Artikel erschien Juni 2012

  • Suspects deny ‚execution‘ of Phuket woman

    Suspects deny ‚execution‘ of Phuket woman

    PHUKET: The three men arrested for the

  • Thai debutant Danchai denies Paine hat-trick victory at Laguna Phuket Marathon

    Thai debutant Danchai denies Paine hat-trick victory at Laguna Phuket Marathon

    PHUKET: A “last-gasp” burst by Danchai “Dan” Pankong of Surat Thani pushed him over the finish line to become winner of the Laguna Phuket International Marathon (LPIM) in Phuket today. The 29-year-old student, competing in his first-ever Laguna Phuket marathon and only his sixth-ever full 42-kilometer marathon, dashed the hat-trick hopes of two-time champion Stephen Paine of Australia

  • Phuket Opinion: Wakeup call to the value of English

    Phuket Opinion: Wakeup call to the value of English

    PHUKET: Results of the latest Phuket Gazette online readers’ poll indicate

  • Phuket Opinion: English language skills in urgent need of honest assessment

    Phuket Opinion: English language skills in urgent need of honest assessment

    PHUKET: The results of last week’s online readers’ poll indicate

  • Breaking news: Woman gunned down at Phuket home

    Breaking news: Woman gunned down at Phuket home

    PHUKET: Police are looking for two men wanted for the shooting of a 55-year-old woman in the head after following her home from an afternoon market in Phuket today. Witnesses told the Phuket Gazette that the two men were seen parking a bronze-silver pickup in front of the home of Sumittra Namfak in Soi Rakchart-Uthit, near the See Kor Market in Thung Thong. The men entered the home of Ms Sumittra, who works at her home as a seamstress, before neighbors heard a gunshot at about 3pm.

  • Phuket red shirts protest reconciliation bills

    Phuket red shirts protest reconciliation bills

    PHUKET: About 20 Phuket red-shirt supporters rallied at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday to protest the Constitution Court ordering Parliament to stop the third reading of the hotly contested “reconciliation bills”. Coinciding with the red-shirt protests in front of Parliament in Bangkok that began on Thursday, and concluded yesterday, the Phuket contingent filed a letter of complaint to Phuket Vice Governor Sommai Prijasilpa.

  • Police to crackdown on Euro 2012 football gambling

    Police to crackdown on Euro 2012 football gambling

    PHUKET: Police will target “likely” venues in a crackdown on gambling in Phuket during the Euro 2012 football tournament, which kicked off last night and culminated in a 1-1 draw between Poland and Greece. “We received an order [from the Police Region 8 Headquarters] about two weeks ago instructing us to target those areas likely to be venues for gambling,” Phuket Police Deputy Commander Peerayut Karajedee told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Phuket homeless man found dead at Saphan Hin

    Phuket homeless man found dead at Saphan Hin

    PHUKET: Phuket Police suspect that a homeless man found dead at Saphan Hin Park this morning died as a result of consuming too much alcohol in an attempt to keep warm during the current wet weather. Phuket City Police Duty Officer Nanon Pitakkultorn received a 191 hotline report at 7:30am informing him of a deceased man laying next to Gymnasium 1 at Saphan Hin.

  • Phuket officials render assistance to storm victims

    Phuket officials render assistance to storm victims

    PHUKET: Officials in Srisoonthorn and Cherng Talay, on Phuket’s west coast, today inspected more than 30 houses damaged by the storm yesterday. Many of the homes had portions of their roofs blown off by the strong winds, while others were battered by falling trees. The roof of a drinking water plant flew off and fell onto two houses in the area.

  • Phuket ‘baraku’ bars still under the microscope

    Phuket ‘baraku’ bars still under the microscope

    PHUKET: At a press conference held at Provincial Hall yesterday, Phuket Vice Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada detailed the current state of affairs concerning the investigation into the island’s baraku bar business.