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PhuketNovember 30, 2013

Phuket officials set date for Patong Carnival

PHUKET: The island’s premier party town of Patong is set to kick off the Phuket tourism high season with its annual carnival, from December 15 through...
PhuketNovember 30, 2013

Phuket Sport: Inaugural Thanyapura Junior Challenge triathlon winners

PHUKET: Hundreds of junior athletes and spectators alike turned up at Thanyapura Phuket this morning to participate in the inaugural Thanyapura Junior Challenge triathlon event, which...
OpinionNovember 30, 2013

Phuket Opinion: Changing for a Safer Phuket

PHUKET: While wishing ‘Safer Phuket’ (story here) the best of luck in its difficult mission to raise marine-safety standards in local waters to international levels, it...
PhuketNovember 30, 2013

Australian real estate agent, step-son killed in suspected arson attack

PHUKET: Australian real estate agent Richard Port and his 17-year-old step-son were trapped and killed in a house fire that police suspect was intentionally started across...
PhuketNovember 30, 2013

Swimming skills for life surface at Phuket’s Thanyapura

PHUKET: Water is integral to the Phuket lifestyle – to the island way of life. Yet, surprisingly, many locals born and raised in this tropical paradise...
PhuketNovember 30, 2013

Alleged Phuket ghost rider in motorbike crash with foreigners

PHUKET: A pair of injured foreigners reported to police that a ghost rider slammed into them in the southbound lane of Thepkrasattri Road near the Kor...
PhuketNovember 30, 2013

Phuket’s football academy offers trials for scholarships

PHUKET: British International School Phuket (BISP) is holding football trials (try-outs) for outstanding male and female footballers (aged 14 to 17 years) who wish to be...
PattayaNovember 30, 2013

The Genesis of the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta

PHUKET: It was in June, 1986, when a number of leading lights in the Thai sailing fraternity came together with an idea: A Regatta for our...
ThailandNovember 30, 2013

Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Protesters storm Army HQ; Replacing Yingluck is not an option; Abhisit could take Suthep’s place

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Protesters storm Army HQ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: In a...
OpinionNovember 29, 2013

Phuket Opinion: Tackling power woes needs input from all

Natthaporn Kochsiripong, 34, is the Electricity Supply Assistant Manager at the Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PPEA). A Bangkok native, Mr Natthaporn has a degree in engineering...
OpinionNovember 29, 2013

Phuket Opinion: Click to care

PHUKET: Sharing a link on Facebook may save a whale or a starving child in Africa, but if the number of clicks truly count, then what...
PhuketNovember 29, 2013

Sights set on a Safer Phuket

PHUKET: A new safety initiative was launched this week with the aim of improving the island’s coastal water safety through significant changes in safety standards and...
PhuketNovember 29, 2013

Patong eyes giant Ferris wheel to get Phuket high season rolling

PHUKET: Phuket officials are scrambling to find a location to set up the Patong Eye, a giant Ferris wheel that is hoped to spin out fresh...
PhuketNovember 29, 2013

DSI puts violent Phuket taxi driver rank in cross hairs

PHUKET: The head of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) team operating in Phuket believes that enough information was gathered during a sting operation of a...
PhuketNovember 29, 2013

Kamala Police net meth dealers in hotel sting

PHUKET: Plainclothes police arrested two ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) dealers in a sting operation at a Phuket guesthouse on Wednesday night, seizing a total of 1.6...
PhuketNovember 29, 2013

Anti-Yingluck protesters in Phuket pledge to not back down

PHUKET: Protesters have vowed to keep pressure on the Phuket provincial government until results of the anti-government rallies are seen in Bangkok. “The protests in front...
PhuketNovember 29, 2013

Doctor: American snorkeller fatality in Similans a heart attack, not a drowning

PHUKET: A 78-year-old American snorkeler died from a heart attack in the Similan Island National Park on Tuesday, a doctor at Thai Muang Hospital confirmed to...
ThailandNovember 29, 2013

Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Abhist digs in; Yingluck rejects protesters’ demands; Anand calls for mutual retreat, peace talks

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Abhisit: Dems will strive to oust ‘Thaksin regime’ The Nation / Phuket...
PhuketNovember 29, 2013

As Provincial Hall falls silent, Phuket Governor works on

PHUKET: Governor Maitri Inthusut assured the public yesterday that everything is “business as usual”, despite the closure of Phuket Provincial Hall by protesters on Wednesday. Governor...
PhuketNovember 28, 2013

Phuket murder convict Lee Aldhouse happy to serve jail time in Thailand

PHUKET: British national Lee Aldhouse, sentenced today to 25 years in jail for the murder of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow in Phuket in 2010, is happy...

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