District chief orders Pattaya wide "entertainment" shutdown on October 26th

 

 

The district chief of Bang Lamung has asked the police across four Pattaya districts to ensure that all entertainment venues are shut down for the Royal Cremation on October 26th.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007696-district-chief-orders-pattaya-wide-entertainment-shutdown-on-october-26th/

Ex British Royal Marine running for the Great Rama IX says sorry to the Thai people from his hospital bed - but he will make it to Hua Hin even if he has to walk

 

Picture: TNews

 

Tnews reported on the story of Chris Maynard the ex British Royal marine from London who was hospitalized while running from Chiang Mai to Hua Hin this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007720-ex-british-royal-marine-running-for-the-great-rama-ix-says-sorry-to-the-thai-people-from-his-hospital-bed-but-he-will-make-it-to-hua-hin-even-if-he-has-to-walk/

 

Police lawbreakers! "They are the law..... but they do as they please"

 

Picture TNews

 

A picture of a police pick-up breaking the law about loads on the back was shared right across social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007721-police-lawbreakers-they-are-the-law-but-they-do-as-they-please/

 

Deadly Chaiyaphum floods claim two more lives making seven in less than a month

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager reported that severe flooding in the Chaiyaphum area had claimed the lives of two more people yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007722-deadly-chaiyaphum-floods-claim-two-more-lives-making-seven-in-less-than-a-month/

 

Midweek rant: Why pander to smokers? Just “cough up” 2,000 baht and don’t come back

 

File photo

 

After last week’s farce of idiotic jail terms for smokers comes the complete opposite – appeasement that would have made even Neville Chamberlain wince.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007725-midweek-rant-why-pander-to-smokers-just-“cough-up”-2000-baht-and-don’t-come-back/

 

UPDATE:

 

PM cancels media session, remains mum on Zuckerberg meeting claim

By THE NATION

 

Mark Zuckerberg

 

IT REMAINS unclear whether Facebook co-founder and major shareholder Mark Zuckerberg will meet with Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha in Thailand later this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007679-thai-govt-dodges-questions-about-zuckerberg-meeting/?tab=comments#comment-12374977

 

Sudarat ‘hurt, but not out’, after marigold faux pas

By THE NATION

 

 

KHUNYING SUDARAT Keyuraphan’s widely criticised faux pas during the current mourning period for His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej only makes her path to the leadership of the Pheu Thai Party that much harder, a party source said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007726-sudarat-‘hurt-but-not-out’-after-marigold-faux-pas/

 

Appeal Court upholds 3-year jail term for ex-minister Benja

By THE NATION

 

Benja Louichareon

 

Former deputy finance minister and 4 others helped Thaksin’s children evade paying taxes on shin corp shares sale.

THE COURT of appeals has upheld a lower court’s three-year jail sentence for Benja Louichareon, a former deputy finance minister, who abused her authority to help Panthongtae and Pinthongta Shinawatra evade income taxes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007728-appeal-court-upholds-3-year-jail-term-for-ex-minister-benja/

 

Environmental reform committee reforms include small tweaks and grand plan

By Piyaporn Wongruang 
The Nation

 

The committee at the press conference.

 

In a bid to mitigate increasingly intensified conflict over natural resources between the state and the people, new mechanisms for long-term overhauls of the natural resources and environmental management would be introduced as part of needed long-term natural resources and environmental reforms.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007729-environmental-reform-committee-reforms-include-small-tweaks-and-grand-plan/

 

Victims of floods can sue, say academics

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

State agencies slammed for their failure to mitigate damage.

 

AUTHORITIES ARE violating their own rules and could be sued for not maintaining irrigation facilities properly and failing to implement a disaster-prevention plan and warning system, academics said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007730-victims-of-floods-can-sue-say-academics/

 

The Royal funeral of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej

 

 

The Nation summarises for our readers details of the Royal funeral of our beloved monarch, HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, that will commence next week. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007731-the-royal-funeral-of-hm-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej/

 

EDITORIAL

Why Zuckerberg needs to come here

By The Nation

 

Thailand is uniquely poised to become this region’s e-commerce nexus, and Chinese online giants are on their way

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007732-why-zuckerberg-needs-to-come-here/

 

Army defends 15-million-baht toilets and stores at Rajabhakti Park

By Thai PBS

 

 

The army chief has defended the 15-million baht plus spending for the construction of toilets and stores at the Rajabhakti Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district as justified, appropriate and transparent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007733-army-defends-15-million-baht-toilets-and-stores-at-rajabhakti-park/

 

People living around dams and reservoirs asked to watch out for dam cave-ins or leaks

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has sought help from people living around dams and reservoirs in the Northeast to keep a close watch on them in case some of them may burst or leak due to increasing water pressure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007734-people-living-around-dams-and-reservoirs-asked-to-watch-out-for-dam-cave-ins-or-leaks/

 

Britain's May asks EU to help her end Brexit sniping at home

By Elizabeth Piper and Noah Barkin

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at the EU summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to European Union leaders to help her silence critics at home by signalling a willingness to break the deadlock in Brexit talks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007735-britains-may-asks-eu-to-help-her-end-brexit-sniping-at-home/

 

Putin dials up anti-U.S. rhetoric, keeps mum on re-election

By Polina Nikolskaya and Andrew Osborn

 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool

 

SOCHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin launched one of his most stinging critiques of U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, listing what he called some of the biggest betrayals in U.S.-Russia relations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007736-putin-dials-up-anti-us-rhetoric-keeps-mum-on-re-election/

 

With tears and song, China welcomes Xi as great, wise leader

By Christian Shepherd and Philip Wen

 

(Front row, L to R) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang, former Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese President Xi Jinping, former President Jiang Zemin, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, are seen during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials on Thursday heaped praise on President Xi Jinping's political ideology, unveiled a day earlier at a key Communist Party Congress, a sign that it could be enshrined in the party's constitution and further cement his power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007737-with-tears-and-song-china-welcomes-xi-as-great-wise-leader/

 

Ending Iran nuclear deal would worsen North Korea situation: Kerry

By Stephanie Nebehay

 

FILE PHOTO: John Kerry speaks with the media after attending the Mideast peace conference in Paris, France, January 15, 2017 . REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump risks driving Iran towards nuclear proliferation and worsening a standoff with North Korea if Washington ends a nuclear deal with Iran, former Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007739-ending-iran-nuclear-deal-would-worsen-north-korea-situation-kerry/

 

North Korea warns threats a 'big miscalculation' in letter to Australia lawmakers

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - North Korea has sent a letter to Australia's parliament, warning it is a nuclear power and will not be cowed by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to destroy it, according to a copy of the letter published in an Australian newspaper on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007740-north-korea-warns-threats-a-big-miscalculation-in-letter-to-australia-lawmakers/

 

British man and Thai wife arrested on child sex abuse charges as they tried to board flight to Thailand

 

Manchester Airport

 

A husband and wife have been arrested at Manchester Airport and charged with a string of child abuse offences.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007741-british-man-and-thai-wife-arrested-on-child-sex-abuse-charges-as-they-tried-to-board-flight-to-thailand/

 

The cruel rule which forced a mum to return to Thailand without her daughter

Mum Wanna I'anson has been forced to leave her six year-old daughter behind in Sevenoaks

Debbie King

 

Torn apart - six year-old Kayla and her mum, Wanna //source: KentLive

 

A six year-old Sevenoaks girl is facing winter without her mum because visa rules mean she was forced to return to Thailand alone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007742-the-cruel-uk-rule-which-forced-a-mum-to-return-to-thailand-without-her-daughter/

 

"Tesakit Tommy" joins the cops in a big smiley welcome for high season

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Chiang Mai's top brass turned out in force yesterday for an event to usher in the high season.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007743-tesakit-tommy-joins-chiang-mai-cops-in-a-big-smiley-welcome-for-high-season/

 

Thai road safety: Green light given for police to spend half a billion baht on radar guns

 

video screenshot

 

Speeding motorists better watch out - Thailand is spending more than half a billion baht to equip its police with hand held radar guns.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007744-thai-road-safety-green-light-given-for-police-to-spend-half-a-billion baht-on-radar-guns/

 

2020 vision for Khon Kaen transport as tram system set to start building

 

Image: Daily News

 

Authorities in the north eastern Thai city of Khon Kaen said that work on the tram system is set to start early next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007745-2020-vision-for-khon-kaen-transport-as-tram-system-set-to-start-building/

 

Merkel presses allies to cut funds for Turkey's EU bid

By Robin Emmott and Noah Barkin

 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the EU summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders agreed on Thursday to explore cuts in EU funds to Turkey that are linked to Ankara's stalled bid to join the bloc after German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed for action in response to what she described as "unacceptable" Turkish behaviour on human rights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007749-merkel-presses-allies-to-cut-funds-for-turkeys-eu-bid/

 

Police in Nakon Si Thammarat unfazed as Ya Ba suspect tries to hide behind bucket in the loo!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police raiding a house in Nakon Si Thammarat wondered where the owner had gone to.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007751-police-in-nakon-si-thammarat-unfazed-as-ya-ba-suspect-tries-to-hide-behind-bucket-in-the-loo/

 

Russians coming back to Pattaya after charter flights diverted to U-Tapao

 

 

The head of the Hotel Association for the Eastern Seaboard told a meeting this week that he expected tourist arrivals from Russia to begin getting back to previous levels prior to the collapse of the rouble.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007755-russians-coming-back-to-pattaya-after-charter-flights-diverted-to-u-tapao/

 

Grandpa hacks 'abusive drunk grandson' to death

By The Nation

 

A 75-year-old grandfather was taken into police custody after he allegedly hacked his “abusive” 17-year-old grandson to death at their Buri Ram house on Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007760-grandpa-hacks-abusive-drunk-grandson-to-death-at-their-buri-ram-house/

 

One killed, two injured in double road accidents in Roi Et

By The Nation

 

A motorist was killed in a fire and his passenger was injured when their car crashed into a lorry that was making a u-turn in Roi Et's Mueang district early on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007761-one-killed-two-injured-in-double-road-accidents-in-roi-et/

 

Upper Thailand warned of thunderstorms, sharp temperature drop

By The Nation

 

 

The Meteorological Department on Friday warned residents of the North and Northeast to brace themselves for fast-changing weather conditions, including heavy rains, thunderstorms and a sharp drop in temperature from Saturday to Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007762-upper-thailand-warned-of-thunderstorms-sharp-temperature-drop/