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House for Sale/Rent
House for Sale/Rent
Fully furnished with swimming pool, 3 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms +maid room, 2 living rooms, Large entertainment area. Convenient location close to major shopping center and international schools.  Easy access to airport. Long term lease 65,000 includes pool +garden services.
Patong Pool League: Tussle at the top of the table as ‘The Shack’ fires on all cylinders
Patong Pool League: Tussle at the top of the table as ‘The Shack’ fires on all cylinders
POOL: The fourth round of the PPL sponsored by Thailand Pool Tables and Genius 2 Garden & Restaurant took place last Thursday (Dec 13) with all teams once again focused on catching last season’s champions, Caddy Shack.
Hunt for Phuket oil spill perpetrator underway
Hunt for Phuket oil spill perpetrator underway
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Thanyawat Chanpinit has called on the Phuket Marine Office to identify where the oil spill that washed ashore and coated that waterline black at Tungken Beach at Cape Panwa yesterday (Dec 16) and process the ‘highest legal case’ against them.
Phuket ‘multitasking’ bus driver suspended, fined B5k – quits job
Phuket ‘multitasking’ bus driver suspended, fined B5k – quits job
PHUKET: A bus driver exposed online for driving dangerously by allowing his young son to ‘take the wheel’ and taking a video call while driving a public interprovincial bus from Phuket to Phattalung has had his license suspended and been fined B5,000.
Phuket’s bypass roadworks to complete before New Year
Phuket’s bypass roadworks to complete before New Year
PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket office of the Highways Department Somwang Lohamut is hoping to bring Phuket motorists some good news for the New Year, with his expectation that the resurfacing of the bypass road will be completed before year’s end.
Weekend deluges flood South
Weekend deluges flood South
BANGKOK: Some provinces in the South were affected yesterday (Dec 16) by flooding triggered by torrential rain that erupted in the region over the weekend.
New Years Eve. Party & Dinner Buffet @ Friendship Beach
New Years Eve. Party & Dinner Buffet @ Friendship Beach
Friendship Beach Waterfront Resort Welcomes you to our New Years Eve. Dinner Buffet & Party. Featuring: Cabaret Show, Fire Show, Fireworks, Party & Dance with Live D.J. Welcome Cocktail, International Buffet with Imported Beef Filet, Grilled Salmon, B.B.Q. Ribs (award winning) Roast Duck Curry, Prawn Cocktail, and a large selection of Starters , Desserts & Sides. Adults 2,100 THB ++ Children under 12 years 700 THB ++ For Bookings call (66) 89 728 5304 or email chef@friendshipbeach.com
Thailand Yacht Show & RendezVous 2019
Thailand Yacht Show & RendezVous 2019
Resulting from a fusion of Thailand’s three successful maritime events, Thailand Yacht Show & RendezVous will take place at the award-winning Royal Phuket Marina from 10-13th January 2019 and is set to become the biggest luxury event in the region.
Monk prevented from walking into Phuket traffic
Monk prevented from walking into Phuket traffic
PHUKET: A monk who kept walking into traffic on the busy Thepkrasattri Rd while trying to sweep the road with a broom was taken into custody for his own protection late yesterday afternoon (Dec 15).
Police raids in Chalong, Karon net 1,006 ya bah pills, 64g of ice
Police raids in Chalong, Karon net 1,006 ya bah pills, 64g of ice
PHUKET: A series of raids by officers from the Phuket Provincial Police has netted four suspects along with 1,006 pills of ya bah (methamphetamine), 63.99 grams of ya ice (crystal meth) and a handful of bullets – but no firearm.
Visa crackdown to stay
Visa crackdown to stay
BANGKOK: Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn admits frequent crackdowns on suspects who live in Thailand illegally have made other foreigners feel uncomfortable, but the bureau’s success in carrying out the campaign outweighs this concern.
Planning Your Garden - Strategies Based on Nature’s Lessons
Planning Your Garden - Strategies Based on Nature’s Lessons
Over eons, tropical plants have learnt how to cope with a range of conditions. It is worth noting these strategies.
Phuket Opinion: A gun for all seasons
Phuket Opinion: A gun for all seasons
PHUKET: The arrest of a lone rubber plantation caretaker this week delivered a surprise for police. Not in that he was in possession of an illegal firearm. That they already knew from a tip-off. It was that he had hidden behind his hut in Srisoonthorn, central Phuket, a home-made musket. Yes, a musket – just like one from the late Middle Ages, but this one home-made using more modern equipment.
Naka Noi land fight spills into allegations of denied access to public beaches
Naka Noi land fight spills into allegations of denied access to public beaches
PHUKET: A formal complaint has been filed against a prominent Bangkok family alleging that they are refusing people access to public beach areas on Naka Noi Island, off Phuket’s east coast.
