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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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New project for Phuket's bypass

PHUKET: After the success of the Boat Avenue project near Laguna Phuket, developer Boon Yongsakul is about to launch a new housing project on the bypass road, Bill Barnett reports in his blog, ThePhuketInsider.

Chinese tourist dies after being hit by boat propeller off Phuket

PHUKET: A Chinese tourist hit by a speedboat propeller off Phi Phi island yesterday afternoon (June 19) died from severe blood loss after arriving at a hospital in Phuket.

New faces at Angsana Laguna Phuket

PHUKET: Angsana Laguna Phuket has recently appointed Heather Cornish as the Area Director, Sales and Marketing, and Izhar Mohsin as Area Revenue Manager at Angsana and Banyan Tree Phuket.

Phuket's Live 89.5 sponsors ThaiVisa

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 13 December 2012, 03:58PM

PHUKET: The Phuket News’ sister operation, Phuket Live Radio 89.5 FM, has concluded an agreement to become a sponsor of the Phuket Forum on ThaiVisa.com.

Clinton doesn't believe she'll run in 2016

Phuket News / World

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:57PM

US: Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said again Wednesday she has no plans to make a second bid to be America's first woman president.

Australian regulator opens probe into royal prank station

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:53PM

AUSTRALIA: Australia's media watchdog on Thursday opened an investigation into a prank call to the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine ahead of autopsy results on the nurse who died.

Computer snags hinder 12/12/12 couples

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:43PM

BANGKOK: Computer software glitches frustrated many couples trying to register their marriages Wednesday on the auspicious date of 12/12/12.

Ex-Thai PM to be charged with murder over protest death

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:33PM

BANGKOK: Thailand's former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva is set to be charged with murder on Thursday over the death of a civilian during a military crackdown on anti-government 'Red Shirt' rallies two years ago.

'Demolisher' launches first Thai green party

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:25PM

PHUKET: Damrong 'The Demolisher' Pidech, retired director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) yesterday registered what will effectively be the country’s first green political party – the Thai Forest Land Reclamation Party (FRP).

2013 ‘likely to be a dry year for Phuket’

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:20PM

PHUKET: Thailand’s Southeastern Meteorology Centre has warned that this coming year is likely to be a dry one for Southern Thailand.

Yingluck to visit Pattani Thursday

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 06:27PM

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will travel to Pattani province in the far South on Thursday for meetings with teachers and other groups.

Cambodian girl, 13, rescued from Phuket gang

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 05:48PM

PHUKET: A terrified 13-year-old Cambodian girl has been handed over to the Foundation for Children and Family after she was caught peddling flowers to tourists on Rat U Thit 200 Phi Rd, Patong, on Monday night (December 11).

Fiery Phuket reception for red-shirt leader Nattawut

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 04:51PM

PHUKET: Nattawut Saikua, the firebrand Red Shirt leader – who, in the days approaching the violent climax of the movement’s mass protest in January 2010, urged supporters to “Burn them, burn them all, folks” – arrived in Phuket this morning (December 12) to a small but fiery reception from a small group calling themselves “Local Phuket People”.

Pirated items seized in Phuket are destroyed

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 04:20PM

PHUKET: Customs officials this afternoon (December 12) brought in a diesel roller to destroy 9,762 pirated products seized in recent raids.

Western 'luk thung' singers to visit Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 02:05PM

Ravi Shankar: 'The Godfather of World Music'

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 01:55PM

INDIA: Ravi Shankar, who died on Tuesday aged 92, was the world's most famous sitar player, popularising classical Indian music abroad largely through his work with The Beatles' George Harrison.

End attacks on children in Thai south: UN

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 01:50PM

NARATHIWAT: The UN on Wednesday called for an end to violence against children in southern Thailand following the "senseless and unacceptable" shooting of a baby girl in a region racked by nine years of unrest.

Fundraiser for cancer-stricken Phuket expat

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 11:44AM

PHUKET: Friends of well known Phuket sailor Kevin Ashby are holding a fundraising night on Friday (December 14) to raise money for his cancer treatment.

UN launches major cholera appeal for Haiti

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 10:24AM

HAITI: The United Nations on Tuesday launched a $2.2 billion appeal for a campaign to halt a cholera epidemic in Haiti, widely blamed on UN peacekeepers, which has killed more than 7,750 people.

North Korea successfully launches long-range rocket

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 10:23AM

NORTH KOREA: North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday, in defiance of UN sanctions threats over what Pyongyang's critics have condemned as a disguised ballistic missile test.

Democrat duo's arrest won't be sought

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 09:05AM

BANGKOK: The Department of Special Investigation has decided against seeking the arrest of former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thaugsuban when they report to acknowledge murder charges against them tomorrow.

Australia migration experts get top-up

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 08:59AM

PHUKET: Playfair Visa and Migration Services, Australia’s largest private migration firm, in conjunction with the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) last week held a two-day workshop at the Naka Island Luxury Collection Resort & Spa.

Qatar Airways alliance move will boost Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 08:58AM

PHUKET: The announcement in October that Qatar Airways, which services Phuket from its Doha hub, will join the 12-member oneworld global airline alliance continues a trend by Middle East airlines servicing Phuket to join alliances.

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