Phuket, Thailand News

PHUKET CITY: IT whizzes from universities across Asia convened in Phuket last week to compete in an international computer programming contest.

AO MAKHAM, PHUKET: Open trials for Phuket FC soccer team have been postponed two days until November 14.

The government has allocated a budget of Bt3 billion under the Thai Khemkhaeng stimulus package for construction of the national exhibition and convention project in Phuket, Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu said yesterday.

MAI KHAO, PHUKET: Villagers and local officials are at odds over whether a new road in Mai Khao caused the destruction of 25 rai of peat swamp forest - or stopped the encroachment from being much worse.

AirAsia, a leading regional budget carrier, announced on November 6 that it will start direct daily flights between Ho Chi Minh City to the world-acclaimed tourist destination of Phuket in Thailand.

PHUKET: With the possible exception of Bangkok, Phuket is the most 'international' of Thailand's 76 provinces.

When English teachers go to Phuket, Thailand many immediately want to teach there.

The island's east coast is seeing hotel scale increase with the opening of Westin's Siray Bay Resort and Spa set for March of next year.

AO MAKHAM, PHUKET: In a bid to bolster the squad ahead of the 2010 season, the Phuket FC will hold open players trials on November 12.

PHUKET CITY: Five teenagers, including two girls, were arrested yesterday for allegedly gang raping a 14-year-old Thai-Japanese girl at a house in Phuket City last week.

PHUKET CITY: Governor Wichai Phraisa-ngop has agreed to meet with the island's honorary consuls every three months to discuss problems concerning tourists and expat residents.

Staff at Hilton Phuket Arcadia's Kidz Paradise prepare a special kratong that resembles the Big Buddha in the Nakkerd Hills a few kilometers away.

Back of the GFC the impact of which is hitting a number of the island's hotel's under development West Sands and Outrigger have agreed to part company on the planned 433 key hotel in Mai Khao.

A TV documentary aired on British TV last September about some of the issues hounding Thailand tourism generated an intense debate in the cyberspace.

The main island of Koh Tao offers several dive adventures and dive spots in Thailand.

PHUKET: A large python was captured at Vachira Phuket Hospital this morning, biting one of its captors during the struggle.

London, Oct 24 : Former glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan's cross-dressing lover Alex Reid has become obsessed with a Thai ladyboy he met in a sex club.

PHUKET CITY: With the high season for tourism almost here, Thai Airways International has begun direct flights between Phuket and Hong Kong three times weekly.

The oceanfront Impiana Private Villas Kata Noi is set to open in January 2010 adjacent to Mom Tri'a Villa Royale.

CHERNG TALAY, PHUKET: A successful British advertising director was killed when his motorbike smashed into a six-wheel truck in Cherng Talay in Phuket this afternoon.