Phuket Latest News

Latest A young student aged 19 loved her boyfriend so much that when he told her their romance was at an end, she decided her life was over. The tragedy has Phuket in tears.

PHUKET: Australian businessman Mark Pendelbury, accused of murder, was bailed last night (March 12) in the sum of B500,000.

Security officials have arrested a woman alleged to be the mastermind of the Criminal Court car park bombing.

British author Terry Pratchett, creator of the science fantasy Discworld novels, died on yesterday (March 12) aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimers disease, his publishers said.

CRICKET: As Songkran approaches, the temperature has been rising in the Phuket Cricket Group’s (PCG) 40-Over League. Laguna comfortably secured victory scoring an impressive 257-5 from 41 overs including a maiden century from Arif Mushtaq last Sunday (March 8) at the Alan Cooke Ground (ACG).

Tragedy in Patong last night. An altercation leads to death of Thai security staff.

Latest Tuk-tuk drivers close to the scene of a fatal stabbing outside a Patong nightclub will only be interviewed if an Australian expat facing a murder charge lays a complaint, say the police investigator.

PHOTO ALBUM The mayor’s plan to restore permission for tourists to bring their own chairs to the beach at Patong was rejected by Phuket’s governor in the latest development in the long-running saga.

Latest Chinese tourists will usually breach any cultural norm they come across and that’s proved to be the case in Thailand where hand-basins are being used to wash feet.