Artikel erschien Dezember 2013

  • Russia today – all about it, in a language you can understand

    Russia today – all about it, in a language you can understand

    PHUKET: The latest issue of the Phuket Gazette, on newsstands across the island this weekend, includes our launch edition of Russia – Beyond the Headlines (RBH). Like the China Daily we pioneered two years ago as a free supplement for our valued readers, RBH delivers insights into its host country’s relationships with Thailand and Asia. It also explores Russian culture, sports, business, overseas investment and tourism trends.

  • Desperate Phuket mother turns to spirit medium to find missing daughter

    Desperate Phuket mother turns to spirit medium to find missing daughter

    PHUKET: The mother of missing 7-year-old Nong Dear has resorted to consulting a spirit medium after police efforts have failed to yield any results in the week the girl has been missing (story

  • Phuket Drift: Pickup makes move, flips, crashes

    Phuket Drift: Pickup makes move, flips, crashes

    PHUKET: A pickup truck thwarted in a passing maneuver on Thepkrasattri Road flipped over and landed upside down on the median in Mai Khao yesterday morning. The cab was partially crushed by the impact, but the passenger and driver escaped with only minor injuries

  • Man caught exposing his ‘big gun’ to Patong ladies

    Man caught exposing his ‘big gun’ to Patong ladies

    PHUKET: A man who thought it was a good idea to show all the ladies along his street in Patong that he had a big gun in his pants has been arrested and charged with possession of an illegal firearm. He was also charged with carrying a naked weapon in a public place.

  • Phuket’s iBless Philippines donations reach typhoon victims

    Phuket’s iBless Philippines donations reach typhoon victims

    PHUKET: Funds and relief goods collected for victims of Typhoon Haiyan under the iBless Philippines campaign have been sent to the Philippines, and more fund raising events are in the works. “We sent 139,468 baht and 2,700kg of emergency relief goods to the Philippines on November 29,” Bernardita Sanchez, an iBless committee member, told the Phuket Gazette yesterday

  • Patong ghost-resort owners ordered to clear way for residents

    Patong ghost-resort owners ordered to clear way for residents

    PHUKET: The absent owners of an abandoned resort in the foothills overlooking Patong have been given three months to respond to an order to allow access across their 200-million-baht plot of land – or face a court order to do so. Phuket Vice Governor Somkiat Sangkhaosutthirak delivered the news yesterday at the site of The Crest resort, on Phra Barami Road, where derelict resort buildings have been left to crumble for at least the past four years

  • New Kathu District Chief vows to continue beach free-zone project

    New Kathu District Chief vows to continue beach free-zone project

    PHUKET: The new Kathu District Chief vowed today to pick up the reins of the Patong “beach clear” zone, which was set in motion by former Kathu chief Veera Kerdsirimongkol. In July Mr Veera requested that the Patong Municipality clear all vendors – including sun bed operators – from a large section of Patong Beach (story

  • Faulty Phuket public lighting deals deadly electric shock

    Faulty Phuket public lighting deals deadly electric shock

    PHUKET: A construction worker died from an electric shock yesterday afternoon when he leaned against a barbed wire fence to urinate. “The fence was accidentally electrified by a frayed wire,” said Lt Peerasit Noopayan of the Cherng Talay Police. A nearby light pole was leaning to one side, and the frayed wire which supplies it with electricity came into contact with the fence, electrifying it, a rescue worker said.

  • Thai stars to shine at Phuket’s Patong Carnival

    Thai stars to shine at Phuket’s Patong Carnival

    PHUKET: Thai pop stars Sarunyu “Ice” Winaipani and Rattapoom “Film” Toekongsap are among the headline acts to perform at this year’s Patong Carnival, which is held annually to usher in the tourism high season. Also on the bill of performers to entertain the crowds are renowned Thai country music bands Maleehuana and Kangkeng, and nationwide star Bow Wee. This year’s carnival will run from December 15 through December 20 (story

  • Health woes blamed for Swedish expat suicide in Phuket

    Health woes blamed for Swedish expat suicide in Phuket

    PHUKET: A Swedish expat who had repeatedly told his girlfriend he wanted to die because of health problems killed himself yesterday after sending his girlfriend out to buy lunch. When Kotchamon Boonraksa, 38, returned to the house in Rawai an hour later, the doors and windows were locked.