Tourist police want no more copycats as Thai "tomboy" guide taken to say sorry to Wat Arun

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

The deputy commissioner of the tourist police has nabbed the Thai guide shown on social media clambering up a stupa at Wat Arun, the Temple of the Dawn.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016216-tourist-police-want-no-more-copycats-as-thai-tomboy-guide-taken-to-say-sorry-to-wat-arun/

The week that was in Thailand news: Thailand – it’s mad but it’s home.

 

 

It’s always a pleasure when one meets a Thai who knows something about their country. I don’t mean to be big headed, but all too often a more detailed discussion seems pointless not just for the fact that most Thais shun detailed discussions anyway, but more that my interlocutor invariably seems blessed with generalities but little of real substance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016208-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-thailand-–-it’s-mad-but-it’s-home/

 

A Bar Girl Versus a Date – Is it really clear the best option?

 

 

From time to time Inspire receives blogs from its team of writers that makes us squirm, and this was one such article. But, if you look at the facts it’s an interesting argument put forward – so we decided to publish it. The views expressed below are the views of the writer and not necessarily Inspires.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016209-a-bar-girl-versus-a-date-–-is-it-really-clear-the-best-option/

 

Unexplained Fireballs of the Mekong River

This blog has been provided by Asia Backpackers BLOG for Inspire.

 

 

Naga Fireballs Festival.
When: 5th October 2017
Where: Nong Khai Province. Northeast Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016211-unexplained-fireballs-of-the-mekong-river/

 

Northern Thailand Cycling Tour – Fighting Traffic – Phrae to Lampang

This blog has been provided by BALDBRADY’S BLOG for Inspire.

 

 

I thought today would be one of the hardest days of the trip. It wasn’t particularly easy, but now that I’m comfortable here in Lampang, it doesn’t seem so bad. I guess after two weeks on the road my body is getting used to cycling 100+ km in a day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016210-northern-thailand-cycling-tour-–-fighting-traffic-–-phrae-to-lampang/

 

PM vows remedy measures to help rubber farmers

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has promised rubber farmers that more remedy measures will be rolled out to help them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016234-pm-vows-remedy-measures-to-help-rubber-farmers/

 

Phuket Gov repeats call to solve rubbish, wastewater issues

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Norraphat Phlodthong speaks at Thursday's (Dec 14) meeting. Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong has once again urged officials to solve the island’s ongoing rubbish and wastewater problems.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016235-phuket-gov-repeats-call-to-solve-rubbish-wastewater-issues/

 

Phuket water shut-offs announced for Monday

The Phuket News

 

The affected areas for the water shut-off will be the entrance to Soi Cherng Talay 3 in Cherng Talay and the whole of Kamala sub-district. Photo: The Phuket News / File
 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) yesterday (Dec 16) announced that the water supply will be shut-off on Monday (Dec 18) while repairs are carried out to mains pipes in specific areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016236-phuket-water-shut-offs-announced-for-monday/

 

Dehydrated Toon takes intravenous fluid

By The Nation

 

Charity run hero Artiwara “Toon” Kongmalai took a rest on Saturday and was given intravenous fluid after he appeared dehydrated following a run under scorching sun on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016237-dehydrated-toon-takes-intravenous-fluid/

 

Now a world champion, soon a legend

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

 

Up there with Marciano, chasing down Mayweather: meet Wanheng Menayothin

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016238-now-a-world-champion-soon-a-legend/

 

Season-ending win a double delight for Thanpisit

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Thanpisit Omsin poses with the champion’s trophy.

 

Ayutthaya-based Thanpisit Omsin won the season-ending Bt4 Million Singha-SAT Khon Kaen Championship yesterday, his second PGA title of 2017 propelling him to Thai PGA No 1 player of the year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016239-season-ending-win-a-double-delight-for-thanpisit/

 

20 sick Si Sa Ket prison inmates still in hospitals

 

 

Twenty inmates of Kantharalak prison in Si Sa Ket province, who suffered from acute diarrhea, are still being treated in two hospitals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016240-20-sick-si-sa-ket-prison-inmates-still-in-hospitals/

 

Jailhouses rocked by sex scandals

By PIYANUCH TAMNUKASETCHAI 
THE SUNDAY NATION 

 

Forbidden relationships behind bars have led to the dismissal of some Thai jail warders, according to the country’s prisons boss.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016241-jailhouses-rocked-by-sex-scandals/

 

Pattani police officer arrested for alleged gold shop robbery

 

 

A police officer attached to Nong Chik police station in Pattani was arrested last night (Dec 15) at his office and charged for robbing a gold shop in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Thung Yai district two days ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016242-pattani-police-officer-arrested-for-alleged-gold-shop-robbery/

 

USTR upgrade a big boost

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

REMOVAL FROM PWL LIST SEEN AS IMPROVING FOREIGN INVESTOR CONFIDENCE BUT CRITICS WONDER IF GOVT HAD DONE A DEAL WITH WASHINGTON

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016244-ustr-upgrade-a-big-boost/

 

Students operate as extortion gang in Trang school

 

 

The director of a well-known private school in the southern province of Trang has admitted some students have operated as a gang to extort money from fellow students in the school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016245-students-operate-as-extortion-gang-in-trang-school/

 

Airbag factory workers demand higher bonus

By The Nation

 

