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PHUKET: The Phuket Food and Beverage Show will take place starting on Friday at Central Festival Phuket’s HomeWorks complex on the bypass road.
The three-day event will feature a wide variety of events including contests and exhibitions in bartending, cooking, linen folding, wine butlering, ice carving and so on.
The event, sponsored by Smirnoff vodka, will run from 11am to 10pm daily. ... Full story
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:45:17 GMT
PHUKET: Winds gusting up to 35 knots and driving rain drew the Six Senses Phuket Raceweek regatta to a dramatic close yesterday with two men being catapulted overboard and at least one boat being left with her mast in tatters.
The racers received an early warning before the final day of racing after news spread yesterday morning that Stuart Williamson’s Skandia Endeavour of Whitby had drifted off anchor during the night and was jammed on rocks at Koh Bon.
A local fishing boat was used to drag Skandia off the rocks and tow it to Ao Chalong for repairs. ... Full story
Publ.Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:45:17 GMT
PHUKET: Thailand’s national census-taking in now underway in Phuket, which is the first province where the data collection is taking place.
Phuket Provincial Statistical Office (PPSO) chief Yuthachai Apichaicharnkit said the census, held every ten years, was initially slated to begin nationwide on July 1, but had to be postponed to September 1 due to the civil unrest in Bangkok in May and June.
In Phuket, students from Phuket Rajabaht University (PKRU) will do the door-to-door data collection. ... Full story
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:45:17 GMT
PHUKET: Police on Monday arrested two men caught smuggling some 8,000 ya bah (methamphetamine) pills onto the island at Tah Chat Chai checkpoint.
Tah Chat Chai Police identified the suspects as 35-year-old Nonthaburi resident Wesarat Ninjamrat and his alleged accomplice Jad Jedklang, a 26-year-old from Nakhon Sri Thammarat.
At the time of his arrest, at about 6pm, Mr Wesarat was apparently high on methamphetamines and wearing a black polo shirt identifying himself as a member of the New York City Police SWAT team. ... Full story
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:45:17 GMT
PHUKET: Due to prevailing strong monsoonal conditions, the Meteorological Department (MET) has issued a flood warning to residents in risk areas of Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi and Ranong.
Issued by the MET Southern Meteorological Center (West Coast) at Phuket International Airport at 11am today, the warning states that residents in risk areas should be prepared for flooding and flash-flooding.
It is the third warning issued by the center this year. ... Full story
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:45:17 GMT
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