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Government yields to pressure over school closures

BANGKOK: Bowing to a public outcry and resistance from many civic groups, the Education Ministry has agreed to create a joint committee to look into the issue of small school closures.

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DSI arrests B150 million bank robber

HUA HIN: The Department of Special Investigation arrested the head of a Swiss bank robber gang on May 16 in Hua Hin.

4 plots of Phuket land checked - all illegal

PHUKET: As part of an ongoing investigation into land encroachment on the island, Pol Lt Gen Jutti Thammanovanich, Head of the Special Unit of the Ministry of Interior came down from Bangkok to investigate land plots in the Patong, Kathu and Kamala areas today.

US carrier Nimitz due to visit Phuket

PHUKET: The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is due to visit Phuket on May 28, anchoring in Makham Bay off the deep sea port.

Banks put Kingfisher into final, fatal dive

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 04:15PM

INDIA: Shares of India’s debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines plunged on Wednesday last week after banks said they would start recalling loans worth US$1.5 billion (B45 billion), which analysts said spelled the end for the carrier.

Survey delves into ‘road warrior’ habits

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 04:11PM

Today’s business travelers are surprisingly social on the road, according to a survey by Four Points by Sheraton.

2012 bumper year for Thai hotel industry

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 04:09PM

PHUKET: If anyone doubts that 2012 was a bumper year for tourism in Thailand, the latest figures from STR Global, which tracks hotel performance from 49,000 rooms across Thailand, should dispel those doubts.

Phuket sidecar wows the island

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 03:44PM

PHUKET: Not many people can say one of the best things that ever happened to them was their house burning down, but then not every one is Justin Lawson.

Thai Smile launches direct Phuket-India flights

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 03:00PM

PHUKET: New direct flights from India and Malaysia to Phuket are due to start, bringing hopes by officials for more visitors to the island province.

Thailand eyes peace talks with insurgents 'soon'

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 02:53PM

BANGKOK: Thailand wants to hold peace talks with militant groups behind a festering insurgency in the south 'soon', the head of the kingdom's highest security body said Wednesday.

Phuket ‘booze cruise’ boat sinks

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 12:42PM

PHUKET: Nineteen Russian passengers enjoying a “booze cruise” were rescued unharmed in the late afternoon yesterday (February 26) when the boat they were on sank near Chalong Pier.

Indian Navy arrives in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 12:39PM

PHUKET: The Indian Navy tall ship, the three-masted INS Sudashini added a touch of 19th-century glamour to the Deep Sea Port at Ao Makham when it arrived this week on a courtesy call.

Brawling Pattaya cop fired over YouTube beef

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 09:51AM

PATTAYA: A Pattaya police officer seen on a YouTube video clip fighting at Pattaya’s Bali Hai pier was fired from his job on February 20.

Wake to celebrate Phuket expat Johnny Skepper

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 09:26AM

PHUKET: A wake will be held at the Reggae Bar on Bangtao Beach near Laguna this evening (February 27), starting at 5 pm, to celebrate the life of British expatriate Johnny Skepper, who died on February 16 at the age of 40.

City fathers move to cramp Phuket Tesco plans

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 09:02AM

PHUKET: Following a year of intermittent local protests over the proposed Tesco-Lotus complex planned for Bangkok Rd, Phuket City Municipality is aiming to bring in a local bylaw that would limit the size of any retail operation in the city to 300 square metres.

UK to raise visa fees

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 08:53AM

BANGKOK: Britain is to put up the cost of visas to visit the UK, with effect from April 6.

Pistol-toting Phuket bus driver in road rage threat

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 06:47PM

PHUKET: A young Phuket mother has described the terrifying moment when a tourist bus driver apparently succumbed to road rage on Saturday (February 23) and pointed a pistol at her head while her young son was sitting next to her in the car.

19 tourists die in Egypt air balloon crash - officials

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 06:40PM

EGYPT: Two British tourists were killed and another two were injured when a hot air balloon exploded in the Egyptian city of Luxor on Tuesday, killing up to 19 people, tour operator Thomas Cook said.

Dolphin found dead on Phuket beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 06:34PM

PHUKET: A bottlenose dolphin was discovered dead on Bangtao Beach near the Dalar Resort & Spa early yesterday morning (February 25).

Phuket man gravely savaged in pit bull attack

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 06:29PM

PHUKET: A local man, Tiansak Aekpaiboon, 33, is hoping to be released from hospital in a few days after spending three weeks recovering from an attack in front of his house by three large American Pit Bull Terriers.

Live music night to fundraise for Phuket charity

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 04:12PM

PHUKET: Legends Bar and Guesthouse in Kamala is set to hold a live music night on Saturday, March 2, to raise money for the Phuket Has Been Good To Us foundation.

Phuket plans events to celebrate Heroines

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 03:56PM

PHUKET: The annual celebration of the defeat of a Burmese army attempting to take Phuket in 1785 will take place this year from March 2 to 17.

Three die in smash on way home from Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 03:07PM

PHUKET: Three island residents – two adults and child – died in a smash on a wet road yesterday morning (February 26) at Pru Kok, a dangerous curve in Phang Nga. Another two people in the car, from the same family, were injured.

Four dead in Thai Buddhist festival blast: police

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 10:23AM

BANGKOK: Four people were killed and more than 20 injured when a homemade bomb was detonated during a fight at a Buddhist festival in northeast Thailand early Monday, police said.

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