RAWAI: An Englishman has died of injuries sustained in a high-speed crash on a curve on Wiset Rd early this morning.br>br>Capt Tienchai Duangsuwan of Chalong Police identified the victim as Mark Anthony Crosby, age 43.br>br>Mr Crosby had been drinking with his father in Rawai earlier& that night, Capt Tienchai said, adding that the acciden

Source:Deadly corner claims speeding Brit

PHUKET: Heavy rains since this morning have caused flooding at many locales around the island, causing long tailbacks along major roads and damage to shops inundated with water.br>br>Patong suffered minor floods this morning before the rain stopped to give the resort town a midday reprieve, but the skies opened again this afternoon and brought m

Source:Floods in Chalong and Patong

PHUKET CITY: The Royal Thai Navy’s Third Fleet wants to build a network of helicopter landing pads on outlying islands so that tourists needing emergency medical treatment can be& brought back& to Phuket faster.br>br>Rear-Admiral Supot Pruksa of the Third Naval Area Command announced the initiative yesterday following his opening addre

Source:Park chiefs hamper Navy plans for emergency helipads

The direct cost of the closure of Phuket International Airport by anti-government protesters may have reached 250 million baht per day, according to estimates from the Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) and the southern chapter of the Thai Hotels Association. …

Source:Airport Turbulence

AUSSIE ASSISTANCE: Preparing to clamp down on international terrorists and human trafficking rings, Phuket Immigration police and their counterparts from throughout the Southern Thailand take part in a special training session in how to detect fake passports and phony visas.

Source:Anti-terrorist training

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej insisted in an address to the nation on Radio Thailand this morning that he would not step down, quashing widespread expectations that he would finally resign. Samak has been driven into a tight corner, suffering two blows in a row yesterday. The first came when Army chief Anupong Paochinda told him t

Source:PM Samak still stonewalling

BANGKOK (The Nation): Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej this morning announced a state of emergency in Bangkok, following a clash between the pro and anti-government supporters at about 1:30 am. Reasoning that some groups of people caused disturbances in Bangkok that affect peace and security, Samak announced the enforcement of the Emergency D

Source:State of Emergency announced in Bangkok

In Chinese numerology, the number 8 is lucky for a number of reasons, and a day with so many on the calendar comes around only a couple dozen times per millennium. That makes 8 August 2008 a very auspicious occasion. …

Source:8 Lucky Things

PHUKET AIRPORT: Losses of an estimated 250 million baht per day have been reported to an ad-hoc committee set up to monitor and control safety at Phuket International Airport following the Peoples Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government protests.br>br>Phuket International Airport was closed at 4:50 pm on Friday and did not re-open until 11

Source:Lost in Transit: airport closure cost B250m a day

PHUKET AIRPORT: Phuket International Airport re-opened yesterday, with thousands of tourists crowding the departures hall while arrivals started to trickle in.br>br>Marking the return of inbound flights at about 3:30 pm was the arrival of a THAI Airways 777& from Bangkok with& more than two hundred& tourists aboard, the first plane t

Source:Thousands head home as airport re-opens