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Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

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Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

NEWS TODAY May 23

'Blackout could have been avoided'. Thai industries affected by black out. Former VG house suspect overlooking Patong.

Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

187 couples wed in Phuket on Valentine Day

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 04:42PM

PHUKET: Phuket’s three district offices, Muang, Kathu and Thalang, were jammed yesterday as couples queued to get married on the most romantic day of the year – Valentine’s Day.

Phuket visa run minibus crashes

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 04:40PM

PHUKET: A visa run minibus crashed off the rain-soaked road in Phang Nga and rolled yesterday afternoon (February14) on the way back from Ranong.

TOT server crash wipes out Phuket Internet

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 02:59PM

PHUKET: Access to the Internet via TOT – across Thailand – was wiped out for several hours this morning and early afternoon (February 15) after the telephone company’s main server in Bangkok crashed.

UFO explodes over eastern Russia [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 15 February 2013, 01:54PM

WEIRD WORLD: Astonishing online videos show the moment an unidentified flying object exploded in the sky above eastern Russia today.

Phuket Opinion: Celebrating history

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 12:35PM

PHUKET: If it’s one thing that Phuket Town does well, it’s festivals. Last week’s Chinese New Year festival in Phuket Town culminated on the Sanam Chai football field with a wonderful assortment of celebrations on Sunday night. There were Chinese acrobats, Chinese musicians, Chinese dancing and a magnificent fireworks display, which was, technically speaking, Chinese in origin.

Phuket Old Town Festival begins today

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 10:01AM

PHUKET: A large parade through the streets of Phuket’s Old Town this afternoon (February 15) will mark the start of the three-day annual festival.

New appeal to find missing British tourist

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 15 February 2013, 09:15AM

KOH PHANGAN: It's almost five years since English tourist Daniel Hall went missing while backpacking in Thailand. He was last seen on Koh Phangan in 2008.

Mother's warning after British man's motorcycle death in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 15 February 2013, 08:40AM

PHUKET: A British mother has warned of the dangers of young people hiring motorcycles abroad after her 22-year-old son was killed in a crash in Phuket last year.

Phuket checkpoint catches druggies

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 04:51PM

PHUKET: Two people in possession of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice), were arrested at a police checkpoint on the Sai Muang Mai-Pa Khlok Rd near Dream Village and Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa yesterday afternoon (February 13).

Phuket speedboat victims face mounting medical costs

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 03:57PM

PHUKET: Two Australian sisters injured in a speedboat incident last month now face mounting doctor’s bills after what they say was incorrect treatment by Phuket International Hospital – with the tour company responsible yet to pay for expensive additional treatment.

'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius arrested for killing girlfriend

Phuket News / World

Thursday 14 February 2013, 03:29PM

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was arrested early Thursday for allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder, media reports said.

Phuket tailor shop targeted in vandal act

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 01:29PM

PHUKET: An act of vandalism on a tailor’s shop in Naithon last night (February 13) has led its Nepalese owner to express concerns over the future of the area.

Russian man dies of Phuket crash injuries

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 11:31AM

PHUKET: The 25-year-old Russian man hit by a truck wheel last week has died of his injuries.

Phuket: Dokset offers to pay compensation – reports

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 14 February 2013, 11:25AM

PHUKET: The brother of Rungnapa “June” Suktong, whose body was found decomposing in the home of Norwegian man Stein Havard Dokset, testified during the first day of Dokset’s murder trial on Tuesday (February 12), a Norwegian newspaper has reported.

British backpacker missing in Australian Outback

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:36AM

AUSTRALIA: A British backpacker was missing in Australia's remote Outback Thursday after failing to return from a hike, sparking a police search with fears he may have come to harm.

Five dead as plane makes emergency landing in Ukraine

Phuket News / World

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:33AM

UKRAINE: Five people died when an Antonov AN-24 plane with dozens of football fans on board made an emergency landing in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on Wednesday, officials said.

'Too much meanness' in US political life: Panetta

Phuket News

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:30AM

US: Looking back at a long political career, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday lamented an increasingly bitter atmosphere in Washington, saying there was "too much meanness" on display.

Questions over alleged US cop killer's final stand

Phuket News / World

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:28AM

US: US police denied Wednesday deliberately setting fire to a mountain cabin in which an alleged cop killer is thought to have died, saying they faced a warzone-like shootout after a six-day manhunt.

Myanmar warships to visit Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 10:15PM

PHUKET: Two warships of the Myanmar navy will make a historic visit to Phuket port next week to mark 65 years of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Myanmar, a navy source said.

