Phuket Latest News

IRAQ: Haneen, who has spent most of her life in orphanages, says she used to stay weeks locked up in herself, aimlessly eating, watching TV and sleeping through each day.

The new look Metzo’s Bistro and Bar at Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort reopened on September 28 after a US$250,000 (B8.89 million), three-month makeover. With acclaimed Lebanese chef Mustapha Haj Omar at the helm, the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurant is now on a culinary mission to regale Phuket’s tourists and residents.

PHUKET: A 59-year-old Thai man died during a visit to a massage parlour in Phuket Town’s redlight area Phoonpon last night (Oct 18). Police have yet to confirm the cause of death.

Police have arrested two Russian men wanted in their home country on charges of smuggling chemicals and fraud, and a convicted Australian paedophile who allegedly entered Thailand illegally.

CENTRAL REGION: The seizure of 382 guns, 100 bombs and a huge haul of illicit drugs in Central region provinces surrounding Bangkok during a week-long crime suppression drive has shocked police.

Dive Supply held its Annual InHouse Exhibition last Friday (Oct 9) to welcome in this year’s coming dive season to Phuket and the Andaman coast dive community.

Latest About four million baht in copy goods were nabbed in raids on about 12 stores and stalls in Patong by the Economic Crime Suppression Division and the Department of Intellectual Property.

Latest A group of big bikes made too much noise passing through Khao Yai national park but it was the lone motorcyclist on a smaller motorcycle who suffered.

Latest Encroachment over canals has led to flooding in Patong - and now the much-needed Patong Tunnel is unlikely to be built because those canals are no longer there.