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Bangkok-based Filipino visa service provider arrested over alleged fraud

By The Thaiger

 

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The administrator of a Facebook group SWD Kapamilya Thailand (has more than 30,000 Filipino members), Ernest Rey Basilio Salarza (aka. Rhey Keen Ayala), was arrested yesterday (Tuesday) in Bangkok after the court issued an arrest warrant.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096748-bangkok-based-filipino-visa-service-provider-arrested-over-alleged-fraud/

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Asia-Pacific economies to slow, Thailand’s growth rate lower than regional average: World Bank projection

By The Nation

 

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Economic growth in developing East Asia and the Pacific is projected to soften to 6 per cent in 2019 and 2020, down from 6.3 per cent in 2018, largely reflecting global headwinds and a gradual policy-guided slowdown in China, the World Bank said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096749-asia-pacific-economies-to-slow-thailand’s-growth-rate-lower-than-regional-average-world-bank-projection/

 

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No bacteria contamination found in Bangkok’s drinking water dispensers

By The Nation

 

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has announced it found no bacteria contamination during checks on the city’s coin-operated drinking water dispensing machines. The finding comes amid public concern about the higher rate of bacteria growth during the hot season.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096752-no-bacteria-contamination-found-in-bangkok’s-drinking-water-dispensers/

 

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Hunt continues for seastead couple

By The Phuket News

 

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Phuket Provincial Police Chief Maj Gen Wisarn Phanmanee (centre) confirmed that an arrest warrant fro American Chad Elwartowski will not be requested until the Public Prosecutor’s Office has completed their initial investigation. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Police are continuing their hunt for American American Chad Elwartowski, 46, and his Thai partner Supranee Thepdet, who as of yesterday had been tracked to the southern island of Tarutao, on the Malaysian border, police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096758-hunt-continues-for-seastead-couple/

 

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Mains water supply to be shut off in Thalang

By The Phuket News

 

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The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be shut off in parts of Thalang on Thursday (Apr 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096759-mains-water-supply-to-be-shut-off-in-thalang/

 

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Govt advances four major EEC projects

 

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BANGKOK, 24 April 2019(NNT) - The government is advancing four infrastructure projects in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). All projects will be able to be included in the joint venture signing in May. They will promote Thailand as an important trade hub in Asia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096760-govt-advances-four-major-eec-projects/

 

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Final touches being applied to grand coronation scene at Rattanakosin

By The Nation

 

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Landscaping work on Bangkok's Rattanakosin Island in preparation for His Majesty the King's coronation procession will be capped this month with a "Big Cleaning Day" on April 26.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1075563-thai-king-to-be-crowned-in-coronation-ceremonies-may-4-6-palace/?do=findComment&comment=14073961

 

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Fire-fighters enter third day of battle at Chiang Rai dump

 By The Nation

 

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Fire-fighters returned to battle at a rubbish dump in Chiang Rai's Chiang Khong district on Wednesday, as efforts continued to douse a three-day-old blaze.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096772-fire-fighters-enter-third-day-of-battle-at-chiang-rai-dump/

 

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Thai League 1 Review – Brazilian scores 5 goals for Chonburi in 12 goal thriller!

 

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Each week ex-England and Spurs International Gary Stevens speaks to Jonathan Fairfield to review Thailand’s Football League 1 matches via the Dan about Thailand podcast service.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096774-thai-league-1-review-–-brazilian-scores-5-goals-for-chonburi-in-12-goal-thriller/

 

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US tourist arrested over theft, damage to speedboat in Krabi

By The Nation

 

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An American tourist was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday night for allegedly stealing and damaging a speedboat belonging to an operator at Koh Phi Phi Lae in Krabi, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096783-us-tourist-arrested-over-theft-damage-to-speedboat-in-krabi/

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Thai woman arrested for robbing Chinese tourist in Pattaya

 

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A Thai woman was arrested in Pattaya early on Monday after she allegedly stole a bag containing an iPhone 10, cash and credit cards from a Chinese tourist.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096803-thai-woman-arrested-for-robbing-chinese-tourist-in-pattaya/

 

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100 swept up in post-gang fight raid on Pattaya Beach

By Boonlua Chatree

 

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Police swept up street thugs and prostitutes after gangs brawled on Pattaya Beach.


