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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.

‘Mum, I can breathe now’

Phuket News / Features

Friday 2 November 2012, 11:29AM

PHUKET: A Singaporean company provides life-changing machine for Petch, reports Nattha Thepbamrung.

Locals protest over loss of regular Phuket market

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:18AM

PHUKET:Around 50 local residents gathered at the Phuket Provincial Hall on November 1 to protest against the proposed new Chalong hospital on 10 rai of land just north of Chalong Circle.

New fight needed against killer malaria in Asia

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:14AM

ASIA: Asia accounts for 88 percent of all malaria cases and most of the 46,000 annual deaths occurring outside Africa, a new report shows Friday as experts demand more urgency in fighting the deadly disease.

Asia drug boom fuels surge in opium cultivation: UN

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:14AM

ASIA: Opium cultivation in Southeast Asia has doubled over the last six years as growing demand for heroin in China and the rest of Asia lures more farmers to grow poppies, the UN said Wednesday.

Thai prostitution network dismantled in Switzerland: police

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:13AM

THAILAND: Swiss police said Wednesday they had dismantled a network that imported Thai women and men and forced them to work as prostitutes in several Swiss cities.

Boy among six gunned down in Thai south

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:13AM

THAILAND: An 11-year-old boy was among six people killed in a spate of shootings in Thailand's restive south, police said Thursday, as a violence continues to roil the Muslim-majority area.

Australia wants closer ASEAN ties: FM Carr

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 2 November 2012, 09:11AM

ASIA: Australia will elevate its engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and seek to more closely align its foreign policy with that of the bloc, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Friday.

One dead, one seriously injured after tuk tuk crash

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 1 November 2012, 04:40PM

PHUKET: A 20-year-old motorbike rider is dead after the bike he was driving crashed into a tuk-tuk on Wiset Rd, near the Le Meridien Phuket hotel around 2am this morning (November 1).

Grandfather and grandson drown at Phuket beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 1 November 2012, 03:49PM

PHUKET: A 70-year-old man and his three-year-old grandson drowned off Mai Khao beach around 10.30am this morning.

‘Put money in the bag’ – bank staff recount Phuket robbery

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 1 November 2012, 10:14AM

PHUKET: Police last night issued a B100,000 reward to anyone who can help catch the unidentified man who robbed the Kasikorn Bank branch on Thepkrassatri Rd yesterday afternoon, holding a female staff member at gunpoint as she was ordered to collect cash.

‘No boutique hotels will be affected’ – Sydictive

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 1 November 2012, 09:56AM

PHUKET: Representatives from Sydictive Element, the organisers of the Surin Beach New Year’s bash, spoke to The Phuket News yesterday while in Phuket, saying they do not feel that any boutique hotels in the area will be affected by the party.

Direct flights to start from London to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 1 November 2012, 09:08AM

PHUKET: British airline ‘Thomson Airways’ is to launch a weekly direct flight service from London, (Gatwick airport) to Phuket in November 2013.

Man flees bank with B2.7 million, holds staff at gunpoint

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 04:42PM

PHUKET: Police have cordoned off an area in Sapam while they try to find the man responsible for robbing a Kasikorn Bank branch at gunpoint on Thepkrassatri road at around 3pm today.

Police need help to identify dead foreigner

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 04:09PM

PHUKET: Chalong police are hoping to find the family and friends of an unidentified foreigner, believed to be either Italian or French, who was killed in a motorcycle crash around 3am this morning (October 31) near the Vijitt Resort on Wiset Road, Rawai.

Land deeds on Koh Racha investigated

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 03:01PM

PHUKET: Members of the National Committee on Human Rights’ Sub-Committee on Property and Forest Rights met with local people on Koh Racha Yai on Sunday (October 21) after receiving complaints about selective issuance of island land title deeds to big investors.

Phang Nga native arrested with kratom stash

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 12:24PM

PHUKET: A 21-year-old Phang Nga man was arrested after an official caught him at the Phuket bus station at around 9.30pm last night (October 30) with a 5kg haul of kratom leaves in his bag.

Phuket needs more than ‘sea, sun and sand’

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 11:46AM

PHUKET: Phuket lacks a ‘distinguishable’ culture compared to other top tourist destinations and should be more sustainable, Dr Ruckphon Osalort, Director of the National Institute of Development Administration for Thailand, said at a recent meeting.

Phuket beauty crowned Miss Teen Thailand

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 10:52AM

PHUKET: British International School student, 16-year-old Tia Li Tawepanitchaphan, was crowned Miss Teen Thailand 2012 on Saturday (October 27) during the competition finals in Bangkok, winning B300,000 in prize money.

Phuket Hon Con meetings back on

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 10:28AM

PHUKET: Phuket’s new governor Maitree Intusut met with the island’s honorary consuls on Monday at Phuket Provincial Hall.

Krabi teen gang “well known to police”

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:24AM

PHUKET: The British man that was assaulted by a group of teenagers in Ao Nang headed back to Krabi yesterday (October 30) to give his statement to the courts.

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