Swiss father finally allowed to see his children as he prepares to cremate his beloved son who fell from a balcony

 

 

The Swiss father of the four children that fell from a Ramkhamhaeng balcony last week has finally been allowed to see his children that remain in hospital.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037306-swiss-father-finally-allowed-to-see-his-children-as-he-prepares-to-cremate-his-beloved-son-who-fell-from-a-balcony/

Penang consulate limits visa applications to 100 per day

The Phuket News

 

The notice was posted earlier today (May 8). Image: Royal Thai Consulate-General, Penang

 

PHUKET: The Royal Thai Consulate-General in Penang has announced that it will limit the number of visas issued to just 100 per day, starting from Monday (May 14).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037260-penang-consulate-limits-visa-applications-to-100-per-day/

Drunk' woman interrupts breakdancing street performers and steals the show with series of incredible backflips

By Abigail O'Leary

 

 

This is the amazing moment a 'drunk' woman interrupted a group of breakdancing street performers - and stole the show with a series of incredible backflips.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037288-drunk-woman-interrupts-breakdancing-street-performers-and-steals-the-show-with-series-of-incredible-backflips/

BREAKING

 

Trump abandons 'defective' Iran nuclear deal, to revive sanctions

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump displays a presidential memorandum after announcing his intent to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran in a step that will raise the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upset America's European allies and bring uncertainty to global oil supplies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037333-trump-abandons-defective-iran-nuclear-deal-to-revive-sanctions/

 

Will Newin turn back time to become ‘kingmaker’ for Prayut

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION

 

Newin

 

ONCE AGAIN, Newin Chidchob has demonstrated that in politics there are neither permanent friends nor permanent foes – only permanent interests.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037334-will-newin-turn-back-time-to-become-‘kingmaker’-for-prayut/

 

PM assesses infrastructure projects for the Northeast

By THE NATION

 

Prayut

 

WARM WELCOME FOR CABINET ALTHOUGH PRAYUT DENIES POLITICAL MOTIVE
 

AFTER A GRAND reception to show their support for Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the people of ฺBhum Jai Thai party’s stronghold in Buri Ram and other three lower northeastern provinces had their project proposals seen by the Cabinet yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037335-pm-assesses-infrastructure-projects-for-the-northeast/

 

Jarungwit voted in as new EC secretary-general

By THE NATION

 

Jarungwit

 

THE ELECTION Commission (EC) yesterday unanimously voted to choose its deputy secretary-general Jarungwit Phumma as the new secretary general, a post that had been vacant for more than two years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037337-jarungwit-voted-in-as-new-ec-secretary-general/

 

Appeal verdict postponed in murder of Olympic marksman

By KESINEE TANGKHIEO 
THE NATION

 

 

AFTER THE WIDOW of slain former Olympic marksman Jakkrit Panichpatikum pleaded to be allowed to perform her “last duty as mother”, Bangkok’s Min Buri Court yesterday postponed the verdict in her appeal against a murder conviction to June 26.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037338-appeal-verdict-postponed-in-murder-of-olympic-marksman/

 

Seven high-ranking officials liable in ‘children’s fund graft’ scandal, says ministry

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

AT LEAST seven high-ranking officials should be held responsible for damages from corruption involving a fund for underprivileged children, a probe by the Education Ministry has concluded.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037339-seven-high-ranking-officials-liable-in-‘children’s-fund-graft’-scandal-says-ministry/

 

Healthcare activists oppose new ‘superboard’

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

 

HEALTHCARE activists have expressed opposition to the bill establishing the National Health Policy Board, which is part of the country’s upcoming health care reform.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037340-healthcare-activists-oppose-new-‘superboard’/

 

Claims of widespread extortion racket at Bangkok market

By The Nation

 

 

SOME OF THE 500 VENDORS at Bangkok’s Donmuang Modern Market claim they have been paying between Bt500 and Bt10,000 a month for police protection because some of the products they are selling are illegal.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037341-claims-of-widespread-extortion-racket-at-bangkok-market/

 

Protesters ‘staying’ till problems solved

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

FILE photo

 

LAND RIGHTS demonstrators said they were satisfied by feedback from yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, but have decided to extend their protest in Bangkok to make sure their problems are fully resolved.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037342-protesters-‘staying’-till-problems-solved/

 

Thailand among most ‘Muslim-friendly’

By The Nation

 

 

THAILAND is ranked second among Non-OIC markets as “the most Muslim-friendly travel destination”, the Mastercard-Crescent Rating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2018 reported yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037343-thailand-among-most ‘muslim-friendly’/

 

Dual Thai nationality votes being ‘sold’ for today’s Malaysian election

By THE NATION 

 

A man rides his bike past an eleddtroal poster of former Malaysian prime minister and opposition party Pakatan Harapan's candidate Mahathir Mohamad on the eve of the 14th general election in Alor Setar on May 8, 2018//AFP Photo

 

MALAYSIAN authorities have tightened the border with Thailand after 200 people with dual nationality allegedly sold their votes in Northern Kelantan to cast ballots in today’s general election.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037344-dual-thai-nationality-votes-being-‘sold’-for-today’s-malaysian-election/

 

Myanmar refugees returning from Thailand but Rakhine still out of bounds: UN Refugee Agency 

By THE NATION 

 

 

THAILAND has repatriated nearly 100 mostly Karen and Karenni refugees to Myanmar from border camps in Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces, where they had fled conflict between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups over the past three decades.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037346-myanmar-refugees-returning-from-thailand-but-rakhine-still-out-of-bounds-un-refugee-agency/

 

Ratchanok: fans can help us to achieve Mission Impossible

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Thailand's Thomas and Uber Cups teams.

