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Power outage to hit Cherng Talay
Power outage to hit Cherng Talay
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) Thalang office has announced that the electricity supply will be shut off in Cherng Talay on Friday (Mar 22) as works are carried out on installing new high-voltage power cables.
Phuket History: The 1675 Battle of Patong
Phuket History: The 1675 Battle of Patong
The Englishman Thomas Bowrey was on Phuket as the island’s trouble with the Dutch escalated. He tells us that the main base for the Dutch patrol ships was “Banquala” Bay (Patong), where they were based to intercept boats coming east from India.
Silence falls on plan to close ’selfie beach’ near Phuket Airport
Silence falls on plan to close ’selfie beach’ near Phuket Airport
PHUKET: Airports of Thailand (AoT) management at Phuket International Airport have still yet to make any public announcement to confirm – or even clarify – the possible closure of the beach at the end of the runway due to safety concerns, despite holding a meeting to define the boundaries of the expanded safety zone last Thursday (Mar 14).
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Electrocuted by power lines! ’Killer’ taxi driver turns self in? Thailand votes early! || March 18
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Electrocuted by power lines! ’Killer’ taxi driver turns self in? Thailand votes early! || March 18
PHUKET XTRA - March 18 Electrocuted by power lines! |:| Private water source for Cherng Talay |:| ’Killer’ taxi driver turns self in |:| Satellites for marine safety? |:| Thailand votes early Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
The ‘Nev Mars’ effect: Great teachers instill a love of learning
The ‘Nev Mars’ effect: Great teachers instill a love of learning
Who do you remember with more fondness: the teach­ers who got you good grades or the teachers whose subjects you loved?
Rawai Pool League: High stakes and tight competition in week four
Rawai Pool League: High stakes and tight competition in week four
PHUKET: We start off this week’s report with a game featuring two recently promoted teams meeting for the first time ever in the RPL. On paper this would be a close match between White Hart BBQ and Stor Bar. In reality, things didn’t quite play as predicted.
1 Year Anniversary Celebration of Cafe del Mar Phuket
1 Year Anniversary Celebration of Cafe del Mar Phuket
Saturday 30 March 2019 from 9pm. You are all invited to our 1 year Anniversary Celebration. Dress Code : Sexy, Black & Mystic (Don't forget your mask). Bring your mystic mask and get 2 FREE DRINKS before 10 pm !! Dj Line up : Nicola Vega | Dj Kay | Dj Man | Joe Gradante | Sam Sparacio. Bookings & Info : 061 359 5500
Early vote met with euphoria
Early vote met with euphoria
Sunday’s advance voting saw huge crowds waiting in long queues to vote at polling stations nationwide, as an estimated 75% of all registered early voters nationwide turned up to cast their vote ahead of Sunday’s general election.
Bottas wins best race of his life at Australian Grand Prix
Bottas wins best race of his life at Australian Grand Prix
FORMULA ONE: Valtteri Bottas has dominated the Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes to lead the drivers championship standings for the first time in his Formula One career.
Game plans gleam at the season’s final ‘major’ bowls competition
Game plans gleam at the season’s final ‘major’ bowls competition
BOWLS: The final ‘major’ competition of the bowls high season took place at Kamala Lawn Bowls Club in Saturday’s searing heat – The Champions League Pairs (Mar 9).
Happy Holistay: Make a splash on a Phuket staycation
Happy Holistay: Make a splash on a Phuket staycation
We can all find ourselves guilty of failing to see what’s right in front of us. So quick are we to look beyond Phuket for city or beach breaks that we by­pass the expert hospitality available on our very door­step.
Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General
Last week, The Phuket News published an article titled ’Salem’s Lot’, which challenged the ’trial by media’ aspect of the #MeToo movement. Here, Tyler Roney, a Bangkok-based writer and editor and currently the editor-in-chief of the travel magazine Travelogues from luxury tour designer Remote Lands, gives his appraisal of that article and the arguments proposed therein.
Island woes hurting investment, Phuket infrastructure needs urgent attention, says new PCC President
Island woes hurting investment, Phuket infrastructure needs urgent attention, says new PCC President
PHUKET: Thanusak Phungdet, the newly installed President of the Phuket Chamber of Commerce, has placed poor infrastructure development among the top issues concerning the island’s tourism industry.
Asana essentials: Yoga postures for any ability part 2
Asana essentials: Yoga postures for any ability part 2
Hi and welcome to part two of my top six yoga postures (asanas) for a happier body and a healthier life.
Phuket Opinion: Cashing in on the ‘Smart City’
Phuket Opinion: Cashing in on the ‘Smart City’
PHUKET: It’s been a long time coming, and on Monday (Mar 11) we heard it again: The government is gearing up to achieve its target of 30 smart cities in 24 provinces, including Phuket, by next year and hopes to transform 100 cities nationwide to smart cities by 2022.
Worker, 25, electrocuted by high-voltage cable
Worker, 25, electrocuted by high-voltage cable
PHUKET: A 25-year-old worker died after he accidentally touched a high-voltage power cable still connected to the power pole where he was working in Chalong early yesterday afternoon (Mar 16).
Salem’s Lot: The slow and painful death of modern man
Salem’s Lot: The slow and painful death of modern man
What do you call a male witch? A wizard? Warlock? The word ‘witch’ derives from the Old English nouns wicca (male) and wicce (female). A witch can be both male or female in form.
Patong taxi driver surrenders, charged for street slaying
Patong taxi driver surrenders, charged for street slaying
PHUKET: A taxi driver wanted for shooting dead another taxi driver in broad daylight at a taxi rank on Phra Metta Rd, Patong, has handed himself in to police.
Hamilton takes pole at Australian Grand Prix
Hamilton takes pole at Australian Grand Prix
FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton will lead an all-Mercedes front row after the reigning world champion snatched pole position from teammate Valtteri Bottas at the death.
Police warn of election alcohol bans
Police warn of election alcohol bans
Phuket Provincial Police have cautioned business operators that the national election on Mar 24 and the early voting to be conducted tomorrow (Mar 17) will see two bans on the sale of alcohol over this weekend and next weekend.