webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Light Rail Construction Approved for Chiang Mai by CityNews CityNews – The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has finally approved the construction of the light railway transit system project in Chiang Mai. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048718-light-rail-construction-approved-for-chiang-mai/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Happy resolution for soldier who cried fowl By JITRAPORN SENWONG THE NATION A PRIVATE who mustered the courage to speak up against his superior at a military camp has found a way out of abusive treatment and an unreasonable assignment to tend to nearly 100 chicken and fighting cocks of a senior military officer. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048751-happy-resolution-for-soldier-who-cried-fowl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Update: Double murder suicide - relatives pick up three bodies at the morgue Sanook reported on the double murder suicide that happened in Bang Khae, Bangkok, on Sunday night. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048753-update-double-murder-suicide-relatives-pick-up-three-bodies-at-the-morgue/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Shock as Trump backs Putin on election meddling at summit By Jeff Mason and Denis Pinchuk U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin hold a joint news conference. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor HELSINKI (Reuters) - Standing side-by-side with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the U.S. 2016 election, casting doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agencies and sparking a storm of criticism at home. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048767-shock-as-trump-backs-putin-on-election-meddling-at-summit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 PM hands over donation to Japan following deadly floods By The Nation Prime Minister Prayut Cha-o-cha hands Bt 5 million donation to Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Shiro Sadoshima. Thailand has donated Bt5 million to Japan for disaster relief after the devastating floods in the western part of Japan that claimed more than 200 lives earlier this month. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048768-pm-prayut-hands-over-donation-to-japan-following-deadly-floods/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Govt instructs state agencies to hasten civil suits in rice-pledging scandal By The Nation The government has instructed the relevant state agencies to expedite civil lawsuits seeking damages from their private contractors accused of theft and embezzlement in connection with the rice-pledging scandal. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048769-thai-govt-instructs-state-agencies-to-hasten-civil-suits-in-rice-pledging-scandal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Trans fats ban could burn small businesses: expert By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM THE NATION Nutritionists praise health move but local bakeries brace for impacts. THAILAND’S BAN on trans fats is being applauded by consumer protection activists and nutritionists but a food-industry expert says the government action could lead to chaos in small bakeries and dairy beverage businesses. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048770-trans-fats-ban-could-burn-small-businesses-expert/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Patients ‘must find alternative’ By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA, KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN THE NATION FDA cautions after recall of five drugs. WHILE FIVE medicines containing valsartan are being recalled over their potential links to cancer, experts warn that abandoning them without alternative medication is even more dangerous. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048772-fda-cautions-after-recall-of-five-drugs-patients-‘must-find-alternative’/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Angry and deep in debt, teachers demand govt step in By ANEK KRAJAEM THE NATION SOME 100 teachers on Saturday launched a campaign calling for the government and the Government Savings Bank (GSB) to allow a six-month moratorium in debt repayment to the Funeral Service Welfare for Teachers and Education Personnel fund. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048773-angry-and-deep-in-debt-teachers-demand-thai-govt-step-in/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Smart kiosks give students easier way to check loans By JIRAPAN BOONNOON THE NATION THE Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) has joined with the Student Loans Fund office (SLF) to allow its borrowers to check their loan status via 56 so-called smart kiosks set up by the government nationwide. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048774-smart-kiosks-give-students-easier-way-to-check-loans/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 AIS and DTAC collect bid papers for spectrum auctions By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM THE NATION ADVANCED Info Service (AIS) group and Total Access Communication (DTAC) group yesterday picked up the applications to contest auctions for licences to offer services on the 900MHz and 1800MHz spectra. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048775-ais-and-dtac-collect-bid-papers-for-spectrum-auctions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Huge increase in online-betting arrests for this year’s World Cup By Suriya Patathayo The Nation Deputy national police chief Chalermkiat Srivorakhan. Police have arrested three times as many gambling suspects during the recent World Cup competition as they did for the 2014 tournament. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048777-huge-increase-in-online-betting-arrests-for-this-year’s-world-cup/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Thailand Wants to Have Its (Hash) Cake and Eat It Too By Natnicha Chuwiruch >> Country will lead the way in Asia to legalize medical cannabis >> Thailand eyeing a piece of the global medical cannabis market FILE photo Thailand, known for its tough policies against drug trafficking, is taking a page from Canada and other countries and is seeking to lead the way in Asia in legalizing medical marijuana. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048780-thailand-wants-to-have-its-hash-cake-and-eat-it-too/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 UPDATE: “Doctor Pak” in emotional reunion with Wild Boars boys By Thai PBS There was an emotional scene when Lt Col Dr Pak Loharnchun, a military doctor better known as “Mor Pak”, visited the 12 young footballers and their coach in a happy reunion at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048713-mu-pa-boys-will-grow-up-to-work-for-country’s-benefit-says-dr-pak/?do=findComment&comment=13179927 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Room for half a million more By The Nation It’s not just the two boys and the coach plucked from the cave who deserve to be Thai citizens The unexpected bonus that came with the dramatic rescue of the Wild Boars footballers from a flooded Chiang Rai cave was the spotlight that suddenly shone on the technically stateless legal status of two of the boys and their assistant coach. It is hoped that the outpouring of sympathy from Thais and the global community will improve their chances of obtaining much-awaited Thai citizenship. