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Traffic snarls as rains hit Bangkok, causing minor floods

By The Nation

 

 

Traffic snarls were reported on many roads in Bangkok and surrounding provinces as heavy rains hit the capital and suburbs overnight, causing shallow flooding at many spots.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028335-traffic-snarls-as-rains-hit-bangkok-causing-minor-floods/

 

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Criminals quaking in their boots as cops show running abilities in full uniform!

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported on an event organised by the Chaiyaphum constabulary's top brass to promote physical fitness among the men at the 29 stations in the north eastern Thai province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028338-criminals-quaking-in-their-boots-as-cops-show-running-abilities-in-full-uniform/

 

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PM calls on energy council to boost credibility among public

 

 

BANGKOK, 9 March 2018 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) to boost its credibility among the general public and work to ensure stability in the energy sector. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028340-pm-prayut-calls-on-energy-council-to-boost-credibility-among-public/

 

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Customs Department steps in to calm public outcry over pre-departure declaration rule

 

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BANGKOK, 9th March 2018 - The Customs Department has stepped in to calm public frustration and outcry over its latest notifications, including an apparent requirement for travelers to declare their personal effects before departing the country. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028341-thai-customs-department-steps-in-to-calm-public-outcry-over-pre-departure-declaration-rule/

 

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Police hunt lover as gay hairdresser found naked next to unused condom by Chonburi field

 

Picture: Sanook 

 

Mystery surrounds the death of a middle aged gay hairdresser found naked by a field behind a Chonburi market yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028342-police-hunt-lover-as-gay-hairdresser-found-naked-next-to-unused-condom-by-chonburi-field/

 

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144 ‘coloured’ foreigners rounded up nationwide

By The Nation

 

Tourist police last night rounded up 144 foreigners, most of them from Nigeria and Cameroon, in a race-based campaign targeting “coloured” people engaged in various crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028320-crackdown-on-illegal-teachers-police-target-international-schools-in-x-ray-outlaw-foreigner-campaign/?do=findComment&comment=12781731

 

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Defense Minister calls relentless anti-trafficking operations

 

Gen Prawit //FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 9th March 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon, has called upon officials to relentlessly take action against persons involved in human trafficking, ensuring no government officials will take bribes. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028345-defense-minister-prawit-calls-relentless-anti-trafficking-operations/

 

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Pattaya considers tourist fee for Koh Larn     PATTAYA:--Pattaya is considering charging tourists to visit Koh Larn to help pay for over-run resort island’s upkeep.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028346-pattaya-considers-tourist-fee-for-koh-larn/

 

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Pattaya motorcycle taxi drivers get driving lessons     PATTAYA:--More than 1,000 Pattaya motorcycle taxi drivers were given driving lessons and tested for drugs as city hall tries to clean up the streets.   Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028347-pattaya-motorcycle-taxi-drivers-get-driving-lessons/

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Pattaya proposes new rules to curb Jomtien litter     PATTAYA:--A batch of new regulations were proposed to help stem Jomtien’s litter problems.   Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028348-pattaya-proposes-new-rules-to-curb-jomtien-litter/

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Probe launched after more Pattaya hazmat found in Khao Maikaew     Khao Maikaew:--Chonburi’s governor has launched an investigation into who is responsible for 30 more tons of hazardous hospital waste discovered at a controversial Khao Maikaew dumpsite.   Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028349-probe-launched-after-more-pattaya-hazmat-found-in-khao-maikaew/

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Joy turns to grief as mother expecting twins dies in Bangkok

 

 

A family's joy that a young Bangkok woman was expecting twins turned to horror when she suddenly died from complications at a Bang Na hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028353-joy-turns-to-grief-as-mother-expecting-twins-dies-in-bangkok/

 

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Chonburi Police trains 1,500 tourist-assistance volunteers

 

PATTAYA:--Chonburi Police trained about, 1,500 people to become tourist-assistance volunteers to improve safety and convenience for visitors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028352-chonburi-police-trains-1500-tourist-assistance-volunteers/

 

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French man busted for working without a permit

 

 

PATTAYA:--A Frenchman was arrested for illegally running a property-management business out of his Jomtien Beach condo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028354-french-man-busted-for-working-without-a-permit/

 

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Navy to play war games through May

 

SATTAHIP:--The Royal Thai Navy will spend most of the next two months playing war games.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028355-navy-to-play-war-games-through-may/

 

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Nongprue tackles parking woes at Raiwanasin Market

 

 

PATTAYA:--Nongprue police have clamped down on chaotic parking at the Raiwanasin Market, with motorbikes moved to keep traffic flowing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028356-nongprue-tackles-parking-woes-at-raiwanasin-market/

 

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Neighbors allege Raiwanasin Market dumping sewage

 

 

