PHUKET: Milo, the 13-year-old female orangutan recovered from jungle in Pa Khlok last Saturday (Feb 20), will be moved to a reserve in Ratchaburi, where she will stay until she is repatriated to Indonesia, The Phuket News has learned.
PHUKET: The driver of a motorbike was injured by a falling pylon this morning (Feb 25) when the driver of a 10-wheel truck attempted to drive the truck under low hanging cables and brought down five pylons in the process.
PHUKET XTRA - February 25 The Samkong countdown continues, Police blame the driver for Mondays bus crash, another Patong hotel jumper, Nok Air facing more pilot resignations, UberMoto hits BKK and teacher hitting kids for dressing like Hill Tribe children.
FOOTBALL: Alan Pardew wants to lead Crystal Palace to their “best season ever” after Martin Kelly’s FA Cup winner meant Tottenham Hotspur cannot now pull off a domestic double.
AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan saw a drop in opium cultivation this year for the first time since 2009, a United Nations report said, citing dry weather conditions as a key reason for the decline.
BOWLS: On a sweltering hot day in Phuket last Saturday (Feb 20), 16 international bowlers compete for this year’s “Blue Riband” event – “The Phuket Open” – at Kamala Lawn Bowls Club.
PHUKET: The Phuket Land Office on Tuesday (Feb 23) confirmed that only 27 of 715 plots of land within Sirinath National Park are legally owned following a lengthy investigation.
SWIMMING: The island of Phuket is renowned for its beautiful beaches surrounded by warm and clear tropical waters, yet no one has attempted to swim completely around the island – until now that is.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Tomas Pik has lost nothing of his lust for life despite the crippling disease that confined him to a wheelchair five years ago as the nerves in his limbs withered.