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Police look to clamp down on Valentine fun

By The Nation

 

Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal

 

Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal has ordered officers to monitor Thai social media for invitations to drug parties or lewd acts on Valentine's Day.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084200-police-look-to-clamp-down-on-valentine-fun/

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Deputy PMs security wish on Valentine’s Day

 

   

BANGKOK, 13th February 2019 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwanhas ordered officials to look after the public on Valentine’s Day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084155-prawits-security-wish-on-valentine’s-day/

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Smog returns to Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Smog returned to most parts of the Greater Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084199-smog-returns-to-bangkok/

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Govt readies report on anti-human trafficking efforts for TIP ranking

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand is getting ready to provide an update of its efforts to fight human trafficking in the hope of winning a better ranking from the US in the next Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084228-govt-readies-report-on-anti-human-trafficking-efforts-for-tip-ranking/

 

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Calls for schools in Chiang Mai to close as haze crisis worsens

By THE NATION

 

Lampang

 

WITH CHIANG MAI entering the global list for worst air pollution, calls are growing for schools and educational institutes in the northern province to close down temporarily for the sake of students.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084229-calls-for-schools-in-chiang-mai-to-close-as-haze-crisis-worsens/

 

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Thai Raksa Chart vows to fight threat of dissolution

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

 

Party questions EC’s rush to petition charter court without conducting proper investigation

 

THE Embattled Thai Raksa Chart Party continued to fight threats of dissolution yesterday, calling on the Constitutional Court to reconsider the charges pressed against it by the Election Commission (EC).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084168-thai-raksa-chart-vows-to-fight-dissolution/?do=findComment&comment=13842495

 

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Army chief dismisses coup rumour, but again says “don’t cross the line”

 

 

Thailand’s Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong today ruled out the possibility of a coup d’état , saying that unfounded reports of a coup were spread by “the same old group of people” and he asked the public not to fall prey to fake news on social media.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084231-army-chief-dismisses-coup-rumour-but-again-says-“don’t-cross-the-line”/

 

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Children’s subsidy ‘will empty the country’s coffers’

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Phalang Pracharat Party leader hits back at critics, insists policy would boost Thailand’s human resources.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084233-children’s-subsidy-‘will-empty-the-country’s-coffers’/

 

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US aircraft carrier anchors in Laem Chabang to kick off Cobra Gold

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION 
CHON BURI

 

A file picture of the USS John C Stennis, which has been docked at Laem Chabang port since Tuesday as part of the annual Cobra Gold military exercise held in Thailand.
 

The US aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis has been anchored at the Laem Chabang deep sea port as a display of the close military ties Thailand enjoys with the United States. The aircraft carrier arrived on Tuesday, when the Cobra Gold military exercises were launched, and will be leaving today. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084234-us-aircraft-carrier-anchors-in-laem-chabang-to-kick-off-cobra-gold/

 

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Muslim students demand answers over loans

By The Nation

 

 

Around 300 Muslim students from the southern border provinces arrived at the Army Area 4 head office in Nakhon Si Thammarat to seek his help over their requests for educational loans.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084235-nakhon-si-thammarat-muslim-students-demand-answers-over-loans/

 

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Thai-Indian cultural fair to be held this Saturday

 

 

The fifth Thai-Indian Funfair is returning to Srinakharinwirot University’s Bangkok campus this Saturday to strengthen friendship and promote socio-economic and cultural relations between both countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084237-thai-indian-cultural-fair-to-be-held-this-saturday-in-bangkok/

 

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Ferries charge up smog battle

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN 
THE NATION

 

A perspective of one of the electric ferries that Energy Absolute is introducing to the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.

 

ELECTRIC ferries will ply the Chao Phraya River under a Bt1 billion project to transform Bangkok into the “Venice of the East” and help ease the capital’s smog.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084238-chao-phraya-river-ferries-charge-up-smog-battle/

 

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Nong-O ‘mentally and physically’ ready for title fight

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Nong-O Gaiyanghadao and Chinese Han Zi Hao

 

Four-time Lumpini champion Nong-O Gaiyanghadao is determined to pursue home glory as he faces Chinese Han Zi Hao in the inaugural One bantamweight muay thai world title at “One: Clash of Legends” in Muang Thong Thani on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084239-nong-o-‘mentally-and-physically’-ready-for-title-fight/

 

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Fighting for glory

By THE NATION

 

 

ONE: Clash of Legends – Asia’s biggest martial arts blockbuster – returns to Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani this Saturday starting from 7pm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084240-fighting-for-glory/

 

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Deputy mayor held for hacking police database

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

A deputy mayor in Phayao's Chun district was arrested over unauthorised access to the Royal Thai Police's computer system to perform criminal background checks on 500 people for Bt1,000 each, the police said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084241-deputy-mayor-held-for-hacking-thai-police-database/