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Beer truck heading to Patong overturns, spills load
Beer truck heading to Patong overturns, spills load
PHUKET: A 10-wheeled truck delivering a load beer to Patong overturned on the coastal road in Kamala last night (Jan 5).
Pabuk leaves trail of damage in wake
Pabuk leaves trail of damage in wake
BANGKOK: Seven provinces on the east coast in the lower South have suffered deadly destructive winds and severe floods, with over 34,000 villagers evacuated, as tropical storm Pabuk lay waste to the region and plunged people into days of despair before storming past Phang Nga out to the Andaman Sea yesterday (Jan 5).
Champion In Our Midst: Long-term Phuket resident has sights firmly set on World Masters
Champion In Our Midst: Long-term Phuket resident has sights firmly set on World Masters
Following on from her success at the 2018 World Masters Athletics Championships held at the southern Spanish city of Malaga from September 4-16, Michele Hossack, a long-term Phuket resident, now has her sights firmly set on her next competition, the World Masters Championships in Toronto 2020.
Bicycling with an Angle: The great outdoors with two wheels and a collapsible rod
Bicycling with an Angle: The great outdoors with two wheels and a collapsible rod
My passion for cycling arrived at about the same time as my passion for trout fishing, when I was a slip of a lad of 10 summers or so. I was lucky enough to find myself growing up in a family of keen anglers and spent many happy boyhood hours with my grandfather, father and sundry Scottish uncles trying to entice trout onto the end of a line and subsequently into a frying pan.
Phuket tour piers re-open in full service
Phuket tour piers re-open in full service
PHUKET: With blue skies overhead, the major tour piers in Phuket reopened in full service today (Jan 6) while safety checks on all boats continue.
All in a dream: Thailand’s lottery obsession can be a nightmare
All in a dream: Thailand’s lottery obsession can be a nightmare
He appeared out of nowhere. My personal assistant. He was dressed in his work uniform. I don’t know where he came from but he ran towards me.  As he neared he smiled and crouched down right before me. He must have been about a metre away from my face. He didn’t say a word, just kept beaming at me.
Bridging the gaping wealth chasm
Bridging the gaping wealth chasm
BANGKOK: Although the military-led government has rolled out a raft of stimulus and relief measures to shore up the grassroots economy, spending and indebtedness among the underprivileged are still rampant.
Fish the Exotic: Catching the Giant Snakehead
Fish the Exotic: Catching the Giant Snakehead
If you are looking for a break from saltwater fishing or freshwater stocked lakes and want to fish in a stunning natural environment, then why not try wild freshwater fishing in Cheow Lan Lake.
Phuket Opinion: The year of living feebly
Phuket Opinion: The year of living feebly
Let’s face it, 2018 wasn’t a great year for Phuket. We ended the last high season with the island overrun with tour buses brimmed with Chinese tourists on so-called “zero-baht tours”, jamming the roads and piers, but business operators finally admitting that some independent Chinese travellers were finally arriving free from the package tours.
Phuket boats clear to leave port as Pabuk passes
Phuket boats clear to leave port as Pabuk passes
PHUKET: Phuket Marine Office Acting Director Wiwat Chitchertwong has confirmed that the ban on boats from leaving shore for safety reasons due to the weather fallout from tropical storm Pabuk will be lifted, effective midnight tonight.
Patong Pool League: Kwan Birdie gives Caddy Shack a hard time
Patong Pool League: Kwan Birdie gives Caddy Shack a hard time
POOL: The sixth round of Patong Pool League (PPL) sponsored by Thailand Pool Tables and Genius 2 Garden and Restaurant was played on Thursday (Jan 3) after PPL’s break for the Christmas holidays.
Dangerous driver, brakes blamed for pickup landing in Phuket jungle
Dangerous driver, brakes blamed for pickup landing in Phuket jungle
PHUKET: A pickup truck loaded with tiles rolled some 40 metres backwards down a side street off Kata Hill this morning after the brakes failed to hold the heavily laden pickup on the steep slope, according to the 25-year-old driver.
Pabuk downgraded to ‘tropical depression’, passes into Andaman Sea
Pabuk downgraded to ‘tropical depression’, passes into Andaman Sea
PHUKET: Pabuk has lost speed and moved across land to the Andaman Sea, leaving behind a trail of homes damaged by fallen trees or blown-off roofs and disrupted power networks on the mainland.
Quirky accommodation: Something for the more adventurous traveller
Quirky accommodation: Something for the more adventurous traveller
Thai seniors, aged 60 and older, are Airbnb’s most active users. Usage of the home rental site Airbnb has rapidly increased among Thai seniors, leading them to be the most active users in the world, according to Airbnb’s analytics.
Russians race to Thailand
Russians race to Thailand
PHUKET: Thailand will be the most popular foreign destination for Russian travellers this New Year festive season, the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) has revealed. Russian’s own Sochi is the most popular domestic destination.
Write Now: Meet the Phuket Island Writers
Write Now: Meet the Phuket Island Writers
What do you get when you mix multiple nationalities and personalities on a paradise island and a boatload of creative ideas? For one eclectic (or someone may say eccentric) band of scribes, it is The Phuket Writers’ Group (PWG).
Industries take cover for Pabuk
Industries take cover for Pabuk
BANGKOK: As tropical storm Pabuk assails Southern Thailand’s east coast on the Gulf of Thailand, authorities evacuated tens of thousands, put first responders on high alert while businesses and related authorities raced against the clock to brace for the decade’s worst storm.
Pabuk to cross Phuket
Pabuk to cross Phuket
PHUKET: The centre of tropical storm Pabuk is forecast to cross Phuket later today (Jan 5), after cross Ao Leuk in Krabi overnight.
Online payment options underway for taxes
Online payment options underway for taxes
BANGKOK: The Customs Department is offering bill payment services through online banking, counter service and bank branches to create more convenience for taxpayers and comply with the national e-payment strategy.
Layan lockout: Public access denied amid Supreme Court wrangle for B10bn beachfront land
Layan lockout: Public access denied amid Supreme Court wrangle for B10bn beachfront land
PHUKET: MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) is advising people to keep clear and not enter any gates installed at properties along the Layan beachfront while the Supreme Court hears an appeal by five people claiming to own the land in question.