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1 hr ago | Phuket Gazette

Islamic Festival kicks off, expects to draw record numbers in Phuket

PHUKET: Alhamdulillah Talk-show Festival, expected to draw over 20,000 participants, is underway in Cherng Talay and will be running until midnight Sunday - rain or shine.

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5 hrs ago | AdelaideNow...

Glamourous new Thai resort in Phuket

THE secluded Pullman Phuket Arcadia resort in Thailand is offering a 30 percent opening discount when you stay three nights or more.

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9 hrs ago | Phuket Gazette

Steep road construction investigated, locals fear landslides across the bay from Phuket

PHUKET: Business owners' fears of landslides that could be caused by a recently constructed road on a steep hill in the Ao Nang area across the bay from Phuket, led to an investigation on Thursday of the construction site.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Phuket Gazette

Phuket Opinion: Proactive CCTV use necessary to protect resorts

Phuket Tourism Association Vice President Bhuritt Maswongssa explains that it is necessary for hotel and resort owners to monitor CCTV to prevent crimes.

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Phuket Gazette

Phuket Tourist Police murder case on hold

Phuket City Police Chief Col Sermphan Sirikong told the Gazette that forensic data is needed to move the case forward.

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Bangkok Post

Falling asleep at the switch

Any national grid should have enough redundancy built in to enable rerouting of supplies in the event of a maintenance shutdown, a lightning strike, or both.

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The Las Vegas Sun

Massive power failure strikes southern Thailand

A massive power failure has affected more than 8 million people in Thailand's 14 southern provinces, including popular tourist areas such as Koh Samui and Phuket, in one of the country's biggest blackouts in recent memory.

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Echo-news.co.uk

Man found dead on Thai beach had drowned

Jeremy O'Neill, 37, believed to have been born in Basildon , was holidaying at Phuket, in the southern province of Thailand, when he was apparently swept out to sea at Patong Beach on Tuesday at about 5am.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Phuket Gazette

Mob violently bounces Aussies from Kangaroo Bar

PHUKET: Two drunk Australians were beaten down by a mob on Phuket's famous party street, Soi Bangla, early yesterday.

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Phuket Gazette

Phuket Cinema: Funny ghost love story breaks Thai box office records

Davika Hoorne and Mario Maurer in 'Pee Mak Phrakanong' showing across Phuket. Their love is greater than war and death.

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Phuket Gazette

Phuket illegal taxi driver charged with sexual assault

Paitoon Kruain, 32, who operated an illegal taxi picking up tourists at Phuket International Airport, has been charged with sexual assault and is now being held at Phuket Prison.

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Bangkok Post

Tour of duty

Pol Maj Gen Roy Inkapairoj, commander of the Tourist Police Division, has plenty of plans and policies to ensure tourist safety.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Bangkok Post

FTI wants answers after outage

Business leaders yesterday demanded compensation from authorities for firms affected by Tuesday's massive power outage, while the Energy Ministry ordered a review of the emergency decision-making process.

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The Nation

Businesses demand action as officials downplay power cut

Tourism officials downplayed the impact of Tuesday night's power outage in the South, but tourism operators and the country's biggest private-sector association expressed fears for their business and demanded the government take steps to ensure that such a situation does not happen again.

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Bangkok Post

South power restored ...

Thailand's worst ever power outage is over, says Egat, but worried residents of the South are still anxious after the entire region was left in the dark for two hours last evening.

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Phuket Gazette

Phuket hit by major blackout

PHUKET: A major power outage struck across Phuket just before 7pm tonight. Phuket Town, Chalong, Koh Kaew and Thalang are three heavily populated areas suffering from the outage, the Phuket Gazette confirmed.

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Phuket Gazette

Phuket drowning victim identified as British national

PHUKET: Police have identified the man whose body washed ashore on Patong Beach early yesterday morning as 37-year-old Jeremy Thomas O'Neill. Because Mr O'Neill's body was found without any identifying documents, police circulated a photo of him to hotels in Patong hoping he would be recognized, Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Akanit ... (more)

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Phuket Gazette

Phuket illegal taxi drivers stalk Governor, demand resolution

PHUKET: A sortie of about 30 illegal taxi drivers from the Mook Andaman co-operative staged an all-night vigil in front of the Governor's Residence last night, finally causing the governor to agree to meet with them today to seek a resolution to their demand to serve passengers at Phuket International Airport.

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Hotel News Resource

Hotel Industry in the Asia Pacific Region Reports Negative Results For April 2013

In April, the Asia/Pacific region's occupancy ended the month with a 0.5-percent decrease to 68.6 percent, its average daily rate dropped 2.3 percent to US$127.20 and its revenue per available room was down 2.8 percent to US$87.22. Hotels in the Asia/Pacific region experienced decreases in the three key performance metrics in April 2013 when ... (more)

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Tue May 21, 2013

Asia News Network

BANGKOK: Can Thailand learn from the success of Singapore?

The tiny city-state has outperformed its neighbours because it has vision and discipline, precisely the things we lack in fractious, divided Thailand Singapore is a city-state the size of Phuket.

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