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GSB freezes woman’s account used to receive donations in actor’s name 

By The Nation

 

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The Government Saving Bank has frozen the savings account of a woman that was being used for donations for flood victims in the name of actor Bin Banluerit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123836-gsb-freezes-woman’s-account-used-to-receive-donations-in-actor’s-name/

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Mukdahan petrol station caught selling biodiesel slated for export

By The Nation

 

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Police and Excise Department officials Monday raided a petrol station in Mukdahan’s Muang district and discovered it was selling some 4,000 litres of a type of biodiesel that is allowed for export only.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123842-mukdahan-petrol-station-caught-selling-biodiesel-slated-for-export/

 

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Digital Ministry, LINE launches Stop Fake News seminar

 

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BANGKOK, 17 September 2019 (NNT) - The Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society is encouraging safe online media use and discretion, before sharing with the country’s youth the Stop Fake News seminar, promoting online media literacy with a LINE partnership.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123844-digital-ministry-line-launches-stop-fake-news-seminar/

 

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DLT inspects public transport every 90km

 

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BANGKOK, 17 September 2019 (NNT) - Mr Pheeraphol Thawornsuphacharoen, Director-General of the Department of Land Transport (DLT), disclosed today that from now on, the DLT will be conducting safety inspections of all forms of public transport to ensure that the drivers and vehicles meet the required safety standard, at a checking point every 90 kilometers across the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123845-dlt-inspects-public-transport-every-90km/

 

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60 flow accelerators draining Ubon Ratchathani floodwaters

 

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UBON RATCHATHANI, 17 September 2019 (NNT) - The floods in Phibun Mangsahan district of Ubon Ratchathani have started to improve, with 64 villages in 7 subdistricts still affected, while the initial affected area covered 14 subdistricts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123846-60-flow-accelerators-draining-ubon-ratchathani-floodwaters/

 

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PM Prayut donates 100,000 baht to help flood victims

 

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BANGKOK, 17 September 2019 (NNT) - The Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, is supporting a public relations activity organized to receive donations from members of the public interested in helping flood victims.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123870-pm-prayut-donates-100000-baht-to-help-flood-victims/

 

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Deputy PM Prawit: Flood news, updates to be broadcast every day

 

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BANGKOK, 17 September 2019 (NNT) - The Deputy Prime Minister, Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, has instructed relevant agencies to provide news and updates on the flood situation on a daily basis, while insisting that the government is doing its best to look after the people in flood-hit areas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123871-deputy-pm-prawit-flood-news-updates-to-be-broadcast-every-day/

 

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DMCR Phuket searching for dive boat for damaging corals

By The Phuket News

 

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Photos and a video of a dive boat using one of the mooring lines around the coral heads were posted online on Sunday (Sept 15). Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) says it is trying to track down at least one dive boat wanted for using ropes tied around coral heads as mooring lines off Koh Racha Yai, south of Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123873-dmcr-phuket-searching-for-dive-boat-for-damaging-corals/

 

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Two women, 2.5m meth pills, seized near border after ranger chase

By Sakaorat Sirima
The Nation

 

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Rangers from the Pha Muang Task Force intercepted 2.5 million methamphetamine pills and arrested two female suspects in a pick-up truck that broke away from a checkpoint in Chiang Mai’s Mae Ai district early Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123875-two-women-25m-meth-pills-seized-near-border-after-ranger-chase/

 

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Industry sentiment hits lowest point in 10 months

By The Nation

 

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The Thai Industries Sentiment Index has dropped to its lowest point since last November due to concern over decreased spending, a stronger baht, and the prolonged US-China trade war, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123876-thai-industries-sentiment-index-hits-lowest-point-in-10-months/

 

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Patong, Cherng Talay open donation centres to help flood victims

By The Phuket News

 

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Six donation centres have been opened in Patong, including in front of Jungceylon and on Bangla Rd. Image: Patong Municipality

 

PHUKET: Patong Municipality along with Cherng Talay Municipality further north on Phuket’s west coast have both opened donation centres to receive relief aid items for flood victims in the Northeast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123878-patong-cherng-talay-open-donation-centres-to-help-flood-victims/

 

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Saudi Arabia has ‘a great deal of explaining to do’ on how its oil assets were attacked, says former US diplomat

Yen Nee Lee

 

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KEY POINTS

-- Saudi Arabia — one of the world’s largest oil exporters — spent an estimated $67.6 billion on arms in 2018, according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123884-saudi-arabia-has-‘a-great-deal-of-explaining-to-do’-on-how-its-oil-assets-were-attacked-says-former-us-diplomat/

