Marked the International Coastal Cleanup Day on September 25, supported by Sea Bees, Scuba School International, TDA Diving Association (Thailand) and Green Fins Thailand, there was coastal cleanup day in Phuket as the volunteers, using glove and nets in hand as well as the divers could remove about 100 kilogram rubbish from the sea. Read the rest of this entry …

The event of Quicksilver Thailand Surf Competition 2010 held at Kata Beach is in its way to the final. The final itself is scheduled on Sunday. Tomorrow will be the highlight event from the surfer to show their special surf skill Read the rest of this entry …

The “monkey viewpoint” being developed on Koh Sireh is costing Rassada Municipality 14 million baht and tenders are now being accepted for a separate 24-million-baht tourism development project at nearby Mali Kaew, also on Koh Sireh. Read the rest of this entry …

Surf Lifesaving Carnival, which sponsored by the Phuket Gazette and organized by the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization, was in full swing as spectators, bands, surfers and VIPs gathered on Patong Beach for some fun in the sun. The event began at 9 a.m. with age categories from under 15s to over 50s. Read the rest of this entry …

Water supply that was cut off on Monday just restored back to Kathu Disrict yesterday as the residents in this part of area in Phuket are angry with the local authorities. Residents of the Baan Neua and Moo Baan Pak Dee communities, off Wichit Songkraam Road, contacted the Gazette at 10am to complain about the shortage, which forced students to go off to school without a shower for the third day in a row – or required them to bathe in drinking water. Read the rest of this entry …

A Phuket village headman takes immediate reaction after witnessing illegal lodging at the mangrove forest by encroachers. His action had saved several rai of mangrove although there were three rai of them had been cut down already. The village head, Sinchai Limsakul, headman of Palai Village in Chalong, alerted police at 4pm yesterday. Read the rest of this entry …

Despite of the drug issue that always become the main topic at the government monthly meeting, the top provincial officers still proceed to balk the plan of installing a drug-detecting “X-ray machine” at Tah Chat Chai checkpoint after learning the machine would cost over 250 million baht. Read the rest of this entry …