Artikel erschien Dezember 2015

  • Grand opening of Phuket airport expansion slated for May

    Grand opening of Phuket airport expansion slated for May

    PHUKET: The highly-anticipated expansion of the Phuket International Airport will be celebrated with a grand opening in May, confirmed the airport director. „We are now 83.69 per cent done. There will be an additional 10 bays and four aerobridges,“ explained Phuket International Airport Director Monrudee Gettuphan on Wednesday.

  • Thalang homeowner cries foul

    Thalang homeowner cries foul

    PHUKET: Local ‚quacks‘ have forced officials from the Damrongdhama Center (ombudsman’s office) to appease a disgruntled Thalang homeowner on Friday, after she filed a handful of complaints to local authorities that remained unanswered. In the complaint, Christy Kay Sweet, 50, claimed that several chickens and ducks have been wandering around her garden, waking her up during the early hours.

  • Immigration to tap into Interpol database to fight crime

    Immigration to tap into Interpol database to fight crime

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  • Interpol busts Russian in Phuket for human smuggling

    Interpol busts Russian in Phuket for human smuggling

    PHUKET: A Russian wanted for human smuggling was arrested in Phuket on Friday at the request of Interpol.

  • Business Buzz: Local customers key to successful business

    Business Buzz: Local customers key to successful business

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  • Finance: Reduce risks while playing market

    Finance: Reduce risks while playing market

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  • Ministry of Farang Affairs: Why the wai?

    Ministry of Farang Affairs: Why the wai?

    Continued here: Ministry of Farang Affairs: Why the wai?

  • Opinion: Fanning the flames of intolerance

    Opinion: Fanning the flames of intolerance

    PHUKET: With so much media attention being placed on developments surrounding terrorism and the Islamic State (IS), it is important for us here in Phuket not to get sucked into all the anti-Islamic fear-mongering and religious intolerance sweeping through many western nations these days. As the current edition of the Gazette went to press, firebrand United States presidential candidate Donald Trump had once again managed to put his name at the top of news search engines with his controversial call for a blanket ban on allowing any and all Muslims to enter the US.

  • Gardening: Fashions and fads for gardeners

    Gardening: Fashions and fads for gardeners

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  • British national dies in Patong Hill crash

    British national dies in Patong Hill crash

    PHUKET: A British national died and another was injured after pick-up truck hit their motorbike on the notoriously dangerous Patong Hill this morning. According to rescuer workers at the scene, the motorbike carrying the two women exited a small soi onto the main road when the pick-up truck slammed into them.