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Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:42:40 PM
PHUKET: A young Cambodian man who was shot in the chest and claims to have been tossed into the ocean afterwards, is being treated at Vachira Phuket Hospital....
Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:24:37 PM
PHUKET: The 4th annual Phuket Local Food Festival kicked off at
Saphan Hin in Phuket Town last night with the preparation of what is purported to have...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:02:17 AM
PHUKET: The Thai Parliament yesterday approved draft legislation to establish Administrative Court regional branches in Phuket, Petchaburi and Nakhon Sawan, Matichon...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:40:14 AM
PHUKET: The driver of a white sedan that struck a motorbike on Thepkrasattri Road then failed to stop has handed himself in to police, while the victim in the accident...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:12:56 AM
PHUKET: Police have arrested an eighth suspect wanted in connection with the stabbing of
Vorasit “Pla-wan” Issara, the general manager of the Sri Panwa...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:57:07 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Local Food Festival 2012 starts today at the central stage area at Saphan Hin Public Park in Phuket Town. The event, funded and organized by...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:34:02 AM
PHUKET: Work is underway on the headquarters of Phuket's newest police station, with some officers already taking up residence in barracks near what will eventually...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:30:07 PM
PHUKET: A group of Finnish tourists on a tour to Laem Phromthep had a sudden change of itinerary this morning when their Phuket tour bus burst into flames on a...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:14:49 PM
PHUKET: A young girl and her mother lost what few possession they owned to a house fire yesterday, leaving them without money for their monthly motorbike rent or...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:46:13 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Police are still investigating where the remainder of the two million baht in foreign currencies has disappeared to from the robbery of a currency...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:48:21 PM
PHUKET: A Phuket fruit vendor died yesterday from a severe allergic reaction to a spider bite, his pregnant wife believes. Mrs Piyanan Boonsri, 30, took her husband...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:08:05 PM
PHUKET: Thousands of people who attended a Chinese New Year celebration in Phuket Town last night were spellbound by a performance by one of the world's top acrobatic...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:15:44 PM
PHUKET: Continuing my series of articles answering questions that I hear most often… it seems like half the people I know have got an iPad recently. The question...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:14:34 AM
PHUKET: Many Burmese residents of Phuket are expected to head north to Phang Nga on Sunday for the first-ever Myanmar Concert 2012, part of the annual Phang Nga...
Monday, January 23, 2012 5:08:52 PM
PHUKET: The new 10-million-baht pier on Koh Maphrao in Phuket was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony presided over by the Phuket Provincial Administration...
Monday, January 23, 2012 5:04:19 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administration Organization ( OrBorJor ) has organized a Chinese New Year celebration tonight at
Sanam Chai to see in t...
Monday, January 23, 2012 2:13:35 PM
PHUKET: Phuket firefighters extinguished a fire at the Thalang District Office compound in the early hours of this morning. The fire was reported to Thalang Police...
Monday, January 23, 2012 11:07:32 AM
Special Report: Patong Police report at least four people recently being ripped off by gangs scanning their ATM cards and stealing money from their accounts....
Monday, January 23, 2012 10:17:46 AM
PHUKET: A security guard questioned by government officials about the ownership of land at Freedom Beach in Patong has died of what appears to be a suicide, a local...
Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:54:50 PM
PHUKET: Chalong Police last night arrested two suspects for the armed robbery of a currency exchange booth in Phuket in late November, which has now been revealed...
Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:38:37 PM
PHUKET: Thailand’s hotel leaders and international experts will discuss the state of the hospitality sector at the Thailand Tourism Forum (TTF) 2012, to be held...
Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:25:33 AM
PHUKET: The results of the most recent Phuket Gazette readers’ poll reveal that a clear majority want “airport bus” services to Phuket’s west coast resort towns...
Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:00:40 PM
PHUKET: Police today announced the name of the man they believe masterminded the assassination of Wisut “Ae Inside” Tangwitthayaporn, who was
shot dead...
Saturday, January 21, 2012 4:47:45 PM
PHUKET: More than 1,000 people, including the Phuket Governor, attended a memorial service for Luangpor Daeng, the revered abbot of Mai Khao Temple since 1978....
Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:40:35 PM
PHUKET: Good news for the Phuket tourism industry came yesterday when China removed its travel advisory for Thailand. Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul...
Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:36:42 PM
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration Office Superintendent Panuwat Ruamrak has confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that the
Immigration Office in Patong will reo...
Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:23:02 AM
PHUKET: Kamala Festival 2012 got underway this morning with a fishing competition on Kamala Beach. A wide variety of fun activities throughout the weekend are expected...
Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:46:21 AM
PHUKET: The village headman of Baan Kho En has called for officials to install more safety features at the notorious “death bend” on Thepkrasattri Road where the...
Friday, January 20, 2012 5:58:20 PM
PHUKET: In the latest land dispute in Phuket, more than 100 residents of the Soi Kingkaew Community in Rassada have protested to the governor over alleged attempts...
Friday, January 20, 2012 5:42:08 PM
PHUKET: The 'monk police’ of Phuket are warning everyone on the island of con men who are impersonating Buddhist monks and tricking locals and tourists into giving...
