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  • Bagged testicle puts Scott Dann out of action

    Bagged testicle puts Scott Dann out of action

    PHUKET: „Our physio [Dave Fevre] cannot believe it. He has two players [Dann and Givet] out with problems he has never come across before in all his years of experience.“ Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean explains that striker Scott Dann has sustained a ruptured testicle while putting the ball in the back of the net during the Rovers‘ painful 2-1 defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion (the „Baggies“) on Saturday.

  • MMA fighter Junie Browning surrenders to Phuket Police

    MMA fighter Junie Browning surrenders to Phuket Police

    PHUKET: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Junie Browning turned himself over the Chalong Police yesterday afternoon. Mr Browning walked into Chalong Police Station at about 2pm with his lawyer and filed a counter-complaint against Australian Simon Menzies. Mr Menzies had already filed a complaint against Mr Browning after the pair became involved in a

  • Phuket job fair offers little respite for hotel labor shortage

    Phuket job fair offers little respite for hotel labor shortage

    PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Employment Office (PPEO) job fair in Phuket Town today attracted few job-seekers, despite repeated calls from Phuket’s tourism industry seeking to hire more qualified staff.

  • Young dad dies in high-speed Phuket crash

    Young dad dies in high-speed Phuket crash

    PHUKET: A young father died instantly in a high-speed single car crash yesterday after his car spun out of control while he was rushing to pick up his child from school in Phuket Town. Tung Tong Police Duty Officer Watthanathon Bamrungthin told the Phuket Gazette that 28-year-old Boonrit Aphithammawong was on his way from Patong, where he worked as a graphic designer at the Sleep With Me apartment complex, when the accident happened at about 3pm. “Mr Boonrit’s white Honda Jazz struck a power pole near the Tesco Lotus Express.

  • Phuket Media Watch – Indonesian protests; flash flooding

    Phuket Media Watch – Indonesian protests; flash flooding

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Dozens of Indonesians sew mouths shut in deforestation protest Phuket Gazette A group of Indonesian protesters have sewed their mouths shut in a protest against deforestation which took place in front of the parliament building in the capital this week, the Jakarta Globe reported today.

  • Phuket blitz on booze in New Year gift baskets

    Phuket blitz on booze in New Year gift baskets

    PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) yesterday launched a series of raids on major retailers selling New Year gift baskets to ensure that they do not contain alcoholic beverages. “I have informed all major retailers that New Year gift baskets may not contain alcohol,” said PPHO chief Dr Sak Tanchaikul. “The PPHO have right to report to the police any store violating the law.

  • Pornthip Phuket packaging takes to world stage

    Pornthip Phuket packaging takes to world stage

    PHUKET: Pornthip (Phuket) Co Ltd, the island’s most recognized food-gift brand, submitted two of its award-winning products to contest in the AsiaStar Awards 2011, also known as the „Packaging Oscars of Asia“. Having recently achieved national recognition at the ThaiStar Packaging Awards 2011, Pornthip’s Andaman and Sino-Portuguese gift sets will now join the regional ranks along with 54 other submissions in the Consumer Package category.

  • Phuket blitz on booze-free New Year gift baskets

    Phuket blitz on booze-free New Year gift baskets

    PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) yesterday launched a series of raids on major retailers selling New Year gift baskets to ensure that they do not contain alcoholic beverages. “I have informed all major retailers that New Year gift baskets may not contain alcohol,” said PPHO chief Dr Sak Tanchaikul.

  • Tsunami no longer a factor in Khao Lak tourism: Survey

    Tsunami no longer a factor in Khao Lak tourism: Survey

    SPECIAL REPORT by Bill Barnett PHUKET: Phuket and other provinces along the Andaman Coast are currently making preparations to mark the seventh anniversary since the tsunami struck on December 26, 2004.

  • City park high-rise promising

    City park high-rise promising

    PHUKET: Annual returns of up to 10 per cent are being promised to those who invest in the condotel portion of The Light Suan Luang condominium project in Phuket Town.