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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:05:26 PM
PHUKET: WHEN it comes to Internet connections in Phuket, there are three major considerations: reliability, speed and price. In that order. It’s almost impossible...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:08:16 PM
PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued a “heavy rain” warning for Phuket and almost all of Thailand. The warning, simply entitled "Heavy Rain...
Monday, September 19, 2011 8:43:46 PM
PHUKET: Two foreigners sailing to Phuket from Langkawi in Malaysia are safe after being rescued from turbulent seas by the Royal Thai Navy off the coast of Satun...
Monday, September 19, 2011 8:27:32 PM
PHUKET: Ministry of Finance General Inspector Prasit Suebchana met Phuket Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosutthirak today to reaffirm that his ministry will fight...
Monday, September 19, 2011 8:18:35 PM
PHUKET: A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the back last night while sitting with friends on
Chalong Pier, a main departure point for tourists and divers...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:32:29 AM
PHUKET: Popthum Lawtongkum of British International School (BIS), Phuket has been named as the winner of the 7th Junior Dublin Literary Awards for South Thailand....
Monday, September 19, 2011 2:31:05 PM
PHUKET: Hotel operators are lukewarm to an effort by the Thai Hotels Association to lobby the government to limit the number of new hotel licenses it issues, saying...
Monday, September 19, 2011 4:58:49 PM
PHUKET: A Phuket rubber tapper was left unconscious and unable to move yesterday when a para rubber tree he was cutting down fell on him. The rubber-tapper, 29-year-old...
Monday, September 19, 2011 8:42:34 AM
PHUKET: The latest obstacle in Phuket's never-ending effort to build a world-class International Conference and Exhibition Center came with the rejection of the...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:31:19 PM
PHUKET: A security guard has confessed to the murder of a maid at a workers' guesthouse in Phuket last night. Patong Police duty officer Weerapong Rakkito identified...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:32:56 PM
PHUKET: Shutterbugs should move quickly to sign up for the Phuket event of the Fourth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk on October 2, when local and visiting photographers...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 3:43:20 PM
PHUKET: The saga over the stalled clearing of a restaurant encroaching on
Surin Beach continues, with the restaurant owners refusing to remove structur...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:20:00 PM
PHUKET: First-time car buyers should wait until rules regarding the much-publicized tax rebate are clarified before signing off on purchases, Phuket’s Excise Office...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:04:42 AM
PHUKET: Phuket’s best-known monk Luang Pu Supha marked the grand old age of 115 years yesterday and received an honorary doctorate in Buddhist theology from Chulalongkorn...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:57:59 AM
PHUKET: After a gunfight and a chase through a rubber plantation, police on Wednesday arrested two men in connection with a drug-trafficking network that allegedly...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:53:02 AM
PHUKET: Motorists commuting along Phuket’s Thepkrasattri Road northbound should try to avoid rush hour as resurfacing work is causing long tailbacks and dirty conditions....
Friday, September 16, 2011 3:13:21 PM
PHUKET: The organizers of the upcoming Phuket Vegetarian Festival are calling for Chinese shrines taking part in the annual rituals to issue identity cards to their...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 7:59:32 PM
PHUKET: A small pier popular for tourists heading out to the islands in Phang Nga Bay was a major drug-trafficking portal, Phuket police revealed today. The news...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:54:09 PM
PHUKET: Phuket City Police have recovered what they believe to be the fake bomb and clothing used by a man in a
botched attempt to rob a Phuket Town ba...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:28:40 PM
PHUKET: A tsunami-evacuation drill will be held tomorrow afternoon (September 16) at
Baan Kalim School, just north of Patong, on Phuket’s tourist-popul...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:28:48 PM
PHUKET: Tourist arrivals to Phuket during the current “low season” are up year-on-year thanks largely to the increased number of direct flights from Australia and...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:06:08 PM
PHUKET: The “Coalition of Global Citizens” known as SEEK Phuket (Society, Environment, Economy, Knowledge) is currently compiling its application to become a fully-fledged...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:01:35 PM
PHUKET: Fans of Thai handicrafts will want to visit Phuket’s
Jungceylon shopping complex over the weekend, as the second annual Thai Handicrafts Domest...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:59:17 PM
PHUKET: I’ve received email from all over the world as a result of the ‘Bang for the Baht’ chart that Khun Roger and I put together for the
August 27 L...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:43:58 AM
PHUKET: Phuket rescue workers and local residents came to the aid of a Korean tourist whose leg became wedged between two cement drainage ditch covers on Tuesday...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:28:49 AM
PHUKET: During a visit to the Phuket Gazette offices last week, US Ambassador to Thailand Kristie A Kenney asked staff to remind readers that there will be...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:21:29 PM
PHUKET: The Big Buddha image in the Nakkerd Hills is scheduled for completion next month, with a nationally-televised prayer ceremony in honor of HM King Bhumibol...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:19:19 PM
PHUKET: Leading Asian-based entrepreneur and businessman Allan Zeman talks about his journey developing Andara Phuket into a sought-after brand, and how his investment...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:51:37 AM
PHUKET: One person was killed and four badly injured when a Phuket passenger van bound for Haad Yai lost its brakes and crashed into a car in Trang yesterday afternoon....
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:17:47 PM
PHUKET: Phuket International Airport will open its new car park to vehicles by November, Airport Director Duangchai Condee announced today. “The new car park will...
