Phuket Latest News

Latest The interim report on the investigation into the disappearance of Flight MH370 fails to shed new light on any theories and says there is no evidence of a cockpit conspiracy.

Phuket Updating Digest Three still missing, cyclone may have hit catamaran; Phuket journalist fights on; Boiler room boss dies after marriage; Condos overflow in Bangkok; MH370 report fails to shed light.

Around the Region Music festival that claimed six lives canned in Singapore; US tried to extend monsoon in Vietnam War; MH370 report provides no additional info; Assies odd man out in Asia.

NIGERIA: Terrorist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in an audio message published online yesterday (March 7), after three bombs wreaked havoc in the northeast of the country, killing 58 and wounding scores.

Latest A backhoe will dig out a canal on Racha island to try to encourage the flow of water into the sea. But waste going into the canal also needs to be treated first, say environmentalists.

QUEBEC: Two Canadian sisters who were found dead in their Phi Phi Island hotel room in 2012 were probably killed by phosphine, a deadly chemical used to kill bedbugs, a Canadian coroner says.

PHUKET: A 63-year-old local man was arrested on Friday evening (March 6) at Chalong Circle after being caught in possession of about 310 reef fish which he was about to despatch to Bangkok for sale.

Latest The highly-regarded International Press Institute has dropped human trafficking from the agenda at its world congress in Burma, where use of the word ‘Rohingya’ is banned.

Phuket Updating Digest Prayuth criticises people who watch too much soap opera; Win a holiday at Amanpuri; Mother gives birth to son’s baby; Pitch invasions mars FA Cup battle.