Month: January 2011

  • Phuket NewsCanadian tourists killed in Phuket New Year smash
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 16:45, 03 January 2011
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    Canadian tourists killed in Phuket New Year smash

    PHUKET: A Canadian couple, killed in a pickup truck bus (songtaew) smash just fifteen minutes into the New Year, were the second and third road accident fatalities in Phuket in the new year. Cherngtalay Police duty officer Tatchagrit Ritnuang identified the victims as Aryporn Sunthorn, 50, and Kongseng Sunthorn, 61. Both were Canadian nationals of ethnic Chinese descent. Four others…

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  • Phuket NewsRino makes speedy recovery | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 15:58, 03 January 2011
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    Rino makes speedy recovery

    PHUKET: Rino Mangon Vogt, a 10-year-old boy who has undergone life-saving surgery, is recovering well, the Phuket Gazette confirmed today. Rino, who suffered from the rare congenital heart condition Ebstein’s anomaly, underwent corrective surgery on November 21. However, when the external pacemaker was switched off days later, young Rino fell asleep, indicating that his heart could not cope unassisted. Quick…

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  • Phuket NewsCooking oil rations hit Phuket
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 12:05, 03 January 2011
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    Cooking oil rations hit Phuket

    PHUKET: Retailers throughout Thailand have begun rationing the sale of bottled palm oil in a move to curb seasonal shortages. Big C, on the bypass road, is limiting bottles of cooking oil to two per customer, while The Nation reports that Tesco Lotus is limiting sales to one bottle of palm oil per customer nationwide. Mr Pramarn Urawan, a researcher…

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  • OpinionOPINION: Mentality change needed for safe water | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 08:49, 03 January 2011
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    OPINION: Mentality change needed for safe water

    PHUKET: Water-related issues are a constant source of complaints received both at the Phuket Gazette editorial offices and at Provincial Hall. A recent online poll revealed a great deal of confusion among readers as to whether or not household tap water is safe to drink. Overall, less than 20 per cent of those taking part in the poll thought it…

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  • Phuket NewsFirst Phuket road fatality for the year
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 15:39, 01 January 2011
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    First Phuket road fatality for the year

    PHUKET: A motorbike rider without a helmet has been reported as the first Phuket road fatality of the New Year. The body of Uthai Maikhong, 33, was found beside his bike in a three-meter-deep roadside drainage ditch in front of Wat Muang Mai in Thalang about 8am yesterday. Local residents heard an accident about 7pm the night before, but in…

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  • Phuket NewsPhuket ushers in 2011
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 12:42, 01 January 2011
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    Phuket ushers in 2011

    PHUKET: About 1,000 people from across Phuket joined an alms-giving ceremony in Phuket Town this morning to offer food to 229 Buddhist monks to welcome the new year of 2011. Leading the proceedings at Queen Sirikit Park was Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupapana together with Phuket’s three Vice Governors: Nivit Aroonrat, Weerawat Janpen and Somkiet Sangkaosutthirak. The three Vice Governors…

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  • Phuket NewsPhuket Person of the Year Award a triumph for charity
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 10:56, 01 January 2011
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    Phuket Person of the Year Award a triumph for charity

    PHUKET: The Phuket Gazette is delighted to announce that our ‘Person of the Year’ Award for 2010 goes to Khun Wipa Tanmanatragul of the Phuket International Women’s Club (PIWC). Khun Wipa, elected this year as the PIWC’s first Thai President, has been selected for her embodiment of “charity for charity’s sake” and her 15 years of quiet, low-profile dedication to…

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