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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.
The trivial villain
The trivial villain
Skyscraper is the new Hollywood action blockbuster starring the highly bankable Dwayne Johnson. Affirmed from the recently published Forbes annual list of the world’s best-paid celebrities, The Rock rolled in fifth, earning a mountainous $124m US in acting-related duties last year alone.
Search for Phuket croc turns to Bang Tao estuaries, reward offered
Search for Phuket croc turns to Bang Tao estuaries, reward offered
PHUKET: The hunt for the elusive crocodile now believed to be in the Bang Tao area today began focussing on the small estuaries in the area.
Four escape wipeout north of Phuket Town
Four escape wipeout north of Phuket Town
PHUKET: Four men in a pickup truck were lucky to escape without serious injury in the early hours of this morning (July 27) when the pickup truck they were travelling in wiped out and struck a car parked by the side of the roadside north of Phuket Town.
Body washes ashore Karon Beach
Body washes ashore Karon Beach
PHUKET: Police are hoping to confirm the identity of a body that washed ashore at Karon Beach in the early hours of this morning (July 27).
Mercedes still the underdogs
Mercedes still the underdogs
FORMULA ONE: Mercedes didn’t have the fastest car at the German Grand Prix, but even this plain fact couldn’t stop the Silver Arrows from marching to a memorable one-two victory.
Love snares fugitive suspect who visited wife in jail
Love snares fugitive suspect who visited wife in jail
SONGKHLA: Their life torn apart by drugs, love drew them back together - and put both behind bars. Akarapakorn Ngamboonrid was captured by police yesterday (July 26) while visiting his wife, Suchada Ruengsunk, an inmate at the Correctional Institute for Women in Muang district.
Phuket observes Asarnha Bucha Day
Phuket observes Asarnha Bucha Day
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong this morning led the island’s top-ranking officials to join blessing and merit-making ceremonies at Wat Wichit Sangkaram in Phuket Town to honour Asarnha Bucha Day, the “day of Dharma”.
Coastal Marine Conservation. Is the tide finally a changin’?
Coastal Marine Conservation. Is the tide finally a changin’?
On Thursday, July 19 a huge wave of plastic washed up on the shoreline of the Dominican Republic covering the entire beach at Playa Montesinos. As a result, more than 30 tons of plastic waste was collected from the area.
Traps set at Bang Tao as croc tracks found
Traps set at Bang Tao as croc tracks found
PHUKET: Traps have been set in the Bang Tao area on Phuket’s west coast in the hope of catching the crocodile that has eluded expert hunters for the past week.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Tourist swept away! 10 hours per day? Student loan saga! || Phuket
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Tourist swept away! 10 hours per day? Student loan saga! || Phuket
PHUKET XTRA - July 26 Tourist swept away, still missing |:| Phuket’s dangerous surf |:| Thailand sending relief to Laos |:| Over 10 hours online per day! |:| Student loan saga Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Phuket Police on alert for suspects in Ranong slaying
Phuket Police on alert for suspects in Ranong slaying
PHUKET: Phuket Police are on alert for two men wanted for shooting a man point blank in the head in outside a nightclub in Ranong Province last Sunday night (July 22).
Indian tourist missing, swept out to sea from Phuket beach
Indian tourist missing, swept out to sea from Phuket beach
PHUKET: A rescue team from the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command is searching off Phuket’s west coast for an Indian national who was swept out to sea at Karon Beach late yesterday afternoon (July 25).