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  • Phuket-bound yacht crew rescued from southern Thailand storm

    Phuket-bound yacht crew rescued from southern Thailand storm

    PHUKET: Two foreigners sailing to Phuket from Langkawi in Malaysia are safe after being rescued from turbulent seas by the Royal Thai Navy off the coast of Satun early this morning. Vice Admiral Choomnoom Ardwong of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command at Cape Panwa, Phuket, was notified of a distress call from the sailing yacht Aqua at 1:45am. Sailors Gionata Bellagamba from Italy and Luke Lockyer from South Africa reported that they could not make landfall at the southern Thailand province of Satun due to strong winds and large waves

  • MoF voices support for Phuket convention center

    MoF voices support for Phuket convention center

    PHUKET: Ministry of Finance General Inspector Prasit Suebchana met Phuket Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosutthirak today to reaffirm that his ministry will fight for Phukets convention center to go ahead. The international convention and exhibition center (ICEC) project stalled early this month when the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) announced that the project’s plan had … Full story

  • Phuket rubber tapper injured by falling tree

    Phuket rubber tapper injured by falling tree

    PHUKET: A Phuket rubber tapper was left unconscious and unable to move yesterday when a para rubber tree he was cutting down fell on him.

  • Hotel supply cap pointless for Phuket

    Hotel supply cap pointless for Phuket

    PHUKET: Hotel operators are lukewarm to an effort by the Thai Hotels Association to lobby the government to limit the number of new hotel licenses it issues, saying the real problem is the number of accommodation establishments that operate illegally. Following reports that the association planned to lobby returning Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa to help develop the industry by limiting new hotel licenses in popular destinations, Phuket Tourist Association President Somboon Jirayus doubted such a measure could be effective in Phuket under current circumstances

  • Para-normal accident in Phuket

    Para-normal accident in Phuket

    PHUKET: A Phuket rubber tapper was left unconscious and unable to move yesterday when a para rubber tree he was cutting down fell on him. The rubber-tapper, 29-year-old Seree Thongampol, went out to fell mature rubber trees in a plantation in Paklok Village 8 yesterday afternoon.

  • FC Phuket trump Songkhla in deep south battle

    FC Phuket trump Songkhla in deep south battle

    PHUKET: FC PHUKET got their second road win of the season last night, with a well-deserved 1-0 win against Songkhla FC in a hard-fought match at Tinsulanond Stadium in Songkhla Town. The lively match was played under clear skies, following light showers earlier in the day

  • Beach Volleyball: Phuket Thailand Open ready to decide World Number One

    Beach Volleyball: Phuket Thailand Open ready to decide World Number One

    PHUKET: Seventeen of the world’s top 20-ranked teams have confirmed their participation in the PTT Phuket Thailand Open, the final round of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour, which will take place on Phuket’s Karon Beach from November 1 to 6. The Phuket tournament is the world’s largest women’s beach volleyball event and will see the teams competing this year for US$190,000 in cash prizes.

  • Phuket Tourism: Miracle Years for ‚Amazing Phuket‘?

    Phuket Tourism: Miracle Years for ‚Amazing Phuket‘?

    PHUKET: The latest obstacle in Phuket’s never-ending effort to build a world-class International Conference and Exhibition Center came with the rejection of the projects Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONR). Given all the work and money spent on planning and drawing up the design for the Center, to be built in Mai Khao, the rejection came as a huge blow to the many people in Phuket who the project. Perhaps the project’s most ardent supporter, Phuket MP Anchalee Thepabutr, slammed the decision, insisting that the ONR panel was using the wrong information when it determined that the project was not financially viable.

  • Phuket ’security guard‘ confesses to stabbing murder

    Phuket ’security guard‘ confesses to stabbing murder

    PHUKET: A security guard has confessed to the murder of a maid at a workers‘ guesthouse in Phuket last night. Patong Police duty officer Weerapong Rakkito identified the deceased as 39-year-old Nuanchawee Sarating, until the time of her death the maid at a workers‘ guesthouse in the Kalim. At about 9:45pm, her body was found face-up outside her room under the four-storey guesthouse, opposite The Lodge resort on Phra Barami Soi 5

  • Worldwide Photo Walk: Phuket event to focus on Vegetarian Festival

    Worldwide Photo Walk: Phuket event to focus on Vegetarian Festival

    PHUKET: Shutterbugs should move quickly to sign up for the Phuket installment of the Fourth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk on October 2, when local and visiting photographers will capture images of the colorful spectacle that is the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Part of what is described as the largest global social event for photographers, the Photo Walk will take place over two days next month, giving photographers from around the world a chance to participate. It is the first time the annual event has coincided with the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, which should give local photographers taking part in the international competition a big advantage over other photo walkers with less dramatic subject matter.