Andaman News' highlights from 23 March onwards and 16-17 March

On Monday 23 March, our main news includes Phuket prepared to host ASEAN Education Ministers; then our Special report takes you to the OTOP Fair now on at Saphan Hin in Phuket city. Later we have excerpts from the International Dance Festival 2009 at Jungceylon, Patong. Later in the week we hope to have special reports on a local food festival, Ban Nam Sai community in Phang Nga and Old Phuket Town festival on Thalang Road.

On Monday 16 March, local news included the new governor now in Phuket, plus all victims from boat accident recovered; then our Special report went to a Lifesaving Carnival for kids at Surin Beach Phuket. Later we had an interview with Aditya ‘Duke’ Assarat, the Thai Director of ‘Wonderful Town’ movie set in TakuPa, Phang Nga.

On Tuesday 17 March, local news included German Ambassador to Thailand’s visit to Phuket; then our Special report looked at sea gypsies on Ko Lanta island in Krabi. Later we had an interview with Anchalee Saisoontorn the lead actress in the ‘Wonderful Town’ movie set in Phang Nga. We were NOT on air Wednesday 18 - Friday 20 March due to staff absence/illness/nationwide program.

From 1 April 2008 we have appeared on this website http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/ Please bookmark it and stay tuned for more changes & news as they develop. Our previous website http://news.prd.go.th closed all its pages at end of May 2008, and the other previous website Thaisnews.com was closed 6 November 2007; Some special and interview videos are also put on www.YouTube.com/AndamanNews or search under www.video.google.com. Contact us for any old videos we may still have, that you may need!

Also TV Channel 11 was renamed NBT since 1 April 2008.

'Andaman News', which started in March 2004, is usually on air live most Mondays to Fridays, at 8.30-9am, in English, with the latest local Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi news, reports, interviews and weather forecasts on local NBT TV, (VHF dial, not UBC-True) ; and also with effect 1 July 2008 live on Radio Thailand or Blue Wave FM90.5, to Phuket, Phang Nga & Krabi provinces; plus possibly repeats on Phuket Cable TV's channel 1 & their regional networks at 7pm & 1am; and on FM108 Mazz Radio in Phuket at 7pm. (Sometimes the other channels do not air Andaman News due to technical problems).

The Andaman News text, photos & VDOs are usually posted on this website from about 10.00am on each day of broadcast. Most are also put on www.YouTube.com/AndamanNews . We and others can also put some interesting links to our VDOs on other websites and forums as well free of copyright as we are a public broadcaster.

To send comments, enquiries, suggestions, video contributions, advertising/sponsorship* on program, requests to lease airtime, Press Releases, & volunteers for Young Reporters or Student Interns, please email to AndamanNews@yahoo.com or send to/visit the NBT TV studio on Rang Hill in Phuket City. For urgent messages, please phone 089... (in English) 089... or 076 ... (in Thai) or fax 076 211556.

* Also note we are willing to discuss company sponsorship of segments, programs and staff in Andaman News.

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