Heart of gold taxi driver gives up his free time to help others

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a shining example of all that is good in a Thai taxi driver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004835-heart-of-gold-taxi-driver-gives-up-his-free-time-to-help-others/

Samui escaped prisoners drama ends with four arrests

 

Image: Sanook

 

Four prisoners who escaped from custody as they were due to appear at a Koh Samui court have all been apprehended.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004836-samui-escaped-prisoners-drama-ends-with-four-arrests/

 

Social media feels sick as "jingjok" turns up in Pattaya street snack

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Netizens reeled in revulsion after someone posted a picture of what they found in a popular snack in the Ang Sila market in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004837-social-media-feels-sick-as-jingjok-turns-up-in-pattaya-street-snack/

Rain, rain and more rain - Bangkok and Pattaya brace for heavy downpours

 

Image: Voice TV

 

The Thai weather men announced that Bangkok and Pattaya  would experience heavy rains over the next 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004838-rain-rain-and-more-rain-bangkok-and-pattaya-brace-for-heavy-downpours/

Rising baht dampens rice exports in August

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

Falls in exports of white rice and Thai Hom Mali, a fragrant rice, in August, contributed to the overall decline. Export of Hom Mali dropped sharply by 39 per cent to 166,215 tonnes while limited demand also played a part in the slide.

 

CHAROEN Laothamatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said yesterday that growng strength of the Thai currency has negatively impacted on the country’s exports of rice and other farm products such as rubber |sheet, tapioca and sugar. These products have 90 per cent local content, so the baht’s rise makes them more expensive than those of our competitors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004840-rising-baht-dampens-rice-exports-in-august/

British school to open in Bangkok

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN 
THE NATION

 

An image of Wellington College on Krungthep Kreetha Road in Bangkok. Construction is under way and the school will open next year.

 

WELLINGTON College, a long-established British school, will open in Bangkok next year, marking its entry into the Asean region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004843-british-school-to-open-in-bangkok/

Tesla chief Musk’s latest idea: Intercity rocket travel

BY REUTERS 

 

 

ADELAIDE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk on Friday outlined ambitious plans for a manned mission to Mars and a rocket capable of carrying passengers from one continent to another on Earth.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/tesla-chief-musks-latest-idea-intercity-rocket-travel/24639/

Trang hit by flash floods following six hours of downpours

By The Nation

 

Hundreds of houses, several roads and temples in Trang’s four districts were hit by flash floods late on Friday night following over six hours of heavy downpours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004845-trang-hit-by-flash-floods-following-six-hours-of-downpours/

 

Gold drops 100 baht today

 

 

Gold plunged again on Saturday (Sept 30) with price falling 100 baht on the first hour of trading.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004846-gold-drops-100-baht-today/

 

Senior police officer close to Thaksin taking early retirement

By The Nation

 

A police major general who used to serve as a bodyguard for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was among 475 officers whose early retirement requests have been approved.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004847-senior-police-officer-close-to-thaksin-taking-early-retirement/

 

16 road racers captured, 40 motorbikes seized in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

Police rounded up 16 teenagers and seized 40 motorcycles when they foiled plans for a race on Rama VI road in Bangkok’s Phayathai district early on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004849-16-road-racers-captured-40-motorbikes-seized-in-bangkok/

 

Alcohol sales ban in Phuket on Oct 5, other days not yet confirmed 

Shela Riva

 

So far the Ministry of Interior has only declared a ban on alcohol sales from midnight to midnight on October 5.
 

PHUKET: Patong Police Chief Col Tassanai Orarigdech has confirmed that alcohol sales will be banned on Oct 5 as required by law to honour Wan Org Pansa, which marks the end of Buddhist Lent, but says that he has yet to receive any notices to enforce a ban on the sale of alcohol on any other days in October.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004851-alcohol-sales-ban-in-phuket-on-oct-5-other-days-not-yet-confirmed/

250,000 expected to attend Royal Cremation

By THE NATION

 

The Royal Crematorium for HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej stands tall in Sanam Luang, next to the glittering Grand Palace yesterday. Ceremonies are scheduled to take place from October 25 to 29.

 

ABOUT 250,000 Thai citizens are expected to attend the Royal Cremation of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on October 26, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004853-250000-expected-to-attend-royal-cremation/

Fear driving Cambodian opposition MPs abroad, party says

By Prak Chan Thul and Matthew Tostevin

 

Mu Sochua, Deputy President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), speaks during an interview with Reuters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Around half the opposition members of Cambodia’s parliament have left the country in fear of a crackdown by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, a deputy party leader said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004855-fear-driving-cambodian-opposition-mps-abroad-party-says/

Bankers anxious over consumer reactions to Equifax breach

By David Henry and Ross Kerber

 

The logo and trading information for Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. are displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

(Reuters) - U.S. lenders are concerned their consumer loan and credit card businesses could be stymied if large numbers of people lock or freeze their credit reports to protect themselves in the wake of the Equifax Inc <EFX.N> hack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004856-bankers-anxious-over-consumer-reactions-to-equifax-breach/