PATTAYA:--Raiwanasin Market may have gotten its parking chaos under control, but neighbors are now complaining about the market dumping sewage into a nearby canal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028351-neighbors-allege-raiwanasin-market-dumping-sewage/

 

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Karma! Man who admitted he can't drive held after carnage in Bangkok

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A 22 year old man who admitted he can't drive has been sent for drug tests after a series of accidents in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028361-karma-man-who-admitted-he-cant-drive-held-after-carnage-in-bangkok/

 

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Ex-husband kills woman on the street

After checking CCTV cameras from the shops nearby they found that the woman was driving the car and the man rode a motorcycle, cut in front of her, parked the bike and went straight to the car, opened the door and attacked her.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

The ex-husband of a head maid stabbed her in the the street almost 10 times in the middle of a crowd in southern Phuket Town.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028362-ex-husband-kills-woman-on-the-street/

 

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Houses destroyed at Baan Bang Tao School

The teacher who lived in one of the houses said the she went out for about 20 minutes and found that the house was already on fire by the time she came back.

By  Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Two teachers’ houses in the Baan Bang Tao School were on fire last night at about 8pm. The houses are completely destroyed after a furious blaze. No injuries or casualties have been reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028364-houses-destroyed-at-baan-bang-tao-school/

 

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Pattaya traffic cop swings into action to try to save a life - sadly it was all in vain

 

Picture: INN

 

INN interviewed a Pattaya traffic cop who was widely praised after a video was posted of him giving CPR in the street to an elderly man who had been knocked off a motorcycle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028365-pattaya-traffic-cop-swings-into-action-to-try-to-save-a-life-sadly-it-was-all-in-vain/

 

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Popular Phuket night market caught selling alcohol – again

The Phuket News

 

Vendors at Chillva Market in Samkong have been caught out selling alcohol again, despite being caught illegally selling and promoting alcohol on multiples counts – including trading on expired licences – at New Year. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: After a week of warnings issued to vendors across Phuket for illegally promoting and selling alcohol at New Year, Phuket Provincial Health Office have postponed taking any action against vendors at a popular market near Samkong School until next week.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028366-popular-phuket-night-market-caught-selling-alcohol-–-again/

 

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Rain To Reign In Bangkok Through Weekend

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Flooded Charoen Nakhon Road on Friday. Photo: @YingChattharika / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — Residents plowed through shin-high waters Friday as rains flooded parts of the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028335-traffic-snarls-as-rains-hit-bangkok-causing-minor-floods/?do=findComment&comment=12782159

 

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Ghosts or bad luck, Labour Ministry holds an exorcism

By The Nation

 

 

Spooky incidents at the Labour Ministry’s Bangkok headquarters prompted a ritual exorcism on Thursday aimed at freeing trapped spirits of the deceased and shielding civil servants from further disturbances.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028369-ghosts-or-bad-luck-labour-ministry-holds-an-exorcism/

 

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False news 70 percent more likely to spread on Twitter – study

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Illustration/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – False news stories spread much more quickly and widely on Twitter than truthful ones, an imbalance driven more by people than automated “bot” accounts, researchers said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/false-news-70-percent-likely-spread-twitter-study/27643/

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Hold the iPhone! Amazon primed to be larger than Apple

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc , the world’s most valuable publicly listed company, is in danger of being beaten by Amazon.com Inc to the $1 trillion mark.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/hold-iphone-amazon-primed-larger-apple/27645/

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Amazon’s Alexa is making a creepy laughing sound at its users

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

As Ray Parker Jnr once sang “I ain’t afraid of no ghost” and users of the Amazon Echo Smart Speaker better not be afraid either as the device has been emitting creepy laughs with some users unplugging the device out of fear and being unable to sleep.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/amazons-alexa-making-creepy-laughing-sound-users/27649/

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Thai Niyom Yang Yuen project progressing nationwide

 

 

BANGKOK, 9 March 2018 (NNT) –The Minister of Interior has summarized discoveries made by the Thai Niyom Yang Yuen project so far, indicating that most citizens want state assistance in terms of basic utilities and work facilitation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028379-thai-niyom-yang-yuen-project-progressing-nationwide/

 

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Low-Cost Airlines Told To Fix Delays

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Scene from a Nok Air delay on Tuesday. Image: Jaiyoot Nonburee / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — Low-cost airlines and operators, this is the final call from the Transport Ministry: please proceed to the gate and depart on time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028382-low-cost-airlines-told-to-fix-delays/

 

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Facebook uproar over woman sitting in Ayutthaya Buddha’s lap

By The Nation

 

Photo from Ayothaya Group's Facebook page

 

Another disrespectful tourist posing for pictures among the monuments of Ayutthaya has drawn the ire of the Thai Facebook community.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028384-facebook-uproar-over-woman-sitting-in-ayutthaya-buddha’s-lap/