Artikel erschien März 2012

  • Phuket hookahs feel the squeeze

    Phuket hookahs feel the squeeze

    PHUKET: Police raided three hookah bars Tuesday night as worries mount that flavored tobaccos are becoming a

  • Phuket Police name bomb target as wanted drug kingpin

    Phuket Police name bomb target as wanted drug kingpin

    PHUKET: The target of the

  • Phuket Gazette: Tibetan protester dies; Moral crimes; Sudan border clashes

    Phuket Gazette: Tibetan protester dies; Moral crimes; Sudan border clashes

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tibetan protester dies after setting himself on fire in New Delhi Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: A Tibetan man died early yesterday morning after setting himself on fire earlier this week in New Delhi to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, activists and officials said. He is the latest Tibetan to self-immolate in a series of similar protests. Jamphel Yeshi, 27, from the Kham Tawu region in Tibet, set himself on fire on Monday afternoon in front of hundreds of Tibetans who had converged in New Delhi to protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to India.

  • Pineapple protest to block Bangkok-Phuket highway

    Pineapple protest to block Bangkok-Phuket highway

    PHUKET: Phuket residents planning a weekend road trip to Bangkok might want to start the journey today, as thousands of pineapple farmers in Prachuap Khiri Khan have announced they will stage a full road blockage on Phetkasem Highway tomorrow.

  • Firebomb blasts rock Phuket housing estate

    Firebomb blasts rock Phuket housing estate

    PHUKET: Two explosions left one man injured, a dog dead and caused extensive property damage in a late-night firebomb attack in a Phuket housing estate early this morning. Thalang Police were at 12:20am notified of two explosions in the Bo Din housing estate, located near the TOT office on Ban Don Road in Thepkrasattri Village 1.

  • International school tabled

    International school tabled

    PHUKET: A move to secure 30 million baht in funding to build an international school in Krabi has been presented as one of the projects to be submitted to the Cabinet for approval during the ministers’ meeting in Phuket on March 19-20. The Krabi Provincial Office of Tourism and Sports proposed the idea, currently labelled the „Andaman International School“ project, to a review committee on March 2 headed by Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha. The committee will vet and decide on which projects from Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi and Trang provinces will be presented to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for approval.

  • Phuket to hand out souvenir shirts for Cabinet meeting

    Phuket to hand out souvenir shirts for Cabinet meeting

    PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office will provide special “souvenir” shirts for Cabinet ministers and VIPs attending the Cabinet meeting in Phuket on March 19-20. Vice Governor Somkiat Sangkaosuttirak announced the decision to have souvenir shirts handed out at a meeting at Phuket City Hall last Thursday. The main points were the shirt style, color, pattern and the number of shirts to be given to the Cabinet and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to wear during the Cabinet meeting, V/Gov Somkiat said.

  • Students holidaying in Phuket survive Phang Nga crash

    Students holidaying in Phuket survive Phang Nga crash

    PHUKET: Five medical students on holiday in Phuket escaped with minor injuries when the car they were traveling in struck a tree in Phang Nga yesterday. Lt Eakkapop Phuthong of Takua Thung Police received a report at 5:30pm that a vehicle had overshot a curve on Takua Thung Road at Baan Kuan, Kok Kloy

  • Transport Minister gives Bt180mn Phuket mangrove flyover green light

    Transport Minister gives Bt180mn Phuket mangrove flyover green light

    PHUKET: With the Thai Cabinet meeting to be held in Phuket a week away, Transport Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan in Phuket in person yesterday promised that the 180-million-baht elevated road over a mangrove forest at Saphan Hin will be presented to Cabinet for approval.

  • Bee swarm invades Krabi school

    Bee swarm invades Krabi school

    PHUKET: A swarm of wild bees invaded several classrooms at Baan Tabpol School in Krabi’s Khao Phanom District on Friday, stinging 23 students and a teacher. Three of the children – aged 9, 10 and 12 – were taken to hospital for treatment for multiple bees stings, said School Director Bussakorn Hohkul. “Doctors had to inject antihistamine in one of the boys because he was stung around his right eye,” he said.