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  • Phuket port expansion to get Cabinet push: Kittisakdi

    Phuket port expansion to get Cabinet push: Kittisakdi

    PHUKET: Deputy Minister of Transport Kittisakdi Hathasongkorh yesterday vowed to support plans to expand Phuket’s Deep Sea Port, which have run aground over its environmental impact assessment (EIA) report. At a meeting at Phuket’s Deep Sea Port, Phuket Marine Office Chief Phuripat Theerakulpisut yesterday explained to Mr Kittisakdi that his office had been working for more than a year on having the EIA passed. “The EIA does not seem to be working.

  • Phuket Update: Krabi massacre mastermind caught in Phang Nga

    Phuket Update: Krabi massacre mastermind caught in Phang Nga

    PHUKET: Police in Phang Nga have arrested the mastermind behind the

  • Phuket Media Watch – Six bombs defused in eastern Bangkok, man arrested

    Phuket Media Watch – Six bombs defused in eastern Bangkok, man arrested

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Six bombs found and defused in eastern Bangkok Phuket Gazette / The Nation Thai police found and defused six home-made explosive devices at three separate locations in Bangkok, officials said. One suspect has been arrested

  • Superyachts arrive for Phuket Rendezvous

    Superyachts arrive for Phuket Rendezvous

    PHUKET: Superyacht spotters in Phuket are in for treat this weekend as some of the finest luxury yachts in Asia ply Phuket’s west coast as part of the annual Asia Superyacht Rendezvous. The Rendezvous, now in its 11th year, is the longest-running superyacht event in Asia and boasts the largest gathering of superyachts in the region, explained Nina Larsson, Public Relations and Event Manager for the Rendezvous

  • Tesco launches ‚green bag‘ project in Phuket

    Tesco launches ‚green bag‘ project in Phuket

    PHUKET: Leading retail chain Tesco Lotus launched a pilot project at its new Thalang branch in Phuket yesterday with the aim of reducing plastic bag use nationwide. The project is intended to encourage customers at all its stores in Phuket to use fewer plastic bags in order to help preserve the island’s natural beauty for future generations.

  • Deadline for listings in Phuket’s yellow pages

    Deadline for listings in Phuket’s yellow pages

    PHUKET: Businesses wishing to appear in the 2012 Gazette Guide, Phuket’s ‘yellow pages’, have until 6pm on Thursday, December 22, to enter (or update) their listings. Businesses not listed by that date will not appear in the directory until 2013. The 400-page book, with details of more than 4,200 businesses serving the international community on Phuket, will be released on January 14, 2012.

  • Phuket’s Happy Air relaunches services

    Phuket’s Happy Air relaunches services

    PHUKET: Boutique carrier Happy Air will resume services today with flights from Bangkok to Ranong, but the airline still has not set a date to resume its Phuket – Haad Yai service.

  • Phuket convention center project gets Cabinet extension

    Phuket convention center project gets Cabinet extension

    PHUKET: Following a Cabinet meeting in Bangkok yesterday, the Finance Ministry has been given more time to build a world-class convention center in Phuket.

  • Phuket property squabble sours Thai-Russian relations

    Phuket property squabble sours Thai-Russian relations

    PHUKET: A meeting at Thung Thong Police Station today exposed a rift between partners in a Phuket property company targeting the lucrative Russian market. Outraged by being allegedly cheated by a Russian national, Boonprasert Udommangkorn, owner of ThaiRus Development Co in Phuket’s Kathu District, filed a complaint against former partner Nikita Derkarch. The two met at Thung Thong Police Station today to assert their claims over the startup company that also sells Phuket property to Russians.

  • Phuket ‚Coloful Countdown‘ to ring in 2012

    Phuket ‚Coloful Countdown‘ to ring in 2012

    PHUKET: Phuket will spend 10 million baht on festivities to ring in the new year with the “Colorful Phuket Countdown 2012”. The countdown event at Chai Field, opposite Provincial Hall in Phuket Town, will be put on by Tourism Authority of Thailand and Best Four media, among other sponsors.