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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.

Chinese model in hot water over cop photos

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:29PM

BEIJING: Chinese authorities sentenced a 23-year-old model to nine months in jail, suspended for a year, after she posted pictures of herself in a police uniform on the internet.

Police lieutenant’s secret identity as a ‘Baller’

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:27PM

DALLAS: In the latest ‘Lucille Baller’ rap song, she talks about how she will shoot anyone who messes with her since she’s “been to hell and back”.

The secret US plan to nuke the moon

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:24PM

WASHINGTON: A secret US military plan to detonate an atomic bomb on the moon in the 1950s was designed as a warning to the Soviet Union, says a scientist who worked on the project.

Patong business people object to Phuket party

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:18PM

PHUKET: A group of Patong business people disagree with plans to move the Sydictive Element New Year’s party from Surin Beach to Patong – and have warned that the compensation expected by Patong businesses for the disruption will be considerable.

InterCon to manage former Evason Resort in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 04:12PM

PHUKET: The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) - the world’s largest hotel group in terms of number of rooms - today (December 19) announced that it has signed a management contract for the former Evason Resort in Rawai.

Phuket's Thalang district without power

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 03:52PM

PHUKET: At 3pm today (December 19) power was abruptly cut in Thalang district.

Kamala bag-snatch robbers caught in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 02:10PM

PHUKET: Two thieves who admitted to having robbed many tourists in the Kamala area were arrested yesterday (December 18) in Phuket after they robbed an expat resident as he walked along Kamala beach in Phuket.

8 hurt in Phuket as crane rips roof off minibus

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 12:41PM

PHUKET: Eight tourists, mostly Russians, miraculously escaped serious injury when the roof of their minibus was peeled back like a sardine can by the jib of a mobile crane at about 9 am yesterday (December 18) in Chalong, Phuket.

Unusual tourists land in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:56AM

PHUKET: The island had an unexpected arrival of “package tourists” on Monday (December 17) when between 500 and 600 Asian openbill storks touched down in Rawai, the first time in human memory that these birds have been seen in Phuket.

KL consulate confirms: no one-year non-B visas

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:46AM

PHUKET: A staffer at the consular section of the Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has confirmed that the consulate is effectively no longer issuing one-year multiple-entry non-immigrant B visas except in special cases.

‘You can’t block off Patong Beach’, says deputy mayor in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:30AM

PHUKET: Patong deputy mayor Chairat Sukbal has confirmed he is aware of plans to move Phuket's Sydictive Element New Year’s party to Patong beach, but says the beach will not be able to be blocked off because it is a public area.

Australia to apologise for forced adoptions

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 11:19AM

AUSTRALIA: Australia will formally apologise for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies born mostly to unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s, the government said Wednesday.

Phuket yachtsman attacked by ‘samurai’ motorbike gang

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 10:03AM

PHUKET: Phuket yachting figure Neil Petford was attacked and robbed by a “samurai” motorbike gang on his way home from the final party of the recent King’s Cup Regatta.

Man to stand trial over killing of Chinese-Australian family

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 09:38AM

AUSTRALIA: A 48-year-old man was committed to stand trial Wednesday over the high-profile murder of a Chinese-Australian family of five who were bludgeoned to death inside their Sydney home.

School restarts in Newtown, but not for survivors

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 09:35AM

US: Most children in Newtown returned to classes Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre, but survivors of the shooting stayed home and their school remained a crime scene.

Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end'

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 09:33AM

FRANCE: Diehard doomsayers will be scurrying to the nearest shelter in fear of a Mayan prophecy of the world's end Friday, but many more from Delhi to Sydney will ring in the date by partying like there's no tomorrow.

Phuket megaparty may move to Patong

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 09:15AM

PHUKET: Organisers of the Sydictive megaparty planned for Phuket have confirmed they are hoping to move the event to Patong, after two hotels in Surin demanded compensation of at least B3.5m to make up for the disturbance to hotel guests.

The Big List: Doomsday Scenarios

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 18 December 2012, 06:18PM

THE BIG LIST: There are just weeks left until the end of 2012 – let’s hope we make it that far. According to the “Mayan prophecy” the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012 – just a few days from today. There’s no sign of impending doom so far, but here are some of the possible doomsday scenarios that could bring about the end of the world in the next seven days.

‘Ghoul woman’ preyed on raw chickens

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 18 December 2012, 06:14PM

PETCHABUN: A 51-year-old woman was caught eating a raw, bleeding chicken she had just stolen and killed, say police in Thailand's Petchabun province.

Chinese 'ark' prepares for end-of-world floods

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 18 December 2012, 06:10PM

URUMQI: A Chinese man has spent his life savings building an “ark” to escape the end of the world, which he fears will happen next week.

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