PHUKET: Police today staged a re-enactment of the assassination of Phuket reporter Wisut “Ae Inside” Tangwitthayaporn, who was
PHUKET: Three homes in a public housing community in Phuket Town were damaged last night in a fire that took firefighters about one hour to extinguish.
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) is preparing an extravagant celebration to ring in the Year of the Dragon with the arrival of the Chinese New Year next week. The celebration is slated to kick off at Sanam Chai (the filed opposite Phuket Provincial Hall) at 4pm on January 23.
PHUKET: Trade flourished during 2011 in Phuket, with the island’s surplus of exports over imports more than 10.4 billion baht, according to statistics recently released by the Phuket Customs House. The total value of imports to the island during the 2011 Thai Government fiscal year (October 2010 to September 2011) was 2.
PHUKET: French film enthusiasts will be in for a treat next month, when the French Thai Cultural Festival „La Fête“ hits Phuket with free showings of five acclaimed movies at the Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus. The five films, all with subtitles in English, will be: In Mom’s Head (Comedy / 2007 / Directed by Carine Tardieu) Me and My Sister (Comedy / 2004 / Directed by Alexandra Leclère) My Uncle (Comedy / 1958 / Directed by Jacques Tati) Trouble at Timpeltill (Comedy / 2008 / Directed by Nicolas Bary) Mice and Mite Drama (Drama 2004 / Directed by Jeanne Labrune) Now in its second consecutive year, La Fête includes events all over Thailand: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Phuket, and for the first time Khon Kaen
PHUKET: Winter has hit the northern hemisphere and somehow the „Occupy Wall Street“ movement looks to have lost momentum.
PHUKET: The man who Phuket Police have arrested for conspiracy to commit murder in the case of
PHUKET: Two former Island Furniture League champions faced off recently when the Island Cricket Club (ICC) and the Liquid Lounge Lizards took to the ACG for the seventh match of the 2011-2012 season. Both teams looked to secure their first win of the season and gain a degree of confidence moving toward the business end of the season.
PHUKET: Golf is certainly on the up-swing in Phuket, with a wealth of young players from the island now competing at international level.
PHUKET: The hotel and retail businesses in Phuket grew significantly and most property firms expanded their investments in the province, according to Knight Frank Phuket. Among the new projects are Patong Promenade, developed by Baan Sukhothai at Patong Beach Co Ltd, on Bangla Road. It will be a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, with room for 150 retail shops over 40,000 square meters, and an underground parking area of 2,000 square meters, capable of accommodating more than 700 cars.