Chi River floods ‘even worse than 2011’

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM, 
SIWA LOHO 
THE NATION

 

AUTHORITIES ADMIT THAT PROBLEM WON’T BE SOLVED FOR ANOTHER MONTH

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007921-chi-river-floods-‘even-worse-than-2011’/

 

MoU to be signed between Education Ministry and GSB to help restructure teachers’ debts

 

 

The Government Savings Bank and the Office of Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel (OTEP) will sign a memorandum of understanding on resolving the debt problem of teachers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007924-mou-to-be-signed-between-education-ministry-and-gsb-to-help-restructure-teachers’-debts/

 

Ratchanok and Tai square off in Denmark semi

By The Nation

 

 

Ratchanok Intanon has a Herculean task waiting for her in today’s semi-final of the Danisa Denmark Open as she faces world No 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan this evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007925-ratchanok-and-tai-square-off-in-denmark-semi/

 

Deputy Governor of Bangkok inspects sandalwood flower laying venues

supawadee wangsri

 

BANGKOK, 20 October 2017 (NNT) – The Deputy Governor of Bangkok has inspected sandalwood flower offering venues in the city's Talingchan, Pathumwan and Chom Thong districts ahead of the royal cremation of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007926-deputy-governor-of-bangkok-inspects-sandalwood-flower-laying-venues/

 

No lifeguards on Phuket beaches for two days, tourists urged to refrain from swimming

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

A spanish man was saved by a local surfer at Surin beach yesterday (Oct 20). Photo: Supplied
 

PHUKET: A Surin lifeguard volunteer has urged people to avoid swimming at Phuket beaches over the weekend as there will be no experienced lifeguards on duty.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007927-no-lifeguards-on-phuket-beaches-for-two-days-tourists-urged-to-refrain-from-swimming/

 

AIA’s value of new business up 20 per cent in Q3

By THE NATION

 

Ng Keng Hooi, AIA’s group chief executive and president

 

AIA Group has announced a 20 per cent growth in value of new business (VONB) for the third quarter ending August 31, 2017.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007928-aia’s-value-of-new-business-up-20-per-cent-in-q3/

 

Tour group left stranded at airport take pictures outside the police station instead of Japan!

 

Image: Sanook

 

A large group of tourists left stranded at Suvarnabhimi airport posted pictures of their "trip" to Hokkaido outside the airport police station.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007931-tour-group-left-stranded-at-airport-take-pictures-outside-the-police-station-instead-of-japan/

Southern area: Thousands arrested, guns seized in pre-Royal Cremation crime sweep

 

Image: PPTV

 

The deputy national head of the Thai police presided over the announcement of a large number of arrests and guns and drug seizures in the South of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007932-southern-area-thousands-arrested-guns-seized-in-pre-royal-cremation-crime-sweep/

Investigation underway after police admit they let a drug suspect escape with two women

 

Image: Tnews

 

Police in Bang Lamung, Pattaya, have admitted that one of their men let a drugs suspect escape from custody.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007934-investigation-underway-after-police-admit-they-let-a-drug-suspect-escape-with-two-women/

One dead, another missing after oil barge fire off Texas

 

Coast Guard responds to barge on fire approximately three miles from Port Aransas jetties in Texas, U.S., October 20, 2017. Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - At least one person was killed and another was missing on Friday after an oil barge being pulled by a tug boat caught fire and exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007938-one-dead-another-missing-after-oil-barge-fire-off-texas/

Water supply to Nakhon Pathom districts disrupted by fatal accident

By The Nation

 

Five districts in Nakhon Pathom province may have to go without tap water for two days, on Saturday and Sunday, because of an accident at a private water-filtering plant that led to the death of a worker by drowning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007939-water-supply-to-nakhon-pathom-districts-disrupted-by-fatal-accident/

 

U.S. court blocks immigrant teen's bid to obtain abortion

By Lawrence Hurley and Ian Simpson

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday prevented an illegal immigrant teenager detained by the government from immediately obtaining an abortion, although it left open the possibility she could undergo the procedure within days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007941-us-court-blocks-immigrant-teens-bid-to-obtain-abortion/

 

Landslide buries up to 20 at Penang, Malaysia, construction site

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A landslide at a construction site has buried between 15 and 20 people in George Town, capital of the northwest Malaysian state of Penang, authorities said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007942-landslide-buries-up-to-20-at-penang-malaysia-construction-site/

 

Missing Argentine protester's body identified days before election

 

A man lights candles next to a portrait of Santiago Maldonado, a protester who went missing since security forces clashed with indigenous activists in Patagonia on August 1, 2017, placed at the entrance of a judicial morgue in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The family of a young protester who went missing in Argentina nearly three months ago identified his body on Friday, said a brother of the dead man to journalists after leaving the morgue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007944-missing-argentine-protesters-body-identified-days-before-election/

