Valet arrested after trying to molest pub "beer girl" after hours

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police in Nong Khaem outside Bangkok have arrested a pub valet on a charge of molestation after a complaint from a "PR" girl selling beer at the same venue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017875-valet-arrested-after-trying-to-molest-pub-beer-girl-after-hours/

 

Air passengers advised to leave 2-3 hours earlier for Don Mueang

By Thai PBS

 

 

As a large number of people are leaving Bangkok for home provinces for the New Year, domestic air passengers are advised to leave for Don Mueang airport two to three hours earlier than normal to make sure they will not miss the planes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017876-air-passengers-advised-to-leave-2-3-hours-earlier-for-don-mueang/

 

NACC receives Gen Prawit’s clarification on luxury wristwatch and diamond ring

By Thai PBS

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has submitted written clarification on the acquisition of luxury watch and diamond ring to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, NACC president Pol Gen Watcharapol Prasarnrajkij told reporters on Friday (Dec 29).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017880-nacc-receives-gen-prawit’s-clarification-on-luxury-wristwatch-and-diamond-ring/

 

Schoolboy, 8, hands in 40,000 baht at Tesco Lotus - and he's happy with 20 baht reward!

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

A charming and honest Thai schoolboy got national recognition after handing in a wallet containing 40,000 baht to the counter at the Tesco Lotus branch in Trang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017881-schoolboy-8-hands-in-40000-baht-at-tesco-lotus-and-hes-happy-with-20-baht-reward/

 

Wirachai - deputy police chief - gets down and dirty with drink drivers in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The deputy chief of police Wirachai Songmetta was pictured trying to get a suspected drunk driver to blow into the breathalyzer yesterday evening - without much success.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017883-wirachai-deputy-police-chief-gets-down-and-dirty-with-drink-drivers-in-bangkok/

 

Twelve dead in New York City apartment fire - mayor

By Daniel Trotta

 

New York Fire Department ladder trucks deploy at a building fire in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S. December 28, 2017. NYFD/Handout via REUTERS

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire in an apartment building in New York City's borough of the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017887-twelve-dead-in-new-york-city-apartment-fire-mayor/

 

All 15 safe as "wheels lock" on passenger van that overturned in Chaiyaphum

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Bangkok registered passenger van ended up overturned on the central reservation in Chaiyaphum yesterday but the driver and passengers totalling 15 persons all escaped death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017888-all-15-safe-as-wheels-lock-on-passenger-van-that-overturned-in-chaiyaphum/

 

German shoplifter deported

 

PATTAYA:--A German man has been deported after being caught shoplifting in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017889-german-shoplifter-deported/

 

8-year German expat with no passport deported

 

PATTAYA:--A German man working at a Naklua construction company is facing deportation after being caught living in Thailand for eight years without a passport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017890-8-year-german-expat-with-no-passport-deported/

 

Pattaya trying keep Khao Maikaew as its garbage dump

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials insist they want to locate the city’s new garbage dump in Khao Maikaew despite years of protest from local residents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017891-pattaya-trying-keep-khao-maikaew-as-its-garbage-dump/

 

High season in full swing in Pattaya

 

PATTAYA:--It’s beginning to look a lot like high season.

 

Good weather in Pattaya and winter storms in Europe have meant busy days on local beaches and shopping malls, with big crowds at both places indicating the city is having a good high season so far.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017892-high-season-in-full-swing-in-pattaya/

 

Four killed and 15 others injured in two-car collision in Si Sa Ket 

By Thai PBS

 

 

Four persons were killed and 15 others sustained injuries after two pick up trucks collided in Si Sa Ket’s Kantharalak district yesterday (Dec 28).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017896-four-killed-and-15-others-injured-in-two-car-collision-in-si-sa-ket /

 

With high season here, army warns jet ski vendors against resuming scams

 

PATTAYA:--The military warned about 100 Pattaya jet ski operators against defrauding and extorting tourists through scams that made the city’s beachfront notorious worldwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017895-with-high-season-here-army-warns-jet-ski-vendors-against-resuming-scams/

 

Left it on a baht bus? Here’s how to get it back

PATTAYA:--If you’ve left something on a Pattaya Baht Bus, you might be able to get it back.

 

Tawat Perkboonnak, president of the Pattaya Baht Bus Cooperative, briefed the media Dec. 18 on the group’s long-standing policy to return lost items left on the pickup truck taxis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017894-left-it-on-a-baht-bus-here’s-how-to-get-it-back/

 

Sek Loso to headline scaled-down Pattaya Countdown

 

PATTAYA:--Sek Loso will headline a scaled-down Pattaya Count­down as the city bounces back from the royal mourning period and budget cuts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017893-sek-loso-to-headline-scaled-down-pattaya-countdown/

 

Pattaya apartment fire starts with a bang

By The Nation

 

 

An electrical transformer mounted on a pole adjacent to a Pattaya apartment building’s second floor exploded early Friday morning, setting part of the building on fire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017903-pattaya-apartment-fire-starts-with-a-bang/

 

UPDATE:

 

Deputy PM explains jewellery to graft agency

By The Nation

 

Gen Prawit.

