THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 6 Mar 2018

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"I'm not a gold digger" says porn star Nat as divorce from aging US man Harold imminent

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Thai porn star who married a rich but aging US businessman has said she wasn't in it for the money.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027833-im-not-a-gold-digger-says-porn-star-nat-as-divorce-from-aging-us-man-harold-imminent/

 

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Phuket man shot dead because he didn't pay the installments on a motor cycle

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police in Phuket said a man has been shot dead because he owed money to an ex-convict over a motorcycle purchase.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027835-phuket-man-shot-dead-because-he-didnt-pay-the-installments-on-a-motor-cycle/

 

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Man in balaclava bashes granny, 84, and steals her life savings in Nakhon Phanom

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A grandmother in Thailand's north east told reporters how she was attacked in the early hours of Friday morning as she rode her tricycle on the way to the temple to make merit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027839-man-in-balaclava-bashes-granny-84-and-steals-her-life-savings-in-nakhon-phanom/

 

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Is this appropriate? Netizens ask question as naked newbies spray painted in hazing ritual

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The subject of hazing - subjecting new members of a college to punishments - is in the Thai news again.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027842-is-this-appropriate-netizens-ask-question-as-naked-newbies-spray-painted-in-hazing-ritual/

 

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Florida state Senate votes against arming most classroom teachers

By Zachary Fagenson

 

FILE PHOTO: Students and their chaperones from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, wearing blue t-shirts, stand in the gallery above the Florida Senate as the Senate holds a moment of silence to honour the victims of the mass shooting on the school's campus, in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Colin Hackley/File Photo

 

PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida's Republican-controlled Senate voted on Monday to generally exclude classroom teachers from a plan to allow school staff to carry firearms as part of a package of measures in response to a school shooting that took 17 lives last month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027844-florida-state-senate-votes-against-arming-most-classroom-teachers/

 

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Two killed, two others injured in road crash in Phitsanulok

By The Nation

 

Two people were killed and two others injured when a car hit a motorcycle on Muang Phitsanulok bypass road early on Tuesday and then collided with a truck.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027845-two-killed-two-others-injured-in-road-crash-in-phitsanulok/

 

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Suicidal woman rescued after jumping from Phitsanulok bridge

By The Nation

 

Rescue officials saved a suicidal woman who jumped from a bridge in Phitsanulok into the Nan River early on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027846-suicidal-woman-rescued-after-jumping-from-phitsanulok-bridge/

 

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Thais wowed as Nakhon Sawan food seller again acts as midwife for dead monkey

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Thai social media was wowed by a monkey food seller in Nakhon Sawan who cut open a dead monkey to save the life of an unborn baby.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027849-thais-wowed-as-nakhon-sawan-food-seller-again-acts-as-midwife-for-dead-monkey/

 

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Phang Nga to strictly enforce dress code on tourists visiting historic temple cave

By The Nation

 

The Phang Nga provincial administration has instructed local authorities to strictly enforce a dress code for tourists visiting a temple cave in the southern province.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027853-phang-nga-to-strictly-enforce-dress-code-on-tourists-visiting-historic-temple-cave/

 

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Video: Hunt on as pick-up backs over police patrol bike after failing to stop at Chonburi checkpoint

 

 

A dash cam video was posted on Facebook that showed a white pick-up truck with a container on the rear back over a police patrol motorcycle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027854-video-hunt-on-as-pick-up-backs-over-police-patrol-bike-after-failing-to-stop-at-chonburi-checkpoint/

 

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DPM says laws to be reformed faster

 

 

BANGKOK, 6th March 2018 (NNT) – The government has asked the Law Reform Commission of Thailand to be ready to expedite adaptation of any laws needed to accommodate the new constitution. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027859-wissanu-says-laws-to-be-reformed-faster/

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Police confident attempted bribery charges can be made against Premchai

 

 

BANGKOK, 6th March 2018 (NNT) – Counter Corruption Division Police have claimed they have enough evidence to find fault with Italian Thai Co Ltd CEO Premchai Karnasutra and his party for attempting to bribe state officials, while the Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Police says the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants (DNP) may file charges against Premchai’s wife for owning elephant ivory. 

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027862-police-confident-attempted-bribery-charges-can-be-made-against-premchai/

 

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Operators of more than 6,500 overloaded trucks fined

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Highways has revealed that a total of 6,552 overloading trucks had been intercepted and operators' fined since October 1, 2016 until February 28, 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027866-operators-of-more-than-6500-overloaded-trucks-fined/

 

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Thailand threatens to block global e-commerce websites

By Wichit Chaitrong 
The Nation

 

 

The Revenue Department has threatened to block giant foreign e-commerce websites if they do not pay VAT taxes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027868-thailand-threatens-to-block-global-e-commerce-websites/

 

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Politics back in fashion in Thailand despite poll delays

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy activists wear masks mocking Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha as Pinocchio during a protest against junta at a university in Bangkok, Thailand, February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Panarat Thepgumpanat/File Photo

 

Baan Saladin, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha rowed a boat across a pond dotted with lotus leaves, planted some rice stalks in a field and turned to villagers who had come to meet him in Baan Saladin village in central Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027871-politics-back-in-fashion-in-thailand-despite-poll-delays/

 

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Thai of Indian descent nabbed on drugs charges in Sukhumvit dawn raid

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in Bangkok mounted a dawn raid on a house in Sukhumvit Road Soi 39 this morning and arrested a Thai man of Indian descent who they claim is the money man behind a number of large drug deals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027872-thai-of-indian-descent-nabbed-on-drugs-charges-in-sukhumvit-dawn-raid/

 

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What does Anastasia Vashukevich know?

