Artikel posted in 2012

  • Police arrest three foreigners for B30mn jewelry heist

    Police arrest three foreigners for B30mn jewelry heist

    PHUKET: Police have arrested four people in connection with the theft of 30 million baht of jewelry in Phuket yesterday morning while they were heading for the Malaysian border. Phuket Provincial Police Commander Chonasit Wattanavrangkul confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that the suspects were arrested by Trang Highway Police officers at a checkpoint in Sikao District, in Trang province.

  • Phuket Election: Aroon Solos re-elected Rawai Mayor

    Phuket Election: Aroon Solos re-elected Rawai Mayor

    PHUKET: According to preliminary results of the local election yesterday in Rawai, at the southern end of Phuket, Aroon Solos has been re-elected Mayor of Rawai Municipality. The preliminary count gave Mr Aroon with 3,715 votes, said Kittipong Thiengkunagrit, director of the Phuket Election Commission

  • Phuket Police dragnet fails to recover B30mn in stolen jewelry

    Phuket Police dragnet fails to recover B30mn in stolen jewelry

    PHUKET: Police are searching vehicles leaving the island and passengers departing via Phuket International Airport are being subjected to more rigorous bag searches following the theft of 30 million baht of jewelry from a parked van near Phuket Town

  • Phuket Red Shirt Village rally just a ‘test’, says local leader

    Phuket Red Shirt Village rally just a ‘test’, says local leader

    PHUKET: One of the men named responsible for organizing a red-shirt rally near Nai Yang Beach yesterday has denied any intent of establishing a “red-shirt village” in Phuket. The true aim was to determine how many people would protest against such a rally, said Surin Yotharak, a local village leader in Tambon Sakoo, the subdistrict immediately south of Phuket International Airport. “The red-shirt leaders wanted to see how many people would protest this rally.

  • BREAKING NEWS: Phuket Police launch manhunt for three foreigners in B30mn jewelry heist

    BREAKING NEWS: Phuket Police launch manhunt for three foreigners in B30mn jewelry heist

    PHUKET: The Phuket Gazette has received confirmed reports that police have launched a manhunt for three foreign men who carried out a smash-and-grab robbery of about 30 million baht in jewelry this morning. The three men allegedly smashed the windows of a Toyota Avanza parked behind the Big C supercenter on the bypass road at 9:45am with an umbrella and stole a suitcase containing the jewelry

  • Poll: Will Bang Khu underpass project improve Phuket traffic?

    Poll: Will Bang Khu underpass project improve Phuket traffic?

    PHUKET: The final design for the 450-million-baht underpass at the Bang Khu Intersection in Koh Kaew

  • PHUKET OPINION: Common sense needed, not seawalls

    PHUKET OPINION: Common sense needed, not seawalls

    PHUKET: Funding for projects to “combat” erosion along the Andaman coast through construction of seawalls, jetties and similar structures would be better spent on environmentally-sound projects like sand-dune stabilization, mangrove reforestation and better enforcement of laws that regulate shoreline construction. Trying to conquer the forces of time and tide is the quintessential exercise in futility. This is especially true along Phuket’s western coastline, with its strong southwest monsoon season currents and pounding wave action.

  • PHUKET OPINION: Few winners in war against the sea

    PHUKET OPINION: Few winners in war against the sea

    PHUKET: Funding for projects to “combat” erosion along the Andaman coast through construction of seawalls, jetties and similar structures would be better deployed on environmentally-sound projects like sand-dune stabilization, mangrove reforestation and enforcement of laws that regulate shoreline construction. Trying to conquer the forces of time and tide is the quintessential exercise in futility.

  • PHUKET OPINION: Few winners in war against the sea

    PHUKET OPINION: Few winners in war against the sea

    PHUKET: Funding for projects to “combat” erosion along the Andaman coast through construction of seawalls, jetties and similar structures would be better deployed on environmentally-sound projects like sand-dune stabilization, mangrove reforestation and enforcement of laws that regulate shoreline construction. Trying to conquer the forces of time and tide is the quintessential exercise in futility.

  • Phuket joins Andaman fight against coastal erosion

    Phuket joins Andaman fight against coastal erosion

    PHUKET: Phuket has joined an Andaman-wide project spearheaded by the Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Haad Yai Campus to combat coastal erosion throughout the region. At the recent sea gypsy