Phuket Latest News

This week travel we continue with the final part of Hong Kong trip with Anton.

BANGKOK: The Revenue Department will submit a list of 14 additional officials suspected of involvement in a fraudulent value-added tax (VAT) refund scam in recent years to the Finance Ministry.

Let me introduce Outta the Box!, the improvisation wing of Theatrix Group. Our fledgling just-out-of-the-nest (or box!) troupe will perform its first-ever show, “Outta The Box Presents”, for a living, breathing audience at the Book Café on June 20, with the curtain going up at 7:30pm. Don’t miss it! Fun and laughs for everyone, for a mere B150.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: A Malaysia Airlines passenger flight made an emergency landing in Melbourne on Friday (June 12) after its aircraft systems signalled an engine fire, Australian authorities said, with the carrier grounding the jet for inspections.

Local young rockers Legends of Siam have been quietly busy in recent months. The band released their debut album ’This Means War’ at the end of February with a raucous show at the Hard Rock Café in Phuket. In May they were featured in an article in the famed American publication The Wall Street Journal, and now they are making inroads with radio in target local and international markets.

PHUKET: Every now and then a seemingly routine declaration of war on corruption by Thailand’s leader of the day carries with it something different – a whiff of hope that actual change may be in the wind. The national broadcast by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday (June 8) brought exactly that.

In Patong, with all its glory and famous nightlife, you would never imagine finding such a hidden gem. But, tucked away, and yet only minutes away from all the hustle and bustle, lies the Grand Mercure Phuket Patong.

The lovebird refers to one of nine species of bird that falls under the Agapornis genus. In Thai it is also referred to as the lovebird, the pronunciation in Thai, due to transliteration would be “Lerv Berd”.