Artikel erschien August 2011
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Phuket readies for HM Queen Sirikits birthday
PHUKET: Visitors and residents in Phuket will have ample opportunity to honor and celebrate HM Queen Sirikits 79th birthday also celebrated in Thailand as Mothers Day on Friday. Police sources have confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that alcohol sales will not be banned on Friday, a national holiday. We only ask for people to comply […]
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Officials under fire over Phuket flyover plans
PHUKET: Department of Highways officials received a frosty reception today at a public hearing to unveil three base designs for an overpass at Bang Khu Intersection, one of the main traffic crunch points during peak hours on Phukets Thepkrasattri Road. The Bang Khu Intersection is where Thepkrasattri Rd meets the bypass road. Sombat Jaroenpat, director […]
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Phuket Live Wire: AIS rollout of 3G a success
PHUKET: The AIS rollout of its new wireless internet system has come and gone, and Im duly impressed. Were seeing good sometimes great international download speeds, reliable signals, extensive coverage and reasonably good support, all over Phuket. Amazing. … Full story
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Caddy shock
PHUKET: „It’s the most satisfying win I’ve ever had, there’s no two ways about it.“ Steve Williams claims he’s experienced the height of satisfaction in his caddy career after helping Adam Scott to victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Ohio on Sunday, just two weeks after being dumped by Tiger Woods. Williams, from […]
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Phuket funeral to honor Father Richard
PHUKET: The funeral for Father Richard Woodarek, who served Phukets Catholic community for more than 40 years, will be held at Our Lady of Assumption Church in Phuket Town on Wednesday at 10am. Father Richard passed away on Friday. He was 82 years old and had spent more than half of his life in Thailand, […]
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Phuket fire drill no cause for alarm
PHUKET: Smoke billowing out of the fresh market on Ranong Road in Phuket Town this morning was no cause for alarm as Phuket City Municipality conducted its first fire drill there since the market opened in September last year. More than 150 market vendors and other people taking part in the drill poured onto the […]
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BBCU claim league bragging rights over FC Phuket
PHUKET: FC Phuket came up short against Big Bang Chulalongkorn United (BBCU), losing 2-1 on Sunday as the team tried to capitalize on their cup defeat of the joint Division One leaders. Downpours of rain before and during play, made for a greasy surface and slippery playing conditions for the teams. With five players out […]
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Epileptic man drowns in Phuket pond
PHUKET: The body of a Phuket man who went missing on Friday was discovered by relatives two days later in a pond near his home in Thalang. Thalang Police identified the deceased as Phumichai Kaewkla, a 42-year-old resident of Mai Khao. His death was reported by his father, Jaras Kaewkla. … Full story
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Things about Yingluck include a Phuket Connection
PHUKET: A story in yesterday’s Nation, entitled „There’s something about Yingluck“, presents some interesting facts about Thailand’s attractive new prime minister. Among them is a Phuket connection, albeit tenuous and, most likely, coincidental. Yingluck Shinawatra and Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha went to the same schools and studied the same things. … Full story
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Phuket Magazin(e) News: When will Thaksin Shinawatra return to Thailand?
Soon to return? Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Now that Yingluck Shinawatra has been installed as Thailand’s first female prime minister, many political analysts are posing the question: When will her brother, fugitive former PM Thaksin, return to Thailand? Phuket Magazin(e) Reference Hotels on Phuket More Phuket News Quelle:PG
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- Blackwater at Phuket’s Nai Harn beach due to ‘natural causes’‘Blackwater’ has returned at one of Phuket’s favourite beaches, this time in the lagoon behind Nai Harn beach, which flushes out naturally when the tide conditions are right. For now, it is dammed up by the sand and has developed into an ugly cesspool for passersby to see. Responding to complaints from local residents, Rawai […]
- Another baby Dugong found on a Krabi beachPHOTO: Thai Rath Another lost baby dugong has been rescued after being found injured in Krabi. The baby dugong was found washed up on the shores in Klongthom District, Krabi yesterday (June 1) and was rescued by the officials from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC). Thai Rath reports that the baby dugong had a […]
- Cha-Am blackwater flowing into the beach is “natural in origin” – District ChiefPHOTOS: Daily News The Cha-Am district chief and a posse of officials have inspected a patch of ‘black water’ flowing into the Gulf of Thailand after social media posts showed “sewage” flowing into the sea at a beach north of Hua Hin. Not surprisingly, and without evidence, Khajornsak Somboon admitted the offensive outflow was “smelly” but […]