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Chon Buri-Samui ferry route mooted

A ferry service could soon link Chon Buri with Koh Samui, under a deal being negotiated between the Transport Ministry and a private operator.

Women Crushed as Cement Truck Topples on Patong Hill: Phuket's Truck Toll of Five Deaths in ...

Latest Two women crushed under a tipping cement truck on Patong Hill today took the shocking toll of truck deaths on Phuket hills to five people in five days.

The Shining Stars of Kamala

Shining Stars school in Kamala was opened in 2008 by Christine Reilly and Lee Feekins. It is now run by Christine and her husband James Geary, who both direct and teach in the school.

Four New Appointments for Outrigger Phuket

Latest Outrigger announce four changes, including a new manager at Outrigger Resorts Asia Pacific, including a new resort manager at Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort.

Phuket Storm Weather Warning: Boats Less Than Nine Metres Confined to Shore

Latest Boats less than nine metres - which means most speedboats - are confined to the shores of Phuket on the orders of Marine Office 5 because of approaching stormy weather.

PhuketWATCH Euro Crisis After Landslide No; Britain to Expel Thai; Phuket Deal to Save Racha

Phuket Updating Digest Greece votes No, so Euro summit called; Black Eagle romance scam busted; More people back 14 uni students; Samui set for murders trial of tourists; F1 back on track.

Asean Today: HK Protest Demands Release of Blogger; Najib Under Pressure; Cambodia Airports Fly

Around the Region Move to shore up rice prices in Vietnam, Thailand; China train project starting soon; Two die in chopper crash; Bali flights resume; Protest in Hong Kong for Singapore freedoms.

Phuket woman, 36, found hanged with suicide letter apologizing over lost B400,000

PHUKET: Mueang Phuket Police were alerted this morning that a maid had found the body of a suspected suicide victim, hanged on an apartment stairwell in Rassada.

African man nabbed at Phuket airport with fake passport, bag full of pharmaceuticals

PHUKET: Police late last night arrested an African man at Phuket Airport after suspecting him of using a fake passport to illegally enter the kingdom with more than 4,500 pills of pharmaceuticals on his person.

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