 

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Iran's Khamenei rejects talks with United States

By Parisa Hafezi

 

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FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2017. TIMA via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will never hold one-on-one talks with the United States but could engage in multilateral discussions if it returns to the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear programme, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, according to state television.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123889-irans-khamenei-rejects-talks-with-united-states/

 

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Thai bank employee caught stealing customers’ cash

By The Thaiger

 

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A video has been shared showing a female bank employee walking behind the bank’s reception and, allegedly, emptying the contents of a yellow basket into her pocket. She was carrying yellow basket and looked into the basket before quickly grabbing the cash and stuffing it into her suit pocket before going into another room through the white door.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123891-thai-bank-employee-caught-stealing-customers’-cash/

 

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Legend John Barnes fronts Liverpool support to flood victims

By THE NATION

 

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John Barnes, a legend of Liverpool Football Club, has issued a statement on video giving morale support to flood victims in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123896-legend-john-barnes-fronts-liverpool-fc-support-to-flood-victims-in-thailand/

 

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Magnetic card holders told to make the switch to chip card

By The Nation

 

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Siritida Panomwon Na Ayudhya, the Bank of Thailand's Assistant Governor/ Payment Systems Policy and Financial Department, said the central bank in cooperation with the Thai bankers Association, and financial institutes have been urging card holders to change their magnetic cards to chip cards, in order to enhance safety in credit and debit card usage and prevent counterfeit card fraud and skimming.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123905-magnetic-card-holders-told-to-make-the-switch-to-chip-card/

 

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Kevin Hart sued for $60 million over 2017 sex tape by model who claims she was 'secretly recorded'

By Ellie Harrison

 

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Kevin Hart and others are being sued $60m (£48.4m) by model Montia Sabagg over a 2017 sex tape.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123908-kevin-hart-sued-for-60-million-over-2017-sex-tape-by-model-who-claims-she-was-secretly-recorded/

 

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Why Friends cast ended up in the fountain in the classic opening credits

BY SAM WARNER

 

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The Friends intro is just as iconic as the show itself, though we still have one major question about it all these years. Why do the gang end up soaking themselves in the fountain?

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123910-why-friends-cast-ended-up-in-the-fountain-in-the-classic-opening-credits/

 

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Complaint against ‘complainer in chief’ for filing too many complaints

By THE NATION

 

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Association for the Protection of the Constitution secretary-general Srisuwan Janya

 

Palang Pracharat Party MP Paiboon Nititawan filed a complaint with the Election Commission on Tuesday (September 17) demanding that action be taken against Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, for lodging far too many complaints.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123916-complaint-against-‘complainer-in-chief’-for-filing-too-many-complaints/

 

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People behind fake account opened in actor’s name summoned

By THE NATION

 

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Actor-rescuer Bin Bunluerit

 

Police will be summoning a group of people for allegedly opening a false bank account in the name of actor Bin Bunluerit to receive donations for flood victims, the spokesperson for the computer crime police division said on Tuesday (September 17).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123918-people-behind-fake-account-opened-in-actor’s-name-summoned/

 

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Anti-Corruption Network calls on Khon Kaen governor to suspend payment to organisers of Mor Lam fest

By Sumalee Suwannakorn
The Nation

 

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The president of the Citizen’s Anti-Corruption Network Khon Kaen urged the provincial governor to suspend payment to the organisers of Mor Lam Carnival 2019, which took place between September 6 and 8, amid an investigation into alleged irregularities in the spending of the hefty Bt27.4-million budget.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123921-anti-corruption-network-calls-on-khon-kaen-governor-to-suspend-payment-to-organisers-of-mor-lam-fest/

 

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Lisa of BlackPink donates “Bt100,000 to flood-relief fund”

By The Nation

 

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Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban, a member of popular Korean girl group BlackPink, has donated Bt100,000 to Thai actor Bin Bunluerit’s fund, which is raising money to help flood victims in Thailand, said Lisa’s relative Anusa “Koi”, a beauty blogger, on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123922-lisa-of-blackpink-donates-“bt100000-to-flood-relief-fund”/

 

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Lifeguards return to Phuket’s Surin Beach – to stay, says MaAnn

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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Lifeguards have returned to Phuket’s Surin Beach. Photo: Surin-Bangtao Surf Lifesaving Club

 

PHUKET:-- Trained, experienced lifeguards have returned Surin Beach to patrol the sands to protect tourists from drowning.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123931-lifeguards-return-to-phuket’s-surin-beach-–-to-stay-says-maann/

 

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