One of the many strategies used by people with limited English skills in the Phuket tourism industry is to use signs and placards to indicate what is on offer. Photo: Phuket Gazette file.
Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:05:00 PM
Phuket is among the best-known international tourist destinations in Asia. As such, the new Phuket Gazette polls asks readers to assess the overall English-language ability of local people working...
PHUKET: A man who crashed his pickup though a guard rail and into a home on Thepkrasattri Road early this morning crawled from the wreckage completely unharmed.
Thalang Police were notified at 2:30am of a crash on Thepkrasattri Road southbound near the Tah Reua Chinese Shrine in Srisoonthorn, Thalang.
Arriving at the scene with rescue workers, police found a modified black Isuzu Hilander pickup crashed into the kitchen of a roadside home on a curved stretch of road that has been the site of numerous accidents in recent years. ...
PHUKET: The Monaco GP is one of the most prestigious races in the world, alongside the Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours. These three races form a Triple Crown which only Graham Hill has won. In an irony devised by some god of madness, the Monaco GP and the Indy are to run on the same day this...
PHUKET: All official sources in Phuket involved in the case of an alleged rape of a German tourist by a Thai resort worker have unequivocally stated that the accused has not confessed to the charge. Gazette from Col Sirisak Wasasiri, the Chalong Police Superintendent; Capt Nitikorn Rawang, the...
PHUKET: Twelve people were injured when a bus bound for Phuket from Haad Yai crashed with a pickup truck in Phattalung Province in rainy conditions on Thursday night.
Na Kayad District Police were notified of a crash on the Asia Highway in Kwan Kanoon District, Phatthalung Province,...
PHUKET: Three sad tales of love gone horribly wrong blot this week’s Weird World news line-up, from a husband who shot his wife and dogs over a poop row, to a man who divorced his wife because she’s “...
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News roundup is a tribute to the titanic accomplishments of vehicles as a big boat is redesigned to handle icebergs, a new motorized toilet speed record is set and BMW ...
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News round-up is dedicated to the trinity of time: past, present and future. Postmortem sex-laws in Egypt , a stab victim stemming a wound with a kebab and billionaires...
There has been an increase in the amount of spam emails sent to my email accounts.A local company has been a particularly persistent source of these emails – they are sending me a newsletter that I ...
We have been coming to Phuket for many years, but never before have we seen rats inside a shopping mall. We went to lunch at the Big C Food Court Chicken Corner and while we were eating there was a ra...
Previously, the Land Transportation Office refused to authorize the change of the legal owner on a motorcycle I purchased to repair, as it was purchased after an accident. I was told the vehicle had...
With interest I read Issues and Answers every week. We also have a noise problem here in Kamala. Everyday from afternoon to midnight FantaSea plays loud “ting, ting, ting” music. They have extra loud ...
I would like to know if it is required to register a social club. If so, where does one register? Can we legally have occasional parties and competitions to generate money for club development? What a...
