Pattaya a world class resort? There should be lifeguards say Thais as Russian man drowns

 

 

Thais have called for lifeguards to be posted on Pattaya beach after a Russian man drowned there on Tuesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025944-pattaya-a-world-class-resort-there-should-be-lifeguards-say-thais-as-russian-man-drowns/

 

 

 

Defendant in Khon Kaen dismemberment case changes plea

By Kritmet Loho 
The Nation

 

 

Jidarat Phromkhun – who is among the four people accused of killing Warisara Klinjui, 22, cutting her body in two and burying the parts in a forest area in Khon Kaen in May last year – confessed to the charge of taking into possession a stolen item at the case’s first court session on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025930-defendant-in-khon-kaen-dismemberment-case-changes-plea/

Pigeon death creates a bizarre finale to Prayut’s talk on superstition

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

 

Soon after Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha denied that his government believed in superstition, a rare bird fight that brought demise to a pigeon took place right in front of his office.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025946-pigeon-death-creates-a-bizarre-finale-to-prayut’s-talk-on-superstition/

"Big Joke" takes the call center fight to KL - fifteen arrested preying on Thais

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Crime buster Surachet Hakpal took the fight against the call center gangs to the Malaysian capital of Kulala Lumpur yesterday in the latest high profile bust.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025955-big-joke-takes-the-call-center-fight-to-kl-fifteen-arrested-preying-on-thais/

 

Bangkok governor proposes using private sector CCTV to improve coverage in capital

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Bangkok governor Pol Gen Asawin Kwanmuang has decided to connect CCTV cameras from the private sector to improve coverage in the city.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025956-bangkok-governor-proposes-using-private-sector-cctv-to-improve-coverage-in-capital/

 

Filthy beaches driving all the tourists away in Rayong

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

TNA reported that a ten kilometer stretch of beach in Rayong was filthy and covered in trash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025957-filthy-beaches-driving-all-the-tourists-away-in-rayong/

 

"We can't stand it any longer!" Three aunties hold press conference on sidewalk outside house at center of illegal parking drama

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Three aunties have laid the blame squarely at the door of the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority and Prawes District for making their life a misery.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025958-we-cant-stand-it-any-longer-three-aunties-hold-press-conference-on-sidewalk-outside-house-at-center-of-illegal-parking-drama/

 

New party planned to back Prayut as premier after election

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

FORMER DEMOCRAT SAYS SUTHEP WILL FOUND GROUP TO STOP RE-EMERGENCE OF PHEU THAI

 

SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN, core leader of the now-defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), plans to found a political party to support Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha becoming premier after the next general election, a former Democrat party-list MP has claimed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025960-suthep-plans-new-party-to-back-prayut-as-premier-after-election/

 

Joint committee on bills will not delay election, Prayut promises

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
The Nation

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday promised that the two last organic bills, on the selection of the Senate and of MPs, would not be rejected at final review to delay the general election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025961-joint-committee-on-bills-will-not-delay-election-prayut-promises/

 

Govt probes Pheu Thai over links to Yingluck and Thaksin

By The Nation

 

 

THE GOVERNMENT is closely monitoring the moves of former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra regarding their reported meetings with Pheu Thai Party politicians in several Asian countries, a security source said yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025962-govt-probes-pheu-thai-over-links-to-yingluck-and-thaksin/

 

Sudarat likely to lead Pheu Thai party

By OLAN LERTRUDTANADUMRONGKUL 
THE NATION

 

 

VETERAN POLITICIAN Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan remains favourite to become the Pheu Thai Party’s next leader, as the politically powerful Shinawatra family stand behind her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025963-sudarat-likely-to-lead-pheu-thai-party/

 

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Father awarded sole custody of 13 babies due to his good character and excellent finances

By THE NATION 
AFP

 

 

A SUPER-RICH Japanese man will soon be reunited with 13 children he has fathered through surrogacy but was forced to leave behind in the wake of a “baby factory scandal”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025905-japanese-businessman-wins-custody-of-13-children-born-to-thai-surrogates/?do=findComment&comment=12731472

 

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Coal-fired electricity projects deal struck

By Pratch Rujivanarom, 
Somchai Samart 
The Nation 

 

 

PROTEST STOPS AS GOVT SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
 

AS THE GOVERNMENT backed down, coal-fired power plant protesters yesterday announced victory and ended a hunger strike – although there were concerns that their disputes with a pro-coal group in their home provinces would remain. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025888-govt-halts-coal-power-plant-plan-protest-called-off/?do=findComment&comment=12731476

 

NACC to probe police station land encroachment case

 

 

THE ROYAL Thai Police has forwarded a land encroachment case involving its police station on Lipe island in Satun province to the National Anti-Corruption Commission after learning that retired officials were involved in land deed forgery.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025965-nacc-to-probe-police-station-land-encroachment-case/

 

Sustainability project to be launched today

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

The government plans to kick off its Bt300-billion “Thai Niyom Yangyuen” sustainability project during the premier’s trip to Nakhon Pathom today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025966-“thai-niyom-yangyuen”-sustainability-project-to-be-launched-today/

 

Ariya comes home to the course where it all started

By   LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

Ariya Jutanugarn in a CSR activity at the Wat Khao Pho Thong School Chonburi.

 

FORMER WORLD No 1 Ariya Jutanugarn is back competing in the $1.6–million LPGA Thailand this weekend, at at the Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course which has given her bitter-sweet memories.

