Phuket marine chief warns operators about boat safety during severe weather

By The Thaiger

 

 

The chief of the Phuket Marine Office has ordered authorities at all ports and piers, as well as the boat operators, to be careful heading out to sea, including today (June 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043920-phuket-marine-chief-warns-operators-about-boat-safety-during-severe-weather/

 

Amazon’s Alexa will now butler at Marriott hotels

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

 

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Marriott International Inc to help increase guest access to amenities with Alexa, through its voice-controlled device Echo, in an attempt to expand its presence in the hospitality industry.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/amazons-alexa-will-now-butler-marriott-hotels/29223/

Norway tests tiny electric plane, sees passenger flights by 2025

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Alister Doyle

 

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway tested a two-seater electric plane on Monday and predicted a start to passenger flights by 2025 if new aviation technologies match a green shift that has made Norwegians the world’s top buyers of electric cars.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/norway-tests-tiny-electric-plane-sees-passenger-flights-2025/29226/

Facebook expands offerings for video creators to cash in on views

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc launched a matchmaking system Tuesday to cultivate partnerships between advertisers and video creators as the world’s largest social media company tries to quickly parallel the variety of commercial opportunities offered by its video rival YouTube.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-expands-offerings-video-creators-cash-views/29229/

Chinese tourist drowns at Railay Bay after ignoring the warnings

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a 32 year old Chinese tourist staying in the Railay Bay area of Krabi drowned yesterday after ignoring officials' warnings not to enter stormy seas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043921-chinese-tourist-drowns-at-railay-bay-after-ignoring-the-warnings/

 

Canada Senate approves recreational use of marijuana

 

Smoke rises during the annual 4/20 marijuana rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's upper house of parliament on Tuesday approved a revised bill to legalize recreational marijuana, setting the stage for the country to become the first Group of Seven nation to legalize cannabis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043923-canada-senate-approves-recreational-use-of-marijuana/

 

Video: Eleven properties destroyed as fire engulfs houses in downtown Chonburi

 

video screenshot

 

Dramatic video footage from central Chonburi town showed an inferno that engulfed 11 houses yesterday evening.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043924-video-eleven-properties-destroyed-as-fire-engulfs-houses-in-downtown-chonburi/

 

Praise for kind Sri Racha traffic cop who allows press-ups instead of fine for helmet-less teen

 

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Channel 3 reported on a Facebook video that showed a Sri Racha traffic cop give some alternative punishment to a young man on his way to pick up his mum.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043925-praise-for-kind-sri-racha-traffic-cop-who-allows-press-ups-instead-of-fine-for-helmet-less-teen/

 

Man arrested for killing wife in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

Police arrested a Chiang Rai man on Tuesday night for allegedly stabbing his wife to death and throwing her body in their fishpond before going for a drink.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043926-man-arrested-for-killing-wife-in-chiang-rai/

 

Thailand banks on tech to end slavery at sea as workers push for rights

Beh Lih Yi, Rina Chandran

 

Migrant workers sort fish and seafood at a port in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, March 25, 2018. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/ Beh Lih Yi

 

SAMUT SAKHON/BANGKOK, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Enslaved on a Thai fishing vessel for 11 years, Tun Lin saw his fellow workers lose their minds one after another, with one fisherman jumping into the sea to end his life.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043927-thailand-banks-on-tech-to-end-slavery-at-sea-as-workers-push-for-rights/ 

 

Video: Thai Scrabble students display their English knowledge - how many words do you know?

 

 

A video from a Scrabble event in Sri Racha at the weekend showed two Thai high school students competing on a giant board in the Pacific Park shopping center in front of intrigued shoppers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043928-video-thai-scrabble-students-display-their-english-knowledge-how-many-words-do-you-know/

 

Thailand welcomes 2.8 million tourists last month

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 20th June 2018 (NNT) – Tourist arrivals rose 6.3% to 2.8 million in May 2018. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043930-thailand-welcomes-28-million-tourists-in-may-2018/

 

Police swoop is "No Joke" after Pattaya beach trader threatens to shoot Chinese tourist

 

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A police contingent from Banglamung and Pattaya Tourist police swooped on the beach last night to arrest a crocodile bag trader after a video was posted online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043933-police-swoop-is-no-joke-after-pattaya-beach-trader-threatens-to-shoot-chinese-tourist/

 

DLT introduces real-time travel info at bus terminals

 

 

BANGKOK, 20th June 2018 (NNT) - The Department of Land Transport (DLT) has introduced a smart bus terminal system at stations across the country to provide passengers with real-time travel information. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043934-dlt-introduces-real-time-travel-info-at-bus-terminals/

 

Indonesia agency revises up number missing in Sumatra ferry sinking to 180

 

Local residents and relatives of missing passengers from a ferry accident on Lake Toba, wait on the dock at Tigaras Port in Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta

 

TIGARAS, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's search and rescue agency has revised up the number of passengers missing after a ferry sank in Lake Toba on Sumatra island this week to 180 from around 130 estimated earlier, an official from the agency told Reuters on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043935-indonesia-agency-revises-up-number-missing-in-sumatra-ferry-sinking-to-180/

