Pretty in pink – the OrBorJor expands the Potong bus services

‘Potong’, the traditional open pink 'busses' of Phuket operated by the OrBorJor, will now be available every day from 6 am to 7 pm featuring four new routes.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

‘Potong’, the traditional open pink ‘busses’ of Phuket operated by the OrBorJor, will now be available every day from 6 am to 7 pm featuring four new routes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016425-pretty-in-pink-–-the-orborjor-expands-the-potong-bus-services/

 

Market eviction protest clogs Pratunam traffic

By The Nation

 

 

Traffic was brought to a near standstill in Bangkok’s Pratunam area on Monday morning at the sight of 200 vendors protesting their eviction from Chalermlarp Market.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016427-market-eviction-protest-clogs-pratunam-traffic/

 

E-cigarettes are hazardous to health: Disease Control Department

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Public Health Ministry’s Disease Control Department has insisted that electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are hazardous to health and should not be used as a means to quit smoking, said Dr Assadang Ruay-archin, deputy director-general of the department.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016429-e-cigarettes-are-hazardous-to-health-disease-control-department/

 

Growing pressure taking its toll on ‘tired’ Prawit

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan said on Monday that he felt tired amid the mounting pressure on him to resign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016430-growing-pressure-taking-its-toll-on-‘tired’-prawit/

 

Phuket Poll: Should tourists driver’s licences be recognised as legal?

The Phuket News

 

Foreign tourists in Phuket not knowing they have broken the traffic law is nothing unusual. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The Transport Ministry this week launched standard forms for Traffic Police to use in issuing traffic tickets and offered alternative ways of paying fines issued for minor traffic violations as part of its drive to improve road safety.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016436-phuket-poll-should-tourists-driver’s-licences-be-recognised-as-legal/

 

 

Stray Market Dog Attack Customer’s Face

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A stray dog at a local market attacked a customer’s face when he bent over to buy goods, leaving him with severe wounds resulting in 17 stitches.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016446-stray-market-dog-attack-customer’s-face/

 

Rights violations of migrant fishermen focus of new Fishermen’s Centre

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

Key stakeholders have joined forces to tackle human trafficking in the fishing industry by creating a Fishermen Centre, to provide assistance to industry labourers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016447-rights-violations-of-migrant-fishermen-focus-of-new-fishermen’s-centre/

 

Cadet’s family should meet to find ‘mutual understanding’: probe head

By Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation

 

ACM Chawarat Marungruang

 

The Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTAF) is still waiting to be contacted by the family of Phakhapong “Meay” Tanyakan for a meeting to discuss the cadet’s death and the findings of the subsequent military probe, said ACM Chawarat Marungruang, who chaired the committee conducting the probe and has acted as its spokesperson.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016448-cadet’s-family-should-meet-to-find-‘mutual-understanding’-probe-head/

 

Blade running Thai dog gets new lease of life

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai dog which had its legs hacked off for chewing a pair of shoes is running free again after being fitted with the type of blades used by paralympic runners.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016449-blade-running-thai-dog-gets-new-lease-of-life/

 

Bitcoin hits bigger stage as exchange giant CME launches futures

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Swati Pandey

 

 

NEW YORK/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bitcoin futures received a lukewarm reception at its launch on the CME Group Inc on Sunday, although market experts believe a recent rally in the cryptocurrency has further to go.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016450-bitcoin-hits-bigger-stage-as-exchange-giant-cme-launches-futures/

 

Myanmar wields colonial-era law against Reuters journalists

By Simon Lewis

 

 

(Reuters) - Myanmar has accused Reuters reporters Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, of breaching the country's Official Secrets Act, a little-used hangover from colonial rule. Sam Zarifi, secretary general of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), said the law can ensnare working journalists "at any time".

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016453-myanmar-wields-colonial-era-law-against-reuters-journalists/

 

Lebanon detains suspect in murder of British embassy worker - source

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces have arrested a Lebanese taxi driver suspected of killing Rebecca Dykes, a British woman who worked at the British embassy in Beirut and was found dead on Saturday, a security source said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016454-lebanon-detains-suspect-in-murder-of-british-embassy-worker-source/

 

Australia reclaim Ashes with WACA demolition

By Ian Ransom

 

 

PERTH (Reuters) - Australia thrashed England by an innings and 41 runs in the third test in Perth on Monday to reclaim the Ashes with two matches to spare and condemn Joe Root's team to a period of gloomy introspection.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016455-australia-reclaim-ashes-with-waca-demolition/

 

Three arrested for murder of TAO chairman

 

 

Songkhla police have arrested three of the four suspects in the murder of Udom Khunsrivorakhan, chairman of Khao Phra tambon administration organisation (TAO) in Songkhla’s Rattaphum district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016456-three-arrested-for-murder-of-tao-chairman/

 

American Who Kept Dead American In Freezer Gets 43 Years

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Herbert La Fon, 63 of the United States, is led from an interrogation session on Sept. 30 in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Police said Monday they still don’t have all the pieces to the puzzle to explain why an American calendar publisher wound up in a shophouse ice box after their lead suspect was sentenced to over four decades in prison.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016458-american-who-kept-dead-american-in-freezer-gets-43-years/

 

Season’s micro-greetings: Scientists claim smallest Christmas card

BY REUTERS

 

 

(Reuters) – British scientists have created what they believe is the world’s smallest Christmas card, a seasonal greeting so tiny that over 200 million of them could fit into a standard postage stamp.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/seasons-micro-greetings-scientists-claim-smallest-christmas-card/26377/

Beoplay E8 is truly (wireless) music to the ears

BY THE NATION

 

 

RTB Technology is marketing the Beoplay E8 from Danish manufacturer B&O Play as its first premium truly wireless music earphones.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/beoplay-e8-truly-wireless-music-ears/26374/

Accidental gunshot hurts two in Rayong bank

 

 

A female bank employee and a client were injured by a gunshot which was accidentally fired from a pistol of a police officer at the Siam Commercial Bank’s Ban Chang branch in Royong province on Monday morning (Dec 18), police said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016463-accidental-gunshot-hurts-two-in-rayong-bank/

 

Russian makes dash for Thailand - nabbed at Cambodian border

 

 

A Russian made a dash for Thailand at the Friendship Bridge between the kingdom and Cambodia yesterday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016469-russian-makes-dash-for-thailand-nabbed-at-cambodian-border/

 

Iranian burger man assaulted in Walking Street

 

 

Police were called after an Iranian staff member at a burger restaurant was assaulted by three men.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016472-iranian-burger-man-assaulted-in-walking-street/

 

Weather alerts issued in South for oncoming storm Kai-Tak

By The Nation

 

 

The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) and related agencies on Monday issued weather alerts for storm Kai-Tak, which is expected to make landfall in the southern region this coming weekend.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016476-weather-alerts-issued-in-south-for-oncoming-storm-kai-tak/

 

Here’s why using your smartphone as an alarm clock might be a bad idea

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A new report could make you think twice about using your smartphone as an alarm clock or keeping it within easy reach while you sleep.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-using-smartphone-alarm-clock-might-bad-idea/26380/

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