Phuket Latest News

FOOTBALL: A 2-0 first-round upset loss was enough to knock Phuket FC out of the Toyota League Cup last Saturday (April 18) as they fell to Lampang in Northern Thailand.

Latest The EU decision to issue a yellow card to Thailand over fishing discrepancies leads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to bemoan the decision. Real change on the ground may be on the way.

SWIMMING: Thanyapura Phuket has teamed with swimmings governing international body FINA to award 38 scholarships to Southeast Asia swimmers that will allow them to train and live at the world class facility for a year and receive a wildcard entry into the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Latest Police and other authorities will not confiscate umbrellas and beach chairs from tourists on Phuket’s west coast beaches, the holiday island’s governor promised honorary consuls.

Latest Police on Puket have referred tourists who claim they were raped on Phi Phi to police in Krabi, a meeting of honorary consuls with Phuket’s Governor hears.

PHUKET: The Deputy Director of Training and Development at the Institute Office of the Attorney General in Bangkok is currently in a coma at Vachira Hospital after passing out in a hot water spring in Krabi last Monday (April 13).

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd made a surprise guilty plea on charges of threatening to kill and drug possession at the opening of his trial in New Zealand today (April 21).

BANGKOK: The authorities in the capital have fired a hefty shot across the bows of restaurants, fining a Japanese eatery a total of B146,000 for including photos of beer bottles with the labels of the brands in their menu.

PHUKET: An Indonesian man has been arrested at Phuket International Airport trying to smuggle 5.2 kilos of cocaine onto the island.