Phuket Latest News

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration Office, whose computer system has reportedly not been working since yesterday (Sept 28), has confirmed that the system is now ‘back to normal’, however, officials refused to elaborate on why the system ‘down’.

FORMULA ONE: Malaysia will take its bow from the Formula One stage this weekend with the final running of the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit on Sunday (Oct 1).

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong yesterday gave rewards to 10 areas around the island which have been deemed by officials as being best in the ‘Keep Phuket Clean By Our Hand and Hearts’ project.

PHUKET: The Chief of the Hat Nopparat- Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park Mr Worapot Lomlim has confirmed to The Phuket News today (Sept 29) that Maya Bay at Koh Phi Phi Don will go into a “restoration period” from June until September next year by not allowing boats to access that bay.

BANGLADESH: At least 15 people drowned and scores are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya families capsized off Bangladesh yesterday (Sept 28), as UN chief Antonio Guterres exhorted Myanmar’s leaders to end the refugees’ “nightmare”.

BANGKOK: A Polish man has confessed to filling a Bangkok ATM with inflammable gas before blowing it and making off with more than B300,000 in cash in mid-September, according to Bangkok police.

PHUKET: A team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) arrived in Phuket yesterday to investigate the controversial Cape Krathing property development and have said that it is likely that the Chanote issued for the land is likely to be illegal.

BANGKOK: Police searched the residences of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her close aide in Bangkok yesterday (Sept 28) to look for clues about her escape from a five-year jail sentence relating to corruption in her rice-pledging scheme.