It's the mother of all whip-rounds! Private sector asked to donate to Norwegian shark attack victim

 

 

Help is on the way for the 54 year old Norwegian tourist bitten by a bull shark in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036405-its-the-mother-of-all-whip-rounds-private-sector-asked-to-donate-to-norwegian-shark-attack-victim/

 

Here's your world class family destination - Pattaya farang tourist does the pointing!

 

 

Pattaya showed once again that it has a way to go before it can be considered a world class resort like the TAT would have tourists believe.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036400-heres-your-world-class-family-destination-pattaya-farang-tourist-does-the-pointing/

Swiss/Thai Children who fell from Bangkok flats: Swiss father is English teacher in Thailand and says he was denied access

 

 

The Swiss father of the children who fell from the fourth floor of some flats in Bangkok has gone to Hua Mark police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036399-swissthai-children-who-fell-from-bangkok-flats-swiss-father-is-english-teacher-in-thailand-and-says-he-was-denied-access/

Anutin remains coy on who he will support after election

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION 

 

 

BHUM JAI THAI Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul stands firm that the medium-sized party respects the rules, remains uncommitted to any party – military or civilian – and pledges to be the “emergency exit” for every faction after the election when politics is expected to be on fire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036432-anutin-remains-coy-on-who-he-will-support-after-election/

 

Verdict over Senate law to be given on May 23

By THE NATION

 

 

THE Constitutional Court has scheduled May 23 to deliver its verdict on whether certain clauses in the organic law on the Senate structure are constitutional.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036433-verdict-over-senate-law-to-be-given-on-may-23/

 

Six sentenced to death over series of bombings in the South in 2016

By THE NATION

 

 

THE PATTANI Court has sentenced six men to death over their roles in several bombings in 2016 that killed two people and wounded more than 20 others, Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) Region 4 and Pattani police jointly announced yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036435-six-sentenced-to-death-over-series-of-bombings-in-the-south-in-2016/

 

Siriraj gives ailing man new lease of life with triple organ transplant

By The Nation

 

Siriraj Hospital officials announce yesterday that Asia’s first successful combined heart-liver-kidney transplant was carried out at the hospital late last year.

 

THAILAND has become the first country in Asia to successfully perform a combined heart-liver-kidney transplant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036436-bangkok-based-siriraj-hospital-gives-ailing-man-new-lease-of-life-with-triple-organ-transplant/

 

PM’s Office minister to hold discussions with Doi Suthep project rivals

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
NISANART KANGWANWONG 
THE NATION

 

 

PM’S OFFICE Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana plans to talk to opponents of the court officials’ residences at the foot of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep mountain in a bid to settle the dispute.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036437-pm’s-office-minister-to-hold-discussions-with-doi-suthep-project-rivals/

 

Thai, French scientists manage breakthrough in curing thalassemia

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

THAI and French physician-scientists yesterday announced a method for correcting thalassemia, a blood disorder, by gene therapy – a world first in medicine.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036438-thai-french-scientists-manage-breakthrough-in-curing-thalassemia/

 

P-Move activists blocked by military

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
NISANART KANGWANWONG 
THE NATION

 

Members of the People’s Movement for a Just Society (P-Move) march from the United Nations headquarters in Bangkok to Government House yesterday to submit a petition to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Group appeals to UN as supporters prevented from going to Bangkok for demonstration

 

ACTIVISTS demanding the right to protest appealed to the United Nations for help after land rights campaigners faced intimidation from the military yesterday to prevent them from joining peaceful demonstrations in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036439-p-move-activists-blocked-by-military/

 

Premchai keeps his court appointment, denies all charges

By SUPOJ KAEWKASEE 
THE NATION 
KANCHANABURI

 

 

THE EMBATTLED president of Italian-Thai Development company and his three companions facing poaching-related charges yesterday reported themselves to a Kanchaburi Court and reportedly denied the charges.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036440-premchai-keeps-his-court-appointment-denies-all-charges/

 

Senior officials face axe for welfare fund fraud

By JAKRAWAN SALAYTOO 
THE NATION 

 

File photo

 

AUTHORITIES FIND CLEAR EVIDENCE OF DOCUMENT FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT

 

THE SOCIAL Development and Human Security Ministry is poised to fire two senior officials for their role in the embezzlement of state funds for the destitute.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036441-senior-officials-face-axe-for-welfare-fund-fraud/

 

Wanheng MATCHES Mayweather

sports May 03, 2018 01:00

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

Wanheng Menayothin lands an uppercut on Panamanian contender Leroy Estrada Nakhon in Ratchasima yesterday.

 

THAI OVERPOWERS PANAMANIAN TO DEFEND TITLE

 

THAILAND’S “Dwarf Giant” Wanheng Menayothin successfully matched the world record of 50 straight wins by Floyd Mayweather by outclassing Panamanian contender Leroy Estrada to defend his WBC minimumweight title in Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036442-wanheng-matches-mayweather/

 

EDITORIAL

Thailand needs its own Korean moment

By The Nation

 

 

The olive branch has been extended and accepted across the red-yellow political divide – let’s hope it flourishes

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036443-thailand-needs-its-own-korean-moment/

 

Condo con

Emerald Condo developer arrested for fraud

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

Sawit ‘Mai’ Ketroj arrives at Patong Police Station for questioning this morning

 

The owner of a condominium project development company has been arrested after the condos were sold but the construction had never started. Damages are estimated at around a billion baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036444-emerald-condo-developer-arrested-for-fraud/

 

Four month old foetus found in Chalong canal

Chalong Police, along with the Forensic Police and rescue workers, went to the scene to investigate.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Chalong Police were notified about the body of a foetus found in a canal in Soi Kuwattana, Chalong at about midday today (May 2).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036445-four-month-old-foetus-found-in-chalong-canal/

