Artikel erschien Oktober 2017

  • Vegetable contamination check for the Vegetarian Festival

    Vegetable contamination check for the Vegetarian Festival

    Phuket’s Governor, together with the Phuket Mayor, visited Banzan fresh market in Patong today (October 11) to check for any contamination of fresh vegetable and fruits before this year’s Vegetarian Festival. “The Vegetarian Festival starts from October 20 – 28 and there will be a lot more people consuming vegetables and fruits during the festival. These products can be contaminated by herbicide and insecticide.

  • THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, October 11

    THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, October 11

    No buts, no butts on beaches | Prayut confirms election date | Thailand’s most profitable national parks | Ofo wants its share-bikes back | Four tonne drug haul in Thai/Australian sting. The post THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, October 11 appeared first on Phuket Gazette

  • Reports that Yingluck has asylum status in the UK

    Reports that Yingluck has asylum status in the UK

    Just when you thought we were going to have a Shinawatra-free day, Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai says his ministry would need to verify news reports that former PM Yingluck Shinawatra had gained asylum status in the United Kingdom. Don asked people not to jump the gun and pressure the ministry to take action.

  • PM Prayut clarifies election date

    PM Prayut clarifies election date

    PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday announced firmly that the election would be held in November next year, following a previous indication that it would be in June 2019. “For this [election] part, it was said that it would be around June 2018 that there will be the announcement of the election date, and then in November, there will be the election,” Prayut said after meetings of the Cabinet and the National Council for Peace and Order at Government House.

  • Phuket’s cremation ceremony rehearsal set for October 22

    Phuket’s cremation ceremony rehearsal set for October 22

    Phuket’s Governor, Norapat Plodthong, announced during his press conference “Governor Meets Media” that the cremation ceremony rehearsal for King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Phuket will take place at Sapan Hin Park on October 22. He explained that the ceremony will be set in 3 zones; the closest zone inside is where the wooden flowers and pyre model are placed, the second zone is the gymnasium of 4,000 seats which is where attendees are screened before getting inside.

  • UPDATE: Beach butt ban

    UPDATE: Beach butt ban

    After finding a large amount of cigarettes on Patong Beach following the results of several volunteer beach cleans, the Director General of Marine and Coastal Department announced that from November onward, the department will enforce the law –  Section 17 of Marine and Coastal Management Promotion Act  – to prohibit smoking on the beach. “After collecting trash from Patong Beach, we found that there is an average of 0.76 cigarette per square metre, with a total 101,058 collected so far. This is a serious problem,” said the Director General.

  • Koh Phi Phi – Thailand’s most profitable national park

    Koh Phi Phi – Thailand’s most profitable national park

    Phi Phi Islands is the most profitable national park in the nation for 2 years in a row. Had Nopparat Thara – Phi Phi Island National Park has officially reached the highest income among the national parks across the country this year with 669 million Baht

  • Banning the butt – cigarette ban on Phuket’s beaches

    Banning the butt – cigarette ban on Phuket’s beaches

    What is the most numerous item found at the many beach cleans organised by groups around the island?

  • THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, October 10

    THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, October 10

    The post THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, October 10 appeared first on Phuket Gazette .

  • Hundreds of share-bikes taken home by renters

    Hundreds of share-bikes taken home by renters

    Despite excellent feedback on the share-bike initiative and more than a thousand users per day, the share-bike project is suffering from renters who think that the bikes are “giveaways from the government”. Many users have taken the bike back home and using it as a personal belonging