Article Category - Community News

The JW Marriot Phuket has raised an impressive 330,000 baht in funds to support the Baan Home Hug foundation orphanage, smashing its expected total of 120,000 baht.

The Phuket Community Foundation (PCF) along with help from the Rotary Club has donated over 1,600 English-language books to schools around the island.

Jody Houton looks into the cost of learning English in Phuket. Can you afford to send your child to an international school?

Phuket International Hospital is urging everyone to buy a toy bear to show that they care for the impoverished and orphaned children of Phuket this Christmas.

Land invaders who have lived in any one of the fifteen ‘invaded’ villages in Phuket for more than three years will soon be issued with a title deed (chanote) for their property to prevent any further invasions.The committee of the Network to Improve the Police and Social (NIPS) met with the related provincial offices to discuss ways to solve the problem of people moving into an area and building a house on land that does not belong to them.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Korbsak Sabhavasu visited Phuket recently to check up on the progress of the proposed new gymnasium in Sapan Hin. The new 4000 seat stadium will be ready in time to host the 25th National Youth Games, scheduled to be held in Phuket in 2012.

Traders from the Phuket market will soon be haggling from shiny new stalls, as the Phuket city municipality council has recently approved a budget of 26 million baht to pay for the new facilities.

Bangkok Hospital Phuket is helping female prisoners stay out of prison by equiping them with skills and offering job training before they leave Phuket Provincial prison.

Popular presenter of television programme “Are you smarter than kids?” Kanit Sarasin was in Phuket recently to film a series of outdoor programmes. The team from Channel 3 filmed a show in the Jungceylon Courtyard, which attracted many students from Phuket City Municipality’s schools, many of whom participated in the quiz show.

Buying a packet of gum and having it bagged could soon be a thing of the past, as 22 stores in Phuket have joined Phuket Provincial Office’s ‘No plastic bag’ campaign to commemorate the King’s birthday on 5 December.