Isarn (Northeastern Thailand) cultural heritage fair takes place in Phuket with fashion show and products like a premium Isarn silk on offer. “Heritage Cultural of Southern E-San” event began yesterday until upcoming Monday in 1st floor Event Hall at HomeWorks on the bypass road. Read the rest of this entry …

In regard with the artificial reef project that is resumed, about 200 concrete cubes were sunk in Bang Tao Bay on Phuket west coast. The current four-day installment, costing 7.9 million baht, aims is to sink 1,630 concrete cubes by sunset on Monday. This ongoing project if funded by the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (PPAO) and being carried out by the Phuket Marine and Coastal Resources Conservation Office (MCRC). Read the rest of this entry …

Phuket Bus Terminal 2 should open by mid-year, after which time an unprecedented traffic control experiment will begin on Thepkrasattri Road. Kanok Siripanichkorn, chief of Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO), this week assured the Phuket Gazette that the new terminal will open no later than June. Read the rest of this entry …

Bless by this year weather and clever course design has brought the best of Bay Regatta. One of the best among them is the Quantum Fusion M with Scott Duncanson who taking top honors in the racing class.
It was not plain sailing for Ducanson, however. He managed to scramble the last of his crew together only on registration day. Andrey Arbuzov actually had the chance to take the top honors in the class but a late start on Sunday make the advantage goes to Quantum and it kept the first place. Read the rest of this entry …

In today IBAP meeting, there will be the keynote speaker, Michael Doyle, a US attorney and partner of the Bangkok-based law firm Seri Manop & Doyle. His fields of practice include mergers and acquisitions; dispute resolution; real estate; foreign direct investment; and cross-border transactions. Read the rest of this entry …

The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) Phuket office finally revealed the official mascot for 28th Thailand Youth Games that will be held in Phuket from March 18-28 next year. SAT Phuket Office Director Wirat Patee told the Phuket Gazette that the mascot, which has yet to be named, was chosen on Monday. The mascot has a blue body, human but of indeterminate gender, with a starfish-shaped head. Read the rest of this entry …