Little Paris - Elegance on the avenue
Little Paris - Elegance on the avenue
For those of us armed with a prudent palate and on the look out for culinary flare, French cuisine is always high on the agenda. What we desire most is authenticity… a dish and service that takes one back to that wonderful little bistro in Montmartre.
Phuket’s coastal eyesore construction is legal, confirms mayor
Phuket’s coastal eyesore construction is legal, confirms mayor
PHUKET: The building under construction on the coastal road to Krathing Cape, north of Nai Harn Beach, is legal, Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos has confirmed.
Community clean-up at Bridge of Pak Bang canal, Patong
Community clean-up at Bridge of Pak Bang canal, Patong
Yesterday (Dec 14), Patong Municipality, Muslim for Peace Foundation Branch Phuket, held a BIG CLEANING DAY at the base of Bridge of Pak Bang canal, Kathu, Phuket. Attaubah club, Patong Development Foundation, Pak Bang canal local fishermen, Kok Makam community and more than 50 people joined this activity.
From Customer to Community - Julian Lowry, Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort
From Customer to Community - Julian Lowry, Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort
Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort is an island institution. Opened in 1987 under the architectural supervision of Mom Tri Devakul, the imposing design of this 40-acre and 470-room resort, combining both traditional and nautical themes, sits comfortably on a secluded tropical bay between Karon and Patong.
Phuket improves on ‘worst in Thailand’ for road accidents
Phuket improves on ‘worst in Thailand’ for road accidents
PHUKET: Phuket has improved on its status as the worst province in the country for deaths and injuries in road accidents just three years ago, and is now ranked “26th worst”, according to the leading road safety figure on the island.
Strasbourg reopens Christmas market after gunman killed
Strasbourg reopens Christmas market after gunman killed
Cherif Chekatt was killed late Thursday after a two-day manhunt when a police patrol spotted him on a street in the district where he was last seen after Tuesday night’s attack on Christmas shoppers. The lights on the market’s towering Christmas tree were illuminated Friday for the first time since the attack ahead of the official re-opening of the market at 11am (5pm in Phuket). “I hope life will get back to normal but I’m not too sure,” said Franck Hoffmann as opened his wooden chalet offering Christmas candles and ornaments today. “Business isn’t going to be what it was,” he predicted. Questions remained over how the Strasbourg Christmas market gunman was able to evade the tight security perimeter set up for an event long known to be a prime target for jihadist groups Around 500 police, security agents and soldiers control access at checkpoints on the bridges leading to the river island, a UN World Heritage site, that houses the market. The goal is to “create a bubble with searches at the entry points,” Mayor Roland Ries said after the attack, while regional government representative Jean-Luc Marx said he had not determined “any flaws in the security measures”. Many residents, however, were not convinced after Chekatt managed to slip through the controls with a handgun and a knife. “It doesn’t surprise me,” said Emeline, 38, who works in the city centre. “You wear a heavy coat, put something in the bottom of your bag. You can bring in what you want.” ‘It's too painful’ France’s anti-terror prosecutor Remy Heitz is to hold a press conference in Strasbourg later today while Interior Minister Christophe Castaner will attend the reopening of the market, which usually draws two million people every year. France has been on high alert since the start of a wave of jihadist attacks in 2015, which prompted a threefold surge in the security budget for the market, to one million euros. Chekatt, a 29-year-old career criminal who lived in a rundown apartment block a short drive from the city centre, was flagged by French security forces in 2015 as a possible Islamic extremist. The propaganda wing of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack, calling Chekatt one of its “soldiers” who responded to its calls to target citizens of nations in the coalition fighting the jihadists in Iraq and Syria. Among the 13 injured in the attack, three remain in critical condition while three others have been released from hospital, Castaner said Thursday. Strasbourg Deputy Mayor Alain Fontanel admitted that despite patrols, plainclothes police, profilers and video surveillance, “the risks can be reduced, but not eliminated”. “We can’t pat down and search everyone, only carry out random checks,” he said, adding that huge lines at checkpoints would only create a new potential target for terrorists. “Someone who wants to get in an area this big with a weapon can do it,” he said. Such reasoning was little comfort to the residents and tourists who flock to the Strasbourg market. “We thought this would happen only in Nice or at the Bataclan, but here it is at home,” said Sylvain, who works at another market in the city centre. He was referring to the truck attack which killed scores at Bastille Day festivities in Nice, southern France, in 2016, and the massacre at the capital's Bataclan concert hall in November 2015. “I’m not going to forget this anytime soon. It’s too painful. I’m not even sure I’m able to cry,” he said.