Thailand, Chile to cooperate on tourism promotion, trade, investment

 

 

BANGKOK, 19th January 2018 (NNT) – Officials from the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of Chile held talks on bilateral cooperation to promote tourism and strengthen trade and investment. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021005-thailand-chile-to-cooperate-on-tourism-promotion-trade-investment/

 

UPDATE:

 

MP-related law amendment not illegal: DPM

 

 

BANGKOK, 19th January 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister, Wissanu Krea-ngam, said the amendment to the law governing qualifications of members of the House of Representatives is constitutional, while it is unclear whether changes will affect the election roadmap. 

 

Full story:https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020997-deferred-mp-election-bill-could-delay-poll/?do=findComment&comment=12632713

 

Investor confidence expected to rise sharply in March

 

BANGKOK, 19th January 2018 (NNT) - Investor confidence is forecast to soar following recent Thai economic expansion, continuously increasing stock market index and the global economic recovery. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021007-investor-confidence-expected-to-rise-sharply-in-march/

 

Texas 'tourniquet killer' becomes first U.S. inmate executed in 2018

By Jon Herskovitz

 

FILE PHOTO - Anthony Shore, 55, convicted of raping and murdering five children and young women, using a tourniquet to torture and strangle his victims, is seen in this undated Texas Department of Criminal Justice photo in Huntsville, Texas, U.S.. Texas Department of Criminal Justice/Handout via REUTERS

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - In the first U.S. execution of 2018, Texas on Thursday put to death a man convicted of raping and murdering five girls and young women, using a tourniquet to torture and strangle his victims.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021008-texas-tourniquet-killer-becomes-first-us-inmate-executed-in-2018/

 

Storm kills three in the Netherlands, three in Germany

 

Firefighters work by a fallen tree during stormy weather in Hanau, Germany, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Three people were killed in the Netherlands and three people died in Germany on Thursday as powerful winds toppled trees, blew trucks off the road and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021009-storm-kills-three-in-the-netherlands-three-in-germany/

 

Liverpool jail's severely ill inmates at substantial risk, says psychiatrist

By Michael Buchanan and George Greenwood

BBC News

 

Severely ill inmates at Liverpool Prison often wait days to be seen because of poor care and a lack of staff, a senior psychiatrist says.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021010-liverpool-jails-severely-ill-inmates-at-substantial-risk-says-psychiatrist/

 

Sales of Trump properties suggestive of money-laundering - researcher

By Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel

 

Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions attended a closed door interview with the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Testimony to the U.S. Congress by the head of a political research firm indicates that the Trump Organization's sales of properties to Russian nationals may have involved money-laundering, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021011-sales-of-trump-properties-suggestive-of-money-laundering-researcher/

 

Male Chinese tourist, 31, drowns at Phuket beach

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police and rescue workers attend the scene after Mr Xin's body was removed from the water. Photo: Karon Police

 

PHUKET: A 31-year-old Chinese tourist drowned at Karon Beach at about midday yesterday (Jan 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021012-male-chinese-tourist-31-drowns-at-phuket-beach/

 

'Be my guest': France's Macron spells out reasons for Britain to stay in EU

By Elizabeth Piper

 

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May inspect troops at Sandhurst Military Academy, Britain, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

SANDHURST, England (Reuters) - "Be my guest," French President Emmanuel Macron told Britain on Thursday, saying he would welcome any move by Prime Minister Theresa May to stay in the European Union's single market.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021015-be-my-guest-frances-macron-spells-out-reasons-for-britain-to-stay-in-eu/

 

WhatsApp inches closer to revenue plan with accounts for businesses

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Messaging application WhatsApp said on Thursday that it would begin allowing business accounts for the first time, a step that brings the free service closer to a plan that would make money for its corporate parent, Facebook Inc .

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/whatsapp-inches-closer-revenue-plan-accounts-businesses/26719/

Trump administration appeals 'Dreamer' immigrant ruling to top court

 

FILE PHOTO: People march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest the planned dissolution of DACA in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Yang

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling last week that blocked President Donald Trump's move to end a programme that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021016-trump-administration-appeals-dreamer-immigrant-ruling-to-top-court/

 

Xiaomi to open 190 stores in Thailand and launch three new budget smartphones

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON

THE NATION

 

Xiaomi Store in Hong Kong

 

Xiaomi plans to set up representative office in Thailand

 

Xiaomi plans to set up a representative office in Thailand in the first quarter of this year, followed by ones in India and Indonesia.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/xiaomi-open-190-stores-thailand-launch-three-new-budget-smartphones/26723/

Russian-Ukrainian couple arrested for alleged sale of drug

By The Nation

 

 

Phuket police have arrested a Russian man and his Ukrainian girlfriend for allegedly selling drugs to foreign tourists at a pub in the island province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021024-phuket-police-arrest-russian-ukrainian-couple-for-alleged-sale-of-drug/

 

Betong Airport expected to be completed next year

By Thai PBS

 

 

When it is completed next year, Betong international airport in Yala will be the catalyst for change which will turn this southernmost district in the restive Deep South to become a tourism and logistic hub for the border region.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021025-betong-airport-in-yala-expected-to-be-completed-next-year/

 

Car plows through Copacabana sidewalk, kills baby, injures 15

 

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A speeding car plowed through evening strollers on a crowded sidewalk of Rio's famed Copacabana beach on Thursday in an apparent accident, killing an 8-month old baby and injuring 15 people, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021026-car-plows-through-copacabana-sidewalk-kills-baby-injures-15/

