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  • Solar boat’s Phuket arrival captures the fancy of local lensman

    Solar boat’s Phuket arrival captures the fancy of local lensman

    PHUKET: Having seen the Phuket Gazette’s report yesterday about the … Full story

  • Phuket election canvasser dies in high-speed collision

    Phuket election canvasser dies in high-speed collision

    PHUKET: A man helping to post campaign posters for the upcoming local election in Mai Khao died in a high-speed motorcycle accident yesterday afternoon. Tah Chat Chai Police Lt Col Prakob Yodkwan received a report at 2pm saying that a motorcycle had slammed into a 10-wheeled truck on the road that runs alongside the runway at Phuket International Airport. Witnesses reported the motorcycle coming from the airport and heading towards Thepkrasattri Road at high speed.

  • Phuket Opinion: Patong Police volunteers need careful scrutiny to protect tourists

    Phuket Opinion: Patong Police volunteers need careful scrutiny to protect tourists

    PHUKET: The safety of tourists visiting Phuket is always a key concern among local officials, and nowhere on the island is the issue more important than in Patong, which has the islands highest density of visitors and hotels. Several agencies play roles in tourist safety there, but none assume greater responsibility than the Patong Police, who currently have 180 officers on ‚active‘ duty.

  • Joker in the pack for French rugby

    Joker in the pack for French rugby

    PHUKET: „They have their reasons for being confident.

  • Phuket medical staff assist Ayutthaya flood victims

    Phuket medical staff assist Ayutthaya flood victims

    PHUKET: Emergency medical staff from Phuket have joined the flood-relief efforts in the devastated province of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok. Led by Dr Weerasak Lorthongkham, the first Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) from the Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) reached the disaster zone on October 5 for a 10-day assignment, said PPHO deputy director Dr Wiwat Seetamanotch. They arrived as floodwaters were still rising, forcing them to relocate from their original location to higher ground at Phachee Hospital, Phachee District.

  • Worlds largest solar-powered boat to arrive in Phuket

    Worlds largest solar-powered boat to arrive in Phuket

    PHUKET: The Turanor, the first solar-powered boat to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe, is scheduled to moor at Phukets Ao Po Marina, on Phukets east coast, at about 7:30am tomorrow. The stunning piece of technology and craftmanship, will remain in Phuket until Wednesday and will be visited by a delegation from the Swiss embassy in Thailand on Tuesday. …

  • Road reopens after Phuket bus crash

    Road reopens after Phuket bus crash

    PHUKET: Police have reopened one traffic lane on a section of Patak Road where a Phuket tour bus …

  • Phuket Breaking News: Bus overturns on Chalong-Kata hill

    Phuket Breaking News: Bus overturns on Chalong-Kata hill

    PHUKET: A tour bus overturned on a steep section of Patak Road in Chalong this morning, resulting in multiple injuries and at least one fatality. A female Chinese tourist in her 60s has died in the accident, Chalong Police confirmed to the Phuket Gazette. A nurse at the scene said that at least 26 people were injured.

  • Massive earthquake strikes the South Pacific Ocean, no tsunami warning

    Massive earthquake strikes the South Pacific Ocean, no tsunami warning

    Phuket NEWS Hound World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket readers PHUKET: A major earthquake struck off the Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific Ocean early this morning, seismologists report, but no tsunami warning was issued. The 7.6-magnitude quake at 5.

  • Matthieu Ricard in Phuket for Buddhist talk tomorrow

    Matthieu Ricard in Phuket for Buddhist talk tomorrow

    PHUKET: The Thanyapura Mind Centre (TMC) is welcoming back world-renowned academic-turned-Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard for an exclusive visit and discussion tomorrow. Venerable Matthieu Ricard will deliver a talk entitled Towards an education based on co-operation and the cultivation of fundamental human values. The French-born academic left his distinguished scientific career in 1972 to concentrate on Buddhist contemplative practice.