Phuket Latest News

PHUKET: A Phuket woman has been charged under the Computer Crime Act and for fraud after she created a fake Facebook account by using someone else’s photo and a fake name in order to dupe people into sending her money for a camera they would never receive.

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongthada has poured scorn on the Samkong underpass project and because they have now extended their completion time three times has requested he be informed monthly on construction progress.

CRICKET: The British Club Bangkok (BCB) were in Phuket last weekend for their annual cricket trip to the Island. On Saturday (Oct 31) they played a 30-over-per-side social match against Thalang Cricket Team (TCT) at the ACG.

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongthada has decided to back track on an announcement made on Oct 28 by Vice Governoe Chokdee Amornwat that visitors to Phuket’s beaches wanting to use loungers and umbrellas will still have to do so in the dedicated 10 per cent zone.

Latest The winner of an anti-slavery Freedom Award says the life of the pregnant wife of a key witness in Thailand’s human trafficking investigation is now needlessly being placed at risk.

PHUKET: A Phuket land owner has been accused of illegal excavation and encroachment on a plot of land in Rassada after officials carried out a raid on the land on Tuesday following a tip-off on Facebook.

PHUKET: Former General Manager of Pepsi Co Thailand Foods, Mookda Pairatchavet, this month will arrive in Phuket to lead a business lecture titled “Get Entrepreneurial: Win in a Fast-changing Competitive Landscape”.

PHUKET: Five people were taken to hospital yesterday afternoon (Nov 4) following a three car collision on the south and northbound sides of Thepkassattri Rd in Thalang.

Latest A Chinese tourist headed for the departure lobby at Phuket International Airport was cut by flying glass when a vehicle mounted the footpath and crashed.