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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:21:50 PM
PHUKET: The whereabouts and future plans for Captain, the bull elephant that went on a
rampage on September 12 sending a Ukrainian honeymooner to hospi...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:34:57 AM
PHUKET: About 200 inmates at Phuket Prison are taking part in this year’s Phuket Vegetarian Festival by observing a strict diet of 'vegetarian only' during the...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:31:51 AM
PHUKET: The new Siam Niramit Theater off the bypass road in Phuket is almost complete and should be ready to open in December, its operators say. Ratchada Niramit...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:02:38 AM
PHUKET: Devotees at Chinese shrines across Phuket raised their go teng poles at dusk last night and began reciting incantations to invite the Jade Emperor and...
Monday, September 26, 2011 5:55:13 PM
PHUKET: The annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival unofficially starts at sunset tonight with the raising of the go teng poles for the Jade Emperor and the Nine...
Monday, September 26, 2011 5:18:56 PM
PHUKET: A Nepalese “monk” was caught on Saturday at Phuket International Airport (PIA) with eight kilos of hashish in his luggage. The haul was said to be worth...
Monday, September 26, 2011 3:03:00 PM
PHUKET: Work installing underground utility cables in Old Phuket Town has been suspended for the duration of nine-day Vegetarian Festival, which starts with the...
Sunday, September 25, 2011 2:21:21 PM
PHUKET: Police on Friday seized 40,000 liters of smuggled fuel aboard a modified fishing boat at the Phuket Deep Sea Port. The arrests were made just before dusk...
Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:59:32 AM
PHUKET: The Phuket Gazette wishes Governor Tri Augkaradacha the best of luck in his efforts to make legal the unknown thousands of unregistered hotels on the...
Monday, September 26, 2011 8:49:22 AM
PHUKET: Two young boys drowned late yesterday while playing in an estuary near a popular tourist area on Phuket’s east coast. The boys – Pinitchnan Na Roied, 5,...
Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:08:12 PM
PHUKET: In the latest violence in Phuket, the controversial chief ( kamnan ) of Karon sub-district narrowly escaped with his life early this morning when his...
Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:36:20 PM
PHUKET: A German man paragliding over the popular tourist area of
Nai Harn Beach luckily escaped serious injury yesterday after plunging into the jungl...
Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:57:32 PM
PHUKET: More people are looking to become lifeguards as a career choice, says Prathaiyuth Chuayuan, president of the Phuket Lifeguard Club (PLC). The news comes...
Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:55:34 PM
PHUKET: Engines will be revving at
Saphan Hin next weekend, when Phuket hosts the fifth leg of the Toyota Motorsport “Sprint to Win” series. Toyota ex...
Saturday, September 24, 2011 11:37:04 AM
PHUKET: A tsunami evacuation drill conducted at Phuket International Airport yesterday afternoon was declared a success by organizing officials. About 300 people...
Saturday, September 24, 2011 11:15:35 AM
PHUKET: Local residents worried about overpriced onions and pricey pineapples during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival fear not: recent flooding in central and north...
Friday, September 23, 2011 3:28:32 PM
PHUKET: Phuket's Kajonkietsuksa School has established an exchange program with Shelton College International in Singapore in a move aimed at preparing its students...
Friday, September 23, 2011 2:12:26 PM
PHUKET: The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed last night when his fully-loaded rig crashed into the back of another large truck parked along the side of Thepkrasattri...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 8:11:50 PM
PHUKET: Phuket has the third-highest reported incidence per capita of HIV/AIDS in Thailand, with Patong having one of the highest concentrations of people in the...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:52:19 PM
PHUKET: The light and music fountain under construction at
Saphan Hin in Phuket Town will stage its premiere performance next Wednesday. Paiboon Upati...
Friday, September 23, 2011 12:04:07 AM
PHUKET: A Ukrainian couple’s honeymoon turned to tragedy when a bull elephant went berserk on a Phuket trekking tour, attacking the female elephant she and her...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:59:52 PM
PHUKET : Phuket police yesterday seized 400 kilograms of marijuana worth an estimated 20 million baht in a raid in Rawai. Phuket Provincial Police presented suspected...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:44:37 PM
PHUKET: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will hold a joint seminar on developing tourism in Phuket at the
Movenpick Resort & Spa on Satur...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:32:04 PM
PHUKET: Local authorities in Phuket have done a woeful job enforcing the ban on construction at sites above 80 meters, an overwhelming majority of Phuket Gazette...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:32:15 AM
PHUKET: In the latest online readers poll, the Phuket Gazette lightens up the subject matter to ask readers which of six popular Thai dishes they would choose...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:46:14 PM
PHUKET: A daycare center worker caught on tape
hitting her students has confessed to assault, but denies the more serious charge of torture under the C...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:01:21 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Administration Organization President Paiboon Upatising has called for
plans to redevelop Bang Wad Dam and Bang Neaw Dam – Ph...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:42:59 PM
PHUKET: Police officers stationed in Phuket are increasingly becoming overweight and suffering high cholesterol, the Phuket Gazette was told today. The news...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:17:08 PM
PHUKET: A young mother is contemplating her future after her partner and the father of her two children was gunned down outside their rented room in Phuket on Sunday...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:11:07 PM
PHUKET: Local police have defended their use of force in removing vendors from a Phuket beach on Sunday, saying that the officers present did only what was needed...
