Hurricane Maria bears down on St. Croix, Puerto Rico after trashing Dominica

By Alvin Baez and Robin Respaut

 

A Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion lifts off from the USS Kearsarge as U.S. military personnel continue to evacuate the U.S. Virgin Islands in advance of Hurricane Maria, in the Caribbean Sea near the islands September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

 

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hurricane Maria, the second maximum-strength storm to hit the Caribbean this month, killed at least one person in Guadeloupe and bore down menacingly on the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday after devastating the tiny island nation of Dominica.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003080-hurricane-maria-bears-down-on-st-croix-puerto-rico-after-trashing-dominica/

 

Marrying a "rich" westerner may not be a "dream come true" - says BBC

 

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The BBC Thai service has produced a wide ranging documentary feature and video that looks into the increasingly prevalent trend for westerners to marry Thai women.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003085-marrying-a-rich-westerner-may-not-be-a-dream-come-true-says-bbc/

 

Electric fence poses serious threat against wild elephants

By Thai PBS

 

 

 

Electric fence installed by farmers to protect their farm crops from elephants has proven to be one of the biggest threats against the animals, having killed almost 10 of them in the past two years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003086-electric-fence-poses-serious-threat-against-wild-elephants/

 

Thai woman facing 7 arrest warrants extradited from Cambodia

By The Nation

 

A Thai woman on the run, for whom seven arrest warrants had been issued over dud cheques, has been arrested in Cambodia and extradited.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003089-thai-woman-facing-7-arrest-warrants-extradited-from-cambodia/

OPINION

The crazy Yingluck scenario few people want

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

Let’s hope that whoever is writing Thailand’s political script is not over-inspired in the next seven days. Otherwise, we may be in for a big anticlimax after days of trying to figure out where Yingluck Shinawatra is, who helped her flee, which escape route she took and whether her clan might actually be in cahoots with the military government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003090-the-crazy-yingluck-scenario-few-people-want/

Underground cable work at Victory Monument to be completed next week

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Metropolitan Electricity Authority’s project to move power and communications cables underground on the stretch from the Lat Phrao intersection to Victory Monument is on course to be completed ahead of schedule, MEA assistant governor Thirawat Thepamnuaysuk said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003092-underground-cable-work-at-victory-monument-to-be-completed-next-week/

Technical school student shot dead in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A technical school student was killed in a drive-by shooting on a road in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district on Tuesday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003093-technical-school-student-shot-dead-in-bangkok/

Phuket woman killed in hit-and-run

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Maliwan Lertsrisathit, 64, from Bangkok, was killed in the hit-and-run while crossing the road after finishing work as a cleaner. Photo: Tan Promedic Phuket

 

PHUKET: -- A 64-year-old woman leaving work was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing the bypass road north of Phuket Town last night (Sept 19).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003095-phuket-woman-killed-in-hit-and-run/

Centara to host leading Asian amateur golf event

By The Nation

 

 

HUA HIN: -- Centara Hotels & Resorts will host the Centara World Masters amateur golf tournament in Hua Hin from June 10-16 next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003096-centara-to-host-leading-asian-amateur-golf-event-in-hua-hin/

 

Analysis: Trump's U.N. speech shows nationalist instincts firmly intact

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chalk one up for the nationalists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003098-analysis-trumps-un-speech-shows-nationalist-instincts-firmly-intact/

Apple releases iOS 11 – here’s how to install it

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Apple’s new operating system, iOS 11 is now available to download for iPhones after the iPhone 5S, all iPad Air and iPad Pro models, iPad 5th generation, iPad mini 2 and later and iPod touch 6th generation.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-releases-ios-11-heres-install/24374/

Phuket taxi driver comes unstuck as tourist passes fake B500 banknote

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The fake B500 note literally had extra zeros glued onto the paper. Image: Supplied

 

PHUKET: A Phuket taxi driver has posted a warning for people to beware fake banknotes after a tourist got away with handing him a B50 banknote washed with a purple tint and with extra zeros literally glued on it to present it as a B500 note.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003101-phuket-taxi-driver-comes-unstuck-as-tourist-passes-fake-b500-banknote/

 

Local public organizations preparing to implement 20-year national strategy

 

UDON THANI, 20 September 2017 (NNT) - The Office of the Decentralization to the Local Government Organization Committee (ODLOC) are readying local government agencies in the upper northeastern region for the implementation of the 20-year national strategy and the transition of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003102-local-public-organizations-preparing-to-implement-20-year-national-strategy/

 

Commerce Min urges farmers to grow organic produce as global demand rises

 

 

SUPHANBURI, 20 September 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce is determined to increase exports and domestic consumption of organic farm goods. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003104-thai-commerce-min-urges-farmers-to-grow-organic-produce-as-global-demand-rises/

 

Yom River steadily engulfing Phichit village

By Sayan Chucham 
The Nation

 

 

PHICHIT: -- Swollen with rain and runoff from the North, the Yom River was still rising on Wednesday, threatening to reach the second storeys of already flooded homes in one Phichit village.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003105-yom-river-steadily-engulfing-phichit-village/

