PHUKET: A daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media.

bangkokpost.com Heavy rains have unleashed a landslide that killed a family of five in Chiang Mai.

FC PHUKET'S game against Chiang Mai has been postponed from Saturday to Sunday this weekend because conditions in Chiang Mai are going to be too wet to play.

asiaone.com Illegal construction of resorts and buildings in sloping areas in Phuket have created a landslide risk at more than 30 locations, a government geologist said. The Department of Mineral Resources, meanwhile, has warned of possible landslides in nearby Phang Nga and Ranong as a result of anticipated heavy rain brought about by Depression Hai Thang.

cnngo.com Baba Nest, a beach bar on Phuket at sripanwa, has been ranked second among the World's 50 Best Beach Bars.

guardian.co.uk Amazon has unveiled its long-awaited tablet computer - the Kindle Fire - in what is expected to be the biggest challenge yet to the dominance of Apple's iPad at less than haf the price.

cnngo.com The child sex trade is especially intense in popular tourist destinations where adult prostitution is already rampant, according to World Vision.Tourists may be able to help where governments have failed, as visitors often come into contact with vulnerable children on their travels.

wsj.com Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra is taking a more visible role in Thailand and across Asia, stirring renewed tensions between the country's powerful military and a new government led by the populist tycoon's sister.

afp A Catholic school in Thailand has apologised after students dressed up as Nazis for a sports day parade, drawing condemnation from Jewish rights campaigners.

smh.com.au Burma's military-dominated civilian government is preparing for the mass release of political prisoners, some of them key supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

mizzima.com A joint force of about 400 riot personnel and police dispersed about 200 protestors who tried to march to mark the fourth anniversary of Burma's ''Saffron Revolution.''

thenational.ae A five-star hotel chef, his wife and their friend were jailed for a month to be followed by deportation for insulting police and resisting arrest during a party at an apartment during Ramadan. CJ, 28, an Australian, his air hostess wife ZW, 26, from Burma, and their friend, JB, 30, also Australian, also admitted a charge of consuming alcohol and were each fined.

breakingtravelnews.com The Asia/Pacific hotel development pipeline comprises 1244 hotels totalling 306,537 rooms, according to the 2011 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report.Year-on-year revenue per available room (RevPAR) for the first six months of 2011 is up across the country.

thejakartaglobe.com Bali has reported a 68 percent decrease in the number of human deaths from rabies so far this year compared to the same period last year, the Australian Embassy said. There had been 19 deaths recorded from January till September, down from 60 in the same period in 2010.

theaustralian.com.au Virgin Australia has moved to assure the competition regulator that its alliance with Singapore Airlines will not reduce its incentive to compete against Tiger Airways Australia. Australia's second-biggest carrier is seeking approval to form a marketing alliance with Singapore, which also owns a 33 per cent stake in Tiger Australia's Singaporean parent company and could end up with more.

npr.org Zoya Amirin has come across every myth imaginable in her job as the only female sex psychologist in Indonesia: An uncircumcised girl will become sex-crazed. Clove cigarettes increase virility. A gecko's saliva can cure AIDS.

infoworld.com Google has acquired land in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore for its first proprietary data centers in Asia, where it faces tough competition. More people are coming online every day in Asia than in any other part of the world.

cnn.com At least eight people were killed when an explosion triggered a stampede on a docked ferry in central Indonesia. Twenty-seven others were hospitalised with injuries following the incident in Surabaya, East Java.



SAMKONG SHRINE
05.30 Worship of Gods
07.19 Street Procession in Phuket Town
12.00 Worship of Gods
18.00 Worship of Gods
KATHU SHRINE
05.00 / 18.00 Worship of Gods

JUI TUI SHRINE
Worship of Gods and Spirit Propitiation of Past Participants of the Vegetarian Festival

BANG NEOW SHRINE
Spirit Propitiation of Past Participants of the Vegetarian Festival

SUI BOON TONG SHRINE
20.00 Worship of Gods

BAN THA RUE SHRINE
12.00 / 19.30 Worship of Gods

CHERNG THALAY SHRINE
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
15.30 Blessing Manik and Cherng Thalay Villages
19.00 Worship of Gods

YOKKEKENG SHRINE
07.30 Worship of Gods
20.00 Worship of Gods

SAPAM SHRINE
Worship of Gods





Until October 5 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket

November 1-6 Women's Beach Volleyball Series at Karon on Phuket

November 26-27 9th Phuket International Soccer 7s

November 27 Laguna Phuket Triathlon

December 3-4 6th Andaman International Soccer 7s

December 4 Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Laguna



March 18-28 National Youth Games, Phuket

March 29-April 1 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina



November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket