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Still no good news for Thai exporters

BANGKOK: Average working hours for factories are unlikely to rise in the second quarter, with export prospects still bearish despite the baht continuing to fall against the dollar.

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Global air traffic on rise

Global air-passenger traffic grew by 3.2 per cent in April, compared to a year ago, driven by travel in emerging markets, the global airline industry body said on Thursday (May 30).

Training, guides ‘badly needed'

PHUKET: The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) has identified two major challenges; the need for better trained staff and a workable strategy to divert tourists to new destinations.

BoT ‘detects signs of speculation in property sector’

BANGKOK: The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has detected signs of speculation in the real estate sector and says it will closely monitor the situation, though it stressed there is still no cause for concern.

Phuket positions itself as 'retail therapy' destination

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 25 February 2013, 08:35AM

PHUKET: A big increase in Chinese and Russian tourists has transformed the popular resort island of Phuket into a shopping destination.

B1.02bn of meth pills seized

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 24 February 2013, 08:49PM

BANGKOK: Police seized a total of 3.4 million methamphetamine pills, worth more than 1.02 billion baht in street value, in three major drug busts, Pol Maj Gen Surapol Thuanthong, deputy commissioner of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, said on Sunday.

Phuket drug dealer tries to shoot police

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 February 2013, 03:51PM

PHUKET: Police had a lucky escape this week when Witoon Piwluang, a drug dealer in Cherng Talay grabbed an officer’s gun and tried to shoot the police who had come to arrest him.

B3 million Russian tour company scam reported to Pattaya Police

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 23 February 2013, 10:24AM

PATTAYA: A Russian travel agency is once again under the spotlight and is thought to have sold an estimated B3 million worth of non-existent tour packages to Russian tourists.

Thai water buffalo goes from slaughterhouse to stardom

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 February 2013, 11:17PM

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A picture posted on Facebook has helped save a water buffalo from the slaughterhouse and it is now on course to star in movies.

Russian baby killed in Koh Phangan crash

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 February 2013, 11:15PM

KOH PHANGAN: A nine-month-old Russian baby was killed and his mother critically injured when two motorcycles collided on Koh Phangan.

Phuket court told of family’s search for ‘House of Horror’ victim

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 February 2013, 06:28PM

PHUKET: Norwegian Stein Havard Dokset was in court again today for the second day of prosecution testimony in the “House of Horror” murder case.

Prompong: Police stations fiasco ‘has bad effect on Phuket’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 February 2013, 06:17PM

PHUKET: Phue Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit told The Phuket News today (February 22) that he is very concerned about the effect the years-long delays in building new police stations and police accommodation will have on tourism destinations such as Phuket.

True planning 4G launch in April

Phuket News / Business

Friday 22 February 2013, 05:08PM

BANGKOK: True Move will launch the country’s first fourth-generation (4G) commercial mobile service on the international standard 2.1-gigahertz spectrum in April, in a bid to beat its bigger rivals.

Work on Phuket ‘mangrove’ highway to start soon

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 February 2013, 04:06PM

PHUKET: The Department of Rural Roads today (February 22) confirmed that work on the elevated Phuket South Highway, also known as the Klong Koh Pee highway, will start around the end of April or beginning of May.

Thai contestant wins ‘Asia’s Next Top Model’

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 February 2013, 03:06PM

BANGKOK: Jessica Amornkuldilok of Thailand has won the first season of the TV reality show Asia's Next Top Model.

Phuket: Learning to live with the pain

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 February 2013, 12:10PM

PHUKET: A New Zealand mother describes how she's coped since her son, Nick McCutcheon, died after a scooter accident in Phuket in 2011.

Myanmar expands visa on arrival list

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 22 February 2013, 11:52AM

MANDALAY: Citizens of another 22 countries are now eligible for a visa on arrival at Mandalay International Airport, the Myanmar Times has reported. The list of eligible countries now totals 48.

Phuket: Former Nepal Prince's condition 'critical'

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 February 2013, 07:50PM

PHUKET: Former Nepalese crown prince Paras Shah, who was arrested in Phuket on a marijuana possession charge in October last year, is in a 'critical' condition after being admitted to hospital.

Phuket's Nai Harn 'sixth best beach in Asia' - TripAdvisor

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 February 2013, 07:36PM

PHUKET: Nai Harn beach in southern Phuket has been ranked in sixth place in a TripAdvisor list of the top 10 beaches in Asia.

Tourists deny Phuket tsunami drill ‘panic’

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 February 2013, 07:01PM

PHUKET: Tourists on the beach at Kata this afternoon have denied an online report that there was panic just before 3 pm when tsunami warning sirens sounded for an evacuation practice.

Husband stabbed to death in Phuket love triangle

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 February 2013, 06:53PM

PHUKET: Police have arrested a young man, Chainarong Teungsiabyuan, 24, who is alleged to have frantically stabbed to death a love rival in Rawai last night (February 20).

Direct bus service launched from Bangkok to Cambodia

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 21 February 2013, 04:17PM

BANGKOK: For the first time, air-conditioned bus rides are available directly from Bangkok to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Officer in Pistorius case facing 7 attempted murder charges: police

Phuket News / World

Thursday 21 February 2013, 02:15PM

SOUTH AFRICA: The lead detective in the Oscar Pistorius murder case is himself facing seven attempted murder charges for shooting at a taxi in 2009 to try to stop it, police said Thursday.

Phuket: Chalong gets first safety zone

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 February 2013, 01:25PM

PHUKET: Pol Maj Gen Choti Chavalviwat, Commander of Phuket Provincial Police yesterday (February 20) visited Soi Ta Iad in Chalong to declare it designated as the 26th Safety Zone in Phuket.

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