PHUKET: Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat has warned Kamala beach vendors that if they do not follow the rules set out in the Phuket Beach Model they will have no place to carry out their business as the beach will be declared a virgin beach where no business is allowed.
NIGERIA: A toddler not yet out of nappies lies motionless in a hospital ward, her skin seared red raw by burns. A 12-year-old boy opposite her nurses the bandaged stump where his right hand used to be.
POOL: There were only four games played in last Thursday’s Patong Pool League with Natalie and Andaman Sea bars, who were due to take on each other, having to pull out their teams due to a number of the team players reporting in as sick, let’s hope they got doctor’s certificates to prove it!
INDIA: In the tiny hamlet of Mawlynnong in India’s far north east, plastic is banned and spotless paths are lined with flowers – but its reputation as Asia’s cleanest village has proved a mixed blessing.
PHUKET: A taxi driver was killed and three tourists injured when the vehicle they were in crashed into a crane truck on bypass road this morning (Mar11).
GOLF: The award-winning Laguna Golf Phuket is teaming up again with the British International School, Phuket (BISP) to organize the 2nd Laguna Phuket Junior Golf Tournament. Scheduled for March 27, the event is aimed at growing the game of golf with tomorrow’s future champions.
AFGHANISTAN: After risking death on the migrant trail and two months in “nightmarish” refugee centres in Germany, Mohammed Asif bought a one-way ticket back to Afghanistan, relinquishing his lifelong dream of asylum in Europe.
GOLF: In April 2009 over 100 International guests descended on Phuket to take part in the very first Phuket Oilfield Classic, which is primarily for Oil and Gas Golfing executives staged to raise awareness and funds for a Phuket based Children’s Charity; however everyone is welcome to take part.
Authorities who cannot muster enough evidence to prosecute “influential” police, military and local officials will require they sign pledges to end their dubious activities, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said yesterday (Mar 11).