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Pattaya to host film festival next year Pattaya Mayor Poramase Ngampiches is planning to host a film festival next year to boost tourism. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276367-pattaya-to-host-film-festival-next-year/

Pattaya Mayor Poramase Ngampiches is planning to host a film festival next year to boost tourism. The idea was brought up at the City meeting today, October 31st, by Poramase in an effort to improve tourism in Pattaya. Roughly, the festival will feature the film festival, movies on the beach, and a film camp to teach students from 11 schools in Pattaya to make short films of their interest. The festival will be held in 2023 although the exact date is still not released by the authorities. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/31/pattaya-to-host-film-festival-next-year/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Chinese man gets his finger chopped off and held captive A 41-year-old Chinese man was held captive in Pattaya and got his finger chopped off allegedly by a ransom gang who demanded 30 million baht, according to Pattaya police. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276366-chinese-man-gets-his-finger-chopped-off-and-held-captive/

A 41-year-old Chinese man was held captive in Pattaya and got his finger chopped off allegedly by a ransom gang who demanded 30 million baht, according to Pattaya police. The victim’s Thai girlfriend, Ms. Alisara Supasiribundit, 20, contacted Pattaya police to find her missing Chinese boyfriend, Mr. Ren Haibd, today, October 31st, after her boyfriend suddenly vanished at midnight yesterday, October 30th. Ren disappeared along with his black Toyota Fortuner, according to his girlfriend. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/31/chinese-man-gets-his-finger-chopped-off-and-held-captive-in-pattaya-allegedly-by-ransom-gang/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Tran Thi Hoang Anh is arrested by police in Da Nang for scamming people to pay for fake Covid repatriation flights, October 30, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Lai Anh A tourism firm director in Da Nang was arrested for tricking people that she could have them repatriated to Vietnam amid the Covid-19 pandemic for up to VND70 million ($2,800) each. Tran Thi Hoang Anh, 29, director of the Nhi Anh Tourism and Trading Service company, on Sunday was arrested to be investigated for "obtaining property by fraud." The company, based in Da Nang's Ngu Hanh Son District, was not approved to bring people back to Vietnam from outside the country during the heights of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/tourism-firm-director-arrested-for-making-false-promises-about-covid-repatriation-flights-4530129.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-31

A plot prime land at the corner of Nguyen Du and Chu Manh Trinh streets in HCMC's District that was sold illegally by local officials at prices lower than market prices in 2015. Photo by VnExpress/Nhu Quynh Nearly 1,300 corruption cases in 2016-2021 had caused a total loss of VND31.8 trillion ($1.28 billion) to the state budget, the parliamentary oversight team said. In the 2016-2021 period, police had investigated nearly 1,300 cases related to corruption and waste of public funding. The total loss caused to the state budget was determined at around VND31.8 trillion, with the central government losing VND12.3 trillion and local authorities the rest. Of those cases, around 1,100 had been taken to court, and a total sum of VND26.5 trillion has been revoked for the state budget, an oversight team of the National Assembly (NA) announced at the ongoing session of the 15th NA in Hanoi on Monday. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/corruption-causes-1-28-bln-loss-to-state-budget-4530173.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-31

Teachers in the southern Binh Duong Province managed to stop a man from setting fire to a kindergarten class Monday. Le Cong Q, 25, was summoned by police afterwards for questioning regarding his intention of setting fire to the class, local media reported. The police said Q rode a motorbike to the kindergarten, bringing with him a plastic bottle containing gasoline. He then entered the facility, opened up the bottle, but was stopped by some female teachers standing nearby before he could set the class on fire. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/man-stopped-from-setting-kindergarten-class-on-fire-4530245.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-31

A Ferrari's front part was damaged after it hit a motorbike in Hanoi, October 31, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Chieu A Ferrari which had a diplomatic license plate crashed into a motorbike in Hanoi's Nam Tu Liem District early Monday morning, instantly killing the motorcyclist. Hoang Bang Viet, 25, was driving the car on Le Quang Dao Street at 3:45 a.m. when he hit the Wave Honda motorbike. The collision killed the motorbike driver on the spot, broke the motorbike in half, and damaged the car's front part. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hanoi-motorbike-driver-killed-in-collision-with-ferrari-4530008.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-31

