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Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

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Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

NEWS TODAY May 23

'Blackout could have been avoided'. Thai industries affected by black out. Former VG house suspect overlooking Patong.

Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

Amcham Phuket to stage law seminar

Phuket News / Business

Monday 12 November 2012, 09:01AM

PHUKET: The American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) is to hold a forum on November 29, titled “Doing Business in Thailand – 3 Things You Should Know”, at Royal Phuket Marina.

Govt suspends 'Demolisher's' Phuket encroachment probe

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 11 November 2012, 06:53PM

PHUKET: The next phase of the investigation into encroachment in the Sirinart Marine National Park has been suspended indefinitely on the orders of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE).

112 Rohingya rounded up north of Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 11 November 2012, 06:01PM

PHUKET: Police in Phuket’s neighbouring province of Phang Nga, led by Pol Lt Chaiyuth Boonyai, arrested 112 Rohingya-Burmese in Tai Muang district today (November 10).

Strong quake causes panic in Myanmar

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 11 November 2012, 11:08AM

ASIA: A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Sunday, sparking panic in the country's second-largest city as terrified residents fled shaking buildings, witnesses said.

Phuket-based HotelTravel.com sold to MakeMyTrip for US$25m

Phuket News / Business

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:53AM

PHUKET: Blair Speers, founder of Phuket-based website HotelTravel.com, has sold his company to Indian OTA MakeMyTrip for US$25m – US$15m cash and US$10m in shares.

Filipina transgender Kevin Balot crowned 2012 Miss International Queen in Pattaya

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:41AM

PATTAYA: Congratulations to the beautiful, charming and talented Kevin Balot, the 21-year old transgender stunner who won the 2012 Miss International Queen crown in Pattaya, Thailand last Friday.

Woman dies in five-story Chevy plunge from parking lot

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:30AM

BANGKOK: A woman died when her white Chevrolet Cruze fell from the fifth floor parking lot of Rasa Tower in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district last week.

Over 2,000 march in Hong Kong's gay pride parade

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:19AM

HONG KONG: More than 2,000 people marched in Hong Kong's gay pride parade Saturday, as campaigners called for the enactment of laws to ban discrimination against homosexuals.

Phuket Remembrance Day memorial planned for Sunday

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 9 November 2012, 04:58PM

PHUKET: The British Business Association of Phuket (BBAP) will hold a memorial service for Remembrance Day at Karon Beach on Sunday (November 10), the anniversary of the end of World War 1.

Gov backs Phuket plan for 2,000 CCTV cams

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 9 November 2012, 04:52PM

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intasut yesterday (November 8) supported a police plan to buy and install an additional 2,000 CCTV cameras around Phuket during the current high season.

Phuket gets HonCon for Brazil

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 9 November 2012, 03:22PM

PHUKET: A celebratory party was held at Kata Beach Resort last night (November 8) to mark the appointment of Mrs Jiratha Thavornvongwong as Honorary Consul for Brazil in Phuket.

Phuket Opinion: Money matters

Phuket News / Opinion

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:06PM

PHUKET: In these tough economic times, money can quite often be too tight to mention. Yet over the last week it has seemed to permeate the news more than usual.

Govt dusts off Kra landbridge project

Phuket News / Business

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:04PM

THAILAND: New Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal has vowed to move ahead with plans to construct the southern landbridge or oil pipeline linking the Andaman Sea with the Gulf of Thailand, creating a shortcut that would avoid the journey through the Straits of Malacca and round Singapore.

‘Upgrades’ for Phuket tourism sites

Phuket News / Business

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:03PM

PHUKET: Patong Beach, Phuket Town and Promthep Cape have all been earmarked for “upgrades” as part of a B1 billion government project to improve tourism sites.

Phuket's Dusit, Indigo, win travel ‘Oscars’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:01PM

PHUKET: Phuket picked up three major gongs at the World Travel Awards 2012, held at the InterContinental Singapore.

New Kalima Resort opens in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:00PM

PHUKET: The new five-star Kalima Resort & Spa has officially opened with a 220-degree view over Patong Bay.

Outrigger takes over property on Phi Phi

Phuket News / Business

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:58PM

PHUKET: The Outrigger Phi Phi Island Resort and Spa officially opened at the weekend.

Sunseeker dealers heading for Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:57PM

PHUKET: Sunseeker, British manufacturer of sleek motor yachts, has chosen Phuket as the venue for this year’s annual International Distributor Conference, which will be held from November 14 to 18, at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa.

China's painful past displayed under political shadow

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:39PM

ASIA: A group of museums commemorating China's violent Cultural Revolution is opening up normally tightly controlled discussion of the chaotic era -- but only up to a point.

‘Power tattoos’ and Thai teens

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:35PM

THAILAND: Police raided the home of a renowned tattooist after reports of several brawls involving his ‘disciples’, who wanted to test their ‘bullet proof’ tattoos, reports said.

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