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Friday, February 3, 2012 5:27:28 PM
PHUKET: A small group of Phuket royalists gathered at Phuket Provincial Hall to show their opposition to efforts by the Nitirat group of scholars in Bangkok to...
Friday, February 3, 2012 3:29:33 PM
PHUKET: The Chevrolet dealership in Phuket is holding a "family car rally" and marine wildlife release ceremony on April 1 to help restore the ocean environment....
Thursday, February 2, 2012 5:05:25 PM
PHUKET: Public health officials will launch a “Getting to Zero AIDS” campaign on Valentine's Day to combat HIV/AIDS in Phuket, which has the highest incidence of...
Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:00:39 PM
PHUKET: One of Phuket’s leading hospitals has complained that ‘taxi mafia’ are preventing its drivers from picking up patients staying at certain resort hotels....
Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:15:46 PM
PHUKET: The weather radar at Phuket Airport has been out of service for almost a week, but a technician at Phuket Airport says it should be operational again in...
Friday, February 3, 2012 8:18:25 AM
PHUKET: A Thai man accused of stabbing a young British tourist at a beach party on Phi Phi Island last year is in Krabi Provincial Prison awaiting trial. Hamed...
Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:11:24 AM
PHUKET: Two young Swedish couples and their Thai driver were killed instantly yesterday morning when their rented car was hit head-on by a six-wheel refrigerator...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:30:03 PM
PHUKET: Recently the Gazette ran a story about ATM skimming, describing how two long-term Phuket residents lost hundreds of thousands of baht at the hands of...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 10:58:11 AM
PHUKET: Hotels in Phuket and other Andaman coast provinces enjoyed the highest occupancy rates in Thailand in 2011, the Thai Hotels Association has announced. Speaking...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 9:11:11 AM
PHUKET: A team of Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials from Bangkok will arrive in Phuket in the coming weeks to tackle the island’s long-standing problems with...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:03:22 PM
PHUKET: A peaceful protest for later closing times on Patong’s renowned Soi Bangla on Saturday may have finally encouraged the government to consider making Patong...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:19:16 PM
PHUKET: Six students in their first year of secondary school have been caught skipping school to get high on ya bah (methamphetamine) in an abandoned disco...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:16:45 PM
PHUKET: Long-term Phuket expat Frank Lamine has been reunited with his lost dog “Micky”, but his fears of dog-nappers operating at Nai Harn Beach remain. Mr Lamine...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:03:53 PM
PHUKET: The body of a Brazilian tourist found dead in a Phuket guest house last month has been returned to his family in New Zealand. Relatives do not think the...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:57:08 PM
PHUKET: Parents and guardians play the key role in the effort to instill a much-needed “anti-corruption” mentality in our youth, a majority of Phuket Gazette...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:33:35 AM
PHUKET: The Andaman Beach Suites Hotel in Patong on Phuket's west coast, has confirmed that it will no longer pay any guest who claim their room was robbed without...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:53:03 AM
PHUKET: As recent weeks have confirmed, there is no shortage of annual public festivals and fairs here in Phuket. But which of these is the most sanook of all?...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:51:21 AM
PHUKET: Atsadakorn "Pod" Seedokbuab, 48, the man who police believe ordered the assassination of Phuket newsman Wisut "Ae Inside" Tangwitthayaporn earlier this...
Monday, January 30, 2012 7:53:03 PM
PHUKET: Chalong Police today appealed to the public for any information that may help identify the body of a man found near Phuket’s iconic Phromthep Cape earlier...
Monday, January 30, 2012 3:23:26 PM
PHUKET: Thalang Police believe financial woes led a Phuket man to take his life by hanging last night. Shocked relatives of 27-year-old Awut Sakunchit awoke this...
Monday, January 30, 2012 2:21:56 PM
PHUKET: The 13th Old Phuket Town Festival was a big hit over the weekend, attracting droves of local residents and tourists to Queen Sirikit Park and all along...
Monday, January 30, 2012 2:19:17 PM
PHUKET: The provincial government campaign to rid the island of plastic bags will start in earnest on February 27, when retailers across Phuket will start handing...
Monday, January 30, 2012 2:16:58 PM
PHUKET: A van carrying foreign tourists was involved in a three-vehicle accident on Patong Hill road this morning, causing a long traffic tailback into Phuket's...
Monday, January 30, 2012 7:58:59 AM
PHUKET: Phuket City Police are scouring the streets of Phuket for a man who robbed a Kasikorn Bank branch at gunpoint, making off with 694,000 baht in less than...
Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:41:53 PM
PHUKET: Security issues and their effect on Phuket’s all-important tourism industry have come into sharp focus in recent weeks following two high-profile incidents...
Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:07:08 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Gazette this morning received reports of yet another bus catching fire – this time on the busy road over Patong Hill, joining the popular...
Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:26:52 AM
PHUKET: Patong Mayor Pian Keesin expects to get Cabinet approval for the multi-billion baht Patong Tunnel project “within six months”. The project is now under...
Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:08:24 AM
PHUKET: Two dogs that underwent training to sniff out drugs on Phuket are currently “on leave” from active duty as their owner tries to find new handlers for them....
Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:40:32 PM
PHUKET: Jaruwan Wathanapumchoo and her brother Prasit yesterday publicly refuted all allegations that they were in any way involved in the trafficking of elephant...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:05:06 PM
PHUKET: A man shot three times in the abdomen yesterday said a sacred talisman prevented the projectiles from breaking his skin, but police think it was because...
