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  • Samudra, Somtam dominate Race Week

    Samudra, Somtam dominate Race Week

    PHUKET: Driving rain and strong winds of 20 knots hammered the 31 boats competing on the final day of the third Evason Phuket Raceweek regatta today, but it was not enough to dampen the spirits of the skippers and their crews, who battled on to finish the final race in trying conditions with little visibility.David Lindahl kept an almost perfect…

  • American fugitive held in Phuket | Thaiger

    American fugitive held in Phuket

    PHUKET (Gazette, Nation): An alleged pedophile wanted in the United States was arrested in Phuket yesterday morning after laying low in Thailand for five years.In cooperation with Interpol, United States Homeland Security and other agencies, Thai police tracked down and apprehended fugitive Charles Todd Stokes, 45, in a hotel room in Cherng Talay, Phuket Tourist Police Inspector Pol Maj Bundit…

  • Duncanson keeps perfect record

    Duncanson keeps perfect record

    PHUKET: Australian Scott Duncanson, a former junior world sailing champion, has a perfect record so far in this year’s Evason Phuket Race Week with five wins from the first five races.Duncanson, aboard the Phuket 8 Somtam Express in the sportsboat racing class, is ahead of another Phuket 8, Josh Lee’s Lee Marine Vino, with Wade Lewis’ Team Simpson Marine –…

  • PGTV News Friday 28th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Friday 28th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening meets the recently elected president of the Phuket Tourist Association and discovers their goals for the coming years, looks at Phuket’s pilot E-Government programme and learns more about Phuket’s Heroine’s Monument. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features an interview with Phuket photographer Dan Miles. PGTV, produced…

  • Jetstar announces schedules for Sydney-Phuket service | Thaiger

    Jetstar announces schedules for Sydney-Phuket service

    PHUKET: Australian budget airline Jetstar has unveiled its fares and flight schedules for long-haul international operations that will include a service between Sydney and Phuket, starting in November this year. Subject to regulatory approval, the airline, a subsidiary of Australian flag carrier Qantas, will launch its Thai operations on November 23 with a direct Melbourne-Bangkok service. The following day, Jetstar…

  • Race Week gets off to flying start

    Race Week gets off to flying start

    PHUKET (The Nation): Good winds of up to 20 knots gave the third annual Evason Phuket Race Week a great start as the first day’s racing got underway off Rawai yesterday.More than 30 boats, a record number for the regatta, started in almost perfect sailing conditions off The Evason Phuket, with the wind averaging about 14 knots, gusting to 20…

  • PGTV News Thursday 27th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Thursday 27th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening looks at the recently erected Kamala Tsunami Memorial, runs a story about an american caught with drugs, visits the new TAT Office and exposes credit card fraud here in Phuket. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features an interview with expats who not only speak Thai but…

  • PGTV News Wednesday 26th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Wednesday 26th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening features updates on recent road shows to promote Phuket abroad, a story about the opening of the “Happy Home” in Patong, the results of recent local elections and we sample the wares of an egg and peanut lady. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features a documentary about…

  • Island to host world sailing championships

    Island to host world sailing championships

    PHUKET: The island has been chosen to host the 13th Tasar World Championships from July 2 to 11 next year, with a fleet of at least 60 boats expected to take part, the first time that the one-design championship for the 4.5-meter, two-person craft has been held in Phuket. The boats and approximately 200 crew and family members are expected…

  • TAT opens new office in Phuket

    TAT opens new office in Phuket

    PHUKET CITY: The Tourism Authority of Thailand opened its new Region 4 branch office on Saturday with an opening ceremony presided over by caretaker Tourism and Sports Minister Pracha Maleenont.The 14-million-baht office is a bright orange, two-story edifice built in the Sino-Portuguese style and located on one rai of government land next to Queen Sirikit Park on Thalang Rd. It…

  • Banker warns of boom in fake cards in Phuket | Thaiger

    Banker warns of boom in fake cards in Phuket

    PHUKET: A senior banker has warned that there has been a dramatic rise in the number of counterfeit credit cards and ATM cards in Phuket and other tourism centers, such as Chiang Mai and Haad Yai. Prayootd Tansrisuwarn, Senior Vice President of Kasikorn Bank’s Retail and SME E-Business Department, told the Gazette that gangs of con artists are using “skimmer”…

  • Phuket to lead Thailand in e-government | Thaiger

    Phuket to lead Thailand in e-government

    PHUKET: An Internet website offering one-stop service from 15 private-sector and government bodies will be launched in Phuket in September, making the province the first in Thailand to offer such a service. The initiative, known as “One Click Finish All: One Stop Services”, is being designed by the Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA).When operational the website will give access to…

  • Phuket Tourist Association elects new leader | Thaiger

    Phuket Tourist Association elects new leader

    PHUKET: The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) has elected Maitree Narukatpichai as its new president, replacing Pattanapong Aekwanich, and has at the same time announced its policy agenda for 2006-2008.K. Maitree, Owners’ Representative of the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, was elected, along with a new 18-member committee, at a meeting at the Phuket Merlin Hotel. The PTA elects a…

  • PGTV News Monday 24th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Monday 24th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening features updates on local accident statistics and the airport transport problems, a story about the minimum wage and a trip to a butterfly farm. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features a documentary on beliefs and superstitions. PGTV, produced by the Phuket Gazette, is aired daily on…

  • Kathu voters elect new OrBorJor member | Thaiger

    Kathu voters elect new OrBorJor member

    KATHU: Charnsak Phummak has won the Phuket Provincial Council by-election held in the Kathu area of District 2 on July 22. K. Charnsak now becomes a member of the council until the end of its four-year term in March, 2008.The by-election was held to replace former council member Boonma Eabsub, who resigned on June 1. Of 7,371 eligible voters in…

