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Game plans gleam at the season’s final ‘major’ bowls competition
Game plans gleam at the season’s final ‘major’ bowls competition
BOWLS: The final ‘major’ competition of the bowls high season took place at Kamala Lawn Bowls Club in Saturday’s searing heat – The Champions League Pairs (Mar 9).
Happy Holistay: Make a splash on a Phuket staycation
Happy Holistay: Make a splash on a Phuket staycation
We can all find ourselves guilty of failing to see what’s right in front of us. So quick are we to look beyond Phuket for city or beach breaks that we by­pass the expert hospitality available on our very door­step.
Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General
Last week, The Phuket News published an article titled ’Salem’s Lot’, which challenged the ’trial by media’ aspect of the #MeToo movement. Here, Tyler Roney, a Bangkok-based writer and editor and currently the editor-in-chief of the travel magazine Travelogues from luxury tour designer Remote Lands, gives his appraisal of that article and the arguments proposed therein.
Island woes hurting investment, Phuket infrastructure needs urgent attention, says new PCC President
Island woes hurting investment, Phuket infrastructure needs urgent attention, says new PCC President
PHUKET: Thanusak Phungdet, the newly installed President of the Phuket Chamber of Commerce, has placed poor infrastructure development among the top issues concerning the island’s tourism industry.
Asana essentials: Yoga postures for any ability part 2
Asana essentials: Yoga postures for any ability part 2
Hi and welcome to part two of my top six yoga postures (asanas) for a happier body and a healthier life.
Phuket Opinion: Cashing in on the ‘Smart City’
Phuket Opinion: Cashing in on the ‘Smart City’
PHUKET: It’s been a long time coming, and on Monday (Mar 11) we heard it again: The government is gearing up to achieve its target of 30 smart cities in 24 provinces, including Phuket, by next year and hopes to transform 100 cities nationwide to smart cities by 2022.
Worker, 25, electrocuted by high-voltage cable
Worker, 25, electrocuted by high-voltage cable
PHUKET: A 25-year-old worker died after he accidentally touched a high-voltage power cable still connected to the power pole where he was working in Chalong early yesterday afternoon (Mar 16).
Salem’s Lot: The slow and painful death of modern man
Salem’s Lot: The slow and painful death of modern man
What do you call a male witch? A wizard? Warlock? The word ‘witch’ derives from the Old English nouns wicca (male) and wicce (female). A witch can be both male or female in form.
Patong taxi driver surrenders, charged for street slaying
Patong taxi driver surrenders, charged for street slaying
PHUKET: A taxi driver wanted for shooting dead another taxi driver in broad daylight at a taxi rank on Phra Metta Rd, Patong, has handed himself in to police.
Hamilton takes pole at Australian Grand Prix
Hamilton takes pole at Australian Grand Prix
FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton will lead an all-Mercedes front row after the reigning world champion snatched pole position from teammate Valtteri Bottas at the death.
Police warn of election alcohol bans
Police warn of election alcohol bans
Phuket Provincial Police have cautioned business operators that the national election on Mar 24 and the early voting to be conducted tomorrow (Mar 17) will see two bans on the sale of alcohol over this weekend and next weekend.
Almost 50k people register in Phuket for early voting
Almost 50k people register in Phuket for early voting
PHUKET: At total of 49,324 people will cast their votes in Phuket in the early voting tomorrow (Mar 17) ahead of the national election to be held next weekend, the Phuket office of the Election Commission (PEC) has announced.
Phuket’s Tourist Triad
Phuket’s Tourist Triad
You don’t really know a place until you have lived there. That’s what they say, anyway. For visitors or those new to Phuket, a lack of local knowl­edge can sometimes lead to serious problems.
Australian Grand Prix: is this finally Ferrari’s year?
Australian Grand Prix: is this finally Ferrari’s year?
FORMULA 1: Mercedes has dominated all five years of Formula One’s turbo-hybrid era, winning an incredible 74 of 100 races since 2014 to claim a quintet of drivers-constructors championship doubles, but emerging from the cold European winter are buds of hope that promise to bloom into a rival title challenge.
Man, 82, dead after motorbike struck by BMW
Man, 82, dead after motorbike struck by BMW
An 82-year-old Thai man riding a motorbike died after he was hit by a car in Thalang yesterday (Mar 15).
Phuket officials turn to satellites for marine safety
Phuket officials turn to satellites for marine safety
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai this week held a meeting with the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) to discuss the development of an information system that will gather data to assist with marine activity in a bid to prevent future marine disasters.
Spurs slump gives rivals Champions League hope
Spurs slump gives rivals Champions League hope
FOOTBALL: As Arsenal played out the final stages of a hugely significant 2-0 victory over Manchester United to propel themselves back into the Premier League top four, cries of “Tottenham Hotspur we’re coming for you” rang out around the Emirates.
Patong Pool League: Kwan’s Birdie, Caddy Shack battle for top
Patong Pool League: Kwan’s Birdie, Caddy Shack battle for top
POOL: The 17th round of Patong Pool League (PPL) sponsored by Thailand Pool Tables and Genius 2 Garden and Restaurant was played on Thursday (Mar 14).
Mission of Mercy: The humanitarian vessel that needs our help
Mission of Mercy: The humanitarian vessel that needs our help
It’s 1892 in a shipyard in Ølve, Norway, and brothers Ole and Johann Nerhus are busy build­ing Vega, the magnificent cargo ship-cum-naval man o’ war vessel you see below.
New Zealand mosque attack suspect charged with murder
New Zealand mosque attack suspect charged with murder
NEW ZEALAND: A right-wing extremist who filmed himself on a rampage that left 49 mosque-goers dead flashed a white power sign as he appeared in a New Zealand court today charged with murder.