Artikel tagged “Phuket”
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FC Phuket ready for Bangkok Utd
PHUKET: FC Phuket will be back in action on the friendly turf of Surakul Stadium tonight, when they will be gunning to snatch all three points from division 1 rivals Bangkok United and revive their dimming hopes for promotion to the elite Thai Premier League.
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Phuket estate manager denies gun charges
PHUKET: Police have confiscated the gun of a Phuket housing estate manager who is accused of using it to intimidate a construction team into stopping their noisy work. The estate manager felt the work was „too noisy“
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Phuket News: Phuket Magazin Mobil startet
Phuket Magazin Mobil geht an den Start Das mobile Internet gewinnt aufgrund der zahlreichen Smartphones stetig an Bedeutung. Gerade auf Phuket sorgen die Touristen mit ihren iPhone oder iPad für einen Boom und für eine Welle neuer Leser, die von überall und zu jeder Zeit Zugriff auf das Internet haben. Ob nun aus Recherche-Gründen am […]
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Honda racing returns to Phuket
PHUKET: More than 100 racing cars representing 40 teams will be zooming around Saphan Hin in Phuket Town on September 17-18 as the Phuket Honda Racing Fest 2011 comes to town. This is the fifth year of Honda Motor Sport racing [in Thailand] and the second time this event will be held in Phuket, said Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha at the press conference this morning at the Anuphas Honda Showroom on Phang Nga Road in Phuket Town.
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Phuket Corruption: Senate probes alleged police protection racket
PHUKET: A senate subcommittee on police graft and corruption is in Phuket investigating allegations of an alleged police protection racket targeting tailor shops in Phukets Kata-Karon area. Subcommittee chairman Pol Gen Jongrak Juthanon said the investigation follows complaints made by people in Kata-Karon that tailor shops and other retail businesses that employ ethnic Nepalis are forced to hand over 2,000 baht per person for the police to ‚look the other way‘.
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Phuket Town calls for heavy metals
PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality in conjunction with the Pollution Control Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is calling for people to donate all old items containing heavy metals.
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Tuk-tuks, jet-skis top complaints by Aussie tourists in Phuket
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha yesterday received more bad news about the state of Phukets tourism industry as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok told him that complaints about tuk-tuk drivers and jet-ski scams topped the embassys list of complaints filed by Aussie tourists in Phuket. I personally havent heard any complaints, but I do read people commenting on websites There are a lot of different comments about tricky jet-skis and tuk-tuk fares, said Deputy Head of Mission Simon Farbenbloom
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Phuket consuls let loose over German bashing
PHUKET: The quarterly meeting between Phukets honorary consuls and local officials held at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday placed tuk-tuk drivers conduct squarely in the spotlight. The meeting became the forum for the strongest comments yet by the Phuket-based honorary consuls, who urged Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pekad Tantipong to take action and bring to justice tuk-tuk and taxi drivers who assault foreign tourists. Days ago a German national [ …
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Phuket Poll: Thaksin due back soon
PHUKET: A clear majority of Phuket Gazette online pollsters believe former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand by the end of 2012. In the Phuket Gazette Poll that went online August 10, readers were asked: Given current political events, how long do you think it will be before fugitive former PM Thaksin Shinawatra sets foot on Thai soil?
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Phuket News: Phuket’s Tuk Tuk Fahrer schlagen wieder zu
Phuket’s Tuk Tuk Fahrer prügeln Deutschen fast zu Tode Wieder haben die Tuk-Tuk-Fahrer zugeschlagen. Diesmal traf es einen deutschen Touristen, der seit der Auseinandersetzung mit einem Taxi Fahrer am 25. August 2011 auf der Intensivstation des Phuket Krankenhauses liegt. Streitwert: 100 Baht (ca. 2,50 Euro). Seit dem 25. August liegt ein 53jähriger deutscher Tourist auf […]
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- Blackwater at Phuket’s Nai Harn beach due to ‘natural causes’‘Blackwater’ has returned at one of Phuket’s favourite beaches, this time in the lagoon behind Nai Harn beach, which flushes out naturally when the tide conditions are right. For now, it is dammed up by the sand and has developed into an ugly cesspool for passersby to see. Responding to complaints from local residents, Rawai […]
- Another baby Dugong found on a Krabi beachPHOTO: Thai Rath Another lost baby dugong has been rescued after being found injured in Krabi. The baby dugong was found washed up on the shores in Klongthom District, Krabi yesterday (June 1) and was rescued by the officials from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC). Thai Rath reports that the baby dugong had a […]
- Cha-Am blackwater flowing into the beach is “natural in origin” – District ChiefPHOTOS: Daily News The Cha-Am district chief and a posse of officials have inspected a patch of ‘black water’ flowing into the Gulf of Thailand after social media posts showed “sewage” flowing into the sea at a beach north of Hua Hin. Not surprisingly, and without evidence, Khajornsak Somboon admitted the offensive outflow was “smelly” but […]