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048783-it’s-not-just-the-two-boys-and-the-coach-plucked-from-the-cave-who-deserve-to-be-thai-citizens/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Tham Luang forest closed indefinitely due to heavy damage By Thai PBS Tham Luang Nang-Khun Nam Nang Non forest park has been closed indefinitely due to extensive damages caused to the park’s environment during the recent dramatic rescue operations. Forestry officials said the forest requires massive rehabilitation and restoration. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048784-tham-luang-forest-closed -indefinitely-due-to-heavy-damage/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Tourism and Sports Minister: Phuket boat accident marginally affects tourism FILE photo BANGKOK, 17th July 2018 (NNT) – The Tourism and Sports Minister, Weerasak Kowsurat, admitted that the tour boat that capsized off the coast of Phuket province on July 5th, resulting in the deaths of 47 Chinese tourists, has caused some people to cancel their tour packages to Thailand. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048789-tourism-and-sports-minister-phuket-boat-accident-marginally-affects-tourism/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 U.S. judge suspends deportations of reunited immigrant families By Marty Graham Anita Areli Ramirez Mejia, an asylum seeker from Honduras separated from her six year-old son Jenri near the Mexico-U.S. border, is reunited with him in Harlingen, Texas, July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge temporarily barred the U.S. government on Monday from the rapid deportation of immigrant parents reunited with their children, while a court considers the impact on children's rights to seek asylum. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048791-us-judge-suspends-deportations-of-reunited-immigrant-families/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Britain's May wins parliament vote after bowing to Brexit pressure By Elizabeth Piper, William James and Andrew MacAskill Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrives at Downing Street, in central London, Britain July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May won a series of votes in parliament on Monday, keeping her over-arching strategy to leave the European Union just about on track after bowing to pressure from Brexit supporters in her party. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048792-britains-may-wins-parliament-vote-after-bowing-to-brexit-pressure/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Volcanic lava 'bomb' injures 22 people on tour boat in Hawaii A hole, punched through the roof of a tourist boat, is seen, after lava from the Mount Kilauea volcano exploded in the sea off Kapoho, Hawaii, U.S. July 16, 2018. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources/Handout via REUTERS HONOLULU (Reuters) - A blob of hot volcanic lava struck an ocean tour boat just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday, injuring at least 22 people in the worst casualty incident to date from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano, fire officials said. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048793-volcanic-lava-bomb-injures-22-people-on-tour-boat-in-hawaii/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 We demand action! Pattaya foreigners complain damage from next door condo construction video screenshot A group of European residents in Pattaya have had enough. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048798-we-demand-action-pattaya-foreigners-complain-damage-from-next-door-condo-construction/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Nine Pakistanis on overstay arrested in Ranong Picture: Daily News Nine Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Ranong in Thailand's south. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048800-nine-pakistanis-on-overstay-arrested-in-ranong/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Thai Football League: Fifteen to face match fixing charges Picture: Daily News Public prosecutors decided Monday to press ahead with match fixing charges against 15 people including referees, players and investors who they say manipulated results in the Toyota Thai Football league in the 2017 season. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048801-thai-football-league-fifteen-to-face-match-fixing-charges/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Ayutthaya police in quick arrest after murder of man with "wooden penis hanging from his waist" Pictures (2): Daily News Police in Bang Sai, Ayutthaya have made a quick arrest after a man was found slashed and dumped in fields north of Bangkok. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048803-ayutthaya-police-in-quick-arrest-after-murder-of-man-with-wooden-penis-hanging-from-his-waist/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 One, two, three POINT! That's the culprit say angry villagers in Ang Thong Picture: Sanook Our picture today shows a group of Thai villagers pointing at the road. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048804-one-two-three-point-thats-the-culprit-say-angry-villagers-in-ang-thong/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Worker electrocuted while operating crane by power lines - friend in hospital Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that a 33 year old crane operator was electrocuted after his vehicle came into contact with power lines. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048807-worker-electrocuted-while-operating-crane-by-power-lines-friend-in-hospital/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 ‘Positive signal’ from European Parliament about Thailand’s IUU status: deputy PM By The Nation Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya, standing third left, inspects a fishery monitoring centre on Monday. The European Parliament has sent a positive signal about the European Union upgrading Thailand’s status in regard to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from the current ‘yellow card’ slapped on the country by the EU in 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya said on Monday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048808-‘positive-signal’-from-european-parliament-about-thailand’s-iuu-status-deputy-pm/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hua Hin Railway police in 10 million baht drug find on train Picture: New TV Hua Hin Railway Police found two bags of drugs on a southern bound train on Saturday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048809-hua-hin-railway-police-in-10-million-baht-drug-find-on-train/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 The team were ‘heavily sedated’ – Australian diver By The Thaiger PHOTO: thewest.com.au The team of 13 rescued from the Tham Luang caves last week were ‘heavily sedated’ to assist in their successful recovery and to avoid panicking. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048811-the-mu-pa-team-were-‘heavily-sedated’-–-australian-diver/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Mukdahan airport study to cost Bt6 million By The Nation File photo//Wikipedia The Airports Department will spend Bt6 million to conduct a feasibility study for building an international airport in the northeastern province of Mukdahan. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048812-mukdahan-airport-study-to-cost-bt6-million/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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