BITE SIZE: Chihuahuas, despite their small size, were found to be aggressive. Photo: David Shankbone
ENERGETIC NOT AGGRESSIVE: Breeds such as the Staffordshire Bull Terrier are often unfairly stereotyped as being aggressive. Photo: Mark Knowles
SURPRISING: Daschunds were found to be the most aggressive breed of dog. Photo: Dan Bennett
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PHUKET: We've all heard stories about aggressive dogs and perhaps you have one of these so labeled canines living next door. Many of us have read newspaper articles, here and abroad, depicting vicious attacks on...
PHUKET: The island is still a top tourist hub in Southeast Asia, with a wide variety of hotels, resorts and hospitality-related businesses representing Phuket at 13th annual Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2013 (TTM+ 2013), held at the IMPACT Exhibition Hall in Bangkok recently.
More than 800 delegates arrived from around the region to network with the 420 hospitality related organizations participating at Thailand’s largest business-to-business event, which is organized annually by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Phuket-based Internet marketing and booking engine provider for hotels, Wide Discovery Dot Com, reported a very positive response from visitors to the company’s booth.
The TAT reported a 16 % jump in international arrivals to Thailand last year to reach a record-breaking 22.3 million travellers, according to Deputy Governor in charge of Europe and the Americas,...
PHUKET: Surging land costs and the resulting trend of 'residential downsizing' has been a boon for Phuket's premier self-storage company, MY STORAGE Self Storage; with its ideally located Patong facility seeing an accelerated demand for its services.
Speaking to the Phuket Gazette recently, owners Sukanda Chiaranussati and Robert Akerblom talked about residential market trends as well as their firm’s growth and future plans.
"Residential property development is moving towards smaller, urban type apartment and houses, which creates a greater need for residents to store personal belongings outside their homes," says Robert Akerblom, the co-owner of My Storage.
Indeed, with the rise in urbanization, the number of residential ‘shoebox units’ on the market is swelling, which means that the potential client-base for self-storage space will also be growing.
PHUKET: Members of the fund raising committee for the Phuket Family and Gourmet Festival by Jagota met recently to allocate the second and final round of funding raised during the inaugural event held in February this year. The festival was a resounding success and raised one million baht to support various orphanages and children focused charities in the Greater Phuket...
– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket's international community
Songkhla ranked fourth highest in human trafficking
The Nation / Phuket Gazette
PHUKET: The Royal Thai Police revealed that Songkhla ranked fourth in terms of areas most at risk for human trafficking crimes at 642, after Bangkok's 1,108, Chumphon's 997 and Prachuap Khiri Khan's 848 locations.
PHUKET: A CHIANG MAI man was arrested by police after a video surfaced on YouTube of him driving around the northern city on a 1.2-million-baht superbike.That might not sound criminal in itself. The i...
PHUKET: Nobody likes having their card swallowed by the ATM – but most people take it on the chin.That’s not how you could describe the actions of 26-year-old Ekaphong Bunyaratphan, who got rather ups...
PHUKET: Residents of a village in Nakhon Sri Thammarat are queuing up to visit a household where a pig has just given birth to an unusual piglet.The mother of the “elepig” gave birth to a litter of 15...
I’m 70 years old and retired and I like to paint pictures for pleasure. I have had some inquiries about selling some paintings, and I may even stage an exhibition one day, but I understand that I will...
I have been living in Thailand on a retirement visa for five years and now want to import my Harley from the USA. It is an old 1996 Road King that I’ve had for 10 years. What import taxes and duties w...
In my home country, if I deposit money in a bank, it is guaranteed by the government up to US$250,000. If I deposit money into a Thai bank, is it guaranteed? If so, up to what amount?...
Recently I was again stopped by police close to my house and searched. They went through my pockets, wallet, my motorcycle and frisked me as well. They were apparently picking out people at random so ...
I have heard from various friends that the police stop foreign motorists and ask for their international driver’s license – especially on the way to the airport, when drivers are in a hurry.If dr...
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