About 800 workers at an airbag manufacturing plant in Prachin Buri staged a sit-in protest inside their factory on Saturday morning to demand a higher year-end bonus.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016247-airbag-factory-workers-demand-higher-bonus/

 

Mother says report on cadet’s death ‘distorts truth’

By The Nation

 

Photo from Facebook of Sukanya Tanyakan

 

The mother of Phakhapong “Meay” Tanyakan yesterday raised suspicions about the military investigation committee’s report into the 18-year-old cadet’s death, saying it distorted the truth.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016248-mother-says-report-on-cadet’s-death-‘distorts-truth’/

 

Officials get serious about stopping rubber

By Piyaporn Wongruang 
The Sunday Nation

 

Cheewapap Cheewatham, Phayak Prai chief, while recently inspecting a plantation in Petchaboon found to have encroached upon the forest reserve.

 

PRESERVATION, REGENERATION BECOME PRIORITY IN PLAN TO DRIVE NAI TUN FROM FORESTS

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016249-officials-get-serious-about-stopping-rubber/

 

California wildfire becomes state's 3rd-largest, more evacuate

By Caroline Anderson

 

Firefighters provide structure protection at the historic San Ysidro Ranch as flames from the Thomas Fire, now the third-largest on record, rage in the distance in Montecito, California, U.S., December 16, 2017. Courtesy Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

 

VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) - A raging California wildfire became the state's third-largest on record on Saturday as fresh evacuations were ordered amid a resurgence of the harsh winds that have fuelled the deadly blaze threatening to scorch 18,000 structures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016251-california-wildfire-becomes-states-3rd-largest-more-evacuate/

 

Does Pentagon still have a UFO program? The answer is a bit mysterious

 

The Pentagon is shown with the Air Force Memorial in the foreground in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon acknowledged on Saturday that its long-secret UFO investigation program ended in 2012, when U.S. defense officials shifted attention and funding to other priorities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016252-does-pentagon-still-have-a-ufo-program-the-answer-is-a-bit-mysterious/

U.N. council mulls call for U.S. Jerusalem decision to be withdrawn

By Michelle Nichols

 

FILE PHOTO - A masked Palestinian pulls a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the status of Jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded after U.S. President Donald Trump recognised the city as Israel's capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016253-un-council-mulls-call-for-us-jerusalem-decision-to-be-withdrawn/

 

Thailand to declare war on plastic bags - by charging for them

 

 

A conference has heard that it is time for the Thais to declare war on plastic bags that are one of the reasons there is so much trash in the kingdom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016254-thailand-to-declare-war-on-plastic-bags-by-charging-for-them/

 

Zuma calls for party unity as ANC meets to elect new leader

By Alexander Winning and Nqobile Dludla

 

President of South Africa Jacob Zuma gestures to his supporters at the 54th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Jacob Zuma gave his last speech as African National Congress head on Saturday, as the only party in power since the end of apartheid prepared to pick its next leader, and likely future president, in a vote that was too close to call.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016255-zuma-calls-for-party-unity-as-anc-meets-to-elect-new-leader/

 

Argentina fires head of navy over submarine tragedy

 

Signs in support of the 44 crew members of the missing at sea ARA San Juan submarine hang from a fence as people come out of the Argentine Navy headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina fired the head of its navy a month after a submarine disappeared in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members onboard, a government spokesman said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016256-argentina-fires-head-of-navy-over-submarine-tragedy/

Rampant City crush Spurs 4-1 to go 14 points clear

By Simon Evans

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - December 16, 2017 Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne scores their second goal REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

MANCHESTER, England, Dec 16 (Reuters) - MANCHESTER CITY 4 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016258-rampant-city-crush-spurs-4-1-to-go-14-points-clear/

 

West Ham crush Stoke with Arnautovic on target

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Stoke City vs West Ham United - bet365 Stadium, Stoke-On-Trent, Britain - December 16, 2017 West Ham United's Marko Arnautovic celebrates scoring their second goal Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

 

Dec 16 (Reuters) - STOKE CITY 0 WEST HAM UNITED 3

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016259-west-ham-crush-stoke-with-arnautovic-on-target/

Alonso free kick hands Chelsea victory over Southampton

 

Premier League - Chelsea vs Southampton - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - December 16, 2017 Chelsea's Marcos Alonso scores their first goal REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

Dec 16 (Reuters) - CHELSEA 1 SOUTHAMPTON 0

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016260-alonso-free-kick-hands-chelsea-victory-over-southampton/

Huddersfield end away drought in style with win at Watford

 

Premier League - Watford vs Huddersfield Town - Vicarage Road, Watford, Britain - December 16, 2017 Huddersfield Town’s Aaron Mooy scores their fourth goal from a penalty Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

 

Dec 16 (Reuters) - WATFORD 1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 4

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016261-huddersfield-end-away-drought-in-style-with-win-at-watford/

Benteke scores first of season as Palace win at Leicester

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City vs Crystal Palace - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - December 16, 2017 Crystal Palace's Christian Benteke turns away to celebrates as he scores their first goal Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.

 

LEICESTER CITY 0 CRYSTAL PALACE 3

 

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Christian Benteke put a difficult week behind him to score his first goal of the season as Crystal Palace won 3-0 at Leicester City to climb out of the Premier League's bottom three on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016262-benteke-scores-first-of-season-as-palace-win-at-leicester/