Death toll from Somalia bombings rises to 358

 

FILE PHOTO: Civilians evacuate from the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

 

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The number killed in twin bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu last weekend has risen to 358, the government said late on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007946-death-toll-from-somalia-bombings-rises-to-358/

Thousands rally for gay marriage before Australian postal vote closes

By Benjamin Cooper

 

Police watch marchers holding signs and banners as they participate in a marriage equality march in central Sydney, Australia, October 21, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray

 

SYDNEY - (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied around Australia on Saturday urging the legalization of same-sex marriage, one week before final ballots can be submitted in a contentious postal survey on the issue that has divided the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007948-thousands-rally-for-gay-marriage-before-australian-postal-vote-closes/

Trump tax cut plan gains momentum after U.S. budget vote

By Amanda Becker

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and his economic team meet with members of the Senate Finance Committee at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's tax reform plans won partial support on Friday when Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul said he was "all in" for massive tax cuts, but the party was still far from united over how to achieve the main item on its domestic agenda.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007949-trump-tax-cut-plan-gains-momentum-after-us-budget-vote/

Myanmar teen rescued after falling from bridge

By The Nation

 

A Myanmar teenager was rescued from Ping River late Friday night after he fell from a bridge in Chiang Mai’s Muang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007953-myanmar-teen-rescued-after-falling-from-bridge/

 

Boy, 13, dead as pickup slams into motorcycle head-on in Phuket 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: A 13-year-old Phuket motorcyclist died at the scene after he was struck by a pickup on the main road in Pa Khlok yesterday (Oct 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007952-boy-13-dead-as-pickup-slams-into-motorcycle-head-on-in-phuket/

 

Dangling wires suspected as cause of pickup engine blaze in Phuket 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: A Krabi-registered pickup was found on fire in front of PPAO Baan Nabon School on Chao Fa East Rd on Friday afternoon (Oct 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007951-dangling-wires-suspected-as-cause-of-pickup-engine-blaze-in-phuket/

 

Huge crowds arrive for final dress rehearsal of Royal Cremation

By The Nation

 

 

A huge crowd turned out around Sanam Luang on Saturday to watch the final dress rehearsal of the historic Royal Cremation Ceremony for His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007950-huge-crowds-arrive-for-final-dress-rehearsal-of-royal-cremation/

 

Public urged to not drink during Royal Cremation period

By The Nation

 

 

The Disease Control Department has urged people to refrain from drinking alcoholic drinks for the five days of the Royal Cremation period to make merit for His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007972-public-urged-to-not-drink-during-royal-cremation-period/

 

Major new cyber attack could “take down the internet”, experts warn

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Hackers have breached the security of millions of internet connected devices and turned them into a massive botnet which could take down the internet, cyber security experts have warned.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/major-new-cyber-attack-involving-millions-devices-take-internet-experts-warn/25132/

Video: Take a look at the new hoverbikes used by the Dubai Police

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

It is fair to say that the police in Dubai do like to trial the latest technology and have now taken to testing futuristic hovering motorbikes that are expected to form part of their fleet in the future.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/video-take-look-new-hoverbikes-used-dubai-police/25139/

How to create a password that will take millions of years to crack

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

An online retailer from the UK has revealed the 10 most commonly used passwords, which are so bad they are are routinely putting user’s online security at risk.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/create-password-will-take-millions-years-crack/25137/

All safe as Phuket tour bus brakes fail on Patong Hill 

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET: Patong police confirmed that there were no injuries or damage after a tour bus experienced break problems on Patong Hill and the driver had to direct it to the side of the road to prevent what could be another accident on the notorious road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007984-all-safe-as-phuket-tour-bus-brakes-fail-on-patong-hill/

 

Phuket car crash brings power pole down in Kathu 

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PPEA) have already fixed the power pole downed by a car in Kathu in the early hours of this morning (Oct 21).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007986-phuket-car-crash-brings-power-pole-down-in-kathu/

 

Three arrested, four Phayung logs seized in Nakhon Ratchasima crackdown

By The Nation

 

 

Alerted by a video camera, a team of forestry officials arrested a group of illegal loggers early on Saturday in Nakhon Ratchasima's Wang Nam Khiew.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007987-three-arrested-four-phayung-logs-seized-in-nakhon-ratchasima-crackdown/

 

 

Princess Sirindhorn graces final rehearsal of Royal Cremation

By The Nation

 

 

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn attended the final rehearsal of the Royal Cremation processions for His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Sanam Luang ceremonial ground on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007988-princess-sirindhorn-graces-final-rehearsal-of-royal-cremation/

 

Thai arrested for robbing, injuring French businessman on Koh Samui

By The Nation

 

Police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly robbing and injuring a French real estate developer on Koh Samui.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007990-thai-arrested-for-robbing-injuring-french-businessman-on-koh-samui/