 

Deputy PM General Prawit Wongsuwan has submitted a letter explaining his possession of luxurious watches and a diamond ring, which he failed to include in his assets declaration to the anti-graft agency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017880-nacc-receives-gen-prawit’s-clarification-on-luxury-wristwatch-and-diamond-ring/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-12575288

 

Local man dies suddenly in Thailand one month after getting married

by Lindsey Hamilton

 

Stuart Diamond, 62, died three days before he was due to travel home to spend Christmas in Scotland. //Evening Standard

 

A Tayside man has died suddenly in Thailand just a month after getting married.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017908-british-man-dies-suddenly-in-thailand-one-month-after-getting-married/

 

Chiang Mai cherry trees blossom for New Year

By The Nation

 

 

The 5,000 cherry trees at Chiang Mai’s Royal Agricultural Station Angkhang will be in full bloom just in time for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017909-chiang-mai-cherry-trees-blossom-for-new-year/

 

New, modern handguns being handed out free to police

By The Nation

 

Photo: thaicop.blogspot.com

 

A total of 55,150 new handguns are being distributed to officers in police stations nationwide to help compensate for a shortage of arms and deter violent crime.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017910-new-modern-handguns-being-handed-out-free-to-police/

 

Phuket survives first day of New Year Seven Days of Danger with no deaths

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Has survived the first 24 hours of this year's Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the New Year with no deaths. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The first day of the New Year Seven Days of Danger, Thursday (Dec 28), drew to a close at midnight last night without any deaths on Phuket’s roads, though six people were injured in six accidents, all involving motorcycles, with most being due to alcohol.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017911-phuket-survives-first-day-of-new-year-seven-days-of-danger-with-no-deaths/

 

Phuket health office calls for police action in alcohol sale, promotion blitz

The Phuket News

 

The campaign includes a slew of brochures and stickers to be handed out to venue operators across Phuket. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) has called for police to step up in the crackdown on alcohol laws over the New Year with a formal request issued via the Phuket Governor’s Office.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017913-phuket-health-office-calls-for-police-action-in-alcohol-sale-promotion-blitz/

 

Prayut denies political deal with powerful Nakhon Pathom family

By The Nation

 

PM Prayut.

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has denied he had a political deal with a political family in Nakhon Pathom after a photo of him with politicians from the family was posted on social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017914-prayut-denies-political-deal-with-powerful-nakhon-pathom-family/

 

Krabi Airport installs EDS weapon detectors

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

 

Krabi International Airport has just fitted new Explosive Detection Systems weapon detectors at each checkpoint scanner to improve security measure over the New Year period.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017918-krabi-airport-installs-eds-weapon-detectors/

 

Two dead in Phitsanulok road accident

By The Nation

 

 

Two people were killed and two others injured when their Honda Civic crashed into a tree on Phitsanulok-Phrom Piram Road in Phitsanulok’s Phrom Piram district on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017919-two-dead-in-phitsanulok-road-accident/

 

Reporters give PM New Year’s card of guardian with multiple faces, hidden hearts

By The Nation

 

Government House reporters on Friday gave a New Year’s card to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha with a smiling Yaksa pop-up on the card.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017920-reporters-give-pm-new-year’s-card-of-guardian-with-multiple-faces-hidden-hearts/

 

First day of the “7 dangerous day” road safety campaign claims 41 deaths 

By Thai PBS

 

 

Road accidents claimed 41  deaths on the first day of the seven-day road safety campaign from Dec 28-Jan 3.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017922-first-day-of-the-“7-dangerous-day”-road-safety-campaign-claims-41-deaths/

 

Woman who swallowed over 1kg of cocaine held at Phuket airport

 

BANGKOK: A 27-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast has been arrested on the Thai island of Phuket after an airport X-ray found more than one kilogramme of cocaine in her stomach wrapped in scores of small packets.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017925-ivory-coast-woman-who-swallowed-over-1kg-of-cocaine-held-at-phuket-airport/

 

UPDATE:

 

Road deaths down on day one of holidays as enforcement steps up

By The Nation

 

 

As Thai holidaymakers journeyed to their hometowns for the annual New Year Festival with accompanying high traffic volumes on highways and crowded transport hubs, the Road Safety Operation Centre on Friday reported a slight decrease in accidents, deaths and injuries on the first of the seven-day road safety promotion period ending January 3.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017922-first-day-of-the-“7-dangerous-day”-road-safety-campaign-claims-41-deaths/?do=findComment&comment=12575695

 

Video: Hunt on for BMW road rage driver with sword at store

 

Image: Daily News

 

Police are preparing to issue an arrest warrant for a BMW driver who produced a big sword at a Thonburi department store parking lot.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017955-video-hunt-on-for-bmw-road-rage-driver-with-sword-at-store/