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  • New Phuket police chief targets tourist safety, drugs

    New Phuket police chief targets tourist safety, drugs

    PHUKET: Phuket’s new Provincial Police Commander, Maj Gen Chote Chawanwiwat, has vowed to make drugs and tourist safety his top priorities. Gen Chote was installed as Phuket’s top cop yesterday after arriving from Narathiwat in Thailand’s troubled Deep South, where he served as provincial police commander

  • Phuket FC captain ‘safe’ after car flips, slams into ditch

    Phuket FC captain ‘safe’ after car flips, slams into ditch

    PHUKET: Phuket FC alternating captain and starting striker Watcharapong “Pae” Jun-ngam was involved in a serious accident following last night’s football match against Sri Racha. Lucky to be alive, he is reported to be safe with no serious injuries.

  • Phuket’s ‘Dive against Debris’ reef cleanup sets new world record

    Phuket’s ‘Dive against Debris’ reef cleanup sets new world record

    PHUKET: The 502 divers who took part in today’s Go Eco Phuket, PADI and Project AWARE-sponsored “

  • New Phuket Police chief honors the Heroines

    New Phuket Police chief honors the Heroines

    PHUKET: Phuket’s incoming Phuket Provincial Police Commander, Maj Gen Chote Chawanwiwat, stopped off at the Heroines Monument last night to pay homage to the island’s guardian spirits. Gen Chote arrives in Phuket after serving as the Commander of the Narathiwat Provincial Police in Thailand’s troubled Deep South

  • Phuket making waves as jet-skis get legal

    Phuket making waves as jet-skis get legal

    PHUKET: The issue of jet-ski insurance, a topic that never seems to be off the back-burner, resurfaced earlier this month at the Honorary Consuls‘ regular four-monthly meeting. British Honorary Consul Martin Carpenter asked the Marine Department chief if he could provide clear information warning tourists of the potential quagmire they face should they get into problems while renting a jet-ski. As a result of that request, Phuripat Theerakulpisut, Director of the local Marine Department office, promulgated copies of the current insurance policies held by jet-ski renters.

  • Phuket Opinion: Setting standards for everything

    Phuket Opinion: Setting standards for everything

    PHUKET: The mantra of government officials regurgitating their need to preserve “Phuket’s tourism image” and to “restore tourist confidence” in what is promoted as a world-class international tourism destination, took an interesting twist last week. (See page 7 story, current issue of the Phuket Gazette.

  • Korean tourist to Phuket found dead snorkeling off Phi Phi Island

    Korean tourist to Phuket found dead snorkeling off Phi Phi Island

    PHUKET: A 29-year-old Korean tourist on holiday in Phuket has died while snorkeling off

  • Go Eco Phuket record reef cleanup will go on, say organizers

    Go Eco Phuket record reef cleanup will go on, say organizers

    PHUKET: Organizers of the

  • Missing Phuket student, 17, found drowned

    Missing Phuket student, 17, found drowned

    PHUKET: Rescue workers have recovered the body of the missing 17-year-old student who was swept away by strong waves when he entered the surf while with friends at Nai Yang Beach on Tuesday. Nithipol Lorlaem’s body was found this morning, about 500 meters from the police box near the beach, where he was last seen in the strong surf. “Six lifeguards, Mr Nithipol’s family and local villagers resumed the search at 5:30am today,” Jit Chairap, head lifeguard of the Nai Yang-Nai Thon patrol unit, told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Travel Malaysia Consumer Fair starts tomorrow

    Travel Malaysia Consumer Fair starts tomorrow

    PHUKET: Starting tomorrow the Tourism Malaysia Phuket Office for Southern Thailand, will once again be staging the Travel Malaysia Consumer Fair at