Photo shows then and newly-appointed MMDA chairperson Romando Artes speaking at the authority's traffic summit in 2021. MMDA PIO MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reappointed Romando Artes as the acting chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, replacing its earlier appointee who took over the office just a few months ago. Artes is set to replace Carlo Dimayuga III, who only served the MMDA for three months after he was appointed acting chairman in August. Acting Press Secretary Cheloy Garafil confirmed this to reporters over the weekend, but the Palace did not provide an explanation why Dimayuga was replaced. In a statement Monday morning, Artes thanked Marcos for the second term as he vowed "to continue reforms my predecessors and I have started, as well as introduce new programs and projects to further improve metro-wide services for the benefit of all Metro Manila residents and the general public." Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/10/31/2220553/palace-re-appoints-romando-artes-mmda-chairman -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-31

Cyclists and electric scooter riders use the protected bike lanes on EDSA from White Plains Avenue to Bonny Serrano Avenue as a dry-run activity for the World Bicycle Day as taken in this photo on May 24, 2020. The STAR / Michael Varcas via Facebook MANILA, Philippines — Over 600 volunteers around the country recorded nearly 192,000 cyclists on major roads of ten cities in the Philippines in celebration of World Cities Day on Monday. These findings came off the 2022 Bike Count Program, the second round of its kind carried by the Mobility Awards organized by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, The Climate Reality Project Philippines, MNL Moves, 350.org Pilipinas and Pinay Bike Community. The bike counts are meant to contribute to baseline data on bicycle use in cities and to spur local governments to include cycling in their data monitoring and their development plans. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/31/2220571/least-200k-commute-bikes-each-day-according-tally-key-cities -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-31

A motorist drives past residents with their belongings camping out along a highway next to a flooded village in Kawit town, Cavite province on October 30, 2022, a day after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit. AFP / Ted Aljibe MANILA, Philippines — 'Queenie' has intensified into tropical storm and state weather forecasters expect it to gain more strength in the next 12 hours. According to PAGASA’s 11 a.m. bulletin, Queenie’s center was last spotted 815 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, with winds as high as 65 km per hour and gusts of up to 80 kph. It entered the Philippine monitoring area at 5 a.m. on Monday. No tropical cyclone wind signals have been raised yet and PAGASA notes that the storm will not “directly affect the country” until Tuesday. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/31/2220563/lgus-told-prepare-queenie-intensifies-tropical-storm -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-31

Image: Google MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said the recommendation of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to put the whole country under a state of national calamity is unnecessary. In a briefing after a situation assessment in Cavite, Marcos pointed out that the damage caused by Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) is “highly localized” and not as extensive. “We’re talking about the east coast Quezon, here in Cavite, then Maguindanao… those are the areas… like in the Visayas, there’s no need for a national calamity for Region 1, and Region 2 as well,” Marcos told reporters in mixed English and Filipino on Monday. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/31/2220569/marcos-thumbs-down-state-national-calamity-recommendation-over-paeng-impacts -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-31

Queenie's center was last spotted 695 kilometers east southeast of Hinatuan, Surigaoo del Sur or 755 km east of Davao City, moving at 25 km per hour west southwestward with winds going as strong as 65 kph near the center and gusts of up to 80 kph. DOST Pagasa MANILA, Philippines — Tropical storm Queenie maintains its strength while moving west southwestward over the Visayas and Mindanao regions, while Paeng intensifies into a severe tropical storm as it moves over the West Philippine Sea. In a 5 p.m. bulletin on Wednesday, state weather bureau PAGASA said it expects Queenie to continue maintaining its strength over the next 12 hours before weakening into a tropical depression on Tuesday. The storm’s center was last spotted 695 kilometers east southeast of Hinatuan, Surigaoo del Sur or 755 km east of Davao City, moving at 25 km per hour west southwestward with winds going as strong as 65 kph near the center and gusts of up to 80 kph. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/31/2220583/queenie-maintains-strength-paeng-exits-par -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-31

Southeast Asia’s largest Indian restaurant opens in Pattaya Two Indian businessmen invested 25 million baht to open Southeast Asia’s largest Indian restaurant, “MumbaiSe,” in Pattaya. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276353-southeast-asia’s-largest-indian-restaurant-opens-in-pattaya/

Two Indian businessmen invested 25 million baht to open Southeast Asia’s largest Indian restaurant, “MumbaiSe,” in Pattaya. MumbaiSe is located at the Stardice Pub on the Pattaya-Naklua road. It held an official opening ceremony at 7 PM last Saturday, October 29th, with many Pattaya officials in attendance, including Mayor Poramese Ngampiches. Mr. Robin Virdi and Mr. Mihar Amit Desai founded MumbaiSe to serve customers of all nationalities who visit Pattaya for vacation and want to experience authentic Indian cuisines. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/31/indian-businessmen-invest-25-million-baht-to-open-southeast-asias-largest-indian-restaurant-in-pattaya/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai Civilized Party leader urging Constitutional Court to consider foreign land ownership PHOTO: Thaipost Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, leader of the Thai Civilized Party, on Monday, October 31st, submitted a request to the Ombudsman, urging the Constitutional Court to repeal the cabinet resolution that grants foreigners to hold land ownership for one rai. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276349-thai-civilized-party-leader-urging-constitutional-court-to-consider-foreign-land-ownership/

