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  • Phuket to hand out souvenir shirts for Cabinet meeting

    Phuket to hand out souvenir shirts for Cabinet meeting

    PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office will provide special “souvenir” shirts for Cabinet ministers and VIPs attending the Cabinet meeting in Phuket on March 19-20. Vice Governor Somkiat Sangkaosuttirak announced the decision to have souvenir shirts handed out at a meeting at Phuket City Hall last Thursday. The main points were the shirt style, color, pattern and the number of shirts to be given to the Cabinet and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to wear during the Cabinet meeting, V/Gov Somkiat said.

  • Phuket Poll: Which inbound market has highest growth potential?

    Phuket Poll: Which inbound market has highest growth potential?

    PHUKET: By almost all accounts, 2011 was

  • Phuket’s Kajonkiet stages ‘open house’ school

    Phuket’s Kajonkiet stages ‘open house’ school

    PHUKET: Kajonkiet International School celebrated its official opening on Thursday, with scores of proud parents joining the festivities. Phuket Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkaosutthirak officiated the opening ceremony, which marked the launch of the school’s three-day “Kajonkiet One Step Ahead” open house.

  • Phuket Heroines honored at ‘Battle of Thalang’ re-enactment

    Phuket Heroines honored at ‘Battle of Thalang’ re-enactment

    PHUKET: Those wanting to catch the re-enactment of the

  • Royal Thai Consul honors Krabi efforts after Chinese tourist drowns

    Royal Thai Consul honors Krabi efforts after Chinese tourist drowns

    PHUKET: The action by authorities following the drowning of a Chinese tourist in Krabi’s Than Bok Khorani National Park has drawn praise from the Royal Thai Consulate in Chengdu City, China.

  • Finn tourist killed in crash on Phuket’s Big Buddha Hill

    Finn tourist killed in crash on Phuket’s Big Buddha Hill

    PHUKET: The Finnish Embassy today named 32-year-old Tuomas Johannes Mustonen as the Finnish tourist who died in a motorbike accident on Big Buddha Hill on Wednesday. Mr Mustonen’s body was found by police patrolling the area of the Big Buddha on the evening of Makha Bucha Day.

  • Body lotion bust uncovers Phuket motorbike, drug gang

    Body lotion bust uncovers Phuket motorbike, drug gang

    PHUKET: Two shoplifters apprehended at a Phuket 7-Eleven store were later found to be involved in the theft of seven motorbikes and were dealers of ya ice (crystal methamphetamine), police announced yesterday. Staff at the 7-Eleven store near Phuket International Airport informed police that a man and woman were caught on the store’s CCTV system stealing items from the shop.

  • Phuket tourist electrocution brings probe, safety blitz

    Phuket tourist electrocution brings probe, safety blitz

    PHUKET: The electrocution of 45-year-old Russian tourist Fedor Samsonov at a high-end Phuket resort last night has prompted an investigation by police and a full-scale safety inspection of the resort’s electrical system. “This is very tragic and we feel very much for the family,” said Lars Ydmark of resort management company Tri-Asia, which manages the Dewa Karon Beach Resort.

  • Phuket Crime: Dokset DNA results show human skull hit with heavy object

    Phuket Crime: Dokset DNA results show human skull hit with heavy object

    PHUKET: Preliminary results from forensics tests conducted on

  • Wet Phuket: blame La Niña

    Wet Phuket: blame La Niña

    PHUKET: Unseasonably heavy rains along the Andaman coast are the result of the La Niña effect, a forecaster at the Southern Meteorological Center at Phuket Airport has confirmed. The forecaster, asking that his name not be used, told the Phuket Gazette that this was the second year running that La Niña had brought heavy rainfall during what are typically Phuket’s three driest months: January, February and March.