Phuket Latest News

Latest The South China Sea has become central to ‘‘massive reclamation activities’’ that now have China, the US and seaboard nations gnashing teeth and flexing muscles.

Phuket Updating Digest One of five arrests for trafficking women to China occurs on Phuket; Ash stops Bali flights again; Budget resorts on Samui struggling; African inames seek jail swap.

Around the Region Call for China to ease South China Sea growth; Five arrested over trafficking Thai women; TPP ‘making good progress’; Pedophile gets jail, says Russian media; Singapore’s success.

PHUKET: Hundreds of people turned out at the family home of Paiboon Upatising in Phuket Town yesterday (August 3) to mourn the death of the former Phuket Senator.

BANGKOK: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set its target at generating B2 trillion in revenue from tourism in 2016.

PHUKET: The Rotary Club of Patong Beach (RCoPB) has paid tribute to Paiboon Upatising, the late President of the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation (PPAO or OrBorJor), who was instrumental in founding the club in 2001.

PHUKET: A 22-year-old man from Krabi has been arrested for attempting to break open an ATM in Rawai by smashing the screen with a rock and then trying to pry open the cash-vending machine with a wrench.

PHUKET XTRA - August 4 Jellyfish warnings for Gulf, new levy for airport security, unorthodox method of ATM withdrawal and astonishing footage from Chinese floods. Phuket Xtra is sponsored by AKA Thailand. #PhuketNewsTV #PhuketTV

PHUKET: More than B500,000 worth of damage was caused yesterday (August 3) after a car caught fire at a residential property in Kathu and spread to two properties. Police have stated that they believe a short circuit in the car is to blame.