China's Xi says study capitalism, but Marxism remains top

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the 86th INTERPOL General Assembly at Beijing National Convention Center on September 26, 2017 in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Communist Party members should study contemporary capitalism but must never deviate from Marxism, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, offering a clear signal there will be no weakening of party control weeks ahead of a key Congress opening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004857-chinas-xi-says-study-capitalism-but-marxism-remains-top/

Cubans are heartbroken, angry can't seek U.S. visas in Havana

By Sarah Marsh and Nelson Acosta

 

FILE PHOTO People wait to enter the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

 

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans said they were both heartbroken and enraged by the United States' decision on Friday to stop processing visas at its embassy in Havana that would further tear at the seams of families already divided by the Florida Straits.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004859-cubans-are-heartbroken-angry-cant-seek-us-visas-in-havana/

North Korea seen moving missiles from development centre - South Korean broadcaster

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a Farm No. 1116 of KPA Unit 810 in this September 29, 2017 photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take more provocative actions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004860-north-korea-seen-moving-missiles-from-development-centre-south-korean-broadcaster/

Phuket lifeguards rescue, revive ‘thankless tourist’ from drowning 

Shela Riva

 

Phuket lifeguards recovered the unconscious tourist from the water and revived him on the beach. Photo: Phuket Lifeguard Service
 

PHUKET: Phuket lifeguards on the last day before they exit the beaches – to be replaced by a motley crew of Navy personnel, Civil Defense volunteers and a handful of actual lifeguards hired for the coming month – today (Sept 30) rescued another tourist caught in a dangerous rip tide at Surin Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004875-phuket-lifeguards-rescue-revive-‘thankless-tourist’-from-drowning/

DSI suspects deadly foul play in B1.4bn Phuket land swindle

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

 

PHUKET: Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Deputy Chief Lt Col Prawut Wongsrinil suspects that a Phuket man’s death “might not have been an accident” amid a B1.4 billion land swindle for a plot with “sea views” on the island’s east coast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004876-dsi-suspects-deadly-foul-play-in-b14bn-phuket-land-swindle/

 

Man eats only potatoes for a whole year, documents journey on YouTube. Here’s what happened

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

An Australian man has conducted an experiment to see if he could lose weight by only eating potatoes for a year, amazingly he did, a total of 50kg.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/man-eats-potatoes-whole-year-documents-journey-youtube-heres-happened/24649/

You’re robot has arrived

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng
The Nation

 

 

True has a limited number of Robotis Minis for sale and even kids can assemble them. Clear the dance floor

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/youre-robot-arrived/24635/

Surface Pro review: Tablet with a notebook format

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng
The Nation

 

 

The new Surface Pro from Microsoft is a great improvement on its predecessor. Here’s why

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/surface-pro-review-tablet-notebook-format/24642/

Thi Lo Su Waterfall to be reopened on Sunday

By The Nation

 

The popular Thi Lo Su Waterfall in Tak’s Umphang district will be reopened to tourists on Sunday after it was closed to allow natural regeneration during the rainy season.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004877-thi-lo-su-waterfall-to-be-reopened-on-sunday/

 

Government says less than half of the 11 million low income earners come to collect welfare cards

 

 

The government yesterday (Sept 29) said that less than half of the 11.67 million qualified low-income earners have came to pick up their welfare smart cards to get monthly subsidies from the government for purchases of necessary goods, for bus and train travels, and for power and cooking gas bills.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004884-government-says-less-than-half-of-the-11-million-low-income-earners-come-to-collect-welfare-cards/

 

People warned against being overcharged taking motorcycle taxis to Grand Palace

 

 

People queuing to pay respect to late King have been warned against being overcharged by motorcycle taxi operators

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004885-people-warned-against-being-overcharged-taking-motorcycle-taxis-to-grand-palace/

 

PM officially launches undersea cable system linking Asia, Africa and Europe

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday (September 29) officially launched a public internet project and the undersea cable development project in Pak Bara district of Satun province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004886-pm-officially-launches-undersea-cable-system-linking-asia-africa-and-europe/

 

Intimidation allegedly made over Samsenwittayalai School bribery

 

 

People, including teachers, who provided information accusing the director of Sansenwittayalai School of demanding “tea money” from a parent in exchange for enrolling his child into the school, have been intimidated, said a former student of the school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004887-intimidation-allegedly-made-over-samsenwittayalai-school-bribery/

 

New waterfall found in Sukhothai

 

 

A new waterfall has been discovered in the middle of the Ramkhamhaeng National Park in Khiri Mat district of Sukhothai province in the North. It is being developed as a new tourist attraction.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004889-new-waterfall-found-in-sukhothai/

 

Bridge collapses in Chai Nat, 3 injured

 

 

Three Cambodian workers were seriously injured after a concrete bridge under construction across the Chao Phraya River in Chai Nat province collapsed on Saturday afternoon (Sept 30).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004890-bridge-collapses-in-chai-nat-3-injured/