About 100 Pattaya, Tourist and Immigration police officers, soldiers and volunteers blanketed the Pattaya shoreline April 22 to restore order after four gang-bangers left one dead and three bleeding in the street the day before, causing panic among tourists.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096805-100-swept-up-in-post-gang-fight-raid-on-pattaya-beach/

 

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Durian farmers face devastation as trees die from extreme heat in Uttaradit

By Boonpim Baiya 
The Nation 
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The current drought and extreme summer heat could damage half of Uttaradit’s crop of iconic Long and Lin Laplae durians, the provincial governor and farmers fear.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096806-durian-farmers-face-devastation-as-trees-die-from-extreme-heat-in-uttaradit/

 

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Armed forces told not to train conscripts under scorching sun

By The Nation

 

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Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, who is also deputy prime minister, said on Wednesday that he has instructed the armed forces to stop training conscripts under the blazing sun, warning that they might suffer heastroke.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096808-armed-forces-told-not-to-train-conscripts-under-scorching-sun/

 

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Joint forces raid 18 foreign-owned Koh Samui hotels for operating without licences

By The Nation

 

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Army officers, police and district officials have checked and found 18 hotels that they say are illegally owned by foreigners on a mountain on the tourist destination of Koh Samui, officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096810-joint-forces-raid-18-foreign-owned-koh-samui-hotels-for-operating-without-licences/

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EC issues ‘orange card’ to Pheu Thai candidate

By The Nation 

 

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The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued an “orange card” to a Pheu Thai candidate for allegedly buying votes to win a parliamentary seat in Chiang Mai province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096811-ec-issues-‘orange-card’-to-pheu-thai-candidate/

 

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Companies, including media, need sexual-harassment policies, experts tell seminar

By The Nation

 

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Anti-sexual harassment advocates and legal experts have called on society and the media to stand up against sexual harassment by refusing to tolerate it, and to introduce a new code of conduct against harassment as well as against media malpractice within media organisations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096813-companies-including-media-need-sexual-harassment-policies-experts-tell-seminar/

 

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Journalist couple at war over young daughter

By Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation 

 

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A former TV reporter filed a complaint with the Police Crime Suppression Division (CSD) in Bangkok on Wednesday alleging that her husband, also a journalist, has been subjecting her to physical and mental attack since she was four months into her pregnancy three years ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096814-journalist-couple-at-war-over-young-daughter/

 

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Lost Bob Marley live recordings rescued from hotel basement

by Mark Brown

 

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Live recordings of Bob Marley and the Wailers, which were found by chance after spending 40 years in a damp hotel basement, are to appear at auction.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096834-lost-bob-marley-live-recordings-rescued-from-hotel-basement/

 

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Will Smith plays an elite assassin in the official trailer for Ang Lee's Gemini Man

By HEIDI PARKER

 

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Tricky: Will Smith has an epic battle in the upcoming movie Gemini Man. The official trailer for Ang Lee's futuristic sci-fi drama was released on Tuesday at it shows the actor, who plays an elite assassin, take on himself

 

Will Smith has an epic battle in the upcoming movie Gemini Man.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096835-will-smith-plays-an-elite-assassin-in-the-official-trailer-for-ang-lees-gemini-man/

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Kanye West 'launching own church to tackle debt' as Sunday Service 'explained'

By Mirror.Co.Uk

 

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Kanye West's Sunday Service has been a weekly feature on the Kardashian Klan's Instagram pages recently, thanks to his wife Kim.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096836-kanye-west-launching-own-church-to-tackle-debt-as-sunday-service-explained/

 

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British national and five Burmese arrested in Krabi over working illegally

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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Koh Phi Phi Police have been cracking down on illegal workers on the island’s and have arrested a British national along with five Burmese yesterday in Krabi.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096839-british-national-and-five-burmese-arrested-in-krabi-over-working-illegally/

 

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VIDEO: Chaos outside Central World as armed man releases snakes bringing traffic to a standstill

 

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A truly bizarre incident caused chaos and brought traffic to a standstill outside Central World in Bangkok on Wednesday evening.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096851-video-chaos-outside-central-world-as-armed-man-releases-snakes-bringing-traffic-to-a-standstill/

 

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