Phuket police seize over B10mn worth of overpriced items in zero-dollar raids

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- Police today carried out raids on five business operators believed to be involved in zero-dollar tours and seized over B10 million worth of what they deemed to be overpriced items.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003202-phuket-police-seize-over-b10mn-worth-of-overpriced-items-in-zero-dollar-raids/

PSU sending a Safe Sex message – 25,000 condoms at a time

By Tim Newton

 

 

Students from Phuket’s Prince of Songkhla University were busy this afternoon preparing thousands of condom packs. It’s a regular voluntary activity each semester at PSU. Carex in Bangkok provide the condoms, the students pack them into small packs for distribution.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003212-psu-sending-a-safe-sex-message-–-25000-condoms-at-a-time/

Foreign dad visits former Miss Teen Thailand daughter on drugs charge

 

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BANGKOK: -- The actress famous for her catchphrase "Mum's Coming" (mae maa) had a different version yesterday when her dad popped in to Sai Mai police station.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003273-foreign-dad-visits-former-miss-teen-thailand-daughter-on-drugs-charge/

 

Three corn silo workers "gassed" in freak accident in northern Thailand

 

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CHIANG RAI: -- Three Burmese workers cleaning a silo for storing corn in Chiang Rai are believed to have been killed by a build up of gas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003274-three-corn-silo-workers-gassed-in-freak-accident-in-northern-thailand/

 

Red Bull similarities as woman on motorbike dies dragged under vehicle

 

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CHIANG RAI: -- A pick-up driver fled the scene of an accident in Chiang Rai after dragging a woman pillion passenger for thirty meters under his front axel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003275-red-bull-similarities-as-woman-on-motorbike-dies-dragged-under-vehicle/

 

Small crowd expected for Yingluck verdict reading

By THE NATION

 

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BANGKOK: -- Police anticipate that 300 to 400 supporters will travel to the Supreme Court in Bangkok next Wednesday, when a verdict in the case against fugitive ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be read, almost certainly in her absence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003277-small-crowd-expected-for-yingluck-verdict-reading/

 

A Jet Airways flight from India to Bangkok receives bomb threat

 

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BANGKOK: -- Suvarnabhumi International Airport has exercised an emergency plan after a Jet Airways flight from New Delhi to Bangkok received a bomb threat, Sirote Duangrat, general manager said Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003278-a-jet-airways-flight-from-india-to-bangkok-receives-bomb-threat/

 

Nok Air plans to raise Bt1.7-bn to stay afloat

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai to increase its stake by Bt350m to help struggling budget airline in three-stage rehabilitation plan.

BANGKOK: -- THE UNPROFITABLE budget airline Nok Air plans to raise about Bt1.7 billion for aircraft maintenance and rent in an effort to return to making money.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003279-nok-air-plans-to-raise-bt17-bn-to-stay-afloat/

 

Man arrested for throwing paint on badly-parked car  

 

 

SAMUT PRAKAN: -- Be careful where you park your car and think twice before deciding to react to anything that upsets you. That could be the message after an incident in Samut Prakan on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003280-man-arrested-for-throwing-paint-on-badly-parked-car-in-samut-prakan/

 

Celebrities caught using drugs face uncertain fate

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- FORMER MISS TEEN THAILAND and now-disgraced actress Amelia Jacobs, who was arrested on drug-related charges early on Tuesday morning, is not the first – and will not be the last – Thai star who has seen a bright future threatened by involvement with illegal drugs.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003281-celebrities-caught-using-drugs-face-uncertain-fate/

 

Muddled trade policies hold back the country, researchers say

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- RESEARCHERS have criticised the government for a lack of free-trade strategies and poorly organised trade institutions that are handicapping the country in international trade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003282-muddled-trade-policies-hold-back-the-country-researchers-say/

 

UPDATE:

 

Gang-rape victim ‘identifies perpetrators’

By ANOTHAI NGARNDEE 
THE NATION

 

 

A YOUNG victim of alleged gang rapes in Phang Nga correctly identified nine suspects from a police line-up yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003139-victim-in-phang-nga-gang-rape-case-faces-suspects/

 

Dam added to Chao Phraya flood plan

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

Engineer questions purpose and scope of Bt18-billion project in Ayutthaya.

A PLAN to build a new dam in the main tributary of the Chao Phraya River in Ayutthaya has been revealed by the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) as part of its Bang Ban-Bang Sai drainage canal project.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003283-dam-added-to-chao-phraya-flood-plan/

 

Col Winthai to head Thailand’s jet ski team to vie for world champion titles in the US

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thailand’s jet ski team of 18 racers will see the spokesman of the National Council for Peace and order Col Winthai Suvaree leading the team to compete at Lake Havasu in Arizona, USA for world championship.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003284-col-winthai-to-head-thailand’s-jet-ski-team-to-vie-for-world-champion-titles-in-the-us/

 

New species of trapdoor spiders discovered in Thailand

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A new species of trapdoor spiders, which has been named “Mae Wong trapdoor spider” has been discovered by a team of researchers, lecturers and students in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, of Chulalongkorn University.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003285-new-species-of-trapdoor-spiders-discovered-in-thailand/

 

