Light Rail Construction Approved for Chiang Mai

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has finally approved the construction of the light railway transit system project in Chiang Mai.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048718-light-rail-construction-approved-for-chiang-mai/

 

Man Injured During Building Demolition

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A wall fell on a worker during demolishment causing severe injuries on his legs.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048719-man-injured-during-building-demolition/

 

France’s ambassador revels in his nation’s World Cup triumph with French and Thai fans

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Ambassador of France to Thailand Gilles Garachon, in blue shirt, is pictured in a photo session with Thai and French supporters as they gathered on Sunday night to watch the World Cup final between France and Croatia in Bangkok.

 

France’s Ambassador to Thailand, Gilles Garachon, was on cloud nine when witnessing his country celebrate their second FIFA World Cup title, especially as he was among what was a strong local, supportive ambiance in Bangkok on Sunday night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048720-france’s-ambassador-revels-in-his-nation’s-world-cup-triumph-with-french-and-thai-fans/

 

Every Phuket tour boat is being checked

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Deputy Commander of the Tourist Police Bureau, Maj Gen Surachet Hakparn, with the help of the Marine Department, are checking about 400 tour boats in Phuket. Any boat found not fully compliant to leave port with all its safety equipment in working order, will remain at port.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048721-every-phuket-tour-boat-is-being-checked/

 

Phuket man arrested with 20,000 methamphetamine pills

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A man has been arrested with methamphetamine pills, crystal methamphetamine, a gun and ammunition.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048722-phuket-man-arrested-with-20000-methamphetamine-pills/

 

Mamma Mia! Will it work again?

By Grant Rollings

 

Dominic Cooper and Amanda Seyfried, pictured, dated on and off for two years

 

THEY were the lovers whose off-screen romance created the winning chemistry for movie musical Mamma Mia!

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048731-mamma-mia-will-it-work-again/

 

Dwayne Johnson says there's "no need" to talk to Tyrese Gibson after "one-sided" Fast and Furious beef

BY CHRIS EDWARDS

 

GETTY IMAGES ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ

 

Dwayne Johnson is in no rush to talk to Tyrese Gibson after their "one-sided" Fast and Furiousbeef.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048732-dwayne-johnson-says-theres-no-need-to-talk-to-tyrese-gibson-after-one-sided-fast-and-furious-beef/

 

Surprise! Demi Moore Hilariously Roasts Ex-Husband Bruce Willis About Diapers, Die Hard & More

By MARIA PASQUINI

 

 

Demi Moore didn’t hold back when it came time to roast her ex-husband Bruce Willis!

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048733-surprise-demi-moore-hilariously-roasts-ex-husband-bruce-willis-about-diapers-die-hard-more/

 

Cabinet retreat in NEast ‘not part of an attempt to build political alliance ahead of election’, govt figures insist

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Amid alleged attempts to woo former MPs into a pro-Prayut party’s fold, government figures on Monday rejected suspicion that the Cabinet retreat in the Northeast early next week was part of the bid to build up a political alliance ahead of the next general election.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048737-cabinet-retreat-in-neast-‘not-part-of-an-attempt-to-build-political-alliance-ahead-of-election’-govt-figures-insist/

 

Trump sits down with Putin after denouncing past U.S. policy on Russia

By Jeff Mason, Andrew Osborn

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrived at the presidential palace in Finland for a long-awaited summit on Monday after Trump blamed Washington’s own past “foolishness and stupidity” for bad relations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048741-trump-sits-down-with-putin-after-denouncing-past-us-policy-on-russia/

 

Phuket officials inert as fishing boat breaks apart at tourist beach

 

The Chok Mong fishing boat continues to break apart at Nai Yang Beach, with fuel and large pieces of wood being dangerously tossed ashore. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- Officials today confirmed they will do nothing about the large pieces of wood being dangerously tossed about in