 

UK's May faces local election losses as key Brexit tests near

By William James

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May walks out of 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Voters will pass judgement on Prime Minister Theresa May's party on Thursday in local government elections expected to show rising support for her opponents in London that will add to pressure on her position over Brexit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036446-uks-may-faces-local-election-losses-as-key-brexit-tests-near/

 

More 'caravan' migrants enter U.S., Sessions sends judges to border

By Delphine Schrank

 

Members of a caravan of migrants from Central America enter the United States border and customs facility, where they are expected to apply for asylum, in Tijuana, Mexico May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

 

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - A further 49 Central Americans crossed into the United States to seek asylum on Wednesday, part of a high-profile migrant caravan that prompted Attorney General Jeff Sessions to beef up legal resources on the Mexican border.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036447-more-caravan-migrants-enter-us-sessions-sends-judges-to-border/

 

U.S. transfers inmate from Guantanamo even as Trump hints at refilling it

By Phil Stewart

 

U.S. President Donald Trump says a few words about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, during Pompeo's swearing-in ceremony, at the Department of State in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced on Wednesday the first transfer of a prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre under U.S. President Donald Trump, lowering the prisoner population at a facility Trump has signalled he would like to repopulate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036448-us-transfers-inmate-from-guantanamo-even-as-trump-hints-at-refilling-it/

 

Five reported dead in military plane crash near Savannah, Georgia

By Phil Stewart

 

The military plane crash site is seen in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., May 2, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. JAMES LAVINE/via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Puerto Rico Air National Guard cargo plane crashed during a training mission in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday, killing at least five people and scattering debris across railroad tracks and a highway, officials and local media said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036450-five-reported-dead-in-military-plane-crash-near-savannah-georgia/

 

White House campaigns to win Senate confirmation of CIA nominee

By Mark Hosenball

 

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director nominee Gina Haspel (C) attends Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's ceremonial swearing-in at the State Department in Washington, U.S. May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday stepped up efforts to win Senate confirmation of career CIA officer Gina Haspel to become the intelligence agency's first female director.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036451-white-house-campaigns-to-win-senate-confirmation-of-cia-nominee/

 

Panwa Boonak crowned 2018 Thailand Optimist National Champion

Champion for two consecutive years, a feat achieved only by a handful of others

 

Panwa Boonak (centre, holding trophy) – 2018 Thailand Optimist National Champion. Photo by Guy Nowell.

 

PATTAYA, Thailand – One-hundred-and-thirty-one Optimist dinghies competed at the 2018 Top of the Gulf Regatta in Pattaya, all vying for top honours in the Thailand Optimist National Championships, and the three-day competition was fierce, with reigning champion Panwa Boonak (THA) looking to hold off strong challenges from fellow Thai juniors and many of the best young sailors from around Asia.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036459-panwa-boonak-crowned-2018-thailand-optimist-national-champion/

 

U.S. checks reports three American detainees relocated in North Korea - official

 

Tony Kim, one of the three Americans being held captive by North Korea, is seen in this photo taken in California in 2016, released to Reuters by the family of Tony Kim March 11, 2018. Courtesy of the family of Tony Kim/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. government is looking into reports that three Americans detained in North Korea have been relocated from a labour camp to a hotel near Pyongyang ahead of a planned summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036460-us-checks-reports-three-american-detainees-relocated-in-north-korea-official/

 

Black men arrested in Philadelphia Starbucks reach agreement on compensation

 

Two black men arrested while waiting at a Philadelphia Starbucks store reached a settlement with the coffee chain and dropped legal claims against the city. 

 

(Reuters) - Two black men arrested while waiting at a Philadelphia Starbucks store reached a confidential financial settlement with the coffee chain and dropped legal claims against the city.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036462-black-men-arrested-in-philadelphia-starbucks-reach-agreement-on-compensation/

 

China says to play positive role as it seeks North Korea resolution

 

China's state councillor Wang Yi speaks with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho in Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on May 3, 2018. 

(THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.) 

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is willing to continue playing a positive role to seek a political resolution for the Korean peninsula, the Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, told North Korea's foreign minister as diplomatic efforts gather pace.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036463-china-says-to-play-positive-role-as-it-seeks-north-korea-resolution/

 

UPDATE:

 

Phuket Town Gold shop thief arrested within five hours

Police seized many gold items and a gun during the arrest.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Quick work by Phuket Town police in yesterday’s gold shop robbery case. The Phuket Town Police have arrested 35 year old Sermsin Thepwong from Khon Kaen

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036362-thief-breaks-through-roof-in-phuket-gold-shop-robbery/?do=findComment&comment=12948880

 

Cambodian worker killed in Yala, motorcycle stolen

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A Cambodian worker was killed in a garden in Yala on Wednesday and a motorcycle belonging his boss stolen, leading the police to issue an alert of a possible motorcycle bomb attack.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036466-cambodian-worker-killed-in-yala-motorcycle-stolen/

 

Cambridge Analytica and British parent shut down after Facebook scandal

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

(Reuters) – Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/cambridge-analytica-british-parent-shut-facebook-scandal/28564/

Gen Prawit says Saturday demonstration won't drag on

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 May 2018 (NNT) - The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) says the planned demonstration by an activist group on May 5th will not drag on, adding there is no need to have any special measures in place. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036468-gen-prawit-says-saturday-demonstration-wont-drag-on/

 

NSC to push for setting up of central personal identity database

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 3 May 2018 (NNT) - The National Security Council (NSC) will push for the setting up of a central personal identity database accessible to certain government agencies. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036470-nsc-to-push-for-setting-up-of-central-personal-identity-database/