webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Win 2 tickets to Jimmy Carr live in Bangkok this FRIDAY As exclusive media partners Thaivisa and Inspire have 2 tickets to Jimmy Carr live in Bangkok on Friday 29th March. To enter send us your funniest joke but it must be Thai related. Email [email protected] before Thursday 28th 5pm. The winner will be announced thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Cash strapped farang launches Go Fund Me to pay for wedding to Thai fiance A cash strapped Australian man has launched a Go Fund Me appeal in a bid to help for the wedding to his Thai girlfriend. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091930-cash-strapped-farang-launches-go-fund-me-to-pay-for-wedding-to-thai-fiance/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 British man sentenced to 50 years in Thai jail on drug charges set to be transferred to UK File photo A British man who was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Thailand for ecstasy possession is set to be transferred to the UK to serve the remainder of his sentence. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091901-british-man-sentenced-to-50-years-in-thai-jail-on-drug-charges-set-to-be-transferred-to-uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 EC told to review decision on NZ votes By THE NATION File photo Expat voters demand their right to be counted; thai airways issues statement to explain delay in delivery of ballots. THAIS living in New Zealand have slammed the Election Commission (EC) for voiding their ballots and are demanding that their rights as Thai citizens be respected. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091977-ec-told-to-review-decision-on-nz-votes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Anti-junta camp says it has numbers to form govt By Kas Chanwanpen The Nation Leaders of six parties, led by Pheu Thai, who claim to have the support of at least 255 MPs gather at a hotel in Bangkok yesterday to issue a joint statement that they will block the junta’s moves to remain in power. Pheu Thai-LED coalition claims the support of at least 255 MPs AS THE TUG of war between the pro-junta and anti-junta camps continues after the elections, with both sides declaring victory and claiming the right to form the government, a scholar said the principles of parliamentary system favoured the party with the most seats, rather than the popular vote winner. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091979-anti-junta-camp-says-it-has-numbers-to-form-govt/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 EC seeks delay in final results amid ongoing probes By THE NATION File photo THE ELECTION Commission (EC) said yesterday that the results after counting the remaining 5 per cent of votes could not be announced due to complaints of irregularities in some constituencies even as political parties and activists piled pressure on the agency to announce the final tally to endorse the winners. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091980-ec-seeks-delay-in-final-results-amid-ongoing-probes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Vaccines being readied to avert flu outbreak By The Nation File photo THAI authorities are preparing 7 million flu vaccines for distribution among seven at-risk groups as well as 400,000 doses for medical personnel and people whose jobs expose them to flu as part of measures to control influenza outbreak this year. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091981-vaccines-being-readied-to-avert-flu-outbreak/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Officials risking public health by playing down smog By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM THE NATION Fires ravage the Doi Phu Kha National Park in Nan province. THE authorities’ strategy of playing down the serious smog situation in the North is making their measures to tackle dangerous PM2.5 levels a case of “too little too late”, experts said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091984-officials-risking-public-health-by-playing-down-smog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Public hospitals get training to recover payments from foreigners By THE NATION THE PUBLIC Health Ministry’s Department of Health Service Support has provided training to public hospitals in tourist provinces to help them collect fees from foreigners, director-general Dr Nattawuth Prasertsiripong said yesterday. Dull story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091985-public-hospitals-get-training-to-recover-payments-from-foreigners/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Police volunteer charged with wounding toddler By THEERAWAT THONGMA, DETHAWEE THEEWARANGKOOL THE NATION A POLICE volunteer who wounded a two-year-old boy as his parents tried to flee a traffic checkpoint in Chon Buri province has been charged with assault and suspended from duty. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091986-pattaya-police-volunteer-charged-with-wounding-toddler/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Supachai left red-faced by red card By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam The Nation A downcast Supachai Jaided admits his shame at his costly dismissal. Thailand’s key striker Supachai Jaided expressed his apology to fans after he was sent off for punching a Vietnamese player in the last game of the AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers in Hanoi on Tuesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091987-supachai-left-red-faced-by-red-card/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Parliament to miss lots of spices Due to the fact that the Pheu Thai Party is not getting MPs from the proportional system, the post-election Parliament will miss a big number of veterans who are on its party list. Chalerm Yoobamrung, Snoh Thienthong, Bokhin Palakula and Plodprasop Surasawadee are among them. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091990-thai-parliament-to-miss-lots-of-spices/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Palang Pracharat will not rush to form government — Uttama Palang Pracharat party leader Uttama Savanayana announced today that there is no need for the party to rush to form a government because the official election results have yet to be announced by the Election Commission. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091992-palang-pracharat-will-not-rush-to-form-government-—-uttama/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Thaksin removed from list of outstanding alumni Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been removed from a list of outstanding alumni of the Armed Forces Preparatory School, due to his sentencing to a term of imprisonment, his escape from punishment and the stripping of his police rank. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091995-thaksin-removed-from-list-of-outstanding-alumni/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Early morning accidents kill vehicles, drivers safe By Eakkapop Thongtub Lt Kietsak Chaichana, 42, of the Royal Thai Army, suffered an injury to his right leg, but was otherwise unaffected by the impact when his car slammed into a roadside power pole in Koh Kaew,. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: Two accidents within 20 minutes early this morning saw a car driven by an Army lieutenant and two pickup trucks, one carrying fruit, wrecked as they slammed into roadside poles, but luckily resulted in no deaths or serious injuries, police confirmed today (Mar 20). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091998-early-morning-accidents-kill-vehicles-drivers-safe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Sea turtle saved after eating fishing net and plastic off Pattaya coast By The Thaiger PHOTOS: Sea Turtles Conservation Centre of the Royal Thai Navy A Green Sea Turtle has been saved after eating bits of a fishing net and plastic in Pattaya last week. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091999-sea-turtle-saved-after-eating-fishing-net-and-plastic-off-pattaya-coast/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Brunei’s ‘vicious’ new Islamic criminal laws – Amnesty International By The Thaiger Brunei, an ASEAN country, has announced the introduction of draconian sharia criminal laws. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092000-brunei’s-‘vicious’-new-islamic-criminal-laws-–-amnesty-international/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Britain's May offers to quit to get her Brexit deal over the line By Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and Andrew MacAskill Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street, as she faces a vote on alternative Brexit options, in London, Britain, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May offered on Wednesday to quit if her European Union divorce deal passes at the third attempt, making a last-ditch sacrifice to try to win over dozens of rebels within her Conservative party. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092001-britains-may-offers-to-quit-to-get-her-brexit-deal-over-the-line/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Trump says he can produce a better healthcare plan than Obamacare By Susan Cornwell FILE PHOTO: A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S., October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to deliver a better healthcare system than Obamacare if the Supreme Court tosses out his predecessor's signature domestic achievement, a potentially hazardous claim as he seeks re-election. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092002-trump-says-he-can-produce-a-better-healthcare-plan-than-obamacare/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Trump tells Russia to get its troops out of Venezuela By Steve Holland and Lesley Wroughton U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Fabiana Rosales, wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and said that "all options" were open to make that happen. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092003-trump-tells-russia-to-get-its-troops-out-of-venezuela/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Northern Irish DUP says will not support UK PM May's Brexit deal Northern Ireland's DUP leader Arlene Foster holds her notes after meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, outside Stormont Parliament Building in Belfast, Northern Ireland February 6, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne LONDON (Reuters) - The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Wednesday it would not support her Brexit divorce deal. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092004-northern-irish-dup-says-will-not-support-uk-pm-mays-brexit-deal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Despite Congress' ire, Pentagon to transfer $1 billion for Trump wall By Phil Stewart Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan testifies to the House Armed Forces Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts MIAMI (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Wednesday he would push ahead with plans to transfer $1 billion (£757.5 million) to help fund President Donald Trump's wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, even as he acknowledged a likely backlash from Congress. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092005-despite-congress-ire-pentagon-to-transfer-1-billion-for-trump-wall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Saudi women activists detail torture allegations in court By Stephen Kalin FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators from Amnesty International hold placards outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy to protest on International Women's day to urge Saudi authorities to release jailed women's rights activists Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan and Aziza al-Yousef in Paris, France, March 8, 2019. The placard reads: "Honk for women's rights". REUTERS/Benoit Tessier RIYADH (Reuters) - Prominent women activists on trial in Saudi Arabia told a court on Wednesday they had been subjected to torture during more than nine months of detention, sources familiar with the matter said, in a case that has sharpened Western criticism of the kingdom. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092006-saudi-women-activists-detail-torture-allegations-in-court/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 North Korea nuclear, missile activity 'inconsistent' with denuclearisation - U.S. general By Idrees Ali FILE PHOTO: Missiles are driven past the stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other high-ranking officials during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagoli/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's activity on nuclear weapons and missiles is inconsistent with its pledge to denuclearize, the commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092009-north-korea-nuclear-missile-activity-inconsistent-with-denuclearisation-us-general/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 U.S. approves secret nuclear power work for Saudi Arabia By Timothy Gardner FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorisations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092013-us-approves-secret-nuclear-power-work-for-saudi-arabia/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Modi hails India as military space power after anti-satellite missile test By Sanjeev Miglani and Krishna N. Das A man watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing to the nation, on TV screens inside a showroom in Mumbai, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India shot down one of its own satellites in low-Earth orbit with a ground-to-space missile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hailing his country's first test of such weaponry as a breakthrough establishing it as a military space power. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092017-modi-hails-india-as-military-space-power-after-anti-satellite-missile-test/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Boeing rolls out software fix to defend 737 MAX franchise, awaits U.S. regulator's approval By Eric M. Johnson and David Shepardson FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, U.S. March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo/File Photo SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Wednesday took its most aggressive moves yet to defend its core 737 airliner franchise, saying it had developed software fixes to prevent failures of an automated flight control system that is being scrutinized after two deadly crashes in the past five months. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092019-boeing-rolls-out-software-fix-to-defend-737-max-franchise-awaits-us-regulators-approval/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Big Joke: Promises easier, faster and more "watertight" Immigration rules Picture: TNA As immigration officials prepared to present proposals for a new Immigration Act to a ministerial committee yesterday chief Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn outlined what it would mean to visitors and expatriates in Thailand. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092023-big-joke-promises-easier-faster-and-more-watertight-immigration-rules/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Nigerian scammer has a bit of explaining to do - despite his shirt Image: TNA An alleged Nigerian Romance Scammer appeared at tech police HQ with a message on his back. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092029-nigerian-scammer-has-a-bit-of-explaining-to-do-despite-his-shirt/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Big Joke: Sharing fake news has "damaged the trust in Thailand" Image: INN A video on the INN site showed Immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn reading the riot act to a group of people arrested after they shared fake news that damaged the Election Commission. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092032-big-joke-sharing-fake-news-has-damaged-the-trust-in-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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