Phuket Latest News

Latest As so often happens, day two racing was vastly different to day one. The Royal Thai Navy made the most of the auspicious occasion by coming up trumps.

Phuket Updating Digest Aviation decision coming; Phuket fishermen rescued; Students protected from residents, says PM; Manchester United on hard times; Trump could be banned from Britain.

Around the Region Three parked 747s in Malaysia yet to be claimed; Myanmar opens stock exchange today; Indonesia has wealth as well as poverty; Singapore’s pragmatic US connection.

SWIMMING: The final day of the SEA Age Championships saw BISP JSA Swim Academy swimmers Chantal Liew, Nicholle Toh and Wong Fu Kang add 2 more Golds and 2 Silvers to the team’s medal haul.

GOLF: Last weekend saw Laguna Phuket Golf Club host the 1st Phuket Interclub Golf Trophy, consisting of 3 rounds of Matchplay golf between the best 12 players from Laguna Phuket and Blue Canyon golf clubs.

PHUKET: The opening of the B600-million Darasamut Underpass in April this year has done much to alleviate traffic congestion at the busy intersection, but mainly by force-feeding traffic to a choke point “down the road”, according to respondents to the latest online poll by The Phuket News.

PHUKET XTRA - December 8
Chalong casino raided, Andaman tourist explosion, Bagnoto busted with weapons and the Youth Talent Competition.

SOUTH AFRICA: Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will appear in court today (Dec 8) for a bail hearing that could put him back in prison after he was convicted of his girlfriend’s murder on appeal.

PHUKET: Two Thai and four Myanmar nationals were rescued by marine rescue teams yesterday (Dec 7) when their fishing vessel started to sink off the coast of Phuket.