Artikel tagged “News”

  • Phuket Business: Dot Com rise and fall on the way

    Phuket Business: Dot Com rise and fall on the way

    PHUKET: Dot com and dot net website owners in Phuket and across the globe will incur an increase in annual registration fees of no less than 7% after Sunday. Webmasters wanting to take advantage of current rates have until 11:59pm on Saturday in the time zone that the registrar is located to make sure their web domains‘ registrations have been accepted, renewed or extended

  • Blood donation in Phuket Town tomorrow

    Blood donation in Phuket Town tomorrow

    PHUKET: The Phuket Vocational College at Saphan Hin will hold a blood donation drive in honor of HM The King from 9am to 3pm tomorrow.

  • Phuket Red Cross Fair winner hands prize to his wife

    Phuket Red Cross Fair winner hands prize to his wife

    PHUKET: The lucky man who won the grand prize of the Phuket Red Cross Fair lucky draw, a brand-new Honda City car worth 590,000 baht, today gave the vehicle to his wife for her 57th birthday. Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha handed the keys to 58-year-old Prasut Ruengjiradthien yesterday. Mr Prasut is a Level 9 officer at the Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority, and his wife, Mrs Aorrapin Ruengjiradthien, teaches at Anubaan Phuket preschool.

  • One dead, four injured in latest Phuket horror crash

    One dead, four injured in latest Phuket horror crash

    PHUKET: A fatal motorbike accident in Phuket last night was compounded when a car that slowed to survey the carnage was hit from behind and launched into a crowd of onlookers. A pregnant woman was killed and four others were injured, one critically

  • Man blames Phuket hospital for mother’s death

    Man blames Phuket hospital for mother’s death

    PHUKET: A complaint was filed today against the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organization (OrBorJor) Hospital for “unethical practices” leading to the death of his mother. Narongphon Suwanmosee, 44, claims that hospital administrators allegedly refused to allow his mother to be transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital for treatment for the sake of an outstanding 100,000 baht medical bill.

  • Phuket Media Watch: Body found on British Queen’s estate; Missing journalist believed dead

    Phuket Media Watch: Body found on British Queen’s estate; Missing journalist believed dead

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Body at Queen’s estate identified as missing teenager Phuket GazettePHUKET: Human remains which were found on the Queen’s Sandringham estate in eastern England on New Year’s Day have been identified as a missing 17-year-old girl, police said yesterday. The remains were found by a member of the public at around 11pm Phuket time on New Year’s Day in an area of woodland at Anmer, a tiny village which is part of Sandringham estate in Norfolk county. The investigation later turned into a murder investigation.

  • Alien landing in Phuket tonight, and other events

    Alien landing in Phuket tonight, and other events

    PHUKET: Today will be packed with fun events across the island, as the Phuket high season for tourism hits full stride. Over in Patong, people who think they have seen just about everything Bangla Road has to throw at them might want to stop by Seduction disco at about 10pm, when a half-alien, half robotic being is widely rumored to be making a spectacular appearance.

  • Assault on Phuket’s ‘Pla-wan’ draws royal sympathies

    Assault on Phuket’s ‘Pla-wan’ draws royal sympathies

    PHUKET: The attack on the 31-year-old Sri Panwa Resort General Manager Vorasit “Pla-wan” Issara

  • FC Phuket coaches step down

    FC Phuket coaches step down

    PHUKET: FC Phuket’s worries continue with the announcement from club director Soranan Sanae that Sompong “Rock Rhino” Wattana resigned as head coach yesterday. Director Soranan said “Coach Sompong still has responsibilities with the Port Authority of Thailand and hasn’t had much time to train the players

  • Phuket prepared for Indian weddings in 2012

    Phuket prepared for Indian weddings in 2012

    PHUKET: The island is prepared to host a number of lavish wedding ceremonies for Indian couples tying the knot in 2012, with top Phuket officials offering their help to smooth the way for wedding parties. Among those planning to hold ceremonies were the parents of one couple who met with Phuket Governor and head of the local Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) office on Wednesday to discuss their requirements and to ask for assistance.