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  • Victim’s sister laments 25-year sentence for Aldhouse Phuket murder

    Victim’s sister laments 25-year sentence for Aldhouse Phuket murder

    PHUKET: The sister of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow today lamented the 25-year jail term handed down to her brother’s killer, British national Lee Aldhouse, saying that the sentence was not long enough.

  • Phuket provincial government shut down in anti-Yingluck protests

    Phuket provincial government shut down in anti-Yingluck protests

    PHUKET: Thousands of Phuket residents stormed Phuket Provincial Hall this morning, forcing the provincial government to shut down in protest of “Thaksinocracy” and the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra administration. “Phuket residents came here without being called on, which shows that they truly don’t want this government any more,” said former Rassada Mayor Suratin Liangudom. “We have prepared a bouquet of flowers to give to Governor Maitri Inthusut.

  • Phuket Heartbreak: Father identifies Gao Yang’s body

    Phuket Heartbreak: Father identifies Gao Yang’s body

    PHUKET: The father of Gao Yang underwent the heart-wrenching process of identifying his son’s body today. The 20-year-old Chinese national Gao Yang slipped from the rocks at Promthep Cape and fell into the sea at the iconic promontory last Wednesday. His body was recovered after it was spotted by a passing speedboat on Friday (story

  • Don’t risk tourists‘ lives, warns Royal Thai Navy

    Don’t risk tourists‘ lives, warns Royal Thai Navy

    PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy has warned all tour operators to obey orders to stay in port during dangerous weather conditions following navy ships being dispatched to rescue tourists stranded at Koh Racha and the Similan Islands over the weekend. “If the ports are ordered to close due to the weather, please do not launch your vessels. We understand it is your business, but please keep in mind that you are risking people lives at sea,” cautioned Capt Thammawat Malaisukkarin, Director of Naval Civil Affairs at the Third Area Command.

  • Phuket Opinion: Purchasing votes to run the island

    Phuket Opinion: Purchasing votes to run the island

    Kittipong Thiengkunakrit, 57, has been the Director of the Phuket Election Commission for three years. He has a science degree from Prince of Songkhla University, an advanced diploma from the University of Paris and a master’s degree in public administration from the National Institute of Development Administration

  • Phuket Airport resumes domestic flights as storm abates

    Phuket Airport resumes domestic flights as storm abates

    PHUKET: Flights at Phuket International Airport have resumed normal service after the storm this morning resulted in hours-long delays, forcing at least hundreds of travellers to seek refuge in the departure lounge. “From about 9am to 11am some domestic flights had to be delayed because of the weather,” Phuket Airport Director Pratuang Sornkham confirmed. “However, all the flights are back on schedule.

  • Phuket Opinion: Russian cold warms memories of Phuket

    Phuket Opinion: Russian cold warms memories of Phuket

    PHUKET: With all the recent talk about the influx of Russian tourists and expats to our island, I jumped at the chance to attend a Phuket Gazette exhibition in Moscow and see how the other half lives, as it were. Moscow, like any other large European city, has a wealth of grand historic architecture, museums, galleries and cultural attractions – not to mention fantastic public transport, which Phuket can only dream of having. And Moscow certainly has its share – the majestic Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the rich history of the Kremlin and the refined elegance of the renowned Bolshoi Theater.

  • Friends fail to identify body of Gao Yang, parents en route to Phuket

    Friends fail to identify body of Gao Yang, parents en route to Phuket

    PHUKET: The parents of Chinese national and Singaporean student Gao Yang, who slipped from the rocks at Phuket’s Promthep Cape late Wednesday afternoon, are on their way to the island. “We expect them to arrive in Phuket tomorrow or Sunday,” Qin Jian, Vice Consul of the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China, told the Phuket Gazette this afternoon

  • Imprisoned Russian pays B310k for damage to statue of Phuket abbot

    Imprisoned Russian pays B310k for damage to statue of Phuket abbot

    PHUKET: The Russian tourist who damaged a statue of a revered Phuket abbot during a drunken spree last month has had relatives wire in 310,000 baht to pay for a new statue to be built. Oleg Fomenko, 31, remains incarcerated at Phuket Prison following his arrest on October 24

  • Chinese tourists on Phuket ladyboy tour safe after bus dies on Patong Hill

    Chinese tourists on Phuket ladyboy tour safe after bus dies on Patong Hill

    PHUKET: An entire busload of 35 Chinese tourists were quickly and safely evacuated from a tour bus after its engine died while climbing the steep road up Patong Hill last night. The tourists were en route from the Aphrodite ladyboy show on the bypass road to the famed Simon Cabaret ladyboy show in Patong when the bus broke down just before the Chao Pho Seua Shrine (also called the “Tiger Temple” – map