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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...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:32:33 PM
PHUKET: The annual Phuket Old Town Festival starts today, marking three days celebrating the town’s historical origins, unique ethnic mix and blend of cultures....
Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:36:11 PM
PHUKET: Couples wanting to tie the knot in Phuket on Valentine’s Day might consider taking part in a mass wedding ceremony to be staged at Laem Phromthep in Rawai...
Friday, January 27, 2012 8:40:55 PM
PHUKET: Officials in Phuket are stepping in to stave off a potentially lethal situation brewing over three unregistered jet-skis being rented out to tourists at...
Friday, January 27, 2012 8:23:47 PM
PHUKET: Chalong Police are trying to identify the badly decomposed body of a man discovered offshore at a popular Phuket dive site this afternoon. The police were...
Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:37:57 AM
PHUKET: A Phuket expat who lost his dog at Nai Harn Beach last Sunday has raised concerns over dog-snatching at the popular tourist area. Frank Lamine wrote to...
Friday, January 27, 2012 8:10:21 PM
PHUKET: The Rotary Club of Patong Beach will assist a mother and 16-year-old daughter left homeless after a
house fire on Tuesday. Offers of assistance...
Friday, January 27, 2012 3:48:58 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket “9 Temples Tour” began today as a way to round out the Chinese New Year festivities and to usher in the Phuket Old Town Festival, which gets...
Friday, January 27, 2012 1:40:44 PM
PHUKET: Despite traffic chaos, Phuket residents have been flocking to the annual
Chalong Temple Fair that runs through to Sunday. The vibrant fair each...
Friday, January 27, 2012 11:51:40 AM
PHUKET: A Phuket Airport employee returning home from work was seriously injured when her motorbike was hit by a passenger van full of tourists returning from a...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:56:18 PM
PHUKET: A team of officers from Phuket’s Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanctuary in Thalang today collected 10 different types of spiders from around the home of Wanchai...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:48:04 PM
PHUKET: An unidentified man was found strangled in a hilly area near Freedom Beach in Phuket yesterday afternoon. Police believe he took his own life by hanging....
