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Phuket tourism spotlight turns to green for Southeast Asia’s biggest sustainable tourism event
Phuket tourism spotlight turns to green for Southeast Asia’s biggest sustainable tourism event
PHUKET: The Phuket Hotels Association has announced a new annual international forum called PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism), which will be held on the island for the first time in September to support the region’s hospitality industry in its fight for a sustainable future.
PIWC Annual couple dinner
PIWC Annual couple dinner
The annual PIWC couples evening will be held at Mom Tri's Wok Gallery on the 18 August 6.30pm for 7.00pm. Cost is 800 baht per person, guests are welcome. info@piwc-phuket.com
PIWC - September luncheon
PIWC - September luncheon
September lunch will be held at Little Paris in Boat Avenue. 11.30am for 12.00noon. 700 baht members and 850 baht for guests. info@piwc-phuket.com
Hamilton stretches title lead in Hungarian heat
Hamilton stretches title lead in Hungarian heat
FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton has converted his pole position into a comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix to take a sizeable championship lead into the mid-season break.
Hikers descend Indonesian volcano after quake
Hikers descend Indonesian volcano after quake
INDONESIA: Groups of hikers began to pick their way down the slopes of a Lombok volcano yesterday (July 30) after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides that trapped more than 500 tourists and guides on the mountain.
Dad sees foul play in teen’s fatal ‘fall’
Dad sees foul play in teen’s fatal ‘fall’
AYUTTHAYA: The father of a teenage girl who died in suspicious circumstances turned to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) yesterday (30) for help in investigating what has until now been billed as an accident.
Five children rescued from Phuket surf, one missing
Five children rescued from Phuket surf, one missing
PHUKET: The search is underway this afternoon (July 30) for a child dragged out to sea by a strong rip current at Nai Yang Beach.
Man talked down from pedestrian bridge jump
Man talked down from pedestrian bridge jump
PHUKET: Thalang Police managed to prevent a man from jumping off a pedestrian bride onto the busy Thepkrasattri Rd last night (July 29).
King of the ‘Ghats’
King of the ‘Ghats’
INDIA: It is well past midnight as Bahadur Choudhary, a fourth-generation caretaker of Varanasi’s ancient cremation grounds, sprinkles ceremonial butter on huge funeral pyres burning on the banks of the Ganges.
Phuket croc caught after 11-day hunt
Phuket croc caught after 11-day hunt
PHUKET: The crocodile that has eluded capture for the past 11 days since it was spotted off Yanui Beach in Rawai was caught early this morning near the rocks off Koh Kata, just offshore from Layan Beach.
Faded architectural gems
Faded architectural gems
ROMANIA: In a spa town nestled near Romania’s border with Bulgaria and Serbia, Oana Chirila puts on her hard hat and gets down to work with a dozen other young architects to try to save their country’s heritage.
Phuket Law: Royal Decree blows work permits wide open
Phuket Law: Royal Decree blows work permits wide open
PHUKET: Last month in part one on our series on Thailand’s new foreign labour law we explained that the new law allows foreigners to work without a work permit in some limited but significant circumstances.
Phuket Opinion: Appreciating hero expats
Phuket Opinion: Appreciating hero expats
PHUKET: In the immediate aftermath of the Phoenix tour boat disaster on July 5, Phuket’s dive community without hesitation galvanised to join rescue and recovery efforts. After the last body was recovered Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong assured that formal recognition would be given to those who gave their time, money and heart to the recovery effort that officials so direly needed. They are still awaiting that recognition.
Feeling lucky, Plant? Make your day with the dahlia.
Feeling lucky, Plant? Make your day with the dahlia.
Thais are seriously superstitious. There are lucky days when big decisions must be taken, and unlucky days when everything must be put on hold. Lotteries are a national obsession. Ghostly, pale-faced presences haunt every soap opera, bringing misfortune to those who fall foul of their gaze. Good or bad karma are part and parcel of quotidian experience.
Chevrolet to open new Phuket dealership, service centre
Chevrolet to open new Phuket dealership, service centre
PHUKET: After a hiatus of 14 months since the previous dealership was terminated on May 31 last year, Chevrolet has announced that it will open a new branch in Phuket next month.
Phuket drinking session turns deadly as man stabs drinking buddy in heated argument
Phuket drinking session turns deadly as man stabs drinking buddy in heated argument
PHUKET: Police have arrested a man who stabbed his drinking buddy, killing him, outside a grocery store in Baan Don, in central Phuket, last night.
Phuket makes merit for HM King’s Birthday
Phuket makes merit for HM King’s Birthday
PHUKET: Merit making to honour His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun on his 66th birthday today (July 28) began at Queen Sirikit Park in Phuket Town last night and continued with a full ceremony at Phuket Rajabhat University this morning.
Poetry in motion: enter the world of the ‘Scrap Metal Poet’
Poetry in motion: enter the world of the ‘Scrap Metal Poet’
FRANCE: With its fairytale towers, quirky animated sculptures, fantastical constructions and musical fountains, the inventive world crafted out of discarded junk by the man known as the ‘Scrap Metal Poet’ is tucked away deep in the northwestern French countryside.
Century’s longest lunar eclipse marked by local observers
Century’s longest lunar eclipse marked by local observers
PHUKET: The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit) has reported many successful sightings of the total lunar eclipse in the early hours of this morning (July 28), though the cloud cover over Phuket during the phenomenon left local observers with only glimpses during the breaks in the clouds.
Good deeds mark HM The King’s birthday
Good deeds mark HM The King’s birthday
BANGKOK: Yellow-clad Thais will express their loyalty and best wishes to His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun on his 66th birthday today (July 28) as volunteers enlisted under the royally initiated jit-arsa project engage in activities for the common good nationwide.