Artikel tagged “Phuket News”

  • Phuket police step up student road safety campaign

    Phuket police step up student road safety campaign

    PHUKET: Officers at Phuket’s Kathu Police Station today stepped up their campaign to have students at Kathu Witthaya School use the pedestrian bridge instead of risking life and limb by crossing the busy road in front of the school. Tung Tong Police Superintendent Col Kraitong Chantongbai told the Phuket Gazette that nearly every day he receives reports of students being involved in an accident or narrowly escaping serious injury while crossing the road.

  • Phuket Live Wire – Need for speed

    Phuket Live Wire – Need for speed

    PHUKET: From time to time, I get messages from people who have looked at the

  • Happy Birthday Your Majesty

    Happy Birthday Your Majesty

    PHUKET: Phuket joins the nation in wishing His Majesty The King Bhumibol Adulyadej a happy, healthy 84th birthday today, December 5. His Majesty’s health is gradually improving, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said after her visit to Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok last week. Late last month His Majesty had a fever occurring at irregular intervals and pain in his lower abdomen, the Royal Household Bureau reported.

  • Phuket Property: Corrupt land ownership cannot be ‚revoked‘

    Phuket Property: Corrupt land ownership cannot be ‚revoked‘

    PHUKET: While the Andaman Travel Trade 2011 expo was winding to a close at Phuket Rajabhat University last Saturday, a sinister irony pervaded the venue and brought conflict to ‚Brand Phuket‘. Tucked away in a small conference room in the same building as the jovial expo was Pheu Thai Party Spokesman and MP Prompong Nopparit, who was holding a public hearing to receive complaints about the apparent inaction of government officials in dealing with the illegal issuance of land title deeds and encroachment by developers on government land in Phuket. [See page 3 story, current issue of the Phuket Gazette.

  • Yingluck falls ill; Police denies rumors about key burglary suspect

    Yingluck falls ill; Police denies rumors about key burglary suspect

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Yingluck cancels events after falling sickThe Nation According to a source close to the prime minister, Yingluck appeared faint, complained of a headache and vomited during a lunch break at Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi.

  • Experts call for consistency with ‘Brand Phuket’

    Experts call for consistency with ‘Brand Phuket’

    PHUKET: The Greater Phuket chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) last night held a meeting to discuss the history, evolution and future of “Brand Phuket”. Hosted at the Anantara Resort in Mai Khao, discussions of the island’s brand were fueled by inspirational presentations by marketing communications expert David Johnson and brand guru David Keen.

  • Music idol Todd Tongdee wants to see ‚magic mix‘ of Thais and foreigners at Phuket World Musiq Fest

    Music idol Todd Tongdee wants to see ‚magic mix‘ of Thais and foreigners at Phuket World Musiq Fest

    PHUKET: One of the lead organizers of the

  • AMCHAM meeting to focus on ‘Phuket’ brand

    AMCHAM meeting to focus on ‘Phuket’ brand

    PHUKET: The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Greater Phuket chapter will be holding its next meeting at the luxury Anantara Resort in Mai Khao on Wednesday. “This meeting is a ‘must attend’ for those working in the hospitality, travel, property and hotel sectors,” said Real estate guru Bill Barnett

  • 7th Phuket International Sport Fishing tournament underway

    7th Phuket International Sport Fishing tournament underway

    PHUKET: The 7th Phuket International Sport Fishing Tournament (PIST) has cast off with the first day of competition taking participants out into the waters off Chalong Bay. With 80 participants who comprise 20 teams, the tournament has earned its place as the island’s premier annual fishing event which runs from November 24 to 26.

  • Phuket sport tips: Tennis – power is balance

    Phuket sport tips: Tennis – power is balance

    PHUKET: Balance is one of the fundamentals to developing great tennis ground strokes. In today’s game of power tennis, many of the players are leaping in the air to hit their forehands and backhands.