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Nida polling chief quits over survey on Prawit scandal

By The Nation

 

 

‘I DON’T HAVE TO LICK THEIR BOOTS,’ ARNOND WRITES AFTER POLL RESULTS SUPPRESSED

 

THE SCANDAL involving luxury watches and rings that is dogging the prime minister’s right-hand man, which has already hit the government’s popularity, yesterday caused the chief of a leading polling office to resign on the grounds that his academic freedom was not being honoured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022438-nida-polling-chief-quits-over-survey-on-prawit-scandal/

 

Officials anxious pending report on Thailand’s compliance with EU fisheries rules

By The Nation

 

 

THAI FISHERIES and relevant authorities are anxiously awaiting a European Union (EU) review of the country’s status on IUU – illegal, unregulated and unreported – fishing problems.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022439-officials-anxious-pending-report-on-thailand’s-compliance-with-eu-fisheries-rules/

 

Thailand in the frame for ethical animal selfies campaign

By The Nation

 

 

MORE THAN 250,000 people across the world have registered their support for the “Wildlife Selfie Code”, which aims at ending the irresponsible taking of selfies with wild animals.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022440-thailand-in-the-frame-for-ethical-animal-selfies-campaign/

 

Fact-finders see signs of graft in sustainable agricultural plan

By JAKRAPONG RAWIWAN 
THE NATION 

 

A FACT-FINDING committee has detected alleged irregularities in the implementation of a project designed to promote sustainable agricultural development based on King Rama IX’s initiatives. The Cabinet approved Bt22.8 billion for this national project last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022441-fact-finders-see-signs-of-graft-in-sustainable-agricultural-plan/

 

Ministry steps in amid haemodialysis crisis at Pattani Hospital

By The Nation

 

 

THE Public Health Ministry has stepped in to help kidney patients affected by the abrupt end of haemodialysis at a military-run hospital in Pattani province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022442-ministry-steps-in-amid-haemodialysis-crisis-at-pattani-hospital/

 

Public companies investigated for alleged ties to illegal prostitution

By The Nation

 

 

INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE to probe whether listed companies received ill-gotten gains from the scandal-tainted Victoria’s: The Secret Forever massage parlour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022443-public-companies-investigated-for-alleged-ties-to-illegal-prostitution/

 

Polls back change to pension age

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

Social Security Office (SSO) chief Suradech Waleeitthikul

 

PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED TO SSO TO PUSH ELIGIBILITY TO 60 TO GIVE TIME TO SAVE

 

WITH MORE than 70 per cent of stakeholders at public forums and online polls backing a proposal to extend the eligible age to collect old-age pensions from 55 to 60, Social Security Office (SSO) chief Suradech Waleeitthikul has promised to take the matter to the SSO board for consideration. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022444-polls-back-change-to-pension-age/

 

EDITORIAL

Local ambition with global significance

By The Nation

 

Thailand’s electric car push depends on international factors
 

A few business news reports have pointed to an imminent boom in electric vehicles (EV). Production activities have been stepped up, with Thailand picked as one of the potentially key manufacturing bases. A Thai EV brand is also being considered. Major players in the auto and energy industries are also seriously trying to tackle a key stumbling block – the difficulties regarding “charging” facilities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022445-local-ambition-with-global-significance/

 

Cyclists raise funds for vocational centre for the disabled

By The Nation 

 

 

A project to raise funds for a vocational training centre for the disabled kicked off on Sunday with a cycling trip for vision-impaired people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022446-cyclists-raise-funds-for-vocational-centre-for-the-disabled/

 

Waste water flowing freely onto Krabi’s beaches

The inspection followed a complaint from people that they got itchy after swimming at the beach. The water from around the foreshore area also smells bad, affecting the tourism image of the province.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Krabi Vice Governor, Pol Capt Apinan Puakpong, with a team of military officers, Krabi Office of Natural Resources and Environment and Krabi Provincial Public Health Office, inspected hotels, resorts and restaurants along Tub Kaeg Beach and found that there are five 5-star hotels as well as one restaurant that have their waste water pipe releasing directly into the sea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022447-waste-water-flowing-freely-onto-krabi’s-beaches/

 

Huge python found in 70 year old’s house

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A big python, actually a HUGE python, was found in front of a 70 year old Somneug Pattanawong’s Phuket home today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022448-phuket-huge-python-found-in-70-year-old’s-house/

 

 

Beware: No e-cigarettes in Thailand

> IDF declares war on smoking

> Doctors’ association hails FDA’s rejection of iQOS cigarettes

BY HERB KEINON

Jerusalem Post

 

 Electronic cigarette. (photo credit: INGIMAGE) 

 

“Enjoy your Thailand holiday, but please leave the electronic cigarettes at home."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022449-beware-no-e-cigarettes-in-thailand/

 

Cobra Gold military exercise due in eastern Thailand in February

Source: Xinhua| Editor: yan

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines assault the beach as part of an amphibious demonstration at Hat Yao Beach, Thailand, during Cobra Gold 2014 //Source; wikipedia

 

BANGKOK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The annual multi-national military exercise codenamed Cobra Gold will be held in Thailand's eastern region next month, said a Thai navy officer on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022450-cobra-gold-military-exercise-due-in-eastern-thailand-in-february/

 

Thai authorities enforce strict measures to prevent influx of foreign workers

 

 

BANGKOK, 29 January 2018 (NNT) – Authorities have stepped up measures along the border to prevent an influx of foreign workers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022451-thai-authorities-enforce-strict-measures-to-prevent-influx-of-foreign-workers/