 

Fu;; story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025967-ariya-comes-home-to-the-course-where-it-all-started/ 

 

OPINION

What we learn from the Bt30-million lottery frenzy

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Naton

 

There are times when writers are truly fearful that everything they write will be shrugged off by readers who "knew it all already", and this is one of them. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025968-what-we-learn-from-the-bt30-million-lottery-frenzy/

 

Chalong interrupted: Man disturbs traffic, taken into custody, to hospital

The Phuket News

 

The man brought traffic in Chalong to a standstill by laying down on the road, and jumping up and shouting at drivers and kicking their cars. Photo: via Eakkapop Thongtbu

 

PHUKET: A man who kicked cars, shouted at motorists and lay down in the middle of the road amid heavy traffic in front of Chalong Police Station this morning (Feb 20) has been taken to hospital for his own safety.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025969-chalong-interrupted-man-disturbs-traffic-taken-into-custody-to-hospital/

 

Court sets March 15 to deliver verdict on Sek Loso

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Court is due to deliver its verdict on rock star Seksan Sukphimai, alias Sek Loso, on March 15, over an incident in December when hefired gunshots into the air during his concert held at Wat Khun Phanom.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025970-court-sets-march-15-to-deliver-verdict-on-sek-loso/

 

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Neighbourhood dispute turns nasty

By KORNKAMON AKSORNDEJ, 
MARISA CHIMPRABHA 
THE NATION

 

Members of the Sangyoktrakan family hold a press briefing in front of their house in Prawet district yesterday, defending their attack on a pickup truck that blocked the entrance to their home on Sunday.

 

THE BICKERING between two Bangkok sisters and the driver of a pickup whose vehicle blocked the gate of their Prawet district home – which has become the talk-of-the town – was the tip of the iceberg in a long-running dispute in the area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025958-we-cant-stand-it-any-longer-three-aunties-hold-press-conference-on-sidewalk-outside-house-at-center-of-illegal-parking-drama/?do=findComment&comment=12731515

 

Survivors of Florida school shooting launch gun control push

By Katanga Johnson

 

Sen. Bobby Powell, D-Riviera Beach, looks on his computer at gun control bills moving through the Senate as he talks with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and those that support their cause, following last week's mass shooting on their campus, in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Colin Hackley

 

PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - Dozens of students and parents from the Florida high school where 17 teens and staff members died in a shooting rampage boarded buses on Tuesday for a trip to the state capital Tallahassee to push for a ban on assault rifles.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025973-survivors-of-florida-school-shooting-launch-gun-control-push/

 

Trump moves to outlaw 'bump stocks' after Florida shooting

 

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a Public Safety Medal of Valor awards ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration would take steps to outlaw an accessory that enables a rifle to shoot hundreds of rounds a minute, as the White House added he may consider other firearms restrictions after last week's school shooting in Florida.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025974-trump-moves-to-outlaw-bump-stocks-after-florida-shooting/

 

Mueller ups pressure on Trump campaign aides with new charge

By Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Landay

 

Alex van der Zwaan leaves after a plea agreement hearing at the D.C. federal courthouse in Washington, U.S., February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday stepped up pressure on two former Trump campaign aides to cooperate in his probe into possible collusion with Russia, unsealing a criminal charge against a lawyer for lying to Mueller's investigators.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025975-mueller-ups-pressure-on-trump-campaign-aides-with-new-charge/

 

More bombs hit Syria's Ghouta, death toll highest since 2013

By Ellen Francis and Angus McDowall

 

A person inspects damaged building in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pro-government forces pounded the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, in a surge of violence that a war monitor said had killed at least 250 people since Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025976-more-bombs-hit-syrias-ghouta-death-toll-highest-since-2013/

 

U.S. says ready to talk Mideast peace; Abbas calls for conference

By Michelle Nichols

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, U.S., February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States declared at the United Nations on Tuesday it was "ready to talk" with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rejected U.S.-led Middle East peace efforts as "impossible" after Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025978-us-says-ready-to-talk-mideast-peace-abbas-calls-for-conference/

 

Construction worker impaled on rebar at Bangkok condo project

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News showed pictures of a Loei man who slipped and fell on a rebar at a Ding Daeng construction site.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025979-construction-worker-impaled-on-rebar-at-bangkok-condo-project/

 

Top ten ways to avoid Dengue Fever

Conservatively, at least 50 million people contract dengue each year. Dengue is thought to cause around 20,000 deaths per year. Prevention is the best cure.

By Tim Newton

 

  

Most of Phuket is jungle. Most of the east coast is mangroves. Mosquitoes thrive in both. You’re in their domain and they’re not going anywhere just because you want to live here or are on your vacation. Aedes aegypti carry Dengue Fever which is very prevalent in south east asian countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025980-top-ten-ways-to-avoid-dengue-fever/

 

Family almost wiped out as two pick-ups collide in Krabi

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A husband taking his heavily pregnant wife to hospital were both killed along with their 10 year old son when two pick-ups collided in Krabi last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025981-family-almost-wiped-out-as-two-pick-ups-collide-in-krabi/

 

Cabinet gives nod to fund for equal right to education

By Thai PBS

 

 

The cabinet on Tuesday (Feb 20) approved the Education Ministry’s proposal to set up a fund for equal right to education with the proposed starting budget set at one billion baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025982-cabinet-gives-nod-to-fund-for-equal-right-to-education/

 

North Korea canceled planned meeting with U.S. VP Pence - Pence's office

By Matt Spetalnick

 

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea February 9, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un's sister, while in South Korea for the Winter Olympics this month but the North Koreans canceled at the last minute, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025983-north-korea-canceled-planned-meeting-with-us-vp-pence-pences-office/