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Prawit probe findings set for Thursday
Prawit probe findings set for Thursday
BANGKOK: The fact-finding committee into the luxury watches worn by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon will present its findings to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Thursday (Mar 29).
72 kilo seer fish caught in Phuket fishing tournament
72 kilo seer fish caught in Phuket fishing tournament
PHUKET: A 72.5 kilogram seer fish was caught yesterday night in the Phuket Fishing Tournament 9. It is said that it is the biggest seer fish ever caught in Thailand and the third biggest ever in Asia.
Phuket Super Cheap delivery truck in heavy rear-end collision
Phuket Super Cheap delivery truck in heavy rear-end collision
PHUKET: A man was pinned inside a Super Cheap delivery truck when it rammed into the back of a construction supplies truck about to make a U-turn on Thepkrasattri Rd in Koh Kaew earlier today (Mar 26).
Phuket Governor inspects tour boat piers for Songkran safety
Phuket Governor inspects tour boat piers for Songkran safety
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong yesterday (Mar 25) led a team of officers to conduct safety checks on ferries and other tourist boats operating out of Rassada Pier as part of the annual safety drive for the Thai New Year Songkran festival next month.
EASTER BUFFET FEAST
EASTER BUFFET FEAST
Take your family to Pakarang at Le Meridien Phuket to savor a feast of traditional Easter favorites as well as new ones along with a rich seafood buffet of lobsters, oysters, and sizzling roast meat. The food is matched by great entertainment of magic, dance performances and balloon bending of toys and animals for all kids. THB 1,900 per adult / THB 199 per child.
Easter Brunch @ Xana Beach Club
Easter Brunch @ Xana Beach Club
Easter brunch 1,850++ THB per person, special Easter menu, beach egg hunt, egg painting contest, kid buffet, live music, massage corner, Kids below 6 dine free and age 6-12 enjoy special price 1,050++ per child.
Police hunt Phuket club attack suspects, club faces legal action over opening hours
Police hunt Phuket club attack suspects, club faces legal action over opening hours
PHUKET: Phuket police are hunting for three or four Thai men who attacked three other Thai men at a club near the Nimit Circle, also called the “Seahorse Circle”, in Phuket Town early on Sunday morning.
Thai man, 51, injured in Phuket motorbike collision
Thai man, 51, injured in Phuket motorbike collision
PHUKET: A 51-year-old man was injured on Saturday when his motorbike collided with another in Kathu.
Man steals Phuket boss’s car, goes back to work the next day
Man steals Phuket boss’s car, goes back to work the next day
PHUKET: Police have arrested a man and a woman after the man reportedly stole his employer’s car and then returned to work the next day as if nothing had happened.
Crane tower on trailer truck brings down Phuket power poles, six vehicles damaged
Crane tower on trailer truck brings down Phuket power poles, six vehicles damaged
PHUKET: A crane tower being transferred by trailer truck brought down five power poles in Kathu on Saturday damaging six vehicles and leaving local residents without electricity, telephone and internet supplies for several hours.
All safe after dive tour boat catches fire south of Phi Phi Island
All safe after dive tour boat catches fire south of Phi Phi Island
PHUKET: All 29 tourists and the seven crew members on board a tour dive boat that caught fire during a trip from Koh Lipe to Phi Phi Island are safe after being recovered by a fellow dive tour boat.
Unique Investment Opportunity
Unique Investment Opportunity
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37 dead, scores missing in Siberia shopping centre fire
37 dead, scores missing in Siberia shopping centre fire
RUSSIA: At least 37 people were killed when a fire ripped through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia, with scores more reported missing, including children.
Education Corner: Early Years education essentials
Education Corner: Early Years education essentials
As the classic children’s song goes, “The wise man built his house upon the rock”, and indeed, every builder worth his salt knows the importance of laying a firm foundation.
Prayut orders close watch on protesters
Prayut orders close watch on protesters
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered security forces to closely monitor political groups which are currently launching campaigns to unseat the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), according to a government spokesman.
Thousands turn out for 4th Supersports 10 Mile International Run 2018 Phuket at Thanyapura
Thousands turn out for 4th Supersports 10 Mile International Run 2018 Phuket at Thanyapura
PHUKET: A record-breaking 4,000 runners turned out to enjoy the 4th Supersports 10 Mile International Run 2018 Phuket at the award-winning Thanyapura Health & Sports Resort over the weekend (Mar 24-25).
Government urged to blitz corruption
Government urged to blitz corruption
BANGKOK: The government has been urged to bolster its fight against corruption amid the many scandals that have erupted involving state officials.
Thailand's monkeys use tools to crack nuts, shuck oysters
Thailand's monkeys use tools to crack nuts, shuck oysters
Wild macaque monkeys have learned to use tools to crack open nuts and even shuck oysters, researchers said last Wednesday (Mar 21), identifying a rare skill-set long thought to be the exclusive party trick of humans and chimps. Scientists from Britain and Thailand, where the native long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) feeds on sea almonds, oil palm nuts and the occasional bivalve, observed the monkeys using stones for two distinct tasks. Larger rocks, some weighing up to two kilograms, were used as a hammer to smash open nuts, while sharper stones formed knife-like levers to jimmy open prey such as oysters. Before the study, conducted on Thailand's Piak Nam Yai island, it was thought that only chimpanzees and bearded capuchins used stones to break open food in the wild. Professor Tomos Proffitt, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at University College London, who wrote the study, said it could have wide relevance to primate studies. "It contributes to our increasing understanding that not only apes and humans use tools for different tasks," he told AFP. "We should view macaques as highly intelligent problem solvers, in the same way that chimpanzees, capuchin monkeys are and early humans were also." Scientists in Brazil in 2016 observed wild-bearded capuchin monkeys hammering away at stones to create rough flakes similar to the tools first used by human forerunners. But one of the macaques' food sources, the oil palm, was only introduced to their island in the past few decades, meaning that the monkeys have learned to use tools to access its fruit for food extremely quickly, evolutionarily speaking. "What we see is that they are adapting this stone tool use to other food sources away from the coast," Proffitt said. "In many cases of primate tool use these behaviours are learnt by youngsters through many years of observation and is not something that is genetically coded into them." The study was published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Vettel snatches fortuitous victory from Hamilton at Aussie GP
Vettel snatches fortuitous victory from Hamilton at Aussie GP
Ferrari seized the first win of the season when Sebastian Vettel jumped pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton during a fortuitously timed pit stop under virtual safety car conditions.
What’SUP Phuket: Island gears up for 5th Thailand SUP Festival
What’SUP Phuket: Island gears up for 5th Thailand SUP Festival
PADDLEBOARDING: The Thailand SUP Festival is an annual showcase of Stand Up Paddling (SUP) brands and names which bring together SUP enthusiasts based in Thailand and international competitors for a fun and spirited weekend of networking and competition at one of Thailand’s most beautiful beaches.