Phuket Latest News

The long wait for the US State Departments 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report will end tonight (July 27) when Secretary of State John Kerry releases the annual report detailing human trafficking in 188 countries, including the US.

PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a Myanmar national whose body was found floating near the main fishing port in Rassada, on the east side of Phuket Town, this morning (July 27).

SWIMMING: Fresh off claiming nine medals at the recent South East Asian (SEA) Games, five members of the BISP JSA Swim Academy, based at the British International School, Phuket (BISP), are racing in nine individual events at the 16th FINA World Championships, being held in Kazan, to August 9 2015.

PHUKET: A Russian man has regained consciousness after two weeks in a coma after the motorbike he was riding slammed into a Phuket police patrol car and killed his 19-year-old fiancée.

BANGKOK: Two bars in a northern suburb of Bangkok were the first establishments to be shut down under a new order issued by the military junta that bans selling alcohol within 300 metres of universities and schools throughout the country.

PHUKET: Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group’s plan to consolidate its aviation-related business is becoming a reality. Subsidiary Siam Land Flying Co (SLF) has won approval from Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) to build and run a private jet terminal and provide support services to general aviation operators at Phuket airport.

AMERICA: Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, has died at age 22, US media reported yesterday (July 26).

Latest Restrictions on the number of divers permitted in the Phuket-Andaman region are being considered to restore coral reefs and the diving industry, a meeting hears.

Latest With Southeast Asia looking for leadership on the humanitarian issue of boatpeople, Australia’s answer in turning away would-be refugees shows an appalling level of selfishness.