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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.

One dead, one injured in Phuket landslide

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 05:38PM

PHUKET: There have been reports one person is dead and another injured following a landslide in Patong this afternoon.

Nominations open for Thailand Property Awards 2013

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 05:13PM

BANGKOK: Nominations officially opened for the eighth annual Thailand Awards on Monday February 4th and property sector firms from across the kingdom are already being put forward for consideration in 35 categories.

Monk defrocked after Phuket drugs, women bender

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 04:26PM

PHUKET: A Nakhon Sawan monk from central Thailand was defrocked yesterday (February 5) in Phuket after being caught with two women and a pile of drugs.

Five dead as 8.0 quake off Solomons sparks Pacific tsunami

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 03:22PM

SOLOMON ISLANDS: A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five people dead and dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.

Anchor-wielding jet ski operator wanted by Phuket police

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 11:56AM

PHUKET: Police are on the hunt for an anchor-wielding jet ski operator who allegedly swung the heavy anchor at a German tourist, narrowly missing his head.

Phuket officials to inspect Racha Yai again

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 February 2013, 11:12AM

PHUKET: Phuket Vice-Governor Dr Sommai Preechasilpa, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Management, and other officials will visit Racha Yai island tomorrow (February 7) with the hope of finally solving the island’s long-standing pollution issues.

Bangkok officials arrive to check Phuket foreign businesses

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 06:09PM

PHUKET: A team from the Department of Business Development (DBD) in Bangkok will arrive in Phuket this month to help local officials investigate foreign businesses on the island.

Phuket Old Town Festival returns

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 04:02PM

PHUKET: Phuket’s much-loved Old Town Festival is back for another year, and will run from February 15-17, coinciding with the island’s Chinese New Year celebrations.

Russians robbed in Phuket hotels

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 03:38PM

PHUKET: Four different groups of Russian tourists have been the victims of hotel theft in the last two weeks.

Phuket’s Chalong Temple Fair announced

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 03:30PM

PHUKET: The annual Chalong Temple Fair will take place from February 9-16, Phuket officials have announced.

Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs: study

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:51PM

FRANCE: Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

Four traders killed in insurgency-hit Thai south

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:26PM

YALA: Four fruit traders were shot dead by suspected militants in Thailand's unrest-hit south early on Tuesday, an army spokesman told AFP.

China one-child policy enforcer runs over baby

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:20PM

BEIJING: A Chinese official demanding a couple pay a fine for violating the country's one-child policy crushed their 13-month-old boy to death with a car, a local spokesman said Tuesday.

Wanted Danish man arrested in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 10:53AM

PHUKET: Wanted Danish man Dennis Knudsen, 24, the intended target of the Soi Sansabai shooting last month, was arrested in Phuket on Sunday (February 3).

Drowned Phuket sailor given send-off in NZ

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 09:40AM

PHUKET: New Zealand sailor Richard Spraggs, who died in Phuket last month, was farewelled at a ceremony in his home country yesterday (February 4), media reported.

Fugitive shooter arrested in Phuket Town

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 February 2013, 04:39PM

PHUKET: A Phuket man on the run for more than six months after shooting a Phuket Provincial Prison guard in Chalong was arrested last Thursday in Phuket Town.

Phuket doctor at loss to explain Russian death

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 February 2013, 04:09PM

PHUKET: The doctor who performed a basic examination of the body of Russian man Evgenii Pozhitkov, 40, is at a loss to explain how he died.

Pedestrian bridge removed for Phuket underpass

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 February 2013, 02:46PM

PHUKET: The pedestrian bridge connecting Central Festival Phuket with the newly opened Central Festival East (formerly Home Works) will close on February 14, with demolition taking place the following day.

Man charged after wielding knife outside Buckingham Palace [VIDEO]

Phuket News / World

Monday 4 February 2013, 02:46PM

LONDON: A man who was shocked by British police with a Taser stun gun as he waved large knives outside Buckingham Palace was charged on Monday with affray and possessing a bladed weapon in public.

Phuket: Govt wants Youtube sex spoof removed

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 4 February 2013, 01:41PM

BANGKOK: The government plans to ask YouTube to remove a video clip mocking the sex industry in Thailand.

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