KAMALA BEACH: Alexander Payne, a 24-year-old Englishman living in Kamala and working in Patong, died late Friday night or early...

CAPE PANWA: Eleven bottle-nosed dolphins and one dugong were found dead on January 25 in a protected coastal zone off...

KARON BEACH: Construction started earlier this month on Phase I of a 10 million baht football stadium and grandstand at...

PHUKET: Internet services available in Phuket are perceived as offering very substantial opportunities for growth in terms of quality, according...

PHUKET TOWN: Phuket's first international rugby tournament, scheduled to take place at Sapan Hin Stadium February 27-28, has been postponed...

PHUKET TOWN: Kenneth James Nelson, a 51-year-old Englishman, discovered that it can be painful indeed to thwart the aspirations of...

PHUKET TOWN: Growing numbers of Trade Fairs traveling into and around Phuket are damaging the business of many local shops,...

PHUKET TOWN: The 1999 Gazette Guide, Phuket's Business & Entertainment Directory, or 'yellow' pages, is now on sale. Priced at...

PHUKET TOWN: In a first for Thailand, the Phuket Municipality is to enter into a contract with a private company...

CAPE PANWA: Vice Admiral Somphop Bhuridej, Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Navy Third Fleet, announced on Wednesday that...

PHUKET TOWN: Many of Phuket's restaurants need to lift their standards of cleanliness and service, according to Cdr Dr Deja...

PHUKET: A number of local properties will go under the hammer at the Patong and Chao Fa Road branches of...

PATONG BEACH: At a time when many wonder who, if anyone, is really running the show in Patong, a new...

PHUKET TOWN: The number of crimes in Phuket increased by 2.5 percent to 3,065 last year, according to figures handed...

RANONG: A Royal Thai Navy surveillance vessel has been engaged in gun battle with an unidentified fishing boat for the...

PATONG BEACH: Three US naval ships, the USS Boxer, USS Cleveland and USS Harpers Ferry, with a total of about...

PHUKT TOWN: A Swissair pilot had his pack snatched while riding a rented motorbike in Sapan Hin yesterday. It was...

BANGKOK: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has tightened language qualifications for the country's army of tour guides. People now...

THALANG: Thalang Hospital will officially open its new 60-bed patient wing on February 11. The 11.5-million baht, two-story building will...

Producers of the controversial movie The Beach, featuring superstar Leonardo DiCaprio, are seeking permission from authorities to film a number...

PATONG BEACH: A 29-year-old American resident of Phuket was found dead in a Patong guest house on Sunday, according to...

THALANG: Phuket police have charged a 62-year-old man in connection with the poaching and killing of protected wildlife on Toh...

CHALONG: Pol Col Decha Budnampeth, Chief of Police at Chalong, told a press conference this morning that a woman was...

PHUKET TOWN: The superintendent of the Phuket Immigration Office, Pol Col Phirojana Praesakul, confirmed to the Gazette this morning that...

PATONG BEACH: Patong Hospital will increase its number of beds from 10 to 90 by the end of the this...

PHUKET TOWN: Veerachai Tantiwathanavallop, Director of the Phuket Commercial Registration Office, told the Gazette yesterday that 1998 was a record...

PHUKET TOWN: Widespread confusion and ignorance of the law with respect to speed limits in Phuket province was underscored in...

The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority has moved to take over Phuket Municipality's Water Supply Division, claiming the division has failed...

PHUKET TOWN: In what police told the Gazette was the biggest drug case to arise in Phuket in the past...

PHUKET TOWN: Phuket Provincial Police told the Gazette today that during the four-day holiday period commencing December 31, 1998 and...

PHUKET: Rajabhat Institute Phuket is making available accommodation and conference room facilities at its Sri Rajabhat Building. Guest rooms with...

PHUKET: Traffic-related injuries approached the 10,000-mark for 1998, the Phuket Health Department reported last week. In its report to the...

PHUKET: Greater emphasis on education was considered the most important priority for Thailand in the new year, according to the...

PHUKET: Five elephants shipped back to the Kingdom from Indonesia received a warm welcome late last night as they, along...

BANGKOK: Aided by double-digit growth in the European and Oceanian sectors, international tourist arrivals to Thailand posted a 7.3 percent...

PHUKET TOWN: Authorities seized draft beer from a popular pub early Saturday morning after a preliminary test indicated it had...

PHUKET TOWN: Can't seem to find the perfect New Year's present? Try the car park in front of the Thavorn...