Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • Arson not suspected in Phuket Sports Association VP house fire

    Arson not suspected in Phuket Sports Association VP house fire

    PHUKET: Police believe an electrical short circuit started a fire at the house of Sompong Muthitakul, vice president of the Sports Association of Thailand office in Phuket, on Tuesday night. Regardless, officers have not ruled out the possibility of arson and are continuing their investigation to confirm precisely what caused the fire, Phuket City Police Deputy Superintendent Jamroon Plaiduang told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Phuket’s Burmese community ‚delighted‘ with Suu Kyi visit

    Phuket’s Burmese community ‚delighted‘ with Suu Kyi visit

    PHUKET: Aung San Suu Kyi, the famed Burmese pro-democracy leader, arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday night on her first international trip in 24 years.

  • Phuket yellow shirts bus to Bangkok to join protest

    Phuket yellow shirts bus to Bangkok to join protest

    PHUKET: Phuket members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), also known as the yellow shirts, piled into three buses headed to Bangkok this afternoon to join their PAD counterparts in protest. The PAD will stage a mass rally in the capital tomorrow to protest the reconciliation bill and other bills designed to expunge post-coup court verdicts and offer general amnesty to people involved in the recent political conflict. “We will all gather at the King Rama V Equestrian Monument at about 1pm, and then at 3pm we will proceed to the Parliament,” Phuket yellow-shirt coordinator Don Limnunthaphisit told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Somjai uncontested in run for Phuket City Mayor re-election

    Somjai uncontested in run for Phuket City Mayor re-election

    PHUKET: Somjai Suwansupana will run for re-election as Phuket City Mayor uncontested following the closure of candidacy registrations on Friday. Former Mayor Somjai will lead her Khon Noom (Young Turks) party to the polls in the upcoming Phuket City Municipal election on June 16, marking

  • Phuket lifeguards return to beaches

    Phuket lifeguards return to beaches

    PHUKET: Fully equipped lifeguards are now back on duty at Phuket beaches, ready to rescue swimmers who get into difficulty during the currently treacherous weather. Uten Singsom, head of the Phuket Lifeguard Club unit at Kata-Karon, told the Gazette, “This year we are going to have a new uniform and new flags. Both will be ready next week.

  • Phuket AMCHAM highlights Sports Tourism

    Phuket AMCHAM highlights Sports Tourism

    PHUKET: A collection of industry experts who drive Phuket’s top international sporting events painted a bright outlook for Phuket’s future in the international sporting arena on Thursday.

  • Wet monsoon blast warning for Phuket, Andaman coast

    Wet monsoon blast warning for Phuket, Andaman coast

    PHUKET: The 24-hour forecast, issued by the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) issued at noon today, predicts waves as high as four meters along Phuket beaches, as well as strong winds.

  • Prompong suspects ‘foreigners’ in Phuket illegal land grab

    Prompong suspects ‘foreigners’ in Phuket illegal land grab

    PHUKET: Government Spokesman Prompong Nopparit today announced that he believes foreigners were involved in the illegal acquisition of protected forest land on the headland south of Patong Beach, on Phuket’s west coast.

  • Phuket Town ultimate hotel guest Hans Maeter recovering well

    Phuket Town ultimate hotel guest Hans Maeter recovering well

    PHUKET: Hans Maeter, the 88-year-old German expat who was moved from Phuket’s famed On On Hotel to Patong Hospital on May 8, is reportedly doing well. Mr Maeter had been a permanent resident at the On On Hotel in Phuket Town for the past 20 years

  • Phuket rescue team calls for donations to save slashed dog

    Phuket rescue team calls for donations to save slashed dog

    PHUKET: A team of Phuket emergency response officers are calling for donations to help a stray dog that has been inflicted with an eight-inch wound to its stomach. Officers at the Patong Municipality Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) first noticed the dog, now named “Nin”, meaning black, when he wandered into the area near their offices last Thursday.