[Official Gets 50 Years In Jail For Wrongful Use Of Official Sedan]

5 hours ago, jippytum said:

Poiticians and civil servants in Thailand steal millions from the government and escape justice. Yet this guy gets fifty years jail for using the company car for private use.  Double standards and injustice on display here. 

Always more to these stories. I am wondering who's wife he was fount in the cot with?

[Big Joke caught partying with leading online gambling operator]

1 hour ago, NoDisplayName said:

Not unexpected.

 

 

 

What a joke.

a big joke

[Turkish man assaults Pattaya restaurant worker, leaving him in a coma]

6 hours ago, KiChakayan said:

Stupid tradition, but  that's no excuse...

Says you! People travel to experience! Songkran can be frustrating but it is part of Thailand culture. I find it harder and harder to to understand people?

[Bill Heinecke: "Crazy to give vaccines to tourists"]

17 hours ago, ezzra said:

Where have you been in the last 3 years Bill that you'r decided to speak now?... 

This seems like a story from 2021 that has accidentally been published.

[Opening hours for bars, malls, and many other venues could be shrunk to save electricity]

10 hours ago, anchadian said:

Why not close down all the bars permanently.  In doing so would save one hell of a lot of electricity.

Just my thoughts.

Better still why not simply close all industry. We can use candles we will have power to burn.

[Thailand's cannabis policy comes under fire]

1 minute ago, tukadadoll said:

Opinions are like a-holes everyone has them including Sarana.

 

ANTV has obviously run out of things to write about?

[Thailand's cannabis policy comes under fire]

2 hours ago, khunjeff said:

Yes, I normally look to soil scientists for advice about social policy. 

Opinions are like a-holes everyone has them including Sarana.

 

[Alleged bent tourist cop and associate bailed for 1 million baht each - reporters left standing]

Hub of eh SCAMS?

[Khao San Road con: Foreign tourist who finds wallet ends up paying for handing it in]

5 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

He was dammed if he did and dammed if he didn't hand it in. The lesson in this case is don't touch things that don't belong to you. 

Yes, he would have been followed to find out where he was staying and the police would have arrested him for stealing. In that case I would say the real scam would evolve. That may be 100,000 baht to avoid prosecution. However in most countries, it is theft "Theft by finding", or similar laws. 

 

[Senator warns that Paetongtarn Shinawatra or Ung Ing, Thaksin’s daughter, is wrong for the job]

5 hours ago, heiri007 said:

Of course he does object.

 

Interesting times ahead. Puea Thai victory is a given.

 

5 hours ago, heiri007 said:

Of course he does object.

 

Interesting times ahead. Puea Thai victory is a given.

Of Course we don't need a democracy when 1 person can make the decisions. Much easier and less time consuming. Get back to the important things. ????????️‍♀️????

[Alcohol sales ban in Thailand between 2 PM – 5 PM to be lifted nationwide on July 1st but only in hotels, says Tourism Minister]

2 hours ago, chrischronic said:

Not once in my 10plus years staying at hotels around Thailand have they ever restricted me from buying a beer at these times. 

Indeed, they are getting rid of a restriction that very few bars or businesses adhered to. Only supermarkets, Seven Eleven, apparently hooters, and chains like MK. 

[Opinion: Stop spreading misinformation about marijuana, educate the public]

3 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I don't see the side effect of Paranoia listed anywhere. 

 

The cops are coming flush the stash. Got rid of a lot of good product due to that side effect over the years.

[Regulation signed to make cannabis flowers a controlled herb in Thailand]

15 hours ago, KhunLA said:

That didn't take long, so if passed, back to being 'in the closet' illegal again, instead of like prostitution, tolerated.  As soon as they find a way to profit, like prostitution, then public sales will be 'tolerated' again.

 

Hmm...

Far from it as I understand the article. Posters on this forum have little time or respect for Anutin Charnvirakul, however this seems like clever and political savvy move to protect his legislation. Is acceptable to the law's detractors, is yet to be seen.

[Departure/arrival card (TM6) temporary scrapped]

On 6/14/2022 at 6:15 PM, ubonjoe said:

It was only canceled for Thais.

Filling out information on a form in these days of Biometric passports, smart forms and QR codes is ridiculous.

[PM orders a clampdown on midnight closing rules]

1 hour ago, Peterphuket said:

It looks like they make this 'news' items to keep us writing comments.

Yes its all meaningless, click bait but it works. I doubt Khun Meow will be pleased with having one of her bars as the lead photo for the story? 

[Pattaya: Surprise surprise! German returns to find no girlfriend - just used condoms, boxers and his Ducati missing!]

