Phuket Latest News

Latest A 40 million baht ‘‘Hollywood Museum’’ is about to replace a glade of 32 trees that help make Phuket’s Nai Harn one of the Top 10 Beaches in Asia.

Latest A delegation of European envoys and the Canadian ambassador are scheduled to visit Phuket’s governor this month to discuss ways in which the island’s appeal to tourists can be enhanced.

Latest The election of the opposition is a start but reform in Myanmar has a long way to go. And there are unanswered questions about Aung San Suu Kyi.

BCCT in collaboration with Canadian, French, German, Irish and Netherlands chambers of commerce invites you to attend the Phuket Business Dinner An Ambassadors View on Thailand. British Ambassador H.E. Mark Kent will be speaking on An Ambassador&rsq…

Phuket Updating Digest Americans die in Jordan attack; Former TAT chief denies bribery; Military still hold power in Myanmar; Athletics world awaits damning drugs report.

Around the Region Myanmar rights remain an issue for new leaders; China talks with Cambodia; Indonesia’s haze still hell for many; Vietnam looks at losing footpaths to traffic.

INDIA: Ten Thai women were arrested in Jaipur, India on prostitution charges for allegedly running two brothels masquerading as massage parlours.

PHUKET: Public works officials put in a 12-hour shift last Thursday (Nov 5) to quickly repair a wastewater-treatment plant that was allowing black, untreated wastewater to flow onto Kata Beach.

PHUKET: A police officer was killed when he was hit by a minivan while waiting to make a u-turn on his motorbike at a set of traffic lights close to Phuket International Airport earlier today (Nov 9). It is alleged that the driver of the minivan was drunk at the time of the accident.