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- Phuket News
Stoney Monday founder faces trial in Phuket for B80mn fraud
PHUKET: The Australian who formerly ran the Stoney Monday Oasis Hotel in Patong has been arrested in Krabi and brought back to Phuket to face trial for embezzlement and six counts of fraud. The alleged damages total more than 80 million baht. Rell Vivien Hayes, 51, was arrested last Friday while allegedly selling property at an upscale resort south of…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Syrian opposition to attend Geneva; US airlines playing it safe over East China Sea; Price jumps for Philippines’ typhoon rebuilding; Vietnam attacks social media
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Syrian opposition to attend Geneva peace conference Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Syrian National Coalition opposition group will attend the “Geneva 2” talks in January aimed at ending the civil war, the group’s president, Ahmad Jarba, said on Wednesday. In an interview with Reuters and…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Protesters take more ministries; Water-plan forum shut down; Funds dwindle for fight against Aids
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Protesters lay siege to more ministries; some officials express support The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: For a third day yesterday, anti-government protesters continued to lay siege to key government offices in order to challenge Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government and her brother Thaksin’s authority. The…
- Phuket News
Phuket provincial government shut down in anti-Yingluck protests
PHUKET: Thousands of Phuket residents stormed Phuket Provincial Hall this morning, forcing the provincial government to shut down in protest of “Thaksinocracy” and the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra administration. “Phuket residents came here without being called on, which shows that they truly don’t want this government any more,” said former Rassada Mayor Suratin Liangudom. “We have prepared a bouquet of…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Honduras wins two presidents; Pope meets Putin; Israel sends aide to US for Iran talks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Honduras leftist disputes Sunday vote count, supporters march Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Leftist Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro refused on Monday to accept partial official results that show her conservative rival on course to win Sunday’s election, and a group of her supporters took to the streets.Castro,…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bangkok braces for huge protests; Pheu Thai calls emergency meeting; Floods ravage South
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Huge marches to gridlock Bangkok The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Bangkok faces paralysis today as huge crowds of anti-government protesters set out on symbolic marches across the capital in a move that protest leaders are calling an attempt to overthrow the so-called “Thaksin Shinawatra regime”.The enormous crowd…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: World Bank raises Philippine typhoon aid to almost $1bn, death toll exceeds 5,000; Australia-Indonesia spy tensions rise; More dead in Latvia supermarket collapse
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World Bank raises Philippine typhoon aid package to almost $1 billion Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: World Bank said it raised to almost $1 billion (£616.2 million) its financial aid package to support relief and reconstruction in typhoon-devastated areas in the central Philippines, as the toll of death…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Flood scheme talks turn fracas; Pheu Thai vows tit for tat; Typhoon donation scamsters caught
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tensions boil over at flood scheme hearing The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A melee occurred at a public hearing yesterday in Samut Songkhram on the effects of the government’s Bt350-billion flood-prevention and water-management programme, after a large number of protesting residents angrily pressured government officials in charge…
- Opinion
Phuket Opinion: Purchasing votes to run the island
Kittipong Thiengkunakrit, 57, has been the Director of the Phuket Election Commission for three years. He has a science degree from Prince of Songkhla University, an advanced diploma from the University of Paris and a master’s degree in public administration from the National Institute of Development Administration. Mr Kittipong is a lecturer on how to run elections, election law and…
- Opinion
Phuket Opinion: Being connected helps save lives
PHUKET: We offer our sincerest condolences to the families of the many victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last week, and commend the multiple relief efforts still underway here in Phuket to help residents on the islands of Samar and Leyte, the most badly affected areas. Among those who deserve praise are some familiar names, such as…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Myanmar rejects UN Rohingya resolve; Central Africa on brink of genocide; US-Afghan security deal waylaid; Colorado shooter trial postponed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar rejects U.N. resolution on Rohingya Muslims Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Myanmar rejected on Thursday a U.N. resolution urging it to grant citizenship to the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority group, and accused the United Nations of impinging on its sovereignty.The U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Scams, accidents place tourism at risk; Pheu Thai blasts court; House accepts censure; Jakkrit’s wife probed over safe deposit; Hollywood set on fire
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Scams, accidents scare away tourists The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Thailand’s attractiveness to foreign tourists is under threat from fraud and poor safety standards.After a recent bus accident in Chon Buri that injured 26 Russian tourists, the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RUTI) recently urged Thai authorities…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Security tightened in capital; Cop helped Russian scammers; Changes needed in HIV fight; Thais score low in English
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Security in Bangkok tightened Phuket Gazette / The NationPHUKET: Security has been beefed up in Bangkok as protesters wait to hear the Constitutional Court’s ruling on charter amendment to be announced later today.About two companies of policemen were deployed to secure the court compound, with 20 officers…
- Phuket News
Black Eyed Peas rapper highlights Filipino plight with Phuket show
PHUKET: Over 400 people gathered to watch Grammy-award-winning international pop star and rapper from Black Eyed Peas apl.de.ap drop beats at Xana Beach Club to raise funds for the victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the central Philippines over a week ago. “I thought we [Filipinos] were tough, until this happened. Like I’ve never seen this magnitude of people…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Abhisit says he was framed; B1bn ATM skim scam; Krathongs down; Cops want bus lanes; Govt pressure builds
