Authorities prepared for rally tomorrow

 

 

BANGKOK, 4th May 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs does not expect a rally planned for May 5 to press the government for a general election, to expand or be joined by other groups and has instructed police to manage crowds with restraint. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036687-authorities-prepared-for-rally-tomorrow-may-5/

 

PM reviews exhibition on digital innovation

 

 

BANGKOK, 4 May 2018 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has attended an innovation exhibition organized by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036688-pm-prayut-reviews-exhibition-on-digital-innovation/

 

Use of cap seals to be phased out in one year

 

 

BANGKOK, 4 May 2018 (NNT) - The Pollution Control Department has sought cooperation from 7,000 water bottle manufacturers to stop using plastic cap seals within a year, in order to reduce plastic waste. 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036689-water-bottles-use-of-cap-seals-to-be-phased-out-in-one-year/

 

Gen Prawit makes no comment on former premiers and planned demonstration on Sat

 

 

BANGKOK, 4th May 2018 (NNT)-Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan today refused to comment on whether there is a connection between this Saturday's demonstration and core members of Pheu Thai Party’s meeting with former premiers Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck Shinawatra in Singapore. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036690-gen-prawit-makes-no-comment-on-former-premiers-and-planned-demonstration-on-sat/

 

MRTA reviewing Spider Card use as Transport Ministry seeks to incorporate welfare cards

 

 

BANGKOK, 4th May 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Transport is stepping up the improvement of public transport systems to accommodate welfare cards, looking to have the cards applicable on the Blue and Purple rail lines by this July and on the Airport Rail Link and 2,600 public buses by October. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036691-mrta-reviewing-spider-card-use-as-transport-ministry-seeks-to-incorporate-welfare-cards/

 

Blue Flag store allegedly imposes additional fee on social welfare card holders

 

 

BANGKOK, 4th May 2018 (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce is looking into an online claim alleging a shop owner is charging customers an additional fee for using a social welfare card. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036692-blue-flag-store-allegedly-imposes-additional-fee-on-social-welfare-card-holders/

 

Islamophobia prompts Muslims to engage in US democracy: report

Anti-Muslim measures have backfired, causing the US Muslim population to protest and run for office in higher numbers.

 

Washington, DC - American Muslims reported a higher number of incidents of discrimination this past year than any other religious group, but growing Islamophobiahas pushed them to become more politically engaged, according to Muslim leaders, pollsters and activists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036694-islamophobia-prompts-muslims-to-engage-in-us-democracy-report/

 

Fire Engulfs Former Dinosaur Theme Park – Again

By  Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: arthur8009 / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — A fire broke out Friday afternoon at a former dinosaur-themed amusement park on Sukhumvit Road. There are no reports of injuries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036696-fire-engulfs-former-dinosaur-theme-park-–-again/
 

 

Netizens Blast Bangkok ‘Trash Cages,’ Users

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A trash cage near the Pratunam area in Bangkok, posted Thursday.

 

BANGKOK — Netizens on Friday were decrying the behavior of people who misused the capital’s newly installed trash cages, prompted by a post showing rubbish thrown haphazardly into one of them.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036699-netizens-blast-bangkok-‘trash-cages’-users/

 

Car Vandalised in Alleged Home Deposit Dispute

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A coffee shop owner’s car was vandalised following an alleged deposit dispute with an old landlord.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036708-car-vandalised-in-alleged-home-deposit-dispute/

 

Municipality Responds to Tree Cutting in Klang Wiang

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Chiang Mai Municipality has released an explanation for cutting down a tree at Klang Wiang, near the shrine at the centre intersection of the old city.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036709-municipality-responds-to-tree-cutting-in-klang-wiang/

 

Korn's stepson gets bail after cocaine bust

By The Nation

 

Phanthit Mahapaoraya

 

The South Bangkok Criminal Court released a stepson of former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij on bail on Friday, a day after he was arrested in a taxi with a small amount of cocaine.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036710-korns-stepson-gets-bail-after-cocaine-bust/

 

Call-centre scams ‘eradicated’ from Thailand, says top cop

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

 

A total of Bt1.16 million cash was returned to four victims of “call-centre” scams as part of the Royal Thai Police’s 14th cash-returning event on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036711-call-centre-scams-‘eradicated’-from-thailand-says-top-cop/

 

Authorities retrieve sack of meth pills as suspects flee cemetery on motorcycle

By Khamthorn Kongsombat 
The Nation

 

 

Thai authorities retrieved 2,000 methamphetamine pills from a sack thrown to the roadside as two suspects fled the scene on a motorcycle, in Nong Khai’s Phon Phisai district early on Friday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036713-authorities-retrieve-sack-of-meth-pills-as-suspects-flee-cemetery-on-motorcycle/

 

What travelling says about Thais

By The Nation

 

 

Technology has transformed travel, shrinking the world and placing thousands of destinations a mere click away. However, new research conducted by the leading travel website Booking.com, reveals that almost half (47 per cent) of Thai travellers don’t believe they are making the most of their travel opportunities.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036714-what-travelling-says-about-thais/

 

Phuket student-visa crackdown begins

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- The crackdown on foreigners fraudulently using student visas as a way to stay in the country long term began in Phuket yesterday (May 3), with inspections of three language schools in the south of the island.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036717-phuket-student-visa-crackdown-begins/

 

Top Cop Gives Green Light To Pro-Democracy Rally

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Standing on truck from left: Rangsiman Rome, Nuttaa Mahattana, Karn Pongprapaphan, Arnon Nampha, an unidentified woman and Sirawith Seritiwat during a March 24 rally.

