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PHUKET: Emma Davison has been appointed Guest Experience Manager at the Paresa Resort in Kamala.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 10:51AM

New GM for Phuket's Cape Panwa Hotel

PHUKET: Kasemkij Hotels have officially confirmed the appointment of Philipp Sebastian Flickhinger as General Manager of the Cape Panwa Hotel.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 10:47AM

Rice farming ‘needs radical makeover’

THAILAND: The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has urged small rice farmers to band together to form what it calls “agricommunity enterprises” – small companies owned by farmers.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 10:43AM

Pattaya overtakes Phuket property in online searches

PHUKET: Pattaya has overtaken Phuket as the most-searched destination in Thailand for potential property buyers and investors on a leading overseas property website.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 10:41AM

Aung San Suu Kyi becomes UNAIDS ambassador

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:57AM

ASIA: Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been appointed an ambassador of the UN's programme on HIV and AIDS and has been tasked with fighting discrimination against people living with the disease, the agency said Tuesday.

Clinton: US commitment to Israeli security 'rock solid'

WORLD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Jerusalem on Tuesday during Israel's conflict in Gaza that Washington's commitment to the Jewish state's security remains 'rock solid.'

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:53AM

New York 'cannibal' cop just has filthy mind: lawyer

WORLD: A New York police officer accused of plotting cannibalism had no intention of actually eating his victims -- it was all in his mind, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:52AM

Australia seizes $246 million of drugs from China

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:51AM

ASIA:Australian police said Wednesday they had seized cocaine and methamphetamine worth Aus$237 million (US$246 million) shipped from China in a consignment of heavy machinery.

Church of England rejects women bishops

WORLD: The Church of England narrowly rejected Tuesday the appointment of women bishops, triggering turmoil and setting back efforts to modernise the mother church of millions of Anglicans worldwide.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:50AM

The world won't end next month, Maya experts insist

WORLD: Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:49AM

Water boss to tackle Phuket park pong

PHUKET: The new director of the Royal Irrigation Department, Ruethai Phacharanuruk, who arrived in Phuket just three days ago, has promised to address a smelly problem as one of his top priorities.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 05:00PM

Tropical citizens die 7.7 years sooner: study

PHUKET: People living in the tropics are likely to die more than seven years younger than those in other regions, according to the first findings of a global research project released Monday.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 04:13PM

Singapore cabbie returns B27.6m to Thai couple

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 04:02PM

THAILAND: A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero after he returned Sg$1.1 million (B27.6 million) in cash to a vacationing Thai couple who left the money in his cab.

Phuket resorts ‘still face difficulties’

PHUKET: Bangkok-based property company Seacon has warned that although the influx of large Chinese and Russian tourists has compensated for the fall in European visitors, Phuket resorts and hotels are not out of the woods yet.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 03:47PM

Holiday Inn takes over Ao Nang hotel

PHUKET: Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts is now operating its first resort in Krabi, after taking over management of the Sala Talay Resort and Spa at Ao Nang Beach. The conversion took place on November 1.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 03:46PM

Movie about 2004 tsunami shuns ‘disaster’ label

PHUKET: Eight years after the devastating 2004 tsunami, British actors Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts star in a film recounting the tragedy through the eyes of a tourist family caught up in the tidal wave.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 12:34PM

Authorities prepare to ‘manage’ Phuket beaches

PHUKET: Officials are gathering detailed information about every vendor and business operator on Phuket’s beaches in preparation to “manage” the beaches better.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 12:23PM

Phuket underpass work postponed by two days

PHUKET: The start of work on the underpass next to Central Festival Phuket has been delayed until Friday (November 23).

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 11:36AM

Yellow Shirt heavy-hitters arrive in Phuket

PHUKET: Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang, one of the founders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) or Yellow Shirts, was in Phuket on Sunday heading a panel of Yellow Shirt heavy-hitters in a travelling protest labelled “Fight Thailand Crisis, Reform the Energy [industry]”.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 11:20AM

Longfellow family hails Pitbull extradition to Phuket