CHANNEL SURFING: Kiteboarding will soon be available to TV viewers on Marine Scene Asia.
Monday, February 13, 2012 5:15:57 PM
PHUKET: Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) and television sailing channel Marine Scene Asia announced recently the signing of a media partnership agreement for the coming season.
PHUKET: Work is currently underway on a new cultural museum and shrine that will showcase the way of life and traditions of Phuket’s ethnic Hainanese community, which date back to Phuket’s tin mining days.
Former Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai was in Phuket last week to preside over a pillar-laying ceremony at Thni Kong Thua Shrine in Wichit.
Built over a century ago, the original structure is one of the oldest shrines...
PHUKET: Sinkholes have hit a rubber plantation in Muang District Krabi, east of Phuket. Officials there are urging the landowner to fill them as soon as possible before they enlarge.
The sinkholes were first reported to the Mineral Resources Department Region 4 Office in Surat...
PHUKET: Government departments are coordinating a crack down on street beggars in Phuket this Valentine’s Day.
Tomorrow at 1:30pm, Governor Tri Augkaradacha will implement policies to remove beggars in all three Phuket districts. This will be done in accordance with the Control...
PHUKET: The driver of a truck whose alleged reckless driving killed four young Swedish tourists and their Thai driver in Phang Nga last week has been released on bail, the Phuket Gazette has learned.
An officer at Phang Nga Provincial Court told the Gazette last Wednesday...
PHUKET: The truth is out there. Beasts, monsters and ghouls are lurking in the depths of rivers, skulking in remote wilds and hanging out in town centers in England this week. It’s been a week of stra...
PHUKET: Police spent hours dredging a pond in Songkhla province earlier this month after a 17-year-old girl told them she had been possessed by the spirit of a young boy whose murdered body was dumped...
PHUKET: OUTLAWS are finding more imaginative ways to make a fast buck. This week’s Weird World News is a snapshot of life on the wrong side of the law, and the idiotic ruses bandits around the world a...
I intend to bring a boat trailer into Thailand through Satun Customs checkpoint. The boat I will bring in by sea and check in normally. What papers do I have to bring to customs? And can the boat trai...
The intersection at the end of Nanai Rd going to Karon is an absolute death trap. Why is there no light or officer to direct traffic? I see police there all the time checking for helmets, while vehicl...
Is there a minimum roof height requirement for songthaew (Thai-style open air public transport vehicles) operating regular routes in Phuket?I was on the Phuket Town-Sarasin Bridge songthaew last week....
We have been cajoled into visiting a development company’s office in Phuket. The very next day we realized that due to being pressured into signing the contract immediately, we had bought something th...