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Bloody horrible woman, took the guys Ducati and left the penis on the bed. 

 

She needs a public flogging. 

 

 

Thats what it is? I thought it was a photo of his Thailand brain. This is hardly a news worthy story something that happens to several western men (and I assume Japanese, Korean, Indian, etc) on a daily basis in not news.

 

News flash - today they changed the guard at Buckingham Palace.

 

That said of course my girlfriend is different, ????????

[Thailand Affirms Neutral Stance on Russia-Ukraine Crisis]

6 hours ago, garyk said:

I mentioned this earlier but, IMO all aid to Thailand should be cut and routed to Ukraine. 

That includes all foreign investments in Thailand. Japan and the US are the two biggest FI in Thailand to my knowledge. All US investments should be put on a 5 year withdrawal. 

Alas China would happily take up the mantle in exchange for a small port in the Gulf of Thailand.

[Seven ways to move from pandemic to endemic - Thai MoPH official indicates Covid future from July]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

what a complete pile of tosh

 

the world has moved on what is wrong with Thailand - behind the curve as usual

 

Omicron finnished this pandemic - simple

 

I guess the power mingers still need to maintain power and control and keep the emergency fugets flowing into greedy ##s

He is mingers a satiric misspelling like fugets or just a misspelling

 

[Anutin pledges to fight e-cigarette 'menace' in Thailand, especially among young]

2 hours ago, potless said:

Governments dont like e-cigarettes because they dont yet have a formula for taxation.

But they will. 

[Thailand records highest daily COVID-19 deaths since January]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Whist I agree with your comment, I believe it is time to move on with life as this virus needs to spread through the world as other viruses have done and still do.

 

Covid now, in my opinion is much milder than it was in the beginning and if you look at 2021 Influenza and Pneumonia case in Thailand those figures are over 100,000 deaths in that year.

 

The above said, I believe that I confused my previously stated 25,700 infections in my reply as it was deaths since Covid began 2.5 years ago.

 

We are all going to die, that is a given, it is up to us to protect ourselves as we have done since we started roaming this planet, lock downs we know only prolongs the inevitable, the virus mutates so best to get it, surviving it is the objective and to be immune from it for once and for all, if we don't survive it, well we wouldn't have known any better because our time could be up tomorrow, bus approaching head on !!!

 

Sure is we have the flu or a cold, we stay home so as not to infect others, but we really can't expect others to do as we do, it's just life, selfishness is everywhere and always will be, that said, I did stock up on toilet paper ????

 

 

 

Why stock up, you live in Asia people only use toilet paper as napkins in restaurants?

[Some Resorts are starting to sell out for the Songkran break]

On Tuesday 12, the day before Songkran commenced, I drove from North Bangkok to Nongkhai, there was very little traffic, in fact probably less than what I would consider normal. I was very surprised, I left at 10am and arrived in NK around 8.30pm, with breaks on the way? I did not expect this I was expecting to layover in Khon Kaen but it was not necessary.

[Thailand to relax rules for international arrivals from March 1 despite COVID surge]

Some decisions based on facts, pleasant change in philosophy.

[Anutin rants on marijuana: He says people are free to grow it - law says it's NOT a narcotic - promises to defend anyone arrested]

4 hours ago, Broken Record said:

He's a Thai Billionaire, Deputy Prime Minister, Health Minister and has a lot of power in the country we choose to reside in.

He's a good guy in real life and only negative stories that are cherrypicked to generate hits are bandied about on social media platforms.

 

If you people met him in real life, you'd be falling over yourselves to praise him and adorn him with compliments to curry favor.

He's a good guy in reality and you shouldn't be so quick to pour scorn on everything he does, it's not easy to be in his position.

How about an intro then?

[Thai police are doing a wonderful job - stop blaming us for everything or face jail, says RTP spokesman]

4 hours ago, pkrv said:

Your friendly police force here to serve and protect the citizens.

Silly me I thought that the translation for Thailand, mean't country of freedom, the name must mean something else, keep up the excellent work.

 

[Thai police in Omicron alert - crackdowns nationwide to stop spread of variant after PM's order]

7 minutes ago, RoyLee said:

Lockdowns kill far more than covid. Sweden, which famously did not lockdown, had the lowest rate of excess deaths in Europe last year. Statistics Canada reported that after the initial wave in spring 2020, lockdowns caused more deaths than covid due to suicides, drug od, untreated cancers etc.  

 

Antarctica had an outbreak despite quarantines, 100% vax and multiple PCR tests.  Avoiding contact with others might help but all other measures are just theater.

That say all the world's a stage?