 

Govt to launch Thai Niyom campaign to solve problems of grassroots people

 

 

BANGKOK, 29th January 2018 (NNT) – The government has set up committees to push forward Thai Niyom project to solve problems at grassroots levels by promoting participation from all local administration organizations. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022452-govt-to-launch-thai-niyom-campaign-to-solve-problems-of-grassroots-people/

 

Swedish IKEA founder Kamprad dies at 91

Simon Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO: Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Swedish multinational furniture retailer IKEA, is seen at company's head office in Almhult, Sweden August 6, 2002. TT News Agency/Claudio Bresciani via REUTERS/File photo

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Billionaire IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a business he launched as a teenager into one of the world’s best known furniture brands, has died at the age of 91, the Swedish company said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022453-swedish-ikea-founder-kamprad-dies-at-91/

 

Trump says he would negotiate Brexit with 'tougher' attitude than Theresa May

By Andrew MacAskill

 

U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump would take a "tougher" approach to Brexit negotiations than Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, he said in a television interview to be broadcast later on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022454-trump-says-he-would-negotiate-brexit-with-tougher-attitude-than-theresa-may/

 

Polish team rescues French climber from Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'

By Marcin Goettig

 

Russian climber Denis Urubko, French climber Elisabeth Revol, and Polish climber Adam Bielecki pose for a picture at the base of the Diamir Face of Nanga Parbat, Pakistan January 28, 2018. Courtesy of Adam Bielecki fb.com/adambieleckiteam/Handout via REUTERS

 

WARSAW (Reuters) - After an exhausting night ascent, Polish climbers rescued French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol from the treacherous slopes of Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" but were unable to save her climbing companion, Poland's winter climbing team said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022455-polish-team-rescues-french-climber-from-pakistans-killer-mountain/

 

Israel and Poland clash over proposed Holocaust law

By Jeffrey Heller and Marcin Goettig

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem January 28, 2018. REUTERS/Tsafrir Abayov/Pool

 

JERUSALEM/WARSAW (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister and Holocaust survivors on Sunday bridled at a draft Polish law that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore any responsibility for Nazi atrocities committed on its soil.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022456-israel-and-poland-clash-over-proposed-holocaust-law/

 

Donald Trump hits back at Jay-Z after 'superbug' comment, says black unemployment at record low

By North America correspondent Stephanie March, wires

 

Donald Trump has lashed out at Jay-Z after the music mogul criticised the President for his disparaging comments about African countries.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022457-donald-trump-hits-back-at-jay-z-after-superbug-comment-says-black-unemployment-at-record-low/

 

Donald Trump says he sometimes tweets from bed - ITV

 

U.S. President Donald Trump departs after the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he sometimes tweets from bed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022458-donald-trump-says-he-sometimes-tweets-from-bed-itv/

 

Republican U.S. senators urge Congress to revisit bill to protect Mueller

 

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should revisit proposed legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller after President Donald Trump tried to fire him last year while he investigated the Trump campaign's ties with Russia, two Republican senators said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022459-republican-us-senators-urge-congress-to-revisit-bill-to-protect-mueller/

 

Police arrest French man wanted for gruesome murder of Italian in Phichit

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A French man who is a prime suspect in the murder of an Italian man in Phichit province has been arrested.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022460-police-arrest french-man-wanted-for-gruesome-murder-of-italian-in-phichit/

 

 

'We're innocent, we don't know why we've been arrested' Young British men are arrested near Cambodia's ancient Angkor Wat temples for 'pornographic dancing' with female tourists

• Five Britons have allegedly been arrested in Cambodia on indecency charges

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022367-britons-arrested-for-pornographic-dancing-in-cambodia/

 

Finns, worried by Russia, hand cautious president huge election win

By Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell

 

The independent presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto speaks during his election reception in Helsinki, Finland, January 28, 2018. LEHTIKUVA/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's moderate President Sauli Niinisto cruised to a rare first round election win on Sunday as his delicate balancing of ties with neighbour Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance resonated with voters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022462-finns-worried-by-russia-hand-cautious-president-huge-election-win/

 

Five shot dead, one wounded at western Pennsylvania car wash

 

Four people were killed and one was wounded after a gunman opened fire at a western Pennsylvania car wash early on Sunday, state police said. 

 

(Reuters) - Five people were killed and one was wounded after a gunman opened fire at a western Pennsylvania car wash early on Sunday, state police said. The attacker was believed to be among the dead.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022463-five-shot-dead-one-wounded-at-western-pennsylvania-car-wash/

 

Saudi corruption purge winds down but scars will linger

By Andrew Torchia

 

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 27, 2018, REUTERS/Katie Paul /File Photo

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market celebrated the release of some of the kingdom's top businessmen from detention on Sunday but the after-effects of a purge of the business elite may last for years, deterring private investment.

 

 Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022464-saudi-corruption-purge-winds-down-but-scars-will-linger/

 

DNP launches bee sting operation to prevent wild elephant intrusion

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, 29th January 2018 (NNT) - A researcher at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said the pilot bee sting operation to prevent wild elephant from intruding into a farmland in Prachup Khiri Khan is successful. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022465-dnp-launches-bee-sting-operation-to-prevent-wild-elephant-intrusion-in-prachup-khiri-khan/

 

DPM Wissanu: Too early to say when election will take place

 

 

BANGKOK, 29th January 2018 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has reiterated that it is still too early to say when a general election will be staged. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022466-dpm-wissanu-too-early-to-say-when-election-will-take-place/