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Canadian tourist dies in Chiang Mai zipline plunge
Canadian tourist dies in Chiang Mai zipline plunge
CHIANG MAI: A Canadian tourist plunged to his death from a zipline at Mae Kampong village in Mae-on district yesterday (Apr 13), according to a local media report.
Green Thoughts: Tools of the Gardening Trade
Green Thoughts: Tools of the Gardening Trade
Gardening has always been a time-honoured craft, and the tools of the craft reflect that patience in practice. Nowadays, we may have motorised lawn mowers, shredders, trimmers, cultivators and blowers, even chainsaws, but the basic imple­ments are much as they have always been, dependent less on petrol than on perseverance.
Patong Pool League: Kwan’s Birdie Bar takes the lead
Patong Pool League: Kwan’s Birdie Bar takes the lead
POOL: The 21st round of the Patong Pool League (PPL) sponsored by Thailand Pool Tables , Genius 2 Garden and Restaurant was played Thursday (Apr 11).
Murderers on the roads
Murderers on the roads
BANGKOK: It has been over a month since a two-year-old boy suffered head injuries, a broken leg and a broken arm. He still does not realise that his whole family – both parents and five-month-old brother – are gone forever.
Italian expat involved in Phuket boat collision that leaves local fisherman, 74, with serious injuries
Italian expat involved in Phuket boat collision that leaves local fisherman, 74, with serious injuries
PHUKET: An Italian expat is now under investigation after injuries from a boat collision with a longtail boat off Koh Bon, off Phuket’s southeast coast, this morning (Apr 14) left a 74-year-old fishermen in serious condition.
Power outage scheduled for Cherng Talay
Power outage scheduled for Cherng Talay
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) Thalang office has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in Cherng Talay on Friday (Apr 19) as work is carried out on high-voltage power cables.
Phuket Songkran road accident toll holds at one dead, 25 injured
Phuket Songkran road accident toll holds at one dead, 25 injured
PHUKET: Phuket passed the main celebrations for the Songkran Thai New Year yesterday (Apr 13) with the death and injury tally for road accidents since Thursday holding at one dead and 25 people injured.
Navy takes action on ‘seastead’ off Phuket
Navy takes action on ‘seastead’ off Phuket
PHUKET: The Third Naval Area Command has filed a police complaint against an American man and his Thai wife who set up a floating living platform 12 nautical miles off the coast of Phuket, a practice also known as seasteading.
Phuket Property Guide: Taking on the taxman
Phuket Property Guide: Taking on the taxman
This is the first in a series of articles on the Phuket property market, including its bear traps and pitfalls. For example: Did you know you should be paying tax on your rental income?
Sacred Geometry: Does mathematics hold a case for intelligent design?
Sacred Geometry: Does mathematics hold a case for intelligent design?
A rather factual and equally amusing retort by atheists on the argument of their lack of faith goes, “There have been 10,000 gods throughout his­tory. You reject 9,999 of them. I just go one further.”
Phuket Opinion: It’s no Joke
Phuket Opinion: It’s no Joke
PHUKET: The sudden transfer this past week of Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau Chief Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn has set the cat amongst the pigeons. The transfer was swift, sudden and silent. No reasons for his transfer have been given.
Day 2: Songkran death toll declines
Day 2: Songkran death toll declines
BANGKOK: The first two days of Songkran holidays saw year-on-year declines in traffic accident statistics with 969 incidents, 105 deaths and 1,001 injured people.
Oil drilling team praised for rescuing dog from sea
Oil drilling team praised for rescuing dog from sea
BANGKOK: An offshore drilling team has won praise from netizens for saving a dog stranded in the Gulf of Thailand off Songkhla province after the story went viral online.
Patong fire damage estimated at B60mn
Patong fire damage estimated at B60mn
PHUKET: The fire that broke out on the Patong beach road last night gutted nine four-storey units and caused about B60 million in damage, police have estimated.
Chinese Grand Prix: Bottas on pole for F1 race 1,000
Chinese Grand Prix: Bottas on pole for F1 race 1,000
FORMULA ONE: Valtteri Bottas has snatched pole position from Lewis Hamilton in a tense qualifying for 2019 Chinese Grand Prix, the 1,000th world championship race.
Warriors book place at International Cricket Sixes semi-final
Warriors book place at International Cricket Sixes semi-final
CRICKET: Warriors from Qatar had a happy Friday (Apr 12) going into the Songkran break at the Alan Cooke Ground in Phuket as they led the standings on 30 points after completing a perfect record of six wins out of six in the Phuket International Sixes 2019.
Phuket water reservoirs enough to last 33 days
Phuket water reservoirs enough to last 33 days
PHUKET: The last water remaining in the island’s three main reservoirs is enough to last 33 days, the Director of Phuket Provincial Irrigation Office (PPIO) has reported.
Phuket Town road repairs from installing cables underground to finish in October
Phuket Town road repairs from installing cables underground to finish in October
PHUKET: The work to install power and communications cables underground and make new footpaths along Phang Nga Rd and Rassada Rd in Phuket Town will be complete by the end of October, Phuket City Municipality has announced.
Governor highlights water-transport safety for Songkran
Governor highlights water-transport safety for Songkran
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana this morning led an inspection of Rassada Pier, the main terminal for tourists visiting nearby islands by boat, to highlight marine safety measures in place.
Welcome to the ’60s: Hairspray the Musical at BISP
Welcome to the ’60s: Hairspray the Musical at BISP
It’s not every school that would dare to take on Hairspray as the British International School, Phuket – BISP did earlier this month. Posters in pop-art colours and sixties, sing-song trailers will have you believe it’s noth­ing more than a twee musical, when in fact it wrestles with the social issues of racial injustice, segregation and body image.