PHUKET: The Phuket provincial subcommittee for minimum wage rate review has applied to the Central Wage Committee in Bangkok to increase the minimum daily wage in Phuket to 300 baht, effective from January 1.
PHUKET: Sirada Chatikavanij, a 17-year-old student from Triam Udom Suksa school in Bangkok has won the Junior Dublin Literary Award for Thailand in a contest that saw close to 1,000 English-language essays submitted.
PHUKET: The Aphrodite Cabaret Show held its soft opening party in Phuket last night with a performance that featured a wide variety of dance styles from classical Thai, East Asian and Indian, to bawdy numbers like „Cheeky Girls“, the inevitable „I Will Survive“ and Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance.
PHUKET: A goal by Sarach Yooyen just three minutes into play was all FC Phuket needed to secure a 1-0 victory over Thai League Division 1 rivals Bangkok United in an exciting match at Surakul Stadium last night.
PHUKET: An official from the Australian Embassy in Bangkok joined pupils at a Phuket Town school today for a teleconference with high-school students in Australia. Simon Farbenbloom, deputy head of mission at the Australian Embassy of Thailand, explained that the call was made to discuss an ongoing environmental sustainability project between the Srinagarindra, The Princess Mother School Phuket (SWPK, or „Chalermprakiat School“), in Saphan Hin, and Billanook College in Melbourne, Australia. …
PHUKET: After a series of ten consecutive losses and draws, FC Phuket won their first road game against a luckless RBAC side in Bangkok yesterday afternoon. FC Phuket scored the only goal of the match just two minutes into play, when a long pass from Nittiroj Sukuma was chested down inside the penalty area by Watcharapong Jun-ngam, then deftly passed to waiting Nigerien midfielder Boubacar Issoufou, who slotted the football inside the near post
PHUKET: FC Phuket are in Bangkok today to try to record their first road win in Division 1 against last-place RBAC, who have yet to win a home match after 10 attempts. Phuket’s Southern Sea Kirin will go into the match without defensive stalwart Nene Bi Tra Sylvestre, who must sit out the game due to a one-game penalty suspension.
Deutscher Internet Betrüger geht ins Netz Phuket: Ein 38 jähriger, aus Meinhard stammender und weltweit gesuchter Mann ging am Montag Fahndern auf der thailändischen Ferieninsel Phuket ins Netz. Ihm wird gewerbsmäßiger Betrug durch Internet Warenverkäufe im großen Stil vorgeworfen. Er soll viele Käufer in Deutschland und der Schweiz um insgesamt mehrere hunderttausend Euro geschädigt haben. […]