Phuket Latest News

MALAYSIA: Discount carrier AirAsia yesterday (July 27) called for urgent repairs at Malaysias new budget airline terminal, claiming the tarmac was sinking.

PHUKET: Planning for a retirement overseas can be one of the most daunting financial planning goals a person can undertake in their lifetime. If you choose to live abroad, far removed from the “social safety net” offered by many developed or western nations, it is imperative that you do not run out of money during your retirement years.

PHUKET: Airports of Thailand has reported its June data, which showed increases in both aircraft movements and passengers at the six airports under its management.

SONGKHLA: Protesters boycotted a public hearing yesterday (July 27) on a new coal-fired power plant project planned for Thepha district, after being told they could not attend if they brought their protest placards.

The United States has kept Thailand on the bottom Tier 3 in its new report on human trafficking. The Government of Thailand does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, and is not making significant efforts to do so, the report said

Latest Malaysia up, Thailand left behind: The inequity of the US Trafficking in Persons Report gradings leaves one NGO and the Thai Government questioning whether a fair call has been made.

Around the Region Malaysia rises a trafficking notch; Vietnam calls on China to pull back; British man accused over drugs in Cambodia; Aussie dollar slips against $S.

PHUKET: Four of 18 Chinese tourists who were injured after the bus they were travelling in flipped on bypass rd yesterday (July 26) are still in hospital receiving treatment for their injuries. However, all expenses incurred are to be covered by the tour companyʼs insurer, Dhipaya Insurance.

PHUKET: Thai celebrities Sophie and Chinawut Indracusin today spearheaded a campaign to raise road-safety awareness among Phuket teenagers at an event at Phuket Technical College in Phuket Town.