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Brutal cold tests New York's New Year's Eve party
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Dress in layers, lay off the booze and bring some hand warmers. Those are some of the tips offered for the huge crowd of revellers expected in Times Square for what could be one of the coldest New Year's Eve ball drops on record.
The best of the Mediterranean coastline
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 12/01/2018
» Regulars and well-informed foodies know they can also trust Vesper, a multi-award-winning cocktail bar, when it comes to culinary perfection.
Sri Lanka lifts ban on women buying alcohol
Published on 13/01/2018
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has lifted a 38-year ban on women buying alcohol and working in places where alcoholic drinks are produced and sold.
Scandal won’t go away
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha needs to understand that this luxury watch scandal is a serious issue. This so-called “private matter” of his deputy will weigh heavily on his credibility as long as he stays on as Thailand’s prime minister -- and will never stops unless and until this apparently inappropriate behavioural problem is corrected.
Right to disclosure
News, Postbag, Published on 31/01/2018
» I defend the right of Nida Poll director Arnond Sakworawich to publish the findings of his poll on the watch scandal, (BP, Jan 29).
Just a couple of foodies
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 09/02/2018
» It's that time of the year when couples come out in full-force, restaurants are jampacked, roses and chocolates are more expensive, and single people are more bitter than usual. Yes, St Valentine's Day is upon us and that means couples all over the place. We could have just given you a list of places you could go to for a special dinner (actually, we did -- check our Food listings). But in lieu of the upcoming "festivities", if you could call it that, we decided to round up a number of foodie power couples to get to know their favourite restos and what they do during on this romantic day. Perhaps we noobs could learn a thing or two from them.
Booze ban fails to stop youths quaffing
News, Published on 14/02/2018
» The government says it is looking at stepping up efforts against underage drinking, while a recent survey revealed that 88% of youths aged under 20 could buy alcoholic drinks despite that being illegal.
Booze raid ‘was legitimate’
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/02/2018
» The Excise Department has denied social media allegations that its officials recently raided a shop in Ratchaburi without a search warrant and unlawfully seized alcohol from the business.
A border run with cause to pause
B Magazine, Published on 25/02/2018
» I've now visited Myanmar twice -- for a combined total of some 30 hours.
Swept under the rug
News, Postbag, Published on 09/03/2018
» Re: "Pros at probes", (PostBag, March 7).