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Valentine's Day Quiz: Questions of love and romance
Valentine's Day Quiz: Questions of love and romance
This Valentine’s Day The Phuket News is putting your knowledge of love and romance to the test with our bumper quiz. Try your luck answering some of these tricky questions and find out if your Valentine’s Day game is up to scratch. Good luck! The answers are at the bottom of the page.
Phuket’s MaAnn pressured over Supreme Court beach evictions
Phuket’s MaAnn pressured over Supreme Court beach evictions
PHUKET: MaAnn Samran, chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) has been directly questioned about his ability to carry out Supreme Court evictions on 178 rai of beachfront land at Layan and Leypang beaches, on Phuket’s west coast.
Thai female, Chinese tourists injured in Patong Hill bus crash
Thai female, Chinese tourists injured in Patong Hill bus crash
PHUKET: A Thai woman sustained serious injuries while four Chinese tourists suffered minor injuries when a tour bus’ brakes failed and collided with a car and a motorbike on Patong Hill last night (Feb 13).
Phuket Poll: Should Thailand build the Kra Canal?
Phuket Poll: Should Thailand build the Kra Canal?
PHUKET: Since The Phuket News posted its special report on the Kra Canal earlier this month, the potential mega-project has rated high in the news with international press reports from Malaysia and Singapore attempting to downplay the importance the canal could have for Thailand.
Myanmar still not safe for Rohingya to return: UN refugee chief
Myanmar still not safe for Rohingya to return: UN refugee chief
MYANMAR: Myanmar has failed to put in place conditions for the safe return of 688,000 Rohingya refugees who fled an army crackdown six months ago, the UN refugee chief said on Monday (Feb 12).
Embattled Premchai in dock over land deals
Embattled Premchai in dock over land deals
BANGKOK: The Royal Forestry Department will press charges against a company belonging to relatives of Premchai Karnasuta, the embattled president of Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), for encroaching on over 6,000 rai of public forest land in Loei’s Phu Ruea district.
Phuket beachfront businesses at Layan, Leypang ordered: ‘Get out, or be demolished’
Phuket beachfront businesses at Layan, Leypang ordered: ‘Get out, or be demolished’
PHUKET: Vendors who do not vacate the beachfront plots they occupy at Layan and Leypang on Phuket’s west coast in defiance of a Supreme Court judgement face having their businesses demolished after March 5.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Python caught bare-handed! Hunger strike? Explosives found! || February 13
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Python caught bare-handed! Hunger strike? Explosives found! || February 13
PHUKET XTRA - February 13 Python caught bare-handed! Killer punch! Hunger strike against power plants! Explosives found in rental room? Nai Harn construction halted? Hosted by: JP Mestanza ThePhuketNews.com || #Phuket
Phuket hunt for coral-touching divers reveals speedboat danger ‘safety stop’
Phuket hunt for coral-touching divers reveals speedboat danger ‘safety stop’
PHUKET: A dive tour boat operator has responded to reports of divers holding onto corals off Phuket with the explanation that the divers were forced to take action as speedboats were passing dangerously overhead.
Phuket to celebrate Chinese New Year Feb 21, Lantern Festival returns
Phuket to celebrate Chinese New Year Feb 21, Lantern Festival returns
PHUKET: Unlike elsewhere in Thailand, official celebrations for Chinese New Year in Phuket will not begin until Feb 21, while the Phuket Lantern Festival, after taking a hiatus last year, makes its return this year taking place from Feb 9 through to Mar 2.
Minister says he won’t resign over watches comments
Minister says he won’t resign over watches comments
BANGKOK: Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin says he will not resign following his comments on Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon’s luxury watches scandal.
Single house for sale
Single house for sale
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Snapchat redesign sparks backlash among some users
Snapchat redesign sparks backlash among some users
Snapchat's latest app redesign, aimed at broadening the appeal of the youth-oriented social network, sparked a backlash from many users complaining about the abrupt overhaul of their preferred service.
Phuket rescue workers catch three-metre long python with bare hands
Phuket rescue workers catch three-metre long python with bare hands
PHUKET: Members of the Phuket Raumjai Rescue Foundation yesterday found and caught a three-metre long python found in bushes in the central reservation of Pra Phuket Kaew Rd in Kathu.
Construction of Phuket ‘eyesore residences’ halted again as officials deem land claim illegal
Construction of Phuket ‘eyesore residences’ halted again as officials deem land claim illegal
PHUKET: Construction of the luxury residence at Krathing Cape, overlooking Nai Harn Bay on Phuket’s southwest coast, has been ordered to stop following an inspection yesterday (Feb 12) that deemed the site to be on protected forest land.
Police arrest third Phuket bus drug mule in five days
Police arrest third Phuket bus drug mule in five days
PHUKET: Tha Chatchai Police yesterday arrested a 24-year-old Thai man caught attempting to transport Category 1 drugs through the Phuket Checkpoint on a Hat Yai-Phuket bus.
Phuket state kindergartens to remain open year-round
Phuket state kindergartens to remain open year-round
PHUKET: All state-run kindergartens on the island to remain open year-round, including through regular school holidays, as apart of a government initiative to support working parents.
Wine Dinner at Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket
Wine Dinner at Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket
Price: THB 2,500++ per person. Time: 6 - 10:30 PM. Venue: Award-winning Italian restaurant "La Trattoria". And the best fishing kayak is very important for beginners. Dress Code: Smart Casual. Special Offer! Enjoy 20% OFF when booking for 4 persons or more.
Oxfam deputy head resigns after Haiti sex scandal
Oxfam deputy head resigns after Haiti sex scandal
UNITED KINGDOM: The deputy chief executive of Oxfam yesterday (Feb 12) resigned over the British charity’s handling of a prostitution scandal in Haiti involving its staff members and allegations of similar behaviour in Chad.
Accused poacher-tycoon ‘still in Thailand’
Accused poacher-tycoon ‘still in Thailand’
BANGKOK: Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) accused of poaching wildlife in a Kanchanaburi World Heritage sanctuary, is still in the country, his lawyer has insisted.