Archive for August, 2009

Another visitor to Phuket is missing - and presumed dead - after swimming in the sea off Karon Beach this weekend.
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A provincial court in Ranong has sentenced a Thai woman to life imprisonment for masterminding the murder of her Canadian husband last year. The Ranong provincial court on Thursday found Maneerat Henry, Amornsak Katekaew and Jinda Sae Tae guilty of conspiring to murder Dale George Henry on February 3, 2008. Their sentences were commuted...
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Foreigners discovering Phuket, plans for a casino, an expatriate stabbed, tourists robbed, plane accident with pilot error - this is not a flashback over the last 12 months, but foreign news reports published from the Andaman region from 1945 to 1989.
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How was Phuket like 34 years ago? A journalist from Australia found his way to Phuket town, Kata and Patong. Read the excerpts from the article. Some things are "same-same".
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JetStar is adding 7000 seats of new capacity into and out of Thailand with new services with a new double daily Singapore to Phuket offering from 15 December 2009.
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Thai foreign minister Kasit Piromya told journalists today that the upcoming 15th ASEAN meeting will be held in Cha Am/Hua Hin i October and not in Phuket. - After consulting with security agencies and ASEAN members we decided to choose Cha Am / Hua Hin for the meeting, he said. The governor of Phuket...
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A massive magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck at 1:55 am off the Andaman Islands – north-west of Phuket. The quake has triggered a tsunami watch for Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia. According to the US Geological Survey the quake was 20.6 miles deep and centered 260 km north of Port Blair in the Andaman...
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Nearly half of all new hotel developments projects in Phuket are experiencing major delays. More than 4600 new rooms are expected to be added to Phuket in the next two years, according to Bill Barnett of C9 Hotelworks.
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