Inspire & Thaivisa Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno at Four Points by Sheraton

 

When - Wednesday, 17 January 2018 at 19:30–22:30

 

Where - Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1299211190182797/

 

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Just another day at the temple - 30 guns, drugs found

 

 

In the latest raid on a Thai temple police and soldiers uncovered a cache of weapons any mafia hood would have been proud of.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015614-just-another-day-at-the-temple-30-guns-drugs-found/

Lao nationals arrested crossing border with Bt98m

By KAMTORN KONGSOMBAT 
THE NATION 
NONG KHAI

 

 

CUSTOMS officials on Tuesday discovered more than Bt98 million in Thai banknotes in a car that was trying to cross the border into Laos.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015605-lao-nationals-arrested-crossing-border-with-bt98m/

 

Maria meets PM, accepts to be tourism ambassaddor

 

 

Maria Poonlertlarp, who finished as a top 5 finalist in the Miss Universe 2017 beauty pageant, has accepted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s invitation to be the country’s tourism ambassador.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015604-maria-meets-pm-accepts-to-be-tourism-ambassaddor/

Song Thaew driver, 60, gets bashed by gang of youths

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A 60 year old song thaew driver was assaulted by a pack of youths after he hit a motorcycle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015631-song-thaew-driver-60-gets-bashed-by-gang-of-youths/

 

Deputy chief of police blows a gasket at all the seaside litter!

 

Picture: TNews

 

A video of the deputy chief of Chonburi police blowing a fuse down at the seaside is going viral on the internet.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015632-deputy-chief-of-police-blows-a-gasket-at-all-the-seaside-litter/

 

Motorway - Outer Ring Road toll free for 8 days at New Year

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The government has announced that two roads - Routes 7 and 9 - will be toll free at New Year.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015633-motorway-outer-ring-road-toll-free-for-8-days-at-new-year/

 

Midweek Rant: Hellooooo – is anybody listening?

 

 

The Midweek Rant began back in February. The idea was to raise some issues and perhaps inspire some people in authority to do something constructive to address them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015634-midweek-rant-hellooooo-–-is-anybody-listening/

 

 

Prayut warns that he would be ‘more aggressive’ without embattled Prawit

By The Nation

 

General Prawit Wongsuwan

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday claimed that some of the allegations against his deputy, General Prawit Wongsuwan, targeted their relationship and people would like to see the two of them separated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015636-prayut-warns-that-he-would-be-‘more-aggressive’-without-embattled-prawit/

 

FTA talks set to resume as EU restores relations

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

THAILAND WELCOMES DECISION BUT PRAYUT NONCOMMITTAL ON ELECTION DATE

 

THAILAND is expected to resume negotiations with the European Union on a Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) after talks were suspended more than three years ago following the 2014 coup, according to top officials.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015637-fta-talks-set-to-resume-as-eu-restores-relations/

 

Ex-election commissioners released from prison early

By PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI 
THE NATION

 

 

TWO FORMER election commissioners are among 283 convicts who have received early release from jail terms following a resolution of the penalty suspension committee under the Justice Ministry.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015638-ex-election-commissioners-released-from-prison-early/

 

UPDATE:

 

US envoy to visit Bangkok to discuss N Korea nuclear row

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Deputy Foreign Minister Veerasak Futrakul

 

THE US special envoy for North Korea will probably meet Deputy Foreign Minister Veerasak Futrakul late this week to discuss denuclearisation, amid escalated tensions in the Korean Peninsula, according to diplomatic sources yesterday.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015592-thai-pm-says-no-trade-with-north-korea-ahead-of-us-envoys-visit/?do=findComment&comment=12531442

 

Working groups to oversee relocation of Dusit Zoo to Pathum Thani by 2019

By THE NATION

 

 

TWO WORKING groups have been set up in order to prepare for the relocation of animals from Dusit Zoo to a new location in Pathum Thani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015639-working-groups-to-oversee-relocation-of-dusit-zoo-to-pathum-thani-by-2019/

 

UPDATE:

 

Couple arrested over alleged bid to smuggle huge batch of crystal meth

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Police have arrested an Australian man – believed to be a member of the Hells Angels gang in Pattaya – and his Thai female accomplice over an alleged attempt to smuggle a large batch of crystal methamphetamine into Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015499-american-and-australian-implicated-in-2015-pattaya-murder-arrested-again-on-international-drugs-warrant/?do=findComment&comment=12531460

 

UPDATE:

 

Missing Ukranian swimmer turns up – alive and well

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Happy ending for our missing Ukranian man.

 

The missing Ukrainian man, 27 year old Mykhailo Ryboichuk who went missing on December 10 has been found safe today (December 12).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015413-ukrainian-tourist-disappears-after swimming-off-patong-beach/?do=findComment&comment=12531471

 

Thailand's Fish Catch Seven Times Higher than Reported

By MarEx 

 

Fish catches by Thailand’s distant-water fleet fishing throughout the Indo-Pacific are almost seven times higher than what the country reports to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, a new study by the Sea Around Us claims.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015640-thailands-fish-catch-seven-times-higher-than-reported/

 

UPDATE:

 

Miss Universe Thailand accepts Prayut’s offer of job as government spokesperson to ‘promote Thainess’

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION 

 

Thailand Maria Poonlertlarp poses as a woman tries to take selfie shots with her at Government House |yesterday. In Maria’s left hand is a Suk Jai doll, the mascot of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