She says she has more than 16 hours of recordings which would shed light on the ongoing 'Russia meddling' investigation in the US.

By  Tanutam Thawan

 

PHOTOS: Instagram

 

The raid on a ‘sex seminar’ in love-making in Pattaya last week has grown into an international story of intrigue with links to the ‘Russia-meddling-in-US-election’ ongoing investigation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027874-what-does-anastasia-vashukevich-know/

 

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Deaths From Rabies Rise To 14 In 2017: Officials

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

A dog is vaccinated against rabies in Bangkok Sept. 10, 2015.

 

BANGKOK — There’s been an increase in deaths from rabies nationwide, as more than a dozen people died from the disease last year and the number of infected dogs doubled, officials said Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027876-deaths-from-rabies-rise-to-14-in-2017-thai-officials/

 

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Ministry boosts housekeeper skills with training

By The Nation

 

Department of Business Development director-general Kulanee Issadisai

 

The Ministry of Commerce has launched a training programme for professional low-wage housekeepers in the hope of developing their vocational skills so they can earn more.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027877-thai-commerce-min-boosts-housekeeper-skills-with-training/

 

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Northern EU states urge caution in euro reforms

By Tuomas Forsell

 

FILE PHOTO: Finland's Finance Minister Petteri Orpo listens to the media in Helsinki, Finland, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Tuomas Forsell/File Photo

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Eight northern European countries said on Tuesday that euro zone reforms should focus on completing the banking union, improving compliance with budget rules and setting up a European Monetary Fund, with more ambitious plans left for later.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027878-northern-eu-states-urge-caution-in-euro-reforms/

 

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"Now I know why my old man likes to play football!" - pretties at the match drama continues

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The story of the pretties who were invited to a football match final at a Bangkok arena has become the "drama of the week" in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027879-now-i-know-why-my-old-man-likes-to-play-football-pretties-at-the-match-drama-continues/

 

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Two arrested for trading protected snakes and water monitors 

By Thai PBS

 

 

Two persons were arrested yesterday (Mar 5) after police and soldiers at a road checkpoint in Mae Tha district of Lamphun found live banded rat snakes and slaughtered water monitors in their pickup truck. Both are protected animals under the wildlife protection law.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027880-two-arrested-for-trading-protected-snakes-and-water-monitors /

 

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Irish PM says U.S.-Canada not a border example for Northern Ireland

By Padraic Halpin

 

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland Leo Varadkar speaks at a news conference announcing that the Irish Government will hold a referendum on liberalising abortion laws at the end of May, in Dublin, Ireland, January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The border between the United States and Canada does not provide an example for how to solve the issue of the future border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Monday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027881-irish-pm-says-us-canada-not-a-border-example-for-northern-ireland/

 

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Buri Ram woman, 19, arrested with hoard of meth, ketamine

By The Nation

 

A woman still in her teens was arrested in a Buri Ram public park on Tuesday after allegedly handing methamphetamine pills to an undercover policeman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027882-buri-ram-woman-19-arrested-with-hoard-of-meth-ketamine/

 

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Chinese tourist knocked off her motorbike in attempted rape, say Facebook posters

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Posts on Facebook claimed that a young female Chinese tourist travelling alone had been sexually molested while riding a motorbike in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027884-chinese-tourist-knocked-off-her-motorbike-in-attempted-rape-say-facebook-posters/

 

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Apple to release new affordable MacBook Air

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Ever wanted a sleek, slim MacBook Air, but couldn’t afford it or justify the higher price opposed to a windows laptop?

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-release-new-affordable-macbook-air/27598/

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WhatsApp just made a huge improvement to its ‘unsend’ feature – here’s what you need to know

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

Last year WhatsApp introduced a feature that allowed users to delete sent messages.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/whatsapp-just-made-huge-improvement-unsend-feature-heres-need-know/27592/

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Facebook apologises after it asked users whether pedophiles grooming kids is OK

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Thomas White

 

Facebook has apologised after it asked some users whether pedophiles should be allowed to use the site to groom children.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-apologises-asked-users-whether-pedophiles-grooming-kids-ok/27587/

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Suspicions abound over government motives in airports high speed rail link, says Thai media

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A satirical and ironic comment piece from influential Thai media Thai Rath raised doubts about government claims and motives in plans for the proposed high speed rail link that will connect three airports.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027892-suspicions-abound-over-government-motives-in-airports-high-speed-rail-link-says-thai-media/

 

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Unsung hero! Farang firefighter praised for doing his bit for Thailand!

 

Photo: Nittaya Charee

 

A Thai wife has gone online to post pictures and tell the story of her husband who is helping to put out fires in the north of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027893-unsung-hero-farang-firefighter-praised-for-doing-his-bit-for-thailand/