88 million baht worth of assets of 3 officials and accomplices to be seized over corruption

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) will confiscate the assets of three former top officials of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and 12 other accomplices worth 88 million baht for corruption in the state funds for the destitutes.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042882-88-million-baht-worth-of-assets-of-3-officials-and-accomplices-to-be-seized-over-corruption/

 

10th rabies victim in Rayong dies

By The Nation

 

A 10th person has died with rabies in Rayong, Disease Control Department director-general Suwanchai Watanayingcharoenchai said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042885-10th-rabies-victim-in-rayong-dies/

 

34 wild Phuket monkeys caught on Day 1 of campaign

The Phuket News

 

Monkeys still covered in grey mud from the nearby mangroves sit in the cage at Baan Yamu yesterday (June 12). photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The first day of catching monkeys at Baan Yamu in Pa Khlok, on Phuket’s east coast, yesterday (June 12) so that the monkeys can be sterilised saw 34 wild monkeys snared, officials have reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042886-34-wild-phuket-monkeys-caught-on-day-1-of-campaign/

 

BMA to extend Klong Phasi Charoen boat route

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will extend the boat service on Phasi Charoen Canal by 1.5km, deputy BMA governor Sakonthee Phatthiyakul.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042887-bma-to-extend-klong-phasi-charoen-boat-route/

 

How to play the secret World Cup game hidden inside Facebook Messenger

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Facebook is rolling out some new features to Messenger ahead of the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/play-secret-world-cup-game-hidden-inside-facebook-messenger/29161/

Chiang Rai pineapple farmers suffer price slump

 

 

CHIANG RAI, 13th June 2018 (NNT) - Local authorities in the northern province of Chiang Rai have held a meeting with a group of pineapple farmers to address a price slump affecting their product. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042892-chiang-rai-pineapple-farmers-suffer-price-slump/

 

U.S. sanctions Cambodia PM's top bodyguard over rights abuses

By Prak Chan Thul

 

Hing Bun Hieng, the commander of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's bodyguard unit stands, at the International Airport of Phnom Penh as he accompanies PM Hun Sen to Singapore for the 32nd ASEAN Summit, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 27, 2018. Picture taken April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The United States has imposed sanctions on the commander of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's bodyguards, accusing him of using force to menace opponents for decades, the first member of the leader's inner circle to be blacklisted by Washington.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042894-us-sanctions-cambodia-pms-top-bodyguard-over-rights-abuses/

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Prawit to chair first meeting with political parties late this month

By Thai PBS

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon will chair the first much-anticipated meeting with political parties late this month to discuss preparations for the general election which has been tentatively scheduled for February next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042838-junta-to-meet-politicians-but-political-activity-ban-to-remain/?do=findComment&comment=13074429

 

AMLO confiscates 41 assets from ministry officials

 



 

THE ANTI-MONEY Laundering Office (AMLO) has seized 41 assets worth Bt88 million from three former senior officials at the Social Development and Human Security Ministry and some 10 alleged accomplices as part of the probe into the misappropriation of allowances and related irregularities at protection centres for the destitute.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042882-88-million-baht-worth-of-assets-of-3-officials-and-accomplices-to-be-seized-over-corruption/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-13074677

 

How To Start Using Less Plastic In Bangkok Right Now

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

Grabbing just a cup of bubble milk tea can produce a hefty load of plastic. There’s the cup, its lid, the straw, a bag and that disposable handle-bag thing. After a few happy moments of sipping, it all goes off to the landfill for the next 500 years. Take home some dish soap from the supermarket in a new bottle – the old, perfectly good one is already pushing up daisies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042901-how-to-start-using-less-plastic-in-bangkok-right-now/

 

Spain sacks Julen Lopetegui as coach of national team

 

 

MADRID (Reuters) - The president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales on Wednesday announced that he had sacked Julen Lopetegui as Spanish national team coach just two days before Spain's debut at the World Cup in Russia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042903-spain-sack-head-coach-julen-lopetegui-just-a-day-before-start-of-world-cup/

 

Flood-hit pupils miss lunch

By The Nation

 

 

Pupils at several schools in Tambon Na Kian of Chiang Mai's Om Koi district had no lunch and few teachers following this week's forest runoffs and landslide that cut the only road leading to their villages, said Huay Jino watershed management official Suthat Chiloy on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042924-flood-hit-pupils-miss-lunch/

 

Surat Thani school boss dismissed

By Suwannee Bundisak 
The Nation

 

 

Somchao Sithichen, accused of lunch-budget graft in his role as director of Ban Tha Mai School in Surat Thani’s Tha Chana district, has been temporarily dismissed from service pending a disciplinary probe and a criminal investigation, Surat Thani governor Wichawut Jinto confirmed on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042925-surat-thani-school-boss-dismissed/

 

NLA to consider draft 20-year national strategy Friday

 

 

The draft 20-year national strategy will be tabled for deliberation in the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Kreangam said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042926-nla-to-consider-draft-20-year-national-strategy-friday/

 

U.S., Mexico and Canada to host 2026 World Cup

Simon Evans, Mitch Phillips

 

FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R) poses for a picture with officials after the announcement, that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada, during the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA’s congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back the tri-nation joint bid for the tournament and leave Morocco to miss out for the fifth time.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042929-us-mexico-and-canada-to-host-2026-world-cup/

 

Speed post

By Chalinee Thirasupa 
The Nation

 

 

An army of postmen on Wednesday pose for the camera during a press conference to unveil the 100 Thailand Post motorcycles used in post package delivery that have been upgraded.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042932-speed-post/

 

Yahoo Messenger is shutdown after twenty years

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: Reuters

 

Yahoo Messenger has announced it will shut down later this month after 20 years in action.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/yahoo-messenger-shutdown-twenty-years/29164/

One Tree Hill cast reunite for a new project – but is it a series revival?

BY MORGAN JEFFERY

 

WARNER BROS. TELEVISION

 

Are we about to take a trip back to Tree Hill?

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042936-one-tree-hill-cast-reunite-for-a-new-project-–-but-is-it-a-series-revival/

 

Wonder Woman 1984 First Look: Steve Trevor Is Alive?!

by ZACH JOHNSON

 

Image: Warner Bros

 

Moments ago, fans got their first look at Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman sequel; actress Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins shared stills from the movie via their social media accounts. Jenkins posted a photo of Chris Pine, whose character sacrificed himself at the end of the first film. "Welcome to WONDER WOMAN 1984, Steve Trevor!" she said on Twitter. "#WW84."

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042937-wonder-woman-1984-first-look-steve-trevor-is-alive/

 

George Lucas opens up about the ‘Star Wars’ sequels he never got to make

 By Samantha Maine 

 

Lucas says the fans would probably hate his idea Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Dodge

 

Lucasfilm's new team went with their own ideas

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042938-george-lucas-opens-up-about-the-‘star-wars’-sequels-he-never-got-to-make/

 

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