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A Phuket icon turns 90

Saturday 28 June 2025 12:00 PM

“Phuket is like a stage where everyone is an actor in an absurdist comedy of errors! It’s insane, but it’s never boring”

Last chance at love: Soi Dog Foundation seeks foster carers for hospice dogs

Phuket Life / Community

Saturday 14 June 2025 11:00 AM

Animal welfare organisation Soi Dog Foundation is calling on residents of Phuket and Phang Nga to join its newly launched hospice foster programme, an initiative designed to provide love, care and dignity to shelter dogs with chronic or life-limiting conditions such as heart disease, kidney disease and cancer.

Phuket fund-raiser helps Child Foundation sustainability goals flourish

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 8 June 2025 06:00 PM

A fund-raising initiative held in Phuket late last year has provided a major boost to the Thai Child Development Foundation (TCDF) facility in Paksong, near Ranong.

Phuket leading by example during Pride Month

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 25 May 2025 11:00 AM

Phuket is once again stepping into the spotlight this June as it hosts one of Thailand's most anticipated events celebrating diversity, inclusion and human rights. Phuket Pride 2025 is shaping up to be the island’s boldest and brightest edition yet, running throughout June from under the unifying theme, “Be You, Be Equality.”

Community rallies to support stricken bar manager at charity golf day

Phuket Life / Community

Saturday 17 May 2025 10:00 AM

The local Phuket community came together on Sunday, May 4 for a bespoke charity day to support the popular manager of Pepper’s Sports Bar, Steve Barrett, who fell ill earlier this year and remains bed-ridden at home still undergoing care.

Cycling down memory lane

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 6 April 2025 02:00 PM

Turning 76 while riding a bicycle, as I recently did, is not for the faint-hearted, well not in Phuket’s torrid maelstrom it’s not!

Phuket gains ground as LGBTQIA+ hub

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 23 March 2025 12:00 PM

Phuket has once again proven why it stands at the forefront of LGBTQIA+ diversity, equity and inclusion in Southeast Asia. On Mar 14, the Bangkok Rainbow Organisation, in collaboration with Diversity In Thailand (DIT) and TransTalents Consulting Group, hosted the groundbreaking ‘3P Paradigm: Sustainable Impact Through Pride-Public-Private Partnership’ seminar at Prince of Songkla University (PSU) in Phuket.

Phuket needs more shady deals

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 16 March 2025 11:00 AM

There’s a creeping blight of Seven-Elevens, Makros, SuperCheaps and Tesco Lotus’s slowly eating into the leafy fabric of once pristine Phuket. We all know that.

LGBTQIA+: Thailand celebrates with Pride

Phuket Life / Community

Saturday 22 February 2025 11:00 AM

Celebrated by the UK in February each year, Pride History Month is a time to reflect on the struggles, victories, and ongoing journey of the LGBTQ+ community. While many associate Pride with parades and celebrations, Thailand’s LGBTQ+ history runs much deeper - shaped by cultural, political, and social movements that have gradually paved the way for greater acceptance and legal recognition.

Phuket’s ‘Caveman’ turns 80

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 9 February 2025 03:30 PM

John Gray is one of the Andaman’s most iconic and internationally famous characters who reached his 80th birthday just a few weeks ago. What better way to celebrate the life of this extraordinary man than to take a nostalgic peak at John’s unique trajectory, both through his life and through this amazing part of the world which he calls home.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 26 January 2025 12:00 PM

‘Hurry! The bombs are falling and we need to run. Quickly choose what you want to take with you. You’re allowed one thing and it must be light. We’ll be on the road for months.’ Yusef looked around his room – what was his most precious thing? If he took his stamps they could sell them if they needed money later, but there was his ancient teddy that his daddy gave him when he was born, and a piece of coral he had collected the only time he had ever seen the sea.

LGBTQIA+: Education, Awareness and Acceptance

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 19 January 2025 11:00 AM

Education is one of the most powerful tools for shaping a society. It not only equips individuals with knowledge but also moulds their attitudes, beliefs and values. In Thailand, where the new Marriage Equality Law is set to take effect on Wednesday (Jan 22), education has the potential to be a cornerstone for fostering understanding and acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Skål Phuket’s vision for the future

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 5 January 2025 11:00 AM

As Skål International Phuket transitions from Eddy Brosse’s impactful presidency to Bas van Straten’s promising leadership, the club reflects on its achievements and anticipates an exciting future.

LGBTQIA+: Phuket and the ‘Pink Dollar’

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 22 December 2024 12:15 PM

Phuket has long been celebrated for its stunning beaches, vibrant nightlife and unique cultural blend. With the legalisation of gay marriage via Thailand’s Marriage Equality Law on Jan 22, 2025, Phuket is poised to strengthen its reputation as a safe and welcoming destination, particularly for the LGBTQIA+ community. Beyond its scenic beauty, Phuket is now ready to become a global leader in ‘inclusive tourism’, a move that not only celebrates diversity but also taps into the powerful economic influence of the ‘Pink Dollar’.

Throwing youths a lifeline

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 1 September 2024 02:30 PM

By year’s end, the Phuket Veterans, formally known as the International Veterans Association (or IVA), will be looking to hold special courses for young adult volunteers to improve their life skills.

Taking the Rotary reins in Patong

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 4 August 2024 11:00 AM

As the 10 Rotary Clubs in Phuket held a joint club presidents installation ceremony at The Pago Design Hotel Phuket on July 12, Carol-Ann ‘Cabbie’ Rein took the reins as President of the Rotary Club of Patong Beach, the only English-language Rotary club on the island. Here in a statement to The Phuket News, Cabbie introduces herself and outlines her goals as Club President for the term 2024-2025.

Better by the dozen: Phuket Drum Circle celebrates 12th Anniversary

Phuket Life / Community

Saturday 20 July 2024 11:00 AM

Approaching a drum circle for the first time may seem like you’re in an Indiana Jones movie. It’s a strange new land with different rhythms interweaving simultaneously, a tribal feel, and all kinds of people. For many, a drum circle is a strange activity and as such they avoid it.

Crafting a Cherng Talay community

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 14 July 2024 11:00 AM

As the building boom across Phuket continues, a lack of facilities to support this growth is starting to become apparent. Are there enough facilities on the island to accommodate the influx of new residents? An increase in young families means a need for infrastructure to be built around them. This is where Flying Lizard comes in.

Thai trans people push to be ’truly’ accepted

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 5 May 2024 11:00 AM

Stethoscope over her white coat, Thai doctor Kachisarah Sridakhot walks hospital corridors hoping to beat a path for other trans women to be fully accepted in the kingdom.

Phuket remembers Loren Hollingsworth

Phuket Life / Community

Monday 22 April 2024 02:15 PM

Loren B Hollingsworth, beloved husband, father, friend, and missionary went home to be with the Lord April 7, 2024 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, surrounded by his loved ones.

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