 

BANGKOK — The deputy national police commander Friday vowed to maintain security at a pro-democracy rally planned for tomorrow but said it could go ahead without violating the law.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036718-top-cop-gives-green-light-to-pro-democracy-rally/

 

Ex-MPs to meet Thaksin and Yingluck in Singapore

By The Nation 

 

 

Pheu Thai Party ex-MPs will be flying to Singapore this weekend to meet the two Shinawatra ex-premiers to discuss the party’s election strategy.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036676-thaksin-yingluck-in-singapore-source/?do=findComment&comment=12954230

 

Singapore stages startup summit

By The Nation

 

 

Dr Koh Poh Koon, Singapore’s trade minister, and Dr Pansak Siriruchatapong, vice minister of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, recently hosted the Global Innovation Alliance Bangkok event which included a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between the government and private sectors of Thailand and Singapore.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036719-singapore-stages-startup-summit/

 

Adidas CEO Says Company Has Not Discussed Dropping Kanye West After His Controversial Slavery Comments

COLLEEN KRATOFIL

 

Image: Rindoff/Dufour/Getty

 

After Kanye West came under fire for implying that slavery was a “choice” for African-Americans on TMZ Live, one of his most successful business relationships — with Adidas — may be at risk.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036720-adidas-ceo-says-company-has-not-discussed-dropping-kanye-west-after-his-controversial-slavery-comments/

 

Disney's Mulan live-action remake - from Li Shang controversy, cast details including new lead and UK release date after changes

By Jo-Anne Rowney

 

Image: Disney

 

Mulan is one on the best Disney female heroines - not only did she save the whole of China but she looked kick-ass in armour.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036722-disneys-mulan-live-action-remake-from-li-shang-controversy-cast-details-including-new-lead-and-uk-release-date-after-changes/

 

Star Wars Day 2018: Fans flock to social media to post fun 'May the fourth be with you' memes and quotes

By ROXY SIMONS FOR MAILONLINE

 

 

It's May 4th, the annual holiday that Star Wars buffs around the world wait anxiously to celebrate each year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036723-star-wars-day-2018-fans-flock-to-social-media-to-post-fun-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-memes-and-quotes/

 

Trial of Nico Papke for murder of Phuket girlfriend begins

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- The trial of German national Nico Papke for the murder of his Thai girlfriend in Phuket last year began on Monday (April 30), with the Phuket Prosecutor moving ahead with the charge of murder under Section 288 of the Thai Criminal Code.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036726-trial-of-nico-papke-for-murder-of-phuket-girlfriend-begins/

 

Similans to close for five months

By The Nation,

The Thaiger

 

(File) Tourists on the Maya Bay beach, on the southern Thai island of Koh Phi Phi. // AFP PHOTO

 

The Department of National Parks (DNP) has announced that the Similan Islands in Phang Nga will be closed from May 16 for five months.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036727-similans-to-close-for-five-months/

 

Army Writing Manuals To Handle Protesters: Official

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

In this May 14, 2010, file photo, soldiers face off with Redshirt protesters on Rama IV Road in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — The army – an agency with a history of suppressing protests with bloody results – is making manuals on how to handle street protests, a defense spokesman said Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036729-army-writing-manuals-to-handle-protesters-official/

 

300 police, officials in third raid of Don Muang market over illegal cosmetics

By THE NATION

 

 

DEPUTY NATIONAL POLICE chief Pol General Weerachai Songmetta on Friday led 300 police, soldiers and related officials to search 12 shops in the Talad Mai Don Muang area in Bangkok’s Don Muang district in the third search operation for illegal cosmetic and food supplement products.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036730-300-police-officials-in-third-raid-of-don-muang-market-over-illegal-cosmetics/

 

Ambulance driver begs for forgiveness after death of rescue medic "Nong Mot"

 

 

Sanook reported from the funeral of 22 year old Marisa or "Nong Mot" who was killed on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036733-ambulance-driver-begs-for-forgiveness-after-death-of-rescue-medic-nong-mot/

 

Tears of the parents: Swiss father and Thai mother weep for their beloved son Alex, aged 5.

 

 

It was a heart-wrenching scene at the Police Hospital in Bangkok on Friday afternoon as the father and mother of the four children who fell from the balcony of some Ramkhamhaeng flats went to get the body of their deceased five year old boy.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036679-grief-stricken-mom-picks-up-son’s-body-from-morgue-after-balcony-collapse/?do=findComment&comment=12954513

 

Hackers are targeting Google Maps users with dangerous new scam

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

Google Maps users have been warned about a dangerous new scam.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/hackers-targeting-google-maps-users-dangerous-new-scam/28598/

Ford’s new smart window can help blind people see

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: Ford

 

The Ford Motor Company has unveiled a new idea to assist the visually impaired to see the view outside of the car.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/video-fords-new-smart-window-can-help-blind-people-see/28600/