PHOTO: Thaipost Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, leader of the Thai Civilized Party, on Monday, October 31st, submitted a request to the Ombudsman, urging the Constitutional Court to repeal the cabinet resolution that grants foreigners to hold land ownership for one rai. The party leader expressed his opinion that according to the consideration of foreign land ownership in Thailand on October 25th, he – as a Thai citizen who loves and cherishes the land, did not agree with the cabinet consideration as Thai ancestors had sacrificed their blood and flesh to protect this land with their lives. Therefore, he had submitted a request to the Ombudsman for the Constitutional Court to consider whether the cabinet’s decision was against Article 1 of the Constitutional Court, stating that Thailand is one and indivisible Kingdom that is inseparable. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/31/thai-civilized-party-leader-mongkolkit-submits-requests-to-ombudsman-urging-constitutional-court-to-consider-if-cabinets-decision-of-foreign-land-ownership-is-constitutional/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai teenager dressed up as “Jeffrey Dahmer” for Halloween harshly criticized on social media Netizens on social media, including many foreigners, were outraged after spotting a Thai teenager dressing up as American notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer for Halloween this year. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276348-thai-teenager-dressed-up-as-“jeffrey-dahmer”-for-halloween-harshly-criticized-on-social-media/

Netizens on social media, including many foreigners, were outraged after spotting a Thai teenager dressing up as American notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer for Halloween this year. A short clip on Tiktok of the Thai teenager who was seen wearing a white t-shirt with the name of Jeffrey Dahmer and number was shared, reposted, and received a lot of criticism for the appropriateness. Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender who committed murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He was also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/31/thai-teenager-harshly-criticized-on-social-media-after-posting-short-clip-of-themselves-dressing-up-as-american-notorious-serial-killer-jeffrey-dahmer-for-halloween/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Strict Control Intensified on Speed Pill Precursors BANGKOK, Oct 31 (TNA) – The justice minister has intensified control on the export of sodium cyanide in a bid to stop the supply of a precursor for the production of illicit drugs, especially speed pills. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276347-strict-control-intensified-on-speed-pill-precursors/

BANGKOK, Oct 31 (TNA) – The justice minister has intensified control on the export of sodium cyanide in a bid to stop the supply of a precursor for the production of illicit drugs, especially speed pills. Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said the order was laid down by a meeting on the control of sodium cyanide to tackle narcotic problems. He chaired the meeting. The export of sodium cyanide would be delayed pending measures to control the substance and simultaneously relevant officials would seriously supervise the local use of the substance as for the time being the country demanded about 310 tons of sodium cyanide, Mr Somsak said. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1048090 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai National Reported Missing in Halloween Crush Is Found Safe BANGKOK, Oct 31 (TNA) – A Thai national, reported missing in a crowd crush during Halloween celebrations in Seoul is found safe and one Thai national died in the incident, said Tanee Saengrat, Thai foreign minister spokesman. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276346-thai-national-reported-missing-in-halloween-crush-is-found-safe/

BANGKOK, Oct 31 (TNA) – A Thai national, reported missing in a crowd crush during Halloween celebrations in Seoul is found safe and one Thai national died in the incident, said Tanee Saengrat, Thai foreign minister spokesman. The Thai embassy in Seoul reported on Sunday there were 153 people killed and 133 others injured in the tragedy in the Itaewon nightlife area on Oct 29. One Thai woman, Phetchabun native was confirmed dead. She was a student on a Korean language course. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1047985 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Gen Prawit Has No Comments on Dec 24 House Dissolution Speculation BANGKOK, Oct 31 (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon declined to comment on the speculation that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha would dissolve the House on Dec 24. He only told reporters to pose the question with Gen Prayut. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276345-gen-prawit-has-no-comments-on-dec-24-house-dissolution-speculation/

BANGKOK, Oct 31 (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon declined to comment on the speculation that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha would dissolve the House on Dec 24. He only told reporters to pose the question with Gen Prayut. Gen Prawit refused to comment on Pheu Thai Party leader Cholnan Srikaew’s remark that the government could dissolve the House on Dec 24 so that House representatives would have enough time as required by law to switch parties for the next general election. Gen Prawit said only that reporters should ask Gen Prayut instead. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1047939 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-10-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!