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  • Phuket’s labor shortage critical

    Phuket’s labor shortage critical

    PHUKET: Industry analysts describe the labor shortage in the Phuket tourism industry as „critical“, with as many as 4,000 vacant hotel positions as the island enters its annual high season for tourism.

  • FC Phuket unable to fend off Elephant Cavalry charge

    FC Phuket unable to fend off Elephant Cavalry charge

    PHUKET: FC PHUKET were defeated 1-0 by Suphanburi FC last night in front of a somewhat rowdy home crowd at Surakul Stadium in Phuket Town.

  • Border agreement reached by Thailand and Cambodia; Burma and Thailand economic co-operation

    Border agreement reached by Thailand and Cambodia; Burma and Thailand economic co-operation

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Agreement reached to withdraw troops from borderThe Nation / Phuket GazetteThailand and Cambodia agreed yesterday to comply with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order to withdraw troops from the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear Temple following a meeting of the General Border Committee. Both sides have also agreed to set up a Joint Working Group to work towards complete troop pullout from the provisional demilitarized zone (DMZ) determined by the ICJ, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. The meeting was chaired jointly by Defense Minister General Yuthasak Sasiprapha and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh.

  • Phuket Media Watch – Earth-size planets found outside the Milky Way

    Phuket Media Watch – Earth-size planets found outside the Milky Way

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Scientists discover first Earth-size planets outside the Milky Way Phuket GazetteU.S. scientists have spotted the first Earth-size planets which are orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system, NASA announced on Tuesday.

  • Second Phuket incinerator ‚onstream by March‘

    Second Phuket incinerator ‚onstream by March‘

    PHUKET: The second trash incinerator currently under construction at the Saphan Hin facility is expected to be operational by March. Chief Prachum Suriya, Phuket City Municipality, Environmental Division, detailed the progress made so far in the construction of the incinerator, which started in 2009 and is now about 80 per cent complete. The new incinerator is expected to have the capacity to dispose of 600 tons of waste a day.

  • FC Phuket call for massive support tonight against Suphanburi FC

    FC Phuket call for massive support tonight against Suphanburi FC

    PHUKET: FC Phuket players and coaching staff are appealing for a flood of fan support for tonight’s league match against Suphanburi FC, also known as the “Elephant-back Warriors”. Assistant Coach Apichart “Mo” Mosika asked the Phuket Gazette to encourage FC Phuket fans to be at Surakul Stadium tonight for the team’s 31st game of the 2011 Division One schedule. “It is near the season’s end now and we need as many fans as possible to support us.

  • Phuket Media Watch – Russian oil rig sank; Helicopter crashes in Siberia

    Phuket Media Watch – Russian oil rig sank; Helicopter crashes in Siberia

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community More bodies found after oil rig sinks in southeastern Russia Phuket GazetteNearly a dozen more bodies were found on Monday after an oil rig sank in southeastern Russia on Sunday, local media reported on Tuesday. Dozens more remain missing and are feared to have been killed. The Kolskaya drilling rig sank in the Sea of Okhotsk, some 3,800 miles northeast of Phuket, Thailand while it was being towed by the ‚Neftegaz 55‘ tugboat, which was being led by the Magadan icebreaker from the Kamchatka Peninsula to Sakhalin Island.

  • Machine gun seized in Phuket meth raid

    Machine gun seized in Phuket meth raid

    PHUKET: Police conducting drug raids on three houses in Mai Khao, at the northern tip of Phuket, today seized a slew of guns, including a .45 Thompson submachine gun.

  • Phuket DMAT teams take on Japan, Korea in disaster rescue face-off

    Phuket DMAT teams take on Japan, Korea in disaster rescue face-off

    PHUKET: Disaster medical assistance teams (DMAT) from across Thailand yesterday began a four-day intensive training course at Phuket’s Boat Lagoon complex in preparation for the first-ever International Medical Rally to be held at Sirinath National Park, Nai Yang, on December 23. Taking part in the training are DMAT teams from Chiang Rai, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Nakorn Sri Thammarat, Krabi, Phang Nga and Phuket, explained Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) chief Sak Tanchaikul.

  • Phuket Gov to give ‚key to City‘ away for Red Cross Fair

    Phuket Gov to give ‚key to City‘ away for Red Cross Fair

    PHUKET: This year’s Red Cross Fair will be held from December 29 to January 8, 2012 at Saphan Hin central stage in Phuket Town. The opening ceremony, starting at 6pm on December 29, will feature a fireworks show, and performances by nationally-renowned acts will be staged every night.