Artikel erschien Januar 2012

  • ‘Guns at the ready’ over Phuket jet-ski dispute

    ‘Guns at the ready’ over Phuket jet-ski dispute

    PHUKET: Officials in Phuket are stepping in to stave off a potentially lethal situation brewing over three unregistered jet-skis being rented out to tourists at Bang Tao Beach, on Phuket’s west coast. Adding to the fury of the other jet-ski operators at the popular tourist beach, all of whom are members of the “Phuket Jet-ski Club”, is the claim that the new jet-skis for hire are run by a foreigner using a Thai as a front man

  • Phuket crowds flock to Chalong Temple Fair

    Phuket crowds flock to Chalong Temple Fair

    PHUKET: Despite traffic chaos, Phuket residents have been flocking to the annual Chalong Temple Fair that runs through to Sunday. The vibrant fair each year attracts thousands of visitors who come to sample the wide range of food, browse the market stalls and enjoy the variety of activities on offer.

  • Phuket TAT launches 9 Temples Tour

    Phuket TAT launches 9 Temples Tour

    PHUKET: The Phuket “9 Temples Tour” began today as a way to round out the Chinese New Year festivities and to usher in the Phuket Old Town Festival, which gets underway on Sunday.

  • Help pours in for homeless fire victims in Phuket

    Help pours in for homeless fire victims in Phuket

    PHUKET: The Rotary Club of Patong Beach will assist a mother and 16-year-old daughter left homeless after a

  • Two rushed to hospital after separate accidents in Phuket

    Two rushed to hospital after separate accidents in Phuket

    PHUKET: A Phuket Airport employee returning home from work was seriously injured when her motorbike was hit by a passenger van full of tourists returning from a trip to Phang Nga yesterday afternoon. Thalang Police were notified of the accident at 3:35pm

  • Man shot, dumped, left for dead – but survives in Phuket

    Man shot, dumped, left for dead – but survives in Phuket

    PHUKET: A young Cambodian man who was shot in the chest and claims to have been tossed into the ocean afterwards, is being treated at Vachira Phuket Hospital.

  • Unidentified foreigner found hanged in Phuket

    Unidentified foreigner found hanged in Phuket

    PHUKET: An unidentified man was found strangled in a hilly area near Freedom Beach in Phuket yesterday afternoon. Police believe he took his own life by hanging.

  • Phuket ‘spider men’ suspect brown widow in fruit vendor’s death

    Phuket ‘spider men’ suspect brown widow in fruit vendor’s death

    PHUKET: A team of officers from Phuket’s Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanctuary in Thalang today collected 10 different types of spiders from around the home of Wanchai Wonglakorn, who

  • FC Phuket face extinction

    FC Phuket face extinction

    PHUKET: FC Phuket Director Soranan Sanae has sent out a distress call to all wealthy football fans in Phuket to come to the rescue of the team, which is in urgent need of sponsorship, yet again. “If any football-loving foreigners or expat millionaires would like to support the team, they are more than welcome to step up,” he told the Phuket Gazette yesterday. “I have a letter in my hand right now.

  • Phuket gets cooking with Local Food Festival

    Phuket gets cooking with Local Food Festival

    PHUKET: The 4th annual Phuket Local Food Festival kicked off at Saphan Hin in Phuket Town last night with the preparation of what is purported to have been the world’s largest pot of tom som (sweet and sour soup). The event was officially opened by Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha, who joined together with Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) President Paiboon Upatising in preparing the colossal cauldron of soup, which measured about two meters across.