THE BIG LIST: Famous Last Meals

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 07:07PM

THE BIG LIST: Eating is our first and finest defence in the life-long game against the Grim Reaper, but everyone has to lose in the end. Here are a few of the last meals enjoyed by some of history’s rich, famous, unlucky, or gluttonous.

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Phuket teacher runs marathon for cancer-stricken colleague

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:39PM

PHUKET: As HeadStart teacher Richard Allenby lay on his hospital bed before surgery at Bangkok Hospital Phuket, he was convinced he was going to die. He told his adult son to look after his pregnant wife and their unborn child.

Stockholm 'police brutality' riots go into third day

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:29PM

STOCKHOLM: Riots in a poor, mainly immigrant suburb of Sweden's capital have continued into a third night.

Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:15PM

MOORE: As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people.

Phuket vendors protest no-parking zone

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:06PM

PHUKET: Around 30 street vendors attended a meeting at the Phuket City Municipality to discuss a new no-parking zone outside Vachira Hospital, which they say has led to lost revenue for them.

Senators inspect former Phuket VG’s hilltop paradise

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 05:59PM

PHUKET: A Senate committee led by Boonsong Kowawisaratch, senator for Mae Hong Son Province, this morning (May 22) visited the resort-style house built by a former vice-governor of Phuket, high in the hills overlooking Patong.

British police charge man over IRA bombing 31 years ago

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 05:48PM

LONDON: A man has been charged over a notorious IRA bombing in London in 1982 which killed four British soldiers on ceremonial duty, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 05:08PM

TOKYO: Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations.

British PM 'proud' of gay marriage bill but economy now focus

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 05:07PM

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday he was proud MPs had voted to back gay marriage but admitted the debate has been divisive and said his focus would now be on economic matters.

Hong Kong’s struggle to combat its waste crisis

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 04:51PM

HONG KONG: An army of road sweepers and refuse collectors keep the streets clean in the heart of Hong Kong – but on the outskirts, growing mountains of waste are testament to what campaigners say is an environmental crisis.

Orania, South Africa’s whites-only town

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 04:48PM

Welcome to Orania, South Africa: a whites-only enclave established in 1991 during the dying years of apartheid.

Phuket/South blackout will cost industry 'billions'

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 04:38PM

BANGKOK: The huge power blackout in the South on Tuesday night could cost the food and rubber processing sector about 10 billion baht, and the government must ensure it does not happen again, Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) secretary-general Tanit Sorat said on Wednesday.

Yingluck: Find cause of Phuket/South blackout

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 04:12PM

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered an investigation into the causes of the massive power blackout in 14 southern provinces on Tuesday night, and the preparation of contingency plans to ensure it does not happen again.

Condo raid nets capital's 'largest-ever drugs haul'

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 04:11PM

BANGKOK: A raid yesterday at a condo in Bung Kum district netted Bangkok's largest-ever single seizure of drugs, police say.

Man dies after second-storey fall in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 03:23PM

PHUKET: A welder from Nan province in northern Thailand died around 11am this morning (May 22) when he fell from the second floor of a building near the Heroines’ Monument.

NEWS TODAY May 22

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 02:57PM

Massive power black-out in southern Thailand. Immigration police raid in Kathu Wat. Deal struck for life-gurads in June. Monsoon pushing fish prices up.

Update: Foreigner found drowned in Phuket identified

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 12:46PM

PHUKET: The foreigner found drowned and washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 on Tuesday morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park has been identified.

'Biggest blackout ever' hits Phuket and 13 other provinces

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 11:01PM

PHUKET: The 'biggest power outage ever' in Thailand blacked out 14 southern provinces Tuesday evening, plunging almost the entire South, including Phuket, into blackness for lengthy periods.

Massive power cut hits Phuket and entire South

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 07:55PM

PHUKET: A massive blackout apparently originating from a fault at the hydropower station at the Rachaphrapa dam in Surat Thani blacked out Phuket tonight, along with all provinces to the south.

Nine foreigners held on work permit charges

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 06:45PM

PHUKET: Nine people, apparently Chinese and Burmese nationals, were arrested this afternoon (May 21) at Wat Kathu for working without work permits.

Top Phuket chefs showcased at ‘Six of the Best’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 05:32PM

PHUKET: Experiencing six of Phuket’s top dining experiences over the course of a year would be special enough, but to experience them in one night is exceptional.

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