Latest A senior policeman attempting to set up a rival taxi rank at Kamala beach has been told by 200 protesting drivers that he must close down his business and move.

Latest From tastes in food to a new kind of resort: that's the path to the role of GM of the man who head up the Kata Group Resorts

Latest As the environment on Phuket declines with greater numbers of tourists, a conference in Bhutan offers some ideas about reversing the troubling trend.

Latest Your feeling that the island of Phuket is a little crowded appears to be correct. Passenger arrivals and departures surged through one million in January for the first time ever.

Photo Special Authorities conduct a raid on Phuket Prison and what is revealed for all to see is a small facility with too many inmates, mostly there because of drugs.

Phuket News UPDATE New Finn President survived Thailand tsunami; Indian invasion; DSI probes land murder claim; Superbowl set; Aussies boost Bali; Phuket Events.

Latest Victims across Europe and in Britain were the targets of a call scam being run from Patong that promised profits on investment in the share market and gold, say police.

UPDATE Lifeguards will call for the closure of a Phuket beach pond to swimmers after a six-year-old boy drowned in similar fashion to a seven-year-old boy.

Latest Officials have closed a nightclub in southern Phuket they say was operating an illegal discotheque, a second offence at that establishment. A third offence will mean permanent closure.

Latest Pleasant sailing made the Bay Regatta one of the best yet with the Russians proving their strengths as new competitors and some old hands also sailing well.