 

UPDATE:

 

Phuket jet-ski, parasail operators threatened for operating in strong waves

The Phuket News

 

Jet-ski and parasail operators have been warned, but it now seems that the weather has already turned for the better. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Marine Office Chief has issued a warning threatening to fine jet-ski operators and parasail boats who allow their vessels out onto the water during the strong waves Phuket has been expereienceing for the past week.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043920-phuket-marine-chief-warns-operators-about-boat-safety-during-severe-weather/?do=findComment&comment=13095011

 

French expat rescued off Phuket, jet-ski and parasail ban remains in force today

By  Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A French expat on a dinghy has been rescued in Ao Yon, Wichit yesterday (June 19) while the Phuket Marine Office has announced that jet-skis and parasails will remain beached until today (June 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043938-french-expat-rescued-off-phuket-jet-ski-and-parasail-ban-remains-in-force-today/

 

Ten passengers injured in Korat bus accident

By The Nation

 

Ten passengers were injured when a Bangkok-Nong Khai bus ran off the road in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sida district early on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043939-ten-passengers-injured-in-korat-bus-accident/

 

UPDATE

 

French expat, 78, found safe in Phuket after dingy gets lost in storm

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Frenchman Claude Felix Fernand Pascal Gasca, 78, is currently recovering at Mission Hospital Phuket. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 78-year-old French expat who was reported missing by his wife yesterday has been found and is currently undergoing routine checks at a Phuket hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043938-french-expat-rescued-off-phuket-jet-ski-and-parasail-ban-remains-in-force-today/?do=findComment&comment=13095080

 

Thais start waking up on reducing plastic bags

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thai people in general, high-learning educational institutions, private and public sectors are waking up to the calls for the reduction of plastic bags in their daily use in light of the recent deaths of several wild animals from their eating of discarded plastic bags and the global problem of plastic garbage in seas and oceans.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043940-thais-start-waking-up-on-reducing-plastic-bags/

 

Body of woman swept away by flood found in Ranong

By Boonluan Phromprathankul 
The Nation

 

 

Searchers on Tuesday recovered the body of a Ranong woman who was a passenger in a pickup truck that had been swept into a canal in a flash flood on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043941-body-of-woman-swept-away-by-flood-found-in-ranong/

 

US-China trade to affect Thailand slightly

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thailand will be slightly affected by the growing US-China trade conflicts, the Ministry of Commerce assured yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043942-us-china-trade-to-affect-thailand-slightly/

 

Thailand ready to explain first execution in nine years

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 20th June 2018 (NNT) - Thailand is ready to explain the country’s first prisoner execution in nine years, according to the Prime Minister. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043945-thailand-ready-to-explain-first-execution-in-nine-years/

 

Measures controlling the use of paraquat being developed

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 20th June 2018 (NNT) - The Biotechnology Alliance Association (BAA) recently held a meeting to develop measures to control the use of certain herbicides before proposing them to the Department of Agriculture (DOA). 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043947-measures-controlling-the-use-of-paraquat-being-developed/

 

Khon Kaen rallies around family of girl who died in locked pickup

By KRITMET LOHO 
THE NATION

 

 

Khon Kaen Governor Somsak Jangtrakul has offered aid and grief counselling to the family of five-year-old Kabinta “Nong Yam” Kehphuang, who died on Monday after being inadvertently left inside a locked pickup truck in sweltering heat for eight hours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043948-khon-kaen-rallies-around-family-of-girl-who-died-in-locked-pickup/

 

Phuket residents happy with wild monkey campaign, says wildlife chief

The Phuket News

 

Mr Pongchart urged the residents to be wary of how they dispose of their food scraps, as this could easily lead the monkeys to return to the houses for food. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The wildlife official tasked with leading the campaign targetting the growing populations of wild monkeys in Phuket has reported a near-instant positive result of the mass sterilsation project in the Rassada area, where the first neutered wild monkeys were released on Monday (June 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043949-phuket-residents-happy-with-wild-monkey-campaign-says-wildlife-chief/

 

Android users can now send and receive text messages from their computer

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

If you have an Android smartphone you can now send and receive text messages from your computer.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/android-users-can-now-send-receive-text-messages-computer/29232/

 

Mangmoom cards for subway train travels to be in use on June 23 

By Thai PBS

 

 

The  Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will begin distributing  200,000 of the so-called “Maengmoom” or “Spider” cards for train commuters travelling on its Blue and Purple Lines on June 22.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043950-mangmoom-cards-for-subway-train-travels-to-be-in-use-on-june-23/

 

Heads rolling over poor-quality school lunches

By The Nation

 

 

The directors of 12 schools are to be transferred after an initial investigation determined that their students were being served low-quality lunches or that the schools’ lunch-budget management lacked transparency.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043966-heads-rolling-over-poor-quality-school-lunches/

 

Death penalty for child rape cases in Myanmar voted down

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Myanmar Lower House has voted down a proposal for the death penalty to be imposed in child rape cases, The Irrawaddy News Online reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043967-death-penalty-for-child-rape-cases-in-myanmar-voted-down/