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  • Train services in deep South set to resume today

    Train services in deep South set to resume today

    PATTANI: Trains in the Deep South are to resume operations today, in time to serve the surge in Muslim holidaymakers celebrating Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice), following completion of repairs to railway tracks in Pattani damaged by a bomb blast on September 3. Thanongsak Pongprasert, deputy governor of the State Railway of Thailand, said yesterday that a train without passengers would undertake a test run from Hat Yai to Sungai Kolok.

  • Test flights arrive at Phuket’s new international terminal

    Test flights arrive at Phuket’s new international terminal

    PHUKET: Phuket International Airport began testing the facilities of the new international terminal this week with a handful of flights ahead of the official opening of the terminal later this month. Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha is scheduled to preside over the grand opening of the new facility on September 16 (story here ).

  • Woman finds snake in her paste tin

    Woman finds snake in her paste tin

    PHUKET: A Phuketian Facebook user took to social media after finding a disfigured snake in her anchovy paste. Facebook user Wanida Pagamat yesterday posted an image of Thai anchovy paste (Pla-ra) with a black snake-like slough in it

  • Across the land: Age of the robotic butler

    Across the land: Age of the robotic butler

    PHUKET: Robot butlers could soon be seen in modern homes.

  • Showers, high surf expected next week

    Showers, high surf expected next week

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  • Local vendors cash in on Pokemon trend

    Local vendors cash in on Pokemon trend

    PHUKET: Local vendors at popular Pokemon catching spots in Phuket have experienced a boost in income since the launch of Pokemon GO in Thailand. However, some vendors expect this spike to be short lived.

  • Prime Minister to visit Phuket this month

    Prime Minister to visit Phuket this month

    PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha is to visit Phuket on September 16 for the regional launch of a new nationwide initiative aimed at helping budding local businesses get off the ground and into the international arena of digital commerce. The Startup Thailand 2016 campaign was launched by the prime minister in Bangkok in April as a joint government and private sector collaboration between 11 agencies to bring businesses up to date with contemporary international commercial practices and trends.

  • Phuket Sea Gypsy sued again in new land dispute case

    Phuket Sea Gypsy sued again in new land dispute case

    PHUKET: Rawai Sea Gypsies are facing yet another fight over their right to remain in their century-old village, which offers splendid views across the Andaman Sea. Rawai local Bancha Hatsaithong is being sued over allegedly encroaching on land owned by Jindarak Thammajak

  • Paralyzed American fall victim responsive after spine surgery

    Paralyzed American fall victim responsive after spine surgery

    KRABI: An American teacher who was critically injured when she fell down a 45-meter-high cliff at Railay Bay in Krabi is conscious and responsive after being rescued on Friday, but still cannot move her legs. Hannah Michel Gavios, 23, is being treated at Bangkok Hospital Phuket after falling down the rock face while fleeing a would-be molester on Thursday night.

  • Still no leads on fake bombs in Krabi

    Still no leads on fake bombs in Krabi

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