Phuket Latest News

SINGAPORE: It was an absolutely incredible night for British International School, Phuket (BISP) in the pool on Sunday (June 7) at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, currently underway in Singapore.

FOOTBALL: Phuket FC struggled to maintain their dignity in an all-too-close friendly match last night (June 9) against Division 2 side, Surat FC.

A bird that was once one of the most abundant in Europe and Asia is being hunted to near extinction because of Chinese eating habits, according to a study published on yesterday (June 9).

PHUKET: A man wanted by police in Krabi was shot dead yesterday (June 9) as he attempted to flee from them though a palm plantation in the province̕s Klong Thom district.

FUTSAL: Phuket United are now in 4th place of the kingdoms elite five-a-side league, having upped their winning streak to three last Sunday (June 7).

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has given former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra until June 30 to report to the commission to acknowledge charges over the payment of compensation to red-shirt victims of political protests.

Latest Phuket and other international airports in Thailand have joined Singapore’s Changi in checking flights from South Korea and with South Korean connections for signs of passengers carrying the Mers virus.

Latest Anti-trafficking volunteers, credited with interrupting the supply of boatpeople through the Andaman, have taken up other issues and arrested a gang mixing illegal drug potions.

Latest Slowly but with growing impact, the lifeguard course run by one pioneering Phuket resort has achieved its aim of improving standards of safety on the region’s beaches and beside pools.