Artikel erschien Oktober 2011

  • Phuket Caveat: Man accused of bestiality says his prostitute turned into a donkey

    Phuket Caveat: Man accused of bestiality says his prostitute turned into a donkey

    PHUKET: Expat residents of Phuket are well accustomed to tales bizarre, but this one, reported by local media in Zimbabwe, may trump anything recorded in the Pearl of the Andaman to date.

  • Phuket Breaking News: Bus crash on Patong Hill; many injured

    Phuket Breaking News: Bus crash on Patong Hill; many injured

    PHUKET: A bus carrying 37 Russian tourists from Phuket International Airport has crashed on Patong Hill, injuring many passengers in the second such incident in four days in Phuket. A Russian passenger told the Phuket Gazette that the bus emblazoned with the company name „J-Siam Holiday Phuket Co“ was carrying 37 Russians, and four Thais: two tour guides, one driver and one assistant. The group had just arrived in Phuket and were en route to the Duangjit Resort in Patong

  • Cyclists make the Big Push for Phuket

    Cyclists make the Big Push for Phuket

    PHUKET: TEN riders representing the Royal British Legion and the Thai War Veterans Organization are set to cross Phukets Thepkrasattri Bridge tomorrow, completing a 855-kilometer bike ride from Bangkok in a bid to raise 500,000 baht for charity. Completing the ride, called the Spice Roads Royal British Legion Big Push, are British ex-service folk, the oldest of whom is Tony Margetts at 64. ..

  • Nok Air to resume Bangkok-Phuket flights

    Nok Air to resume Bangkok-Phuket flights

    PHUKET: Nok Air will resume flights between flood-struck Bangkok and Phuket tomorrow by temporarily moving their operations to Suvarnabhumi Airport.

  • Phuket prisoners selected for ‚reintegration training‘

    Phuket prisoners selected for ‚reintegration training‘

    PHUKET: More than 200 inmates at Phuket Prison today began their first day of rehabilitation training to prepare them for release into society. The two-week course, launched to honor HM King Bhumibol Adulyadejs 84th birthday on December 5, aims to help the inmates become good, moral people and productive members of society, said Phuket Prison chief Rapin Nichanon at the opening ceremony today. …

  • Phuket Town thieves stealing water meters  again

    Phuket Town thieves stealing water meters again

    PHUKET: Officers at Phuket City Municipality are urging residents to beware water meter thieves running amok in the town. They are also calling for all scrap metal merchants to be on the lookout for any scrap being sold that suspiciously looks like the ramps used to allow vehicles to ascend curbs and be parked in inner-city garages.

  • Ex-cop caught smuggling 4.5kg of marijuana into Phuket

    Ex-cop caught smuggling 4.5kg of marijuana into Phuket

    PHUKET: Police at Tah Chat Chai checkpoint the northern tip of the island yesterday arrested a retired policeman trying to smuggle 4.5 kilograms of marijuana into Phuket.

  • Floods force Nok Air to cancel Bangkok-Phuket flights

    Floods force Nok Air to cancel Bangkok-Phuket flights

    PHUKET: Flood waters have inundated the runway at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok, forcing Nok Air to cancel all flights between Phuket and the Thai capital until at least October 31. The immediate cancellation is only temporary, said Prathuang Sornkham, who returned to his position of director at Phuket International Airport about a week ago.

  • Thai property: Food for thought for Phuket expats

    Thai property: Food for thought for Phuket expats

    Phuket NEWS Hound World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket readers PHUKET: An item on the BBC website last week caught the attention of Phuket News Hound. Grand in its simplicity and purpose, and unassailable as a means to improve a troubled nation’s economy, a proposal by two United States senators to woo foreign property buyers yes, woo; not eschew stands in glaring contrast to the folklore railing against foreign ownership of land in Thailand

  • Korean tourist in Phuket ICU after tour van slams into tree

    Korean tourist in Phuket ICU after tour van slams into tree

    PHUKET: One Korean tourist remains in intensive care and another in general recovery in hospital after the tour van they were traveling in left the road and slammed into a tree in northern Phuket on Saturday. The tourists were returning to Phuket after a day trip to Phang Nga.