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Santa to remain in Phuket for high season
 
Khun Santa arriving at Patong Beach at 815 this morning. A repeat tourist, he says he may now seek work here.
 
Khun Santa arriving at Patong Beach at 8:15 this morning. A repeat tourist, he says he may now seek work here.
 
Friday, Dec 25, 2009
PHUKET: In an exclusive, impromptu interview with the Phuket Gazette earlier this morning, Santa Clause – spotted arriving at a Phuket beach by long-tail boat on the last of his deliveries to......

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Child labor 'not a big problem' in Phuket
Thursday, Dec 24, 2009
PHUKET CITY: Workplace inspections by the Phuket Provincial Labor Protection Office have found that minors make up a very small fraction of the Phuket workforce.

At a meeting at the Phuket Provincial Labor Protection Office chaired by Phuket Vice Governor Tri Augkaradacha yesterday morning, it was revealed that inspection tours in fiscal 2009 discovered 24 unregistered workers u...
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Thailand to raise excise tax on booze
Thursday, Dec 24, 2009
PHUKET CITY (The Nation): An executive decree will be issued shortly to raise the excise tax ceiling on alcoholic beverages in preparation for the implementation of the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) agreement on January 1, a Finance Ministry source said yesterday.

The Cabinet is expected to consider the measure on Tuesday, just before the arrival of 2010, when the import tax on a...
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TOT rolls out fiber optic Internet service in Phuket
Thursday, December 24, 2009
PHUKET CITY: TOT has launched a new fiber optic internet service in Phuket.

Starting at 8,600 baht per month, the long-awaited ‘Fiber To You’ service offers internet speeds of 10-20 megabits per second.

TOT President Varut Suvakorn said the state-owned company invested 200 million baht...
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Catholic mass schedule for Phuket
Thursday, December 24, 2009
PHUKET CITY: While Christmas is little more than a celebration of consumerism for most people in Phuket, for the island’s small Catholic community – and many Catholics here on holiday – it remains a Holy Day of Obligation under canon 1247 of Canon Law, which states:

On Sundays and other h...
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Upcoming Events in Phuket


Jabudays Ultimate Island Hopping Cruise   Dec 23-25, 2009
Family Festival @ Laguna Phuket   Dec 23-Mar 31, 2010
Christmas Lunch & Dinner @ Chicago Steakhouse   Dec 24-25, 2009
Christmas Eve Dinner at Paresa Resort   Dec 24-25, 2009
Phuket Resident Christmas Special   Dec 24-25, 2009
X-mas Eve Dinner@ The spectacular Climax rooftop   Dec 24-25, 2009

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Queer News

   
 
Wrong corpse: cremation cut short
ANG THONG: A funeral was called to an abrupt halt on December 12 after mourners opened the coffin just before the cremation was to begin and realized they were about to burn the wrong corpse.The funer...
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Domestic dispute turns explosive
TRAT: A quarry worker and his wife were blown up after the man apparently detonated a quantity of C-4 plastic explosive during a domestic dispute on November 19. The blast, heard for up to 50km away, ...
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Fear of girlfriend leads to death plunge
BANGKOK: A man fell to his death November 15 as he tried to lower himself onto the balcony of his fifth floor flat – rather than go in through the front door and meet his angry girlfriend.The body of ...
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Issues & Answers - life in Phuket

   
 
Can foreign doctors practice in Phuket?
My brother has just completed his bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy (BPT) in India. Can he practice here in Phuket? Can doctors from other countries practice medicine here in Thailand?...
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Can I walk on Paradise Beach for free?
On Sunday, I drove my motorbike to Paradise Beach in Patong with a view to having a stroll on the sand and then maybe a couple of beers.A guy working there told me I had to pay 100 baht to walk on the...
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How can I protect myself from BB gun pellets?
I live right next door to a gun club where visitors play war games using air guns loaded with plastic pellets. I wouldn’t mind at all, but what I do mind is getting hit by the pellets all the time whe...
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How can I pay utility bills in advance?
I live in Phuket, but return to my home country for a period of at least three months every year. When I am away I always have difficulty paying my utility bills.Is it possible for me to pay my electr...
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Where can I safely dispose of lithium batteries?
Is there a safe way to dispose of or recycle lithium batteries and other toxic products in Phuket so that they don’t end up in a landfill?...
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