Artikel posted in 2012

  • Phuket Roads: Pay now, please, for the failure of planning

    Phuket Roads: Pay now, please, for the failure of planning

    PHUKET: Work on Phuket’s first underpass is slated to start by the middle of next month, and is expected to shed harsh light on just how deplorably ‚planners‘ have failed to develop Phuket’s road infrastructure to keep pace with the island’s development. [See front page, current issue of the Phuket Gazette

  • Phuket ‚jellyfish attack‘ report eludes hospitals, confounds experts

    Phuket ‚jellyfish attack‘ report eludes hospitals, confounds experts

    PHUKET: Local hospital staff and experts at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) are confounded by the story of a British woman, reported in sensational fashion yesterday, as suffering extreme injuries in a jellyfish attack “somewhere near Phuket”. Although the story, published by the Daily Mail in the UK, showed that British mum Sam Webster, 37, clearly suffered serious injuries, the report did not specify where the jellyfish “attack” occurred. However, it says that the family’s tour operator “arranged a transfer to a bigger private hospital in Phuket” that required a six-hour ambulance journey.

  • Phuket Burmese decry gold shop bandits

    Phuket Burmese decry gold shop bandits

    PHUKET: A crowd of onlookers at the re-enactment of the robbery of Yong Chuan gold shop in Rassada shouted disparaging remarks and denounced the prime suspect as he retraced his getaway from the Karn Keha Housing estate yesterday. “You have shamed our community” and “We’re glad you finally surrendered,” were shouted at the suspect, named by police only as “Koson”. Phuket Police guarded Mr Koson from the angry crowd at the housing estate, just north of

  • American aircraft carrier to arrive in Phuket

    American aircraft carrier to arrive in Phuket

    PHUKET: The American aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis (CVN-74), dispatched four months ahead of schedule back in August, will arrive in Phuket early next month along with two US warships and 3,500 sailors. The Washington-state-based aircraft carrier’s current mission is to ensure security and stability in the “vital Asia-Pacific region”, according to the ship’s Facebook page. The departure of the ship comes on the heels of rising tension between Japan and China over the sovereignty of the disputed islands known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.

  • United Nations launches initiative to plug ‚gaps‘ in Thai disaster management

    United Nations launches initiative to plug ‚gaps‘ in Thai disaster management

    PHUKET: Marking nearly one year ago since floodwaters inundated most of Thailand and its capital Bangkok, the Royal Thai Government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched a new initiative today to boost the capacity of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) to be able to respond to large-scale floods and other natural disasters.

  • Phuket gold thief surrenders to see ‚dying wife‘

    Phuket gold thief surrenders to see ‚dying wife‘

    PHUKET: One of the two men wanted for making off with millions of baht in jewelry from a

  • Cabinet cuts it close with announcement of new Phuket Governor

    Cabinet cuts it close with announcement of new Phuket Governor

    PHUKET: A last-minute announcement of Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha’s successor is expected to be made on Tuesday, less than a week before the incumbent takes office.

  • Phuket City to spend more than B100mn on flood defense

    Phuket City to spend more than B100mn on flood defense

    PHUKET: In the wake of floodwaters inundating

  • Phuket City to spend more than B100mn on flood defense

    Phuket City to spend more than B100mn on flood defense

    PHUKET: In the wake of floodwaters inundating

  • Official probe finds Tiger Disco failed to meet fire-safety regulations

    Official probe finds Tiger Disco failed to meet fire-safety regulations

    PHUKET: The findings of an official investigation into the Tiger Discotheque fire that