British Columbia to sell recreational marijuana in pot-only stores

By Nicole Mordant

 

FILE PHOTO: A women wearing novelty sunglasses with artificial marijuana leaves smokes a marijuana joint at the Vancouver Art Gallery during the annual 420 day promoting the use of marijuana in Vancouver, British Columbia April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/File Photo

 

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - British Columbia said on Monday it would set up a chain of government-run shops and license private stores that would sell recreational marijuana only, the latest of Canada's provinces to unveil sales strategies for pot just months before it is legalized.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023710-british-columbia-to-sell-recreational-marijuana-in-pot-only-stores/

 

Coffee shop owner and "busty baristas" face police action over skimpy outfits

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The owner of a coffee shop in Sattahip - and the two scantily clad women who have given his shop a roaring trade - are being prosecuted for computer crimes and offending public morals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023711-coffee-shop-owner-and-busty-baristas-face-police-action-over-skimpy-outfits/

 

Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to 'delegitimise' Trump

By Chris Kahn

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on his tax policy after a factory tour of the Sheffer Corporation in Blue Ash, Ohio, U.S. February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly three out of four Republicans believe the FBI and Justice Department are trying to undermine U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, a sharp turn for a party that has historically been a strong backer of law enforcement agencies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023712-most-republicans-believe-fbi-justice-dept-trying-to-delegitimise-trump/

 

Samui beach manicure women claim "honesty" but local authority remove their license

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The two Thai women at the center of claims they scammed a Swedish tourist over a manicure, pedicure and massage have had their license to operate removed by the authorities in Samui.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023715-samui-beach-manicure-women-claim-honesty-but-local-authority-remove-their-license/

 

Woman found murdered in Suphan Buri

By The Nation

 

The naked body of a woman was found with her throat slit and multiple stab wounds in a deserted area in Suphan Buri's Mueang district early on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023716-woman-found-murdered-in-suphan-buri/

 

Three arrested for smuggling 250 kg of 'ice' on southern train

By The Nation

 

Three men were arrested on Monday night after they allegedly tried to smuggle 250 kilograms of crystal meth aboard a train to Songkhla.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023718-three-arrested-for-smuggling-250-kg-of-ice-on-southern-train/

 

Trump's lawyers want him to refuse Mueller interview request -NY Times

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on South Lawn of the White House upon their return to Washington, U.S., from Cincinnati, February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several of U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers have advised him not to sit down for an interview with a special counsel investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, the New York Times reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023721-trumps-lawyers-want-him-to-refuse-mueller-interview-request-ny-times/

 

ItalThai president arrested for alleged poaching in Kanchanaburi

By The Nation

 

 

The president of Italian-Thai Development construction company, Premchai Karnasuta, has been arrested for alleged poaching in the Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary in Kanchanaburi, an official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023722-italthai-president-arrested-for-alleged-poaching-in-kanchanaburi/

 

Airport director hits back: Don Mueang has no taxi mafia!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The director of operations at Bangkok's number two airport Don Mueang has hit back at suggestions that they are running a taxi mafia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023723-airport-director-hits-back-don-mueang-has-no-taxi-mafia/

 

WARNING: These Google Chrome extensions can hijack your computer and record your every move

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Google Chrome web browser users are being advised to check all the browser extensions they have installed from the official Google Chrome Web Store.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/warning-google-chrome-extensions-can-hijack-computer-record-every-move/27029/

Ministry of Commerce expects higher prices for rice, fruit this year

 

 

BANGKOK, 6 February 2018 (NNT) – Various farm goods have shown a tendency towards stronger pricing this year, including Jasmine Rice, which is projected to be priced at over 17,000 baht a ton. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023726-thai-commerce-min-expects-higher-prices-for-rice-fruit-this-year/

 

Myanmar man killed while crossing busy Phuket road

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Both vehicles were travelling in the right-hand lane when Mr Naing stepped out into the traffic. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A Myanmar man died after he was struck by two vehicles while crossing Thepkrasattri Rd in Srisoonthorn, central Phuket, last night (Feb 5).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023730-myanmar-man-killed-while-crossing-busy-phuket-road/

 

Resorts and "mushroom" restaurant seized as top brass descend on Koh Phangan encroachment

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The deputy chief of the national Thai police led a huge delegation of officials to holiday island Koh Phangan yesterday to seize three resorts and a restaurant as part of the government's action against illegal encroachment on forestry and public land.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023733-resorts-and-mushroom-restaurant-seized-as-top-brass-descend-on-koh-phangan-encroachment/

 

UPDATE:

 

Ital-Thai boss Premchai Kanasutra arrested for hunting black panther

By Thai PBS

 

 

Italian-Thai Development Plc president Premchai Kanasutra has been arrested along with friends for hunting protected animals in Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary in Thong Phaphum district of Kanchanaburi province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023722-italthai-president-arrested-for-alleged-poaching-in-kanchanaburi/?do=findComment&comment=12685446

 

 

Video: Oh Buddha! Now a monk is exposed as a ladies' knicker nicker!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Buddhist monk has been defrocked and banished after he was exposed thieving ladies' knickers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023734-video-oh-buddha-now-a-monk-is-exposed-as-a-ladies-knicker-nicker/

 

