Every year, the Phuket International Blues Festival storms Phuket. With live music from bands from all over the world as the best of the local talent, this annual event raises a lot of money for charity in the form of school scholarships. Many volunteers work tirelessly in this respect and because of their love for [...]

Dolphins should be treated as non-human “persons”, with their rights to life and liberty respected, scientists meeting in Canada have been told. Experts in philosophy, conservation and animal behaviour want support for a Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans. They believe dolphins and whales are sufficiently intelligent to justify the same ethical considerations as humans. Recognising [...]

Considerable improvement in the condition of bleached coral reefsaround Phuket and along the Andaman Coast has been noted by government researchers, it was announced at a meeting early this week. Boonchob Sudthamanaswong, Director-General of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Andaman Coast Group (DMCR-Andaman), chaired a seminar at the Phuket Merlin Hotel on Monday [...]

As part of their 6-month internship programme, the Sea Bees Assistant Instructors had the opportunity of learning about the local recompression chamber. So, one fine Sunday morning, everyone gathered at the hospital. / Im Rahmen ihres 6-monatigen Ausbildungsprogramms, ergab sich für die angehenden Instruktor Assistenten die Möglichkeit, die örtliche Dekompressions-Kammer zu besuchen und etwas über ihre [...]

This is just too much for the PR Inbox… Koh Phi Phi Team – please could you take a day off! Excellent work – all of you. Have a beer on me. How come you get the stunning Argentinian models – everyone here is soooooooo jealous! Hold on a minute – how come you get [...]