  • Kamala tsunami memorial unveiled

    Kamala tsunami memorial unveiled

    KAMALA, PHUKET: Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop this morning officially unveiled the tsunami memorial in Kamala.Kamala was one of the two towns in Phuket worst hit by the December 26, 2004, tsunami, the other being Patong.The memorial, which forms the centerpiece of a new park in the town, is a 10-meter-high metal sculpture called Jitt Jakawan (Heart of the…

  • F1 boat racing for Phuket in 2008

    F1 boat racing for Phuket in 2008

    PHUKET: The Formula 1 boat racing that was due to come to Phuket in March 2005 but was canceled following the tsunami, will come in 2008 instead, the Gazette learned today. Bangkok-based organizers Paragon Events announced that the Phuket race will take place from March 14 to 16, 2008, in the Deep Sea Port at Ao Makham. “The F1 UIM…

  • Unleaded, please | Thaiger

    Unleaded, please

    A determined thief learned the hard way that toy guns are not very effective in carrying out armed robberies, especially when the intended victim is packing real heat. At 12:15 am on July 11, Pol Lt Col Prayong Khotsakha, an Inspector with Udon Thani’s Muang District Police, received a report of an attempted robbery at a small gas station in…

  • Road deaths dip in June | Thaiger

    Road deaths dip in June

     PHUKET: Sixteen people died in traffic accidents in Phuket in June, according to official figures obtained from Vachira Phuket, Thalang and Patong government hospitals. This was slightly less than the monthly average of 18 deaths for the year to date.Of the 16 dead, 15 died in motorcycle accidents. The remaining death came in an accident involving a bicycle. During the…

  • PGTV News Thursday 20th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Thursday 20th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening features an update on the proposed Chalong-Patong highway, a look at how mobile phone numbers will be increased to ten digits, music from a famous Tibetan monk and musician and a story about how changing a flower’s name made it popular. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show…

  • PGTV News Wednesday 19th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Wednesday 19th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening features the latest information on the earthquake and tsunami in Java, a report on a large drugs bust in Phuket, advise on getting a dog and a trip to the Saphan Hin Flower fair. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features a documentary about hydroponics and gardening…

  • Phuket unaffected by Java earthquake | Thaiger

    Phuket unaffected by Java earthquake

    PHUKET (Gazette, Nation, Kom Chad Luek): Thailand was not affected by the 7.2-Richter magnitude earthquake that sent deadly two-meter tsunami waves crashing into the Indonesian island of Java on Monday, killing at least 300 people.Although the quake was stronger than the 7.0 Richter threshold used by the Nonthaburi-based National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) for issuing tsunami warnings, the distance from…

  • Mobile phone numbers to change | Thaiger

    Mobile phone numbers to change

    PHUKET: Mobile phone users will be giving their thumbs a serious workout between September 1 and November 30 as the country switches from nine-digit mobile numbers to 10-digit ones.The change, which will not apply to land lines, will be brought about by adding the number 8 after the initial zero. For example, a mobile number beginning with 01 will be…

  • Gov backs Chalong-Patong highway | Thaiger

    Gov backs Chalong-Patong highway

    PHUKET CITY: Governor Udomsak Uswarangkura has thrown his weight behind a proposal to build a 206-million-baht six-lane highway linking Patong with Chalong.At a meeting held today at the Royal Phuket City Hotel, Governor Udomsak explained that the highway would be 4.5 kilometers long and would follow the route of the current two-lane road leading to Wat Luang Phu Supha in…

  • More direct flights to Phuket | Thaiger

    More direct flights to Phuket

    PHUKET: The island’s tourism industry received a shot in the arm this week with the announcement by one of Denmark’s largest travel agencies that it will add two additional direct charter flights to Phuket weekly, starting in November, because current flights are already fully booked. Krabi received good news as well, with Singapore-based low-cost carrier Tiger Airways announcing that it…

  • PGTV News Monday 17th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Monday 17th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening features a story about a possible second helicopter service in Phuket, a warning about the strong currents at this time of year, and a trip to a butterfly farm. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features an interview with photographers Dan Miles and Khun Poy –  the “Ting…

  • Jungceylon underway again

    Jungceylon underway again

    PATONG: After a lull of five months, construction of the huge Jungceylon mall project in Patong is once more underway, with the mall’s new owners saying that much of it will be open for business in November or December.Suchad Chiaranussati, Managing Director of Recap, which in February bought 95% of Phuket Square, which in turn owns Jungceylon, said that the…

  • PGTV News Friday 14th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Friday 14th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening finds features a story about four new libraries being built in Phuket, a look at two fairs and the Hotel exhibition and a tasty visit to one of the island’s Thai cooking schools. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features an interview with a local transexual.  PGTV,…

  • Aussie plans to launch second helitour firm

    Aussie plans to launch second helitour firm

    PHUKET: Australian Harry Kerylidis this morning met with Phuket Governor Udomsak Uswarangkura to solicit his support to launch Phuket Heli-Tours, which would become the island’s second helicopter tour company.Mr Kerylidis explained that the idea originated from Capt Bob Pagett who, he said, has been operating helicopter tours in Queensland, Australia, “flying stars around” for the past seven years, and now…

  • PGTV News Thursday 13th July 2006 | Thaiger

    PGTV News Thursday 13th July 2006

    PGTV’s Phuket News this evening finds features an update on the 46 million Baht “Welcome Gateway” to Phuket, a look at three new attractions at Phuket Fantasea, and a first hand account of Bungee jumping in Phuket. In addition to these and other news stories focused on Phuket, this evening’s show features an interview with a local transexual.  PGTV, produced…