 

Don Mueang shophouse catches fire

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A fire broke out in a three-storey shophouse in Bangkok’s Don Mueang district Wednesday morning. The occupants were evacuated and there were no injuries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003106-don-mueang-shophouse-catches-fire/

At U.N., Britain to push internet firms to remove extremist content quicker

By Michelle Nichols

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a meeting on action to end modern slavery and human trafficking on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove "terrorist content" from the internet within one to two hours of it appearing because they say that is the period when most material is spread.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003107-at-un-britain-to-push-internet-firms-to-remove-extremist-content-quicker/

 

Police Arrest All 11 Suspects In Phang Nga Gang Rape Case

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Nawik Jareuk, in blue cap, is led into the Khokkloi Police Station on Monday in Phang Nga province.

 

PHANG NGA — All 11 men suspected of raping a 14-year-old girl in the southern province of Phang Nga have been arrested, with nine freed on bail as of Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003108-police-arrest-all-11-suspects-in-phang-nga-gang-rape-case/

 

Drug dealer gets 11 years in death of Hollywood movie executive

 

Gavin Smith, 57, a 20th Century Fox distribution executive is shown in this undated photograph released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Smith has been missing since May 1, 2012. REUTERS/Courtesy Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department/Handout/Files

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A convicted drug dealer was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years in prison in the death of a Hollywood studio executive whose remains were found buried in the California desert more than two years after he disappeared in 2012.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003109-drug-dealer-gets-11-years-in-death-of-hollywood-movie-executive/

 

Nine more Cambodian illegal loggers arrested

By The Nation

 

 

KORAT: -- Troops, police and park officials arrested nine more Cambodian illegal loggers in Thap Lan National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province after they were captured committing the alleged crime by online cameras.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003111-nine-more-cambodian-illegal-loggers-arrested-in-thap-lan-national-park/

 

ASH Thailand says e-cigarette is harmful to health

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Action on Smoking and Health Foundation or ASH Thailand insists electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes is harmful to health.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003112-ash-thailand-says-e-cigarette-is-harmful-to-health/

 

Dental council seeks to revoke licence of indebted ‘fraud’

By The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Dental Council wants to revoke the licence of Harvard School of Dental Medicine lecturer Dolrudee Jumlongras, who violated government scholarship conditions for working in Thailand and has failed to repay the scholarship funding she received.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003113-dental-council-seeks-to-revoke-licence-of-indebted-‘fraud’/

 

Google is DELETING some user’s Android back ups: Here’s how to protect your data

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Android users are being warned to make sure they keep their devices active or risk having Google automatically delete some of their backed-up data.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-deleting-users-android-back-ups-heres-protect-data/24376/

5 secret iOS 11 features that you need to know about

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The latest operating system, iOS 11 was launched by Apple this week and it does seem pretty impressive with several new features. Here are just 5 that you may not be aware of:

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/5-secret-ios-11-features-need-know/24379/

First royal commemorative banknotes roll out

By Rachanon Intharaksa 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Citizens on Wednesday began exchanging old banknotes for new commemorative ones honouring His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003117-first-royal-commemorative-banknotes-roll-out/

New Zealand fuel shortage disrupts air travel just days before poll

By Charlotte Greenfield

 

Air New Zealand aircraft are pictured during fuel shortages at Auckland Airport in New Zealand, September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Nigel Marple

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's National Party government on Wednesday set up a commission to oversee the response to a fuel shortage crisis that has roiled air travel in and out of the country's biggest city just days before a tight national election.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003119-new-zealand-fuel-shortage-disrupts-air-travel-just-days-before-poll/

Kirkuk shaping up as flashpoint ahead of Kurdistan independence vote

By Raya Jalabi and Ulf Laessing

 

A man talks on the phone infront of a banner urging people to vote for the 25th independence referendum in Kirkuk, Iraq September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

 

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Visitors to Kirkuk in northern Iraq are greeted by an imposing statue of a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter with a gun slung over his shoulder, a reminder of tensions building in the hotly-contested city ahead of a referendum on Kurdish independence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003120-kirkuk-shaping-up-as-flashpoint-ahead-of-kurdistan-independence-vote/

 

Young motorcycle racers put to community service

 

 

NONTHABURI, 20 September 2017 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police office has engaged motorcycle racing teens in Nonthaburi province in public service as part of their punishment and rehabilitation. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003121-young-motorcycle-racers-in-nonthaburi-put-to-community-service/

Teary Amelia faces detention on drug charges

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Despite her tearful plea for another chance from the Thai public, actress and former Miss Teen Thailand Amelia “Amy” Jacobs is facing serious drug charges, including possessing illicit drugs with intent to sell, which could spell the end of her acting career.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003122-teary-amelia-“amy”-jacobs-faces-detention-on-drug-charges/

Min of Commerce stabilizes cassava prices

 

 

SURIN, 20 September 2017 (NNT) - Director General of the Department of Internal Trade Suchart Sinrat met with cassava importers and exporters in Surin province to listen to their problems after prices of cassava began to decline. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003126-min-of-commerce-stabilizes-cassava-prices/