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Love for the game of tennis
PHUKET: Travis Bertram, 30, from Seattle, Washington, USA, is the new tennis director for Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club (TSLC).
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Barman turns pro
PHUKET: „Six months ago I was a full-time gardener and playing six leagues down from the Premier League back home.“ Jason Mooney from Northern Ireland has been signed to play for Wycombe Wanderers in England’s Football League One. The 22-year-old, 6 foot 9 inch goalkeeper was cutting hedges until he landed a barman’s job at […]
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Bend it like Therdsak
PHUKET: Former Captain of the Thailand national football team and current vice-captain of Thai Premier League side, Chonburi FC, Therdsak Chaiman was in Phuket recently for a youth coaching session at Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club (TSLC). The free coaching clinic was organized with the help of Thanachart Bank and ran between 8am and 11am […]
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World record on the cards for Raceweek’s Larsen
PHUKET: Australian Paul Larsen and his DaVinci crew raced in to second place after an exciting four days of Multihull class sailing at this years Six Senses Phuket International Raceweek. Racing conditions in the waters off the Evason and Bon Island resort for the event were exciting, but certainly less threatening than what Paul has […]
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Phuket Poll: When will Thaksin return?
PHUKET: Now that Yingluck Shinawatra has been installed as Thailands first female prime minister, many political analysts are posing the question: When will her brother, fugitive former PM Thaksin, return to Thailand? In its latest online poll, the Phuket Gazette invites readers to suggest when they think this will happen if ever. To have your […]
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Tourist arrivals jump exposes Phuket infrastructure lag
ANALYSIS PHUKET: Officials forecasting a record high four million passenger arrivals at Phuket International Airport for 2011 has highlighted lagging infrastructure, mounting travel delays and long immigration queues that have the potential to derail growth in Phukets hospitality industry. Phuket Airport has a stated total capacity of 6.5 million passengers a year, including all arrivals […]
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Corruption tops list of Phuket priorities
PHUKET: More than one third of Phuket Gazette readers responding to an online poll voted corruption as Phukets top priority for authorities to address. In the poll, readers were asked, Which of the following issues affecting Phuket do you feel needs the most urgent attention by the new Government? The choices in responding were: Traffic […]
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Phuket readies for HM Queen Sirikits birthday
PHUKET: Visitors and residents in Phuket will have ample opportunity to honor and celebrate HM Queen Sirikits 79th birthday also celebrated in Thailand as Mothers Day on Friday. Police sources have confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that alcohol sales will not be banned on Friday, a national holiday. We only ask for people to comply […]
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Officials under fire over Phuket flyover plans
PHUKET: Department of Highways officials received a frosty reception today at a public hearing to unveil three base designs for an overpass at Bang Khu Intersection, one of the main traffic crunch points during peak hours on Phukets Thepkrasattri Road. The Bang Khu Intersection is where Thepkrasattri Rd meets the bypass road. Sombat Jaroenpat, director […]
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Phuket Live Wire: AIS rollout of 3G a success
PHUKET: The AIS rollout of its new wireless internet system has come and gone, and Im duly impressed. Were seeing good sometimes great international download speeds, reliable signals, extensive coverage and reasonably good support, all over Phuket. Amazing. … Full story
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- Blackwater at Phuket’s Nai Harn beach due to ‘natural causes’‘Blackwater’ has returned at one of Phuket’s favourite beaches, this time in the lagoon behind Nai Harn beach, which flushes out naturally when the tide conditions are right. For now, it is dammed up by the sand and has developed into an ugly cesspool for passersby to see. Responding to complaints from local residents, Rawai […]
- Another baby Dugong found on a Krabi beachPHOTO: Thai Rath Another lost baby dugong has been rescued after being found injured in Krabi. The baby dugong was found washed up on the shores in Klongthom District, Krabi yesterday (June 1) and was rescued by the officials from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC). Thai Rath reports that the baby dugong had a […]
- Cha-Am blackwater flowing into the beach is “natural in origin” – District ChiefPHOTOS: Daily News The Cha-Am district chief and a posse of officials have inspected a patch of ‘black water’ flowing into the Gulf of Thailand after social media posts showed “sewage” flowing into the sea at a beach north of Hua Hin. Not surprisingly, and without evidence, Khajornsak Somboon admitted the offensive outflow was “smelly” but […]