHUKET: A security truck driver, arrested on a charge of stealing B500,000 from KasikornBank while delivering cash to ATMs five weeks ago, has denied carrying out the theft.

Thailand, rebels open peace talks as blast kills 3

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 28 March 2013, 12:06PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand opened its first formal peace talks with a rebel group from its insurgency-wracked south Thursday, as a fresh bombing killed three people in a stark reminder of the difficulties negotiators face.

Online battle slows internet worldwide

Phuket News / World

Thursday 28 March 2013, 09:52AM

The largest known distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in the history of the internet is currently slowing down the Net worldwide.

Phuket hotel occupancy at least 70pc for Songkran month

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 28 March 2013, 09:45AM

PHUKET: Thai tourism during the coming Songkran holiday will be bustling in Phuket and other major cities due to a positive environment and political stability, say two industry groups.

Thai Airways adds extra Phuket flights for Songkran

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 28 March 2013, 08:57AM

PHUKET: Thai Airways International (THAI) will schedule extra flights providing over 4,800 additional seats to popular domestic tourist destination, including Phuket, for the Songkran festival.

10 children still missing in refugee camp blaze

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 28 March 2013, 08:44AM

MAE HONG SON: About 10 children are still missing in the aftermath of the devastating inferno at Mae Surin refugee camp which has left 37 dead, activists say.

10 children still missing in refugee camp blaze

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 28 March 2013, 08:43AM

MAE HONG SON: About 10 children are still missing in the aftermath of the devastating inferno at Mae Surin refugee camp which has left 37 dead, activists say.

Phuket: Wristband tags mooted for prisoners

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 03:11PM

PHUKET: Phuket officials are waiting to receive regulations from the Ministry of Justice on the administration of a system of electronic wristbands that will be used to restrain low-risk convicts in their homes rather than sending them to jail or keeping them there.

Phuket Opinion: People power

Phuket News / Opinion

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 02:40PM

PHUKET: People power ladies and gentlemen, people power.

12 held for gambling in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 02:20PM

PHUKET: Thalang police arrested 12 people after they went for a routine inspection of a karaoke bar in Srisoontorn just after midnight this morning (March 27) and spotted the 12 gambling in an adjacent room.

Phuket shootout remains a mystery despite murder charge

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 02:18PM

PHUKET: The two survivors from the March 20 boarding house shootout, in which two others were shot dead, are recovering, police say, but are not yet well enough to tell police what happened in the house in Sam Kong.

Phuket serial snatch robber arrested

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 01:25PM

PHUKET: Serial snatcher Sattawat “Pae” Settaraksa, 30, from Songkhla was arrested by police yesterday (March 26) in Phuket Town after he snatched property in ride-by robberies from more than 10 victims in the past two months.

Phuket house fires ‘were arson’ – owner

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 12:51PM

PHUKET: Two old tin houses in a poor part of Chalong, originally built as storage sheds, were completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of Tuesday (March 26) in what the owner of one of them claims was arson.

Payroll bungle leaves Ratchaburi police stunned

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 12:28PM

RATCHABURI: Dozens of officers at Ban Pong district police station were startled when they went to withdraw money from their bank accounts after their salary was paid on March 26 and found a huge shortfall in their wages.

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