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Cebu Pacific to launch Manila-Phuket direct service

PHUKET: Cebu Pacific, a budget airline in the Philippines, will begin direct flights between Manila and Phuket on August 16, the first airline to link the Philippines with the island.

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Box jellies spotted off Phuket beach [VIDEO]

PHUKET: Following the warning issued by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) that the Southwest Monsoon may bring jellyfish to Phuket's waters, including varieties of the deadly box jellyfish, their presence has already been confirmed

Phuket rain fails to dampen locals' merit making spirit

PHUKET: This morning's heavy rain did not affect the turnout for the “Tam boon klang lhad” (Merit Day) as hundreds of locals poured into downtown Phuket to donate food and items to the local monks and 'make merit'.

Bangkok: Reconciliation bill comes under fire

BANGKOK: The reconciliation bill sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung is facing growing opposition as it would exonerate those responsible for the crackdown on the 2010 red shirt protests.

Six legs good, says monster maker

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 12 May 2013, 03:33PM

WEIRD WORLD: A British man has built a six-legged diesel-powered walking vehicle that looks like a giant robotic insect.

Big cat takes bathroom break from circus

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 12 May 2013, 03:33PM

WEIRD WORLD: A woman visiting the bathrooms backstage during a circus show had an unexpected encounter with one of the performers – an escaped tiger.

Chinese man creates iced apartment block

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 12 May 2013, 03:31PM

WEIRD WORLD: An apartment tenant in China accidentally created a frozen waterfall outside his eight-storey building when he left the taps on all winter.

The Big List: Weird weather stories

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 12 May 2013, 03:26PM

PHUKET: Be thankful you’re here on a sunny island: a winter in China’s Jilin City (see story at right) hits a regular night-time low of minus-25 Celsius at night. Here are some tales of global weird weather.

Phuket ‘desert chic’ fundraiser raises B750,000

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 12 May 2013, 02:41PM

PHUKET: Local charity Phuket Has Been Good To Us raised more than B750,000 at its recent Mystic Mirage fundraising event.

Two Phuket baby elephants ‘arrested’

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 12 May 2013, 02:40PM

PHUKET: In an echo of a probe last year into “illegal” elephants in Phuket, officials are investigating the backgrounds of two baby elephants in Phuket that are suspected to have been taken from the wild or smuggled in from a neighbouring country.

Turkey car bombings blamed on Syria

Phuket News / World

Sunday 12 May 2013, 01:17PM

ANKARA: Turkey was reeling Sunday from twin car bomb attacks which left at least 43 people dead in a town near the Syrian border, with Ankara blaming pro-Damascus groups and vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Sharif poised to form next Pakistan government

Phuket News / World

Sunday 12 May 2013, 01:15PM

KARACHI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif appealed to all parties to join him in tackling Pakistan's mountainous problems after securing victory in historic elections that defied Taliban violence.

Suvarnabhumi to get smart card system for Thais

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 12 May 2013, 12:51PM

BANGKOK: A smart card and barcode system is to be introduced by the end of this year at Suvarnabhumi Airport to facilitate processing at immigration for Thai citizens.

It wasn't me, says PM's website hacking suspect

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 11 May 2013, 01:37PM

BANGKOK: A man suspected of hacking into the website of the Prime Minister's Office and posting messages insulting the premier surrendered to police this morning, denying the allegation and saying he is ready to cooperate with the police investigation.

Illegal loggers at work again in Phuket hills

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 10 May 2013, 02:28PM

PHUKET: More than 200 illegally-cut hardwood boards worth around B4 million were discovered in Kathu Forest Reserve yesterday evening (May 9) by Kathu District Office officials.

Clean-up launched for stinking Phuket canal

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 10 May 2013, 02:25PM

PHUKET: Officials and locals, led by Governor Maitree Intusut, this morning (May 10) joined a ceremony to mark the beginning of the clean-up of stinking Klong Bang Yai.

Phuket's airport taxi-meters run into opposition

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 10 May 2013, 01:30PM

PHUKET: A group of 'taxi-meter' drivers who won the right to pick up passengers at Phuket's airport have run smack into tough opposition from rivals.

Smoking ban soon in Phuket Airport domestic lounge

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 9 May 2013, 02:27PM

PHUKET: The smoking room in the domestic departure lounge of Phuket International Airport is to be closed at the end of this month (May), but will remain open in the international departure lounges.

True’s limited 4G phone service to launch in Phuket this year

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 9 May 2013, 02:26PM

PHUKET: Telecoms company True Move has jumped pre-emptively to beat its bigger rivals with the launch yesterday (May 8) of Thailand’s first commercial fourth-generation (4G) wireless broadband service, and it will be introduced to Phuket this year.

Boy, 16, dies in Phuket shooting

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 9 May 2013, 02:24PM

PHUKET: Police are investigating the shooting in the early hours of yesterday (May 8) in which a 16-year-old boy was killed.

Fundraiser for Phuket schoolgirl with cancer

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 9 May 2013, 02:22PM

PHUKET: Friends of seven-year-old islander Pauline Holmes are holding a fundraising event on May 16 after the Phuket schoolgirl was diagnosed with thyroid and lymph node cancer last week – she urgently requires expensive surgery in Bangkok.

Sirinart Park Phuket probe still grinding on

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 9 May 2013, 02:15PM

PHUKET: Fourteen plots of land suspected of encroaching on Phuket’s Sirinart National Park were discussed in the meeting between a Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) team and officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Bangkok last week.

No lifeguards on Phuket beaches in June

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 9 May 2013, 02:04PM

PHUKET: If you want to swim in the ocean off Phuket in June, be aware that there may be no lifeguards to save you if you get into trouble.

Naughty Phuket monks caught with ice, dope

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 8 May 2013, 02:27PM

PHUKET: Four Phuket monks were arrested and defrocked on Tuesday evening (May 7) after being caught with crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) and marijuana.

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