Observations on the demise of the Phuket Football Club
Tim Newton, camera-in-hand, filming commentary from Steve Johnston at Surakul Stadium, circa 2013.
In 2013 and 2014 I was attending most of the Phuket FC...
Toon inspires a nation. Prawit has a lot of explaining to...
Two Thai men, probably at the peak of their careers. One inspiring a nation. The other making disgraceful comments and ‘mis-speaking’ about the death...
Genocide in our back-yard
"...any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:...
Thinking of coming to Thailand at the end of October?
COMMENTARY: Tim Newton
Don’t come to Thailand at the end of October if you expect things to be the same same. For all the right...
250,000 baht in a day. Patong’s para-sailing business.
Following the death of Australian 70 year old businessman, Roger Hussey, in July and the subsequent investigation and promises for a 'crackdown' on the...
SEA Games silence is deafening
ON DECK
with Duncan Worthington
Sailing at the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia has just wrapped up. What? I hear you ask. You didn't know there...
Two decades of Shinawatra influence fades as Yingluck flees
EDITORIAL
Now a fugitive from Thai justice, just like her brother, Yingluck Shinawatra is thought to have fled the country as early as last Wednesday....
Animal shows in Phuket. ‘Not in my back yard’!
OPINION by Tim Newton
Three years ago the issue came into sharp focus in Phuket when a Ukraine company established ‘Nemo’, the first dolphinarium in Phuket,...
Bangkok Deputy Governor’s bad case of foot-in-mouth
EDITORIAL
Yesterday we reported on the current figures relating to HIV infection in Bangkok. Although the statistics look bad, in isolation, the general trend is...
‘Safety’ mayhem on Phuket’s waters
Editorial by Duncan Worthington
Let’s be clear from the off that we’re talking about speedboats, specifically day tour operators who pack in the tourists on...
