Phuket Latest News

Latest Two Chinese allegedly selling promotions to tourists on Phuket are reported to have offered Tourist Police a 100,000 baht bribe to keep the incident ‘‘secret.’‘

BANGKOK: The Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to set up a training programme for students in more than 3,000 schools nationwide under the Education Ministry’s “Teach Less, Learn More” pilot scheme, to help them become accredited local tour guides.

UNITED STATES: Twelve Pacific rim countries sealed the deal early Monday (Oct 5) on creating the world’s largest free trade area, delivering President Barack Obama a major policy triumph.

RUNNING: The Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation in collaboration with the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa and the MKMF partners hosted its annual fundraising community sports event, the 11th Mai Khao Marine Foundation Fun Run and Mini Marathon 2015, on Sunday (Oct 4) at the Pru Jeh San Lake on Mai Khao Beach.

HONG KONG: A homeless woman lay dead at a Hong Kong McDonald’s restaurant for hours surrounded by diners who failed to notice her, sparking concern over the city’s “McRefugees”.

BANGKOK: Police believe Odd Phayungwong, a Thai suspect who they say supplied bomb-making materials for the explosions at the Erawan shrine and Sathon pier in August, is still hiding in the country.

Latest The son of corrupt president Ferdinand Marcos is to run for election as philippines vice president in elections next year with most of his father’s vast wealth from graft still hidden.

Latest Protesters in a city in the southern Thailand province of Songkhla have delivered a letter to the Indonesian consulate, saying that children and the elderly were suffering and calling for a halt to the haze.

Latest Small boat drivers around the Phuket region have been warned of poor visibility after a speedboat captain in Indonesia blamed a crash that killed two passengers on hazardous haze.