PHUKET: Lee Marine International Marine Brokerage re- investments continue. The main focus indeed is to better serve the many yacht enthusiasts that see their future onboard any of the impeccable yachts represented by this well-respected boat brokerage firm.
PHUKET: The yachting industry in Southeast Asia has seen significant growth in recent years with yacht shows, races and regattas increasing in size, numbers and frequency. In Thailand alone, the next 12 months will see at least five different international yachting events, which are expected to generate millions of dollars and attract tens of thousands of visitors.
PHUKET: New Phuket FC president MaAnn Samran has confirmed that he has now sourced the funds to ensure that the club can play in Division 2 when the new season starts, and that he has appointed former Thai International Pittaya ‘Odd’ Phimanman as the teams head coach.
PHUKET XTRA - January 7 No more double-decker buses, Thai Embassy in Myanmar remains closed, Thai kids tell us what they want to be when they grow up and tourism numbers up, up and up. Coming to you from PIMEX 2016.
RUSSIA: Selling everything from underwear to dried fruit to teacups, tiny glass-windowed kiosks packed with goods line Moscow’s network of long, gloomy pedestrian underpasses.
PHUKET: Police on Tuesday (Jan 5) arrested a man who has admitted to a spate of burglaries in Phuket Town carried out in the past month.
PHUKET: The Phuket Waterworks Authority yesterday (Jan 6) announced that the water supply in some parts of Kathu will be switched off next Wednesday (Jan 13) from 9:30am until the evening whilst works are carried out on Bangthong Bridge.
FOOTBALL: Pep Guardiola admitted this week that the lure of coaching in the English Premier League was the reason for his departure from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich at the end of this season.
PHUKET: The captain of a speedboat that hit and killed a French tourist in Krabi was charged yesterday (Jan 6) with fatally reckless driving.