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Sydney to kick off global New Year parties with dazzling spectacle
Sydney to kick off global New Year parties with dazzling spectacle
AUSTRALIA: Australia’s largest city Sydney will put on its biggest-ever fireworks display to welcome the New Year and kick off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world.
Seven young men charged with gang rape of girl, 13
Seven young men charged with gang rape of girl, 13
BURI RAM: Seven young men, aged 14-22, were charged with the gang rape of a girl aged 13 in a school’s toilet in Ban Kruat district late Friday night (Dec 28).
Chiang Mai tops New Year traffic casualties
Chiang Mai tops New Year traffic casualties
BANGKOK: The first four of this year’s “seven dangerous days” of New Year travel has seen 2,194 road accidents, 236 deaths and 2,265 people injured – with Chiang Mai posting the highest number of accidents, deaths and injuries midway through the week-long travel spree.
American man killed in Phuket road accident, New Year road accident tally for island hits three dead, 24 injured
American man killed in Phuket road accident, New Year road accident tally for island hits three dead, 24 injured
PHUKET: An American man has become the first foreigner killed during the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for New Year 2019.
You’re having a baby? Preparing your family dog for the new addition
You’re having a baby? Preparing your family dog for the new addition
Having a baby, whilst clearly a wonderful moment in your lives, can also (allegedly) be rather stressful, emotional and (if the rumours are true) quite tiring. This can also be true for your dogs, as well as you, and of course you are right to be concerned about your dog sniffing around the new addition – just think of all those bugs, infections and nasty bacteria that a dog can catch from an un-vaccinated toddler…
Phuket suffers first deaths of Seven Days campaign for New Year 2019
Phuket suffers first deaths of Seven Days campaign for New Year 2019
PHUKET: Phuket has marked its first two deaths of the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for New Year 2019.
Live Onstage! Festive shows by Phuket’s young talent
Live Onstage! Festive shows by Phuket’s young talent
’Tis the season to be jolly! And to see theatre, because what could be more jolly? By the time this comes out, the performances mentioned will have been laid to rest, but I hope reading about them will spur you to make sure you get to see the shows next time around, and I’m sure you won’t have to wait a whole year.
Russian woman arrested for ‘tagging’ Phuket roads
Russian woman arrested for ‘tagging’ Phuket roads
PHUKET: Police have arrested a Russian woman for spray painting graffiti on public roads in Nai Harn, at the southern end of Phuket.
On The Road: A literary journey through travel
On The Road: A literary journey through travel
Protagonists in a state of travel has been a popular and recurring theme in the history of literature. In many of the classic novels in this genre, it is not the A-to-B journey nor resolution of the quest that is of main interest. But rather the opportunity it affords the author to study central characters in depth, exploring insights, and often iconoclastic observations within the floating world.
Phuket Opinion: Unlicensed to kill
Phuket Opinion: Unlicensed to kill
PHUKET: Phuket is amid a four-day weekend for one of the biggest – and most dangerous – holidays of the year. Twice a year the government stages its “Seven Days of Danger” road-safety campaign to coincide with the Songkran Thai New Year in April and the Jan 1 New Year holiday periods.
Klopp taking nothing for granted despite Liverpool lead
Klopp taking nothing for granted despite Liverpool lead
FOOTBALL: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said the fact his side top the Premier League table heading into New Year counts for little.
Phuket New Year annual Red Cross Fair is on!
Phuket New Year annual Red Cross Fair is on!
PHUKET: The annual Phuket Red Cross Fair is on, with thousands of visitors attending the traditional Thai-style festivities at Saphan Hin each night until Jan 6.
Phuket Transport office launches free check safety checks for New Year
Phuket Transport office launches free check safety checks for New Year
PHUKET: The Phuket Land Transportation office and local technical colleges have set up car and motorbike safety-check centres as part of the national road-safety campaign for the New Year holidays.
Tsunami warning withdrawn after 6.9-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines
Tsunami warning withdrawn after 6.9-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines
PHILIPPINES: A strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday (Dec 29), raising fears of dangerous tsunami waves across the region but after about two hours, the tsunami warning was withdrawn.
All About Buddhism: The Season for Miracles
All About Buddhism: The Season for Miracles
Due to our unfamiliarity with them, foreign traditions often strike our hearts much more deeply than do the traditions that we like to claim for our own. Sometimes, we even find that new traditions can lead to miracles in our life because a foreign tradition gives us a new and novel way of seeing the world.
The Fabric of Friendship: BISP Students join hands with IWA for ‘Home of Hope’ project
The Fabric of Friendship: BISP Students join hands with IWA for ‘Home of Hope’ project
In 2016, a group of British International School, Phuket - BISP IB CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) students, in conjunction with a group of other students working with the International Women’s Academy (IWA) began a project to make a bed quilt from recycled school uniforms. This would raise money to support a young girl from ‘The Home of Hope’ orphanage in India to study at BISP.
Phuket survives Day 2 of Seven Days for New Year campaign with zero deaths
Phuket survives Day 2 of Seven Days for New Year campaign with zero deaths
PHUKET: Phuket has survived Day 2 of the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the New Year still with zero deaths in road accidents since the campaign began at midnight Thursday night (Dec 27).
Cops extend hunt for Samila bomber
Cops extend hunt for Samila bomber
SONGKHLA: Songkhla Police are tracking a vehicle suspected of having been used to carry out bomb attacks on electricity pylons between two districts as authorities insist other explosions in the province which damaged the iconic mermaid statue have not hurt local tourism.
Samui cabbies told to use meters, end euro rip-off
Samui cabbies told to use meters, end euro rip-off
SURAT THANI: Taxi drivers on Koh Samui have been ordered to use their meters instead of charging fixed fares that are identical in dollars and euros – effectively ripping off Europeans.
Safety measures boosted at bustling Phuket ports for New Year
Safety measures boosted at bustling Phuket ports for New Year
PHUKET: The Phuket Marine Office has stationed officers at Phuket’s 24 main piers for tour boats and ferries to nearby islands as part of the safety crackdown for the Seven Days of Danger for the New Year.