 

Tillerson hopes to visit controversial new U.S. London embassy next week

By David Brunnstrom

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at a news conference during the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he hopes to visit the controversial new U.S. embassy during a trip to London next week, but the State Department said it had not been decided whether he would formally open the building.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021027-tillerson-hopes-to-visit-controversial-new-us-london-embassy-next-week/

 

National reform committee on legal affairs confirms public participation in future drafting of laws

 

BANGKOK, 19th January 2018 (NNT) – The National Reform Committee in charge of Legal Affairs has confirmed that the people will be encouraged to participate in the future drafting of laws. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021029-national-reform-committee-on-legal-affairs-confirms-public-participation-in-future-drafting-of-laws/

 

Energy Minister: No plan to cut down PTT, EGAT roles

 

 

BANGKOK, 19th January 2018 (NNT) – The Energy Minister, Siri Jirapongphan, said the government has no plans to weaken the roles of PTT and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), both of which positioned to help enhance national energy security. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021030-energy-minister-no-plan-to-cut-down-ptt-egat-roles/

 

 

Seven Rohingya illegal immigrants arrested on south-bound train to Hat Yai 

By Thai PBS

 

 

Seven Rohingya illegal immigrants were detained for questioning yesterday (Jan 18) after railway police apprehended them at Thung Song railway station while they were on a south bound train from Nakhon Pathom to Hat Yai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021031-seven-rohingya-illegal-immigrants-arrested-on-south-bound-train-to-hat-yai/

 

French tourists arrested for catching protected parrotfish

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Six aged French tourists were arrested on Thursday afternoon with eight protected parrotfish off the popular Promthep Cape in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021033-french-tourists-arrested-for-catching-protected-parrotfish-off-promthep-cape-in-phuket/

 

Former Phuket Democrat MP files complaint against Chalong Underpass construction

The Phuket News

 

Former Phuket Democrat MP Raywat Areerob hands his complaint to Governor Norraphat Plodthong. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: A former Phuket Democrat MP and former member of the House of Representatives yesterday (Jan 18) filed a complaint to the Phuket Governor for delays in the construction of the Chalong Underpass.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021036-former-phuket-democrat-mp-files-complaint-against-chalong-underpass-construction/

 

Jilted man kills boyfriend of lover

By The Nation

 

An Ayutthaya woman and her current boyfriend went to dine at a popular phadthai shop in Bangkok late Thursday night and ended up being chased down by her former boyfriend who shot both of them on Ayutthaya Road, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021037-jilted-man-kills-boyfriend-of-lover-in-bangkok/

 

Thai qualifier Luksika out of Australian Open

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thailand’s Luksika Kumkhum knocked out of Australian Open by Croatia’s Petra Martic in the women’s singles third round today (Jan 19). 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021038-thai-qualifier-luksika-out-of-australian-open/

 

Muslim woman killed in Narathiwat drive-by shooting

By The Nation

 

A Muslim woman working on a government project was shot dead in Narathiwat on Friday morning by suspected insurgents of her own faith.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021039-muslim-woman-killed-in-narathiwat-drive-by-shooting/

 

Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett killed in U.S. helicopter crash

 

File photo: Roy Bennett arrives at the high court in Harare January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

 

(Reuters) - Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, officials and his political party said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021043-zimbabwe-opposition-leader-roy-bennett-killed-in-us-helicopter-crash/

 

UPDATE:

 

Details emerge in strange case of alleged Phuket robbery that left Russians Bitcoinless

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

The allegedly victimized couple.

 

An alleged bitcoin robbery at a condominium in Phuket on Monday has left a Russian couple without THB3.5 million in cryptocurrency, they claim. Today, a few more details of their alleged abduction, as well as their photo, have come to light.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020825-russian-gang-steal-bitcoin-worth-millions-from-young-russian-couple-in-phuket-condo-extortion/?do=findComment&comment=12633528

 

Central bank assures of no looming deflation as inflation rate falling below projection 

By Thai PBS

 

 

The central bank yesterday (Jan 18) assured that the low inflation rate last year didn’t indicate the country is facing deflation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021050-bank-of-thailand-assures-of-no-looming-deflation-as-inflation-rate-falling-below-projection/

 

 

UK Visa & Immigration to Relocate Visa Application Centres from Bangkok to New Delhi 

 

19 January 2018

 

In June this year, United Kingdom Visa & Immigration (UKVI) will relocate its visa decision making centre from Bangkok to New Delhi.

 

More info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021060-uk-visa-immigration-to-relocate-visa-application-centres-from-bangkok-to-new-delhi/

 

UPDATE:

 

Parrotfish catching in Phuket lands six French nationals in hot water

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The six french nationals are questioned by police. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Five Frenchmen and one French woman were arrested yesterday after they were found to have caught protected marine animals near Phromthep Cape, the southernmost point of Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021033-french-tourists-arrested-for-catching-protected-parrotfish-off-promthep-cape-in-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=12633795

 

Safety the priority not money, says commander of Tourist Police

The Phuket News

 

Commander of the Tourist Police Maj Gen Surachet Hakphan and Director-general of the Marine Department Chirute Visalachitra (2nd and 3rd from left) inspect one of the boats involved in this week’s speedboat collision on the east coast of the island. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The commander of the Tourist Police has said that safety should come before money following this week’s boating accidents which left dozens of people injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021061-safety-the-priority-not-money-says-commander-of-tourist-police/