Fed up with theft owner has 14 padlocks on his Nakon Sawan shop front

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A hardware shop owner in Nakon Sawan is so fed up with repeated thefts that he had bolted his shop with chains and 14 padlocks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023736-fed-up-with-theft-owner-has-14-padlocks-on-his-nakrn-sawan-shop-front/

 

Former top cop admits borrowing money from massage parlour owner Kamol

By The Nation

 

Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang

 

Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang has admitted borrowing Bt300 million from Kampol Weerathepsuporn, the elusive alleged owner of Victoria’s: The Secret Forever, the massage parlour where human trafficking and prostitution may have taken place.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023737-former-top-cop-admits-borrowing-money-from-massage-parlour-owner-kamol/

 

Taxi OK unveiled in Chiang Rai

 

 

CHIANG RAI, 6 February 2018 (NNT) – The Taxi OK program has launched in Thailand's Chiang Rai province to accommodate its growing tourism industry with over 200 of the Taxi OK equipped cabs to be operating in the province. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023738-taxi-ok-unveiled-in-chiang-rai/

 

January CCI hits highest point in 36 months

 

 

BANGKOK, 6 February 2018, (NNT) - The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has indicated that Thailand's January Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) reached a 36-month high, thanks to an upbeat economic outlook in the country pointing to continuous growth. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023739-january-cci-hits-highest-point-in-36-months/

 

Teen strangled to death in Surat Thani detention centre

By The Nation

 

A teenager ended up strangled to death in a Surat Thani juvenile detention centre despite being moved to a separate section as rivals were brought in.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023740-teen-strangled-to-death-in-surat-thani-detention-centre/

 

Video: That's more like it! Kind Thais swing into action as pretty teen falls off bus

 

Picture: Tnews

 

A whole host of Thai good Samaritans swung into decisive action after a young woman fell to the tarmac from a bus.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023743-video-thats-more-like-it-kind-thais-swing-into-action-as-pretty-teen-falls-off-bus/

 

Ayutthaya highwayman? Motorcyclist slams into low-slung power cable

By The Nation

 

A power cable stretched low across a dark road in rural Ayutthaya slashed a motorcyclist’s throat early Tuesday in what police believe may have been a robbery attempt.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023746-ayutthaya-highwayman-motorcyclist-slams-into-low-slung-power-cable/

 

Thai rights news conference called off after police warning

Nuttaa Mahattana (C), a television reporter and activist speaks to media in front of the Maneeya Center building where the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) is located, in Bangkok, Thailand, February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A news conference by a Thai rights group was called off on Tuesday following a police warning not to hold the event or risk violating a junta ban on public gatherings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023747-thai-rights-news-conference-called-off-after-police-warning/

 

Chuwit, TV co-hosts sued for slander

By The Nation

 

 

Former Parliament House speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat has sued TV news-talk show hosts Chuwit Kamolvisit, Pasit “Kai” Apinyawat and Pitchayatan “Bright” Chanput for defamation.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023753-chuwit-tv-co-hosts-sued-for-slander/

 

New Phuket film to focus on tsunami, love, Japanese relations

The Phuket News

 

Popular Thai actor-cum-movie director Saharat ‘West Saharat’ Chimpinit (left) is ready to start shooting on location in Phuket. Photo: Phuket Online

 

PHUKET: Popular Thai actor-cum-movie director Saharat “West Saharat” Chimpinit met with Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong at the Governor’s House on Sunday (Feb 4) to discuss the filming of a new movie “I Miss You” in Phuket starting next month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023754-new-phuket-film-to-focus-on-tsunami-love-japanese-relations/

 

Microsoft ditches Windows 10 S operating system after less than a year

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Software giant Microsoft is about to ditch Windows 10 S, advertised as a more streamlined operating system it has only been in service a short while.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-ditches-windows-10-s-operating-system-less-year/27031/

Armed forces paralysis due to Brexit, Rusi warns

 

A government preoccupation with Brexit has led to "policy paralysis" over the armed forces, a think tank is warning.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023759-uk-armed-forces-paralysis-due-to-brexit-rusi-warns/

 

Chinese paper says diplomatic ties with Vatican inevitable

 

Pope Francis leads a mass for priests and nuns in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

 

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China and the Vatican will establish formal diplomatic relations sooner or later because Pope Francis has the "wisdom" to resolve problems between the two sides, a state-run Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday, amid increasing controversy over the issue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023760-chinese-paper-says-diplomatic-ties-with-vatican-inevitable/

 

UPDATE:

 

Investigation into arrested CEO Premchai to be conducted fairly and according to the law: minister

 

Premchai (sitting).//Photo : Sasin Chalermlarp/s Facebook

 

High-ranking officials of the Natural Resources and Environment ministry, including the minister, today asked the public to wait for results of the investigation into the arrest of a CEO of huge listed construction firm in a wildlife sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province before passing judgement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023722-italthai-president-arrested-for-alleged-poaching-in-kanchanaburi/?do=findComment&comment=12686002

 

UPDATE:

 

CSD to handle the 30-million baht lottery dispute case solely

By Thai PBS

 

 

The controversy surrounding the 30-million baht lottery claimed by two owners, a retired police officer and a school teacher, saw new development yesterday when the Royal Thai Police commissioner ordered that the case file handled by the provincial police to be transferred to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) instead as public criticism and suspicion grow over the final ruling by provincial police went against public expectation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023682-conspiracy-alleged-as-csd-takes-over-bt30-lottery-case/?do=findComment&comment=12686060