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Thursday, December 8, 2011 3:13:28 PM
PHUKET: With close to 4,000 downloads since it's launch, the Phuket Gazette 's latest iPad App has soared to the top of the App store's search results for “Phuket”....
Thursday, December 8, 2011 2:46:34 PM
PHUKET: Work on Phuket’s third major reservoir is behind schedule, but officials expect the Klong Krata project in Chalong to be completed on schedule by January...
Thursday, December 8, 2011 12:09:30 PM
PHUKET: A Phuket lifeguard died yesterday morning in the waters off Karon Beach Phuket after assisting a kite surfer in distress. After helping the surfer back...
Thursday, December 8, 2011 11:40:48 AM
PHUKET: A Swedish woman is asking Phuket Gazette readers for information to help locate her father who has gone missing and is believed to be in Thailand. The...
Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:45:10 AM
PHUKET: Phuket's Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club (TSLC) will host a "Holiday Night Market and Festival of Lights” on Friday from 5pm onwards. Those attending...
Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:55:48 AM
PHUKET: The third day of racing at the 2011 Phuket King's Cup Regatta, hosted by Kata Group Resorts Thailand, set sail in the best weather conditions of the week...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 3:33:19 PM
PHUKET: Vachira Phuket Hospital is in urgent need of donations of blood type A-negative so doctors can perform an operation on a Russian tourist injured in a motorcycle...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 2:47:46 PM
PHUKET: An Austrian tourist is recovering from a punctured lung and other injuries sustained in a brutal robbery attack by four knife-wielding youths in Phuket...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 11:44:33 AM
PHUKET: A power boat berthed at Yacht Haven Marina in Phuket went up in flames last night, but heroic action by staff at the facility minimized the damage to surrounding...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 12:37:43 AM
PHUKET: Hannes Weimer’s Team Premier surged to the top of the IRC Zero standings to lead the class with five points after the second day of yacht racing today...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 6:42:19 PM
PHUKET: Pheu Thai Party spokesman and party list MP Prompong Nopparit, who is also the vice president of the parliamentary anti-corruption committee, returned to...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 8:39:50 PM
PHUKET: Officers at Phuket's Kathu Police Station today stepped up their campaign to have students at
Kathu Witthaya School use the pedestrian bridge i...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 7:48:11 PM
PHUKET: More than 200 inmates at Phuket Provincial Prison will be back on the streets soon, following the Royal Pardon decreed by HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej on...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 5:00:52 PM
PHUKET: To ensure tourist safety during the upcoming New Year holiday period, the Phuket Marine Department office will step up inspections and open a safety center...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 4:55:45 PM
PHUKET: The second lunar eclipse to be visible from Phuket this year will occur on the night of December 10, a date annually observed in Thailand as the Constitution...
Monday, December 5, 2011 8:00:16 PM
PHUKET: In a show of compassion, HM The King today issued a royal command pardoning some 26,000 prisoners nationwide. The decree, signed by His Majesty, was based...
Monday, December 5, 2011 3:58:08 PM
PHUKET: From time to time, I get messages from people who have looked at the
Phuket Internet Speed Reporting site and wonder why we’re measuring intern...
Monday, December 5, 2011 12:01:18 PM
PHUKET: Thousands of people turned out at Queen Sirikit Park for the morning service to honor the 84th birthday of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej today. Offering their...
Monday, December 5, 2011 8:13:25 PM
PHUKET: Phuket joins the nation in wishing His Majesty The King Bhumibol Adulyadej a happy, healthy 84th birthday today, December 5. His Majesty’s health is gradually...
Sunday, December 4, 2011 1:05:22 PM
PHUKET: While the Andaman Travel Trade 2011 expo was winding to a close at Phuket Rajabhat University last Saturday, a sinister irony pervaded the venue and brought...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 6:58:03 PM
PHUKET: Doubts linger over the survival of a man pulled from the water at
Yanui Beach, on Phuket’s southwestern coast, this afternoon after he failed t...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 5:53:47 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administration Organization ( OrBorJor ) yesterday held an event to mark International Day for Persons with Disabilities, observed...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 1:53:51 PM
PHUKET: Celebrations for HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 84th birthday on Monday, December 5, got underway across Phuket last night with the opening of the inaugural...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 1:42:14 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkaosutthirak has called on the people of Patong to not “take advantage” of tourists during this year’s Patong Carnival,...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 1:36:05 PM
PHUKET: The
Phuket Regional Blood Center is calling for blood donations from foreigners to restock dwindling supplies at the Phuket repository. The blo...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:10:35 PM
PHUKET: The addition of a new section to the Tsunami Wall of Remembrance in Mai Khao has been completed in time for the memorial ceremony on December 26. The original...
Friday, December 2, 2011 8:19:58 PM
PHUKET: More than 20 officers from Kata-Karon Municipality along with volunteers and lifeguards stationed at the Royal Thai Navy Sea Rescue unit heaved together...
Friday, December 2, 2011 8:16:15 PM
PHUKET: A 51-year-old Russian man on holiday in Phuket was rushed to hospital today after suffering severe injuries when he was run over by a parasailing speedboat...
Friday, December 2, 2011 2:22:42 PM
PHUKET: Strong onshore winds last night left a three-time class champion in the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta stranded on the sand at Kata Beach. Matt Allen’s 44-foot...
Friday, December 2, 2011 2:13:33 PM
PHUKET: Phuket police have yet to confirm the identity of a young Thai man who died last night when the motorbike he was riding crashed into an electricity pole...