 

Badminton star says home support will be vital later this month.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037347-ratchanok-fans-can-help-us-to-achieve-mission-impossible/

 

Are we in for another bout of political deja vu? 

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Don’t bet against it. For all the talks of “Not wasting the coup” on one side and “No election, no democracy” on the other, Thailand stands a good chance of going back to Square One. In other words, the vicious cycle the country has been trapped in still looms, and any silver lining, if you are seeing one, could be just a part of it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037348-are-we-in-for-another-bout-of-political-deja-vu /

 

Wider Image: Back to school for Thailand's elderly

 

Choochart Supkerd, 63, who studies at the School for the Elderly in Chiang Rak Noi subdistrict, cleans his house in Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Wearing crisp red-and-white uniforms, a group of 60-year-olds pile into a bus, smiling broadly as they make their way to a school in Ayutthaya, a province in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037350-wider-image-back-to-school-for thailands-elderly/

 

UPDATE:

 

Changes to visa applications at the Thai Consulate-General in Penang

"...if they're found to submit any fake documents they will be blacklisted for a year."

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Royal Thai Consulate-General in Penang has announced changes to its acceptance and delivery of visas.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037260-penang-consulate-limits-visa-applications-to-100-per-day/?do=findComment&comment=12967075

 

GIVEN SHORT SHRIFT 

Thai passengers charged extra because names too long to fit on boarding passes

A Thai family were forced to pay a 3,000 Baht (£69) charge at check-in on Thai Airways because of the length of their names

By Rosie Gizauskas

The SUN

 

A family were forced to pay extra on Thai Airways after their names wouldn't fit onto their boarding passes

 

A FAMILY on Thai Airways was charged extra because their names were too long to fit on their boarding passes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037351-thai-passengers-charged-extra-because-names-too-long-to-fit-on-boarding-passes/

 

Rouhani says Iran will remain in nuclear deal without U.S.

By Parisa Hafezi

 

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran would remain committed to a multinational nuclear deal despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 agreement designed to deny Tehran the ability to build nuclear weapons.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037352-rouhani-says-iran-will-remain-in-nuclear-deal-without-us/

 

Pompeo heads back to North Korea; Trump cites hope for detainees

By Matt Spetalnick and Lesley Wroughton

 

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in incoming 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) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on his way to North Korea on Tuesday to prepare for an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as President Donald Trump signalled the possibility that three Americans detained there could soon be released.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037353-pompeo-heads-back-to-north-korea-trump-cites-hope-for-detainees/

 

Hotel key card leads to identity of mystery foreigner washed up on Hua Hin beach

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police and medics were called to the area of Hua Hin beach near Soi 35 when a young foreigner was found washed up on the sands.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037357-hotel-key-card-leads-to-identity-of-mystery-foreigner-washed-up-on-hua-hin-beach/

 

Video: Fake Thai smile exposed! Irony reigns as "copycat" videos take the Mickey!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The world of Chinese social media viewed a clip of a Thai woman dressed in traditional attire putting garlands on passengers about to get on a tour bus.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037359-video-fake-thai-smile-exposed-irony-reigns-as-copycat-videos-take-the-mickey/

 

Google eases tech stress with app controls, table-booking assistant

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Stephen Lam

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) – Google on Tuesday showed how its virtual assistant can now call restaurants and salons to book appointments, navigating complex conversations, as the Alphabet Inc unit acknowledged that a technological onslaught was leaving users frazzled and needing a cure.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-eases-tech-stress-app-controls-table-booking-assistant/28630/

Three-quarters Facebook users as active or more since privacy scandal: Reuters poll

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Most of Facebook’s U.S. users have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations that a political consultancy collected information about millions of accounts without owners’ permission, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday showed.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/three-quarters-facebook-users-active-since-privacy-scandal-reuters-poll/28633/

Busted! Pattaya drugs party gets unwelcome visitor - the chief of police!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch led a team of his men to bust a drugs party being held at a fancy house in the Majestic Residence Pool Villa on Pratumnak Hill.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037360-busted-pattaya-drugs-party-gets-unwelcome-visitor-the-chief-of-police/

 

PM Prayut confirms decision to allow non residents at controversial housing project in Chiang Mai

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 9th May 2018 (NNT) - The Prime Minister has confirmed his decision never to allow any residents to reside in the newly-constructed judges’ houses at the center of recent public attention and protest. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037361-pm-prayut-confirms-decision-to-allow-non-residents-at-controversial-housing-project-in-chiang-mai/

 

Swedish man dies after allegedly jumping from 8th floor of a Phuket hotel

A close friend of the man told police that he had ongoing financial problems.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

A Swedish man has died after allegedly jumping from the balcony of a Patong hotel

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037364-swedish-man-dies-after-allegedly-jumping-from-8th-floor-of-a-phuket-hotel/

 

Police crackdown on Kathu and Patong pharmacies selling unlisted drugs

...that can be used in the production of Krathom drug cocktails.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Officials from Kathu District Office led by Kathu District Chief Somprach Prabsongkram along with a pharmacist from the Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO), randomly checked pharmacies in the Kathu District this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037365-police-crackdown-on-kathu-and-patong-pharmacies-selling-unlisted-drugs/