 

MISS UNIVERSE Thailand Maria Poonlertparp yesterday visited Government House to meet Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha after finishing in the final five in the Miss Universe 2017 contest late last month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015604-maria-meets-pm-accepts-to-be-tourism-ambassaddor/?do=findComment&comment=12531488

 

U.S. Senator Gillibrand calls Trump Twitter post 'sexist smear'

 

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand fired back at President Donald Trump on Tuesday and said she would not be silenced after he attacked her on Twitter for calling for an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct against him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015641-us-senator-gillibrand-calls-trump-twitter-post-sexist-smear/

 

U.S.'s Tillerson, in new overture to North Korea, says ready to talk without pre-conditions

By David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the U.S.-Korea relationship during a forum at the Atlantic Council in Washington, U.S. December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered on Tuesday to begin talks with North Korea without pre-conditions, appearing to back away from U.S. demands that Pyongyang must first accept that any negotiations would have to be based on North Korean nuclear disarmament.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015642-uss-tillerson-in-new-overture-to-north-korea-says-ready-to-talk-without-pre-conditions/

 

Deadly blast at Austrian pipeline hub slashes gas flow to Italy

By Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich, Francois Murphy and Stephen Jewkes

 

Smoke rises from Austria's largest natural gas import and distribution station after a gas explosion in Baumgarten, Austria December 12, 2017 REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

 

VIENNA/MILAN (Reuters) - An explosion and fire that ripped through Austria's main gas pipeline hub on Tuesday killed one person and injured 21 others, prompting Italy to declare a state of emergency as flows from the strategic site were cut off for most of the day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015643-deadly-blast-at-austrian-pipeline-hub-slashes-gas-flow-to-italy/

 

'Furious race against time' to complete Brexit treaty - EU's Tusk

 

President of the European Council Donald Tusk listens at a news conference during the European Union Tallinn Digital Summit in Tallinn, Estonia, September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk warned on Tuesday that completing a Brexit treaty and agreeing on future relations with Britain would be a "furious race against time" where EU states would have to stick together to avoid economic disruption.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015644-furious-race-against-time-to-complete-brexit-treaty-eus-tusk/

 

Alabama voters choosing senator in race with high stakes for Trump

By Andy Sullivan

 

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks to the media after he cast his ballot in Gallant, Alabama, U.S., December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Reuters) - Voters in Alabama were casting ballots on Tuesday in a U.S. Senate race with high stakes for President Donald Trump, who has endorsed fellow Republican Roy Moore despite allegations against the candidate of sexual misconduct toward teenagers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015646-alabama-voters-choosing-senator-in-race-with-high-stakes-for-trump/

 

World is losing the battle against climate change, Macron says

By Richard Lough and Michel Rose

 

French President Emmanuel Macron (C), World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (CenterR), and President of the Comores, Azali Assoumani (4thR), pose with children after the closing speech of the Plenary Session of the One Planet Summit at the Seine Musicale event site on the Ile Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Etienne Laurent/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a bleak assessment on the global fight against climate change to dozens of world leaders and company executives on Tuesday, telling them: "We are losing the battle".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015650-world-is-losing-the-battle-against-climate-change-macron-says/

 

Ex-policeman in Bt30m lottery dispute claims senior officers told him to lie

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation 

 

 

A retired policeman yesterday petitioned the national police chief for help in a dispute over Bt30-million lottery winnings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015652-ex-policeman-in-bt30m-lottery-dispute-claims-senior-officers-told-him-to-lie/

 

Bitcoin hits another record high in march towards $20,000

Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

 

A collection of Bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens are displayed in this picture illustration taken December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virtual currency bitcoin hit another all-time peak on Tuesday, two days after the launch of the first ever bitcoin futures on a U.S. exchange and ahead of the start of another futures contract next week, as investors grew optimistic that the $20,000-mark is within reach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015654-bitcoin-hits-another-record-high-in-march-towards-20000/

 

Moat drama as US woman tourist tries to kill herself over money

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A 60 year old American woman tried to kill herself by jumping in front of a Red Baht Bus in Chiang Mai yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015658-moat-drama-as-us-woman-tourist-tries-to-kill-herself-over-money/

 

Pattaya police celebrate two quick arrests of local thieves

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch appeared for the media to celebrate the quick resolution of two thefts committed on Monday and solved by Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015659-pattaya-police-celebrate-two-quick-arrests-of-local-thieves/

 

Bangkok police arrest Facebook e-cigarette dealers as Thai media says it causes cancer

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

Bangkok met police announced the arrest of a Pathum Thani couple who were selling e-cigarettes and vaping fluid on Facebook.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015662-bangkok-police-arrest-facebook-e-cigarette-dealers-as-thai-media-says-it-causes-cancer/

 

Drama as "stressed out" factory worker jumps from Bangkok Bridge

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police called to an incident in progress at Bangkok Bridge on Rama 3 Road found a woman threatening to jump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015663-drama-as-stressed-out-factory-worker-jumps-from-bangkok-bridge/

 

Couple shot in hail of bullets at Prachuap coffee shop - but they are still alive

 

Picture: Daily News

 

An assistant to the Ao Noi Phu Yai Ban and his wife were shot at multiple times by a man who entered the coffee shop they run on a coastal road in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Muang district.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015667-couple-shot-in-hail-of-bullets-at-prachuap-coffee-shop-but-they-are-still-alive/