60,000 student loan recipients in government service warned they may lose their jobs

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Government officials who took student loans while they were studying may face dismissal if they were found to have deliberately refused to honour their debt repayments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003286-60000-student-loan-recipients-in-government-service-warned-they-may-lose-their-jobs/

 

CAAT confident ICAO will lift its “red flag” status

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) is confident it will be able to address all safety concerns raised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and have its “red flag” status lifted, CAAT director Chula Sukmanop said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003287-caat-confident-icao-will-lift-its-“red-flag”-status/

 

Indian tourist loses B5,000 to snatcher in Pattaya

By Thai PBS

 

 

PATTAYA: -- A young Indian tourist had only 20 baht left in his pocket after a motorcycle taxi driver snatched 5,000 baht from him while he was about to pay for his service after a ride in Pattaya, Chon Buri, early on Tuesday (Sept 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003288-indian-tourist-loses-b5000-to-snatcher-in-pattaya/

 

Rescuers get closer to trapped girl as Mexico quake toll passes 220

By Michael O'Boyle and Ana Isabel Martinez

 

Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Henry Romero

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Rescuers toiled to wrest a young girl from the rubble of a partially collapsed school in Mexico City on Wednesday, offering a small glimmer of hope more than a day after a devastating earthquake killed at least 224 people.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003289-rescuers-get-closer-to-trapped-girl-as-mexico-quake-toll-passes-220/

 

Palestinian President Abbas says peace closer with Trump engaged

By Jeff Mason and Yara Bayoumy

 

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed optimism on Wednesday about reaching a peace agreement with Israel this year and said U.S. President Donald Trump's commitment to the issue would help create the "deal of the century" in the region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003290-palestinian-president-abbas-says-peace-closer-with-trump-engaged/

 

Iran says it does not expect U.S. to leave nuclear deal

By Steve Holland and John Irish

 

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivers remarks at a news conference during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S. September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it did not expect the United States to abandon the Iranian nuclear deal as U.S. officials sent mixed signals on what they plan to do about the international accord.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003292-iran-says-it-does-not-expect-us-to-leave-nuclear-deal/

 

UPDATE:

 

Unclaimed mobile phone on Jet Airways flight to Bangkok created bomb scare

 

 

An unclaimed mobile phone found in the aircraft cabin of Jet Airways' Delhi-Bangkok flight on Wednesday created a major scare, Times of India online reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003278-a-jet-airways-flight-from-india-to-bangkok-receives-bomb-threat/?do=findComment&comment=12290154

 

Jake LaMotta, boxing's 'Raging Bull,' dies in his 90s

 

FILE PHOTO: Boxer Jake "The Raging Bull" LaMotta tips his hat to the crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York in this April 7, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Teddy Blackburn/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Jake LaMotta, the brutish former boxing champion whose life of violence in and out of the ring was portrayed in the movie "Raging Bull," died on Tuesday, according to one of his daughters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003295-jake-lamotta-boxings-raging bull-dies-in-his-90s/

 

Police say trader not responsible in PVC pipe death - woman faces negligence charge

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police in Pathum Thani have ruled out laying charges at the door of the shop that failed to tie on a PVC pipe securely to the back of a pick-up truck.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003296-police-say-trader-not-responsible-in-pvc-pipe-death-woman-faces negligence-charge/

 

Lost luggage - 'Mischievous' Singapore handler sent bags astray at world's best airport

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the check-in area of the departure hall during a media tour of Changi Airport Terminal 4 in Singapore July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su -

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A man who worked as a baggage handler at Singapore's Changi Airport swapped tags on hundreds of bags, sending the luggage to the wrong destinations, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003297-lost-luggage-mischievous-singapore-handler-sent-bags-astray-at-worlds-best-airport/

 

Investigators ask White House for details on FBI director firing, Flynn ouster - NYT

 

Then national security adviser General Michael Flynn delivers a statement daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2017. Picture taken February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel investigating Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election has asked the White House for documents on a range of subjects including President Donald Trump's firing of the FBI director and his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003299-investigators-ask-white-house-for-details-on-fbi-director-firing-flynn-ouster-nyt/

 

Google close to buying smartphone maker HTC’s assets – Bloomberg

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is close to acquiring assets of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-close-buying-smartphone-maker-htcs-assets-bloomberg/24390/

Shooting and kicking at gas station: mum tries to buy off parent with 10,000 baht

 

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BANGKOK: -- The mother of one of the thugs who attacked two teens at a Bang Plat gas station tried to buy off a father with 10,000 baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003301-shooting-and-kicking-at-gas-station-mum-tries-to-buy-off-parent-with 10000-baht/

 

17 injured in bus crash in Mahasarakham

By The Nation

 

An air-conditioned bus from Bangkok crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer that was changing lane for a u-turn in Mahasarakham, injuring 17 people early Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003302-17-injured-in-bus-crash-in-mahasarakham/

Handicapped teen locked up like an animal "because we love him" say aunt and uncle

 

Source: Sanook

 

A 14 year old handicapped boy pictured on the internet like he was in an animal pen is in a loving home, it was claimed yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003303-handicapped-teen-locked-up-like-an-animal-because-we-love-him-say aunt-and-uncle/