Britain won't offer a new figure on Brexit bill to unlock talks - minister

By Elizabeth Piper

 

European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gestures during a joint news conference with Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis (not on the picture) after the latest round of talks in Brussels, Belgium November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not offer a figure or a formula for how much it believes it owes the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said on Sunday, after the EU demanded that London spell out its approach to the final bill to unblock talks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011046-britain-wont-offer-a-new-figure-on-brexit-bill-to-unlock-talks-minister/

 

Trump offers to mediate on South China Sea

By Steve Holland and Mai Nguyen

 

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to mediate between claimants to the South China Sea, where five countries contest China's sweeping claims to the busy waterway.

 

HANOI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to mediate between claimants to the South China Sea, where five countries contest China's sweeping claims to the busy waterway.

 

 Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011047-trump-offers-to-mediate-on-south-china-sea/
 

 

Seven year old Thai/British child allegedly murdered by father in London

 

Picture: TNews

 

Police have upgraded an attempted murder charge to one of murder in the death of a seven year old child in the suburbs of London.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011049-seven-year-old-thaibritish-child-allegedly-murdered-by-father-in-london/

 

UPDATE:

 

Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing more than 130

By Raya Jalabi and Parisa Hafezi

 

A damaged storefront is seen after an earthquake in Halabja, Iraq, November 12, 2017. TWITTER - Osama Golpy/Rudaw/Social Media/via REUTERS

 

BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) - More than 120 people were killed in Iran and at least several others in Iraq on Sunday when a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region, state media in the two countries said, as rescuers stepped up efforts overnight to find dozens trapped under rubble.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011022-earthquake-hits-iraq-near-border-with-iran-several-killed-in-both-countries/?do=findComment&comment=12442041

 

Pattaya's billion baht CCTV slammed as officials admit more than half of them are not working

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Pattaya authorities have admitted that more than half of the CCTV cameras in the city are not working.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011053-pattayas-billion-baht-cctv-slammed-as-officials-admit-more-than-half-of-them-are-not-working/

 

MEA to open bidding for underground cable project

By The Nation

 

Bangkok’s Metropolitan Electricity Authority is to open bidding for the construction of a tunnel ahead of taking all the power cables underground in Ratchadapisek Road next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011055-bangkok’s-mea-to-open-bidding-for-underground-cable-project/

 

World Scrabble Champion is Akshay from Bahrain as Thais miss out

 

 

The latest world Scrabble champion is Akshay Bhandarkar from Bahrain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011056-world-scrabble-champion-is-akshay-from-bahrain-as-thais-miss-out/

 

Sex unlikely to cause cardiac arrest, study finds

By Katie SilverHealth reporter, BBC News

 

Sudden cardiac arrest is associated with sexual activity far more often in men than women, research suggests.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011059-sex-unlikely-to-cause-cardiac-arrest-study-finds/

 

Government asks retailers to slash prices

By The Nation

 

The Internal Trade Department has organized a meeting with the country’s biggest retailers to try to persuade them to cut some of their prices by up to 80 per cent.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011060-thai-govt-asks-retailers-to-slash-prices/

 

Papua New Guinea to begin forceable removal of asylum seekers from detention centre

By Colin Packham

 

Workers dismantle structures in Lombrum detention camp on Manus island, Papua New Guinea, November 13, 2017. Behrouz Bouchani/Social Media/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea Immigration Minister Petrus Thomas said authorities would take steps on Monday to forcibly remove around 450 men who remain in an abandoned Australian detention centre without food or running water.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011062-papua-new-guinea-to-begin-forceable-removal-of-asylum-seekers-from-detention-centre/

 

Disputed land on Koh Lipe reclaimed

By The Nation

 

 

Police have begun taking action to reclaim disputed land from a well-known tourist resort operator on Koh Lipe in the Andaman Sea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011065-disputed-land-on-koh-lipe-reclaimed/

 

Russian tourist injured in Phuket waterfall plunge

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The Russian tourist, 23-year-old Vladimir Gliadkovskii, finally agreed to be taken to hospital. Photo: Wichat Pankong

 

PHUKET: Officials at the popular Bang Pae Waterfall are calling for tourists to exercise caution when enjoying the popular natural tourist attraction in central Phuket after a Russian man slipped off a rock and fell five metres into the pool below yesterday (Nov 12).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011069-russian-tourist-injured-in-phuket-waterfall-plunge/

 

Four Phuket tour bus staff arrested for illegal gambling

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The four men were caught playing the game in the luggage compartment of the bus. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Four tour bus staff were arrested on Saturday (Nov 11) after being caught gambling on a high-low game while sat in the luggage compartment of a bus parked in a bus depot in Rassada.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011071-four-phuket-tour-bus-staff-arrested-for-illegal-gambling/

 

Citizens urged to answer PM's 6 questions

 

BANGKOK, 13 November 2017 (NNT) – Citizens across Thailand are being reminded that, from today, they can submit their answers to the Prime Minister’s 6 questions at Damrongtham Centers and the 50 district offices of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011073-thai-citizens-urged-to-answer-pms-6-questions/

 

Here’s a round up of new tech released in Thailand this week – 13 Nov

BY THE NATION

 

 

Monster on the loose: Asus ROG G703

 

A true gaming beast, the Asus ROG G703 is a notebook computer with the world’s first ultra-responsive 144Hz display, overclocked performance and unique Xbox features.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-round-new-tech-released-thailand-week-13-nov/25591/

Missing man found hanged

By The Nation

 

A man who went missing in Sa Kaew's Wang Nam Yen district last week has been found dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011077-missing-man-found-hanged/

 

Remains dug up in Phetchaburi confirmed as body of murdered teenage maid

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Press conference on the results of the forensic testing. The victim’s mother, Janthira Srisak, is second from right. Photo: JS100

 

Police have received results from forensic DNA testing of a skeleton exhumed from a private property in Phetchaburi province and confirmed that the body is that of Jariya “Nam” Srisak, a 16-year-old maid allegedly beaten to death by her boss, wannabe former beauty queen Krisana Suwanphithak, 45, five years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011078-remains-dug-up-in-phetchaburi-confirmed-as-body-of-murdered-teenage-maid/

 

Three Myanmar boat crew members arrested in Phuket for boat and fishing equipment theft

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The three men told Marine Police that they were offered B400 to remove the items from the boat. Photo: Phuket Marine Police

 

PHUKET: Three Myanmar fishing boat crew members were arrested at Rassada Pier on Saturday night (Nov 11) for theft of boat and fishing equipment from what was said to be a Bolivian-registered fishing vessel docked on the Tha Jeen Canal while it is investigated for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011081-three-myanmar-boat-crew-members-arrested-in-phuket-for-boat-and-fishing-equipment-theft/

 

Student’s ‘Ignorant Thailand’ Banner Impresses, Outrages

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Suan Kularb students march with a banner reading ‘Thailand, Land of the Coconut Shell’ on Saturday at Bangkok’s National Stadium. Photo: Troll Students of Suan Kularb / Facebook

 

BANGKOK —  A photo of a banner displayed by students at a football match between two of Thailand’s top schools remained a hot topic Monday on social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011085-student’s-‘ignorant-thailand’-banner-impresses-outrages/

 

Loyal dog leads to discovery of owner’s dead body

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Sanook

 

Khao, a male Bangkaew dog, led a Thai family to discover the body of their 78-year-old aunt yesterday, by following the canine’s bark. It was suspected that the dog had guarded her body for more than two days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011100-loyal-dog-leads-to-discovery-of-owner’s-dead-body/

 

Pressure mounts on Thammasat to allow cross-dressing for commencements

By The Nation

 

An online campaign to allow transsexuals at Thammasat University to dress in the uniform of their preferred gender for commencements has nearly reached its targeted support level.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011104-pressure-mounts-on-thammasat-to-allow-cross-dressing-for-commencements/

 

Isaan judges mull pre-trial freedom for poor defendants

By The Nation

 

Judges from five other provinces in the Northeast were in Kalasin on Monday examining a pilot project that allows underprivileged defendants to remain free pending trial without the need to post bail. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011107-isaan-judges-mull-pre-trial-freedom-for-poor-defendants/

 

Trump says has 'great relationship' with Duterte; brief mention of rights

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had a "great relationship" with his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, while a White House official said human rights got a brief mention when the two met on the sidelines of an Asian summit.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011110-trump-says-has-great-relationship-with-duterte-brief-mention-of-rights/

 

UPDATE:

 

Vets reveal wild gaurs’ cause of death

 

 

A veterinarian team of Khao Yai National Park has performed autopsies on two wild gaurs, concluding that the animals were shot dead about seven days ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011010-killings-of-two-more-gaurs-prompt-new-investigation/?do=findComment&comment=12443189

 

EU to sign defence pact, may allow limited British role

By Robin Emmott

 

FILE PHOTO - An umbrella with EU and British flags attached to it is held ahead of a speech by Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May in Florence, Italy September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France, Germany and 20 other EU governments are set to sign a defence pact on Monday they hope marks a new era of European military integration to cement unity after Britain's decision to quit the bloc.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011111-eu-to-sign-defence-pact-may-allow-limited-british-role/

 

Cash aid for children care of working families to rise to 600 baht a month on January 1 next year

By Thai PBS

 

 

Beginning next year 2018, working families will get higher child care cash assistance from the government after the Social Security Office (SSO) said it has now finished the draft amendment of the law to propose to the Ministry of Labour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011113-cash-aid-for-children-care-of-working-families-to-rise-to-600-baht-a-month-on-january-1-next-year/

 

Authorities convene meeting to curb gaur killings

By The Nation

 

 

Meetings to solve conflicts between local farmers and wild gaurs have begun after three of the animals were killed near the Khao Phaeng Ma wildlife sanctuary in Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011114-authorities-convene-meeting-to-curb-gaur-killings/

 

On your bikes

By The Nation

 

 

Bike-sharing service Ofo has expanded its service to Prince of Songkla University’s Pattani as it continues with its Smart Campus strategy targeting students and leading universities nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011115-bike-sharing-service-ofo-expands-its-service-to-prince-of-songkla-university’s-pattani/

 

Opinion: A tourist’s defence of Vachira Phuket Hospital vs Stacey Liddle

The Phuket News

 

It may not impress some tourists, but Vachira Phuket Hospital is the island's leading government hospital provided by the Thai Ministry of Heath with one key objective: to provide medical care to Thais. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

I saw this story on the Australian news (click here) and thought it grossly one sided and uninformed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011116-opinion-a-tourist’s-defence-of-vachira-phuket-hospital-vs-stacey-liddle/

 

One dead, two injured as truck’s brakes fail on Patong Hill

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver of the truck said the brakes failed causing him to collide with a tuk-tuk and two motorbikes. Photo: Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation

 

PHUKET: One man died and two men were injured earlier today when a 10-wheeler truck’s brakes failed while descending Patong Hill.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011118-one-dead-two-injured-as-truck’s-brakes-fail-on-patong-hill/