Artikel erschien Oktober 2011
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Phuket News Hound: Helicopter crash kills one
Phuket NEWS Hound world NEWS compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Helicopter crash in New York City kills British womanPhuket GazetteA helicopter carrying five people crashed in New York City this morning, killing a British woman, officials said. The accident occurred at around 3:20pm local time yesterday afternoon (3:20am today in Phuket) when a privately-owned helicopter crashed into the East River after taking off from the 34th Street Heliport on Manhattan’s East Side, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg confirmed.
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PATA: Phuket should brace for a new breed of tourist
PHUKET: The tourism industry in Phuket should take preemptive steps to prepare itself for a major shift in tourism dynamics, a high-powered meeting of industry players was told recently. A shift in global economics has prompted a trend for visitors to Phuket to be more likely to come from within the Asia-Pacific region, specifically India and China, said Bert van Walbeek, chairman of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Thailand Chapter. Known affectionately as Bowtie Bert, Mr van Walbeek volleyed the caution at a SKAL-PATA meeting held at the Mvenpick Resort & Spa in Karon
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God feels no pressure
PHUKET: „This was my first match and I have no pressure in my new role.“ Robbie Fowler has taken over as the new Muang Thong United caretaker coach and says he is aiming to win the Thai Premier League and FA Cup after guiding the club to to a 3-1 victory over SCG Samut Songkhram in his first game in charge on October 1. Muang Thong United are now nine points behind league leaders Buriram PEA
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Phuket gears up flood relief efforts
PHUKET: The Phuket Reporters Club is accepting donations on behalf of the Phuket Provincial Office to help victims of the severe flooding across northern, central and northeastern Thailand. The floods have so far claimed the lives of more than … Full story
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Northern floods prompt Phuket call for blood
PHUKET: The head of the Phuket Regional Blood Center, run by the Red Cross, has called for blood donations to bolster dwindling stocks in the northern, central and northeastern provinces which have been severely affected by floods. We have enough blood in stock for the six provinces along the Andaman Coast, but I am calling for blood donations because the Red Cross Society head office has requested more blood for use in northern and central Thailand because of the severe flooding, Center Director Pornthip Ratthajak told the Phuket Gazette.
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Phuket on high alert for landslides again.
PHUKET: Residents in hillside areas of Phuket are asked to remain on high alert for the possibility of more landslides, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) warned today. Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Phuket chief San Jantharawong told the Phuket Gazette that his agency had this morning received a second warning message about the possibility of more landslides in risk areas.
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Phuket News: Die 3. Phuket Magazin Gourmet Tour startet im Oktober 2011
Pressemitteilung: Am 16. Oktober 2011 startet die 3. Phuket Magazin Gourmet Tour Vom 16. Oktober bis zum 09. November 2011 findet die 3. Phuket Magazin Gourmet Tour auf der Ferieninsel statt. Wieder werden die Phuket Magazin Scouts täglich Hotels und Resorts, Restaurants und Garküchen, Spa’s und Massage-Salons, Nachtclubs und Bars auf Herz und Nieren testen. […]
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Phuket News: Phuket Polizei beschlagnahmt 400 kg Marihuana
Die Polizei von Phuket beschlagnahmt fast eine halbe Tonne Marihuana Ein Informant auf Phuket hatte der Polizei mitgeteilt, dass in einem Haus in Rawai, unter einem Treppenaufgang eine beträchtliche Menge Klasse 5 Drogen versteckt wurden, die ein Drogen-Händler vor zwei Monaten von einem Kurier erhielt. Die Polizei ergriff den mutmaßlichen Drogen-Händler, Sompong T. (23), mit […]
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Phuket Live WIre: Choosing the best wireless connection
PHUKET: In my last two Live Wire columns I talked about the three general types of internet connections available in Phuket landlines, wireless and satellite and then gave some recommendations about landlines. This week Ill explain how to find a good wireless connection.
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Police believe Fake DSI agent is on the run in Phuket
PHUKET: A career conman who claimed to be a high-ranking Department of Special Investigations (DSI) officer is on the run again after two decades of crime, arrests, womanizing and escaping justice. Witchayut Pansampao, the alleged conman who masqueraded as a DSI officer to defraud people throughout the South, was arrested last month in Haad Yai but has gone missing after his release on bail. Police believe he may be in Phuket, where he has a house with his wife, registered in his name
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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 […]