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Abhisit says Tarit framed him, Suthep over 2010 riots Phuket Gazette / The NationPHUKET: Department of Special Investigation Director-General Tarit Pengdith skewed the facts in order to frame suspects who are the subject of criminal indictments relating to the 2010 riots, the Democrat Party leader told a…
- Thai Life
Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Disaster Relief Fund in Phuket
PHUKET: The Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Disaster Relief Fund was started by the Rotary Club of Patong Beach, and aims to collect funds for the victims of the recent natural disaster. The donations will be sent directly to Philippine Rotary Clubs in the affected areas over the next few days and weeks, before being allocated in the most effective way. Already…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Typhoon aid underway; Yingluck to face censure; BOT in good shape; Schools in South strike
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Doctors, medicines heading to Philippines The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Public Health Ministry is expected to send 60 tonnes of medical supplies on an Air Force plane to the Philippines on Monday (Nov 18), with the government announcing yesterday it would initially provide Bt6 million to…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Israel warns of war from Iran nuclear deal; Aquino under pressure over typhoon aid; Congo ready to formalize rebel defeat
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel warns of war from Iran deal, sees big sanctions cut Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that a “bad deal” with Iran on its nuclear programme could lead to war and his aides challenged U.S. assertions to have offered Tehran…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Life on Cambodian border returns to normal; ATM skim gang in Songkhla; Luxury cars seized
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Life on the border returns to normal The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: All 47 schools in the border province of Si Sa Ket reopened yesterday as there was no backlash from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Preah Vihear Temple.The schools, all in Si Sa…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Warships to help Philippines; 24,000 more houses in Jerusalem; Fukushima: now for the tough part
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S., Britain sends warships to help Philippine relief efforts Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A U.S. aircraft carrier set sail for the Philippines on Tuesday to accelerate relief efforts after a typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 people in one coastal city alone, with fears the toll could rise…
- Phuket News
Phuket ATM robbers were “amateurs’, says expert
PHUKET: A welding expert today branded the thieves who last week used a blowtorch to steal 1.6 million baht from an ATM at Phuket’s Boat Lagoon as “amateurs”. Stuck for clues in tracking down the bandits, Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Serm Kwannimit today brought welding expert Wisut Pumsiri to inspect the scene of the crime (story here). “I believe…
- Property
Diamond condo sparkles – Phuket Property
PHUKET: Diamond Condominium, the latest project to be developed in Phuket’s high-end Bang Tao Beach area, is located just 400 meters from the beach, and minutes from the Laguna resort complex. The six rai (9,600sqm) property will contain four separate buildings surrounding a central swimming pool and landscaped community recreation area. In all, the four buildings will contain 388 units…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Typhoon survivors beg for help; Rioters clash with police in Warsaw; Women’s rights – poll
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Philippine typhoon survivors beg for help as rescuers struggle Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday, as relief workers struggled to reach victims of a super typhoon that killed an estimated 10,000 people in…
- Thailand News
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Thaksin believes protest will fizzle out; Industry gives warning; Mother-in-law admits contract killing [VIDEO]; Govt, Cambodia to work together
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thaksin opposes House dissolution and Yingluck’s resignation The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Despite the mounting pressure against his sister’s embattled government, ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday instructed the ruling Pheu Thai Party to cling on to power in the hope the opposition-led rally against the amnesty bill…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Typhoon death toll feared 10,000; Syria rebels open door to peace; Kristallnacht remembered
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Philippines typhoon kills estimated 10,000, destruction hampers rescue efforts Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Rescue workers struggled to reach ravaged towns and villages in the central Philippines on Monday as they tried to deliver aid to survivors of a powerful typhoon that killed an estimated 10,000 people and…
- World News
Phuket Gazette World News: Typhoon flattens Philippines; Mexico frees kidnap victims; US embroiled in Iran nuclear, Palestine dilemma
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Typhoon Haiyan hammers Philippines Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Typhoon Haiyan, possibly the strongest storm ever to hit land, was barrelling out of the Philippines on Saturday after it flattened houses, triggered landslides and floods and knocked out power and communications across a number of islands.In the central…
- Hua Hin News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Senate fails to kill amnesty bill, protests spread abroad; Storm slams Hua Hin; Preah Vihear residents ready to flee
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Amnesty bill protests spread to other countries The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Opposition to the controversial amnesty bill has expanded beyond Thailand’s borders, with Thai expatriates and students in several countries also staging their own protests.The sound of whistles seems to be echoing around the world as…
- Phuket News
Phuket Poll: Is compulsory health insurance for tourists worth it?
PHUKET: Stories of fundraisers to cover the medical costs of friends and loved ones are not strangers to Phuket’s news pages. Dozens of stories a year roll in, and many more remain undocumented, about those travelling through The Kingdom who succumb to unfortunate circumstances and rack up enormous medical bills as doctors fight to save them. Many of these bills…
- Thailand News
Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Amnesty is over; Bangkok ATMs hacked; Russian boy in ferry tragedy dies
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Push for amnesty has ended: PM The Nation / Phuket GazettePHUKET: As opposition rises and protests spread to key areas of capital, govt withdraws all six draft bills from the houseThe embattled Pheu Thai government yesterday yielded further to the spreading public outrage over the bill for…
- Phuket News
Phuket temple receives 1.2mn baht to mark Kathin ceremony
PHUKET: Temple administrators at Wat Kata yesterday received a donation of over 1.2 million baht as part of the Kathin Ceremony, held each year to mark the end of the Buddhist “month of gratitude”. The donation was presented by officers from the Royal Thai Navy, joined by Karon Municipality officials and a gathering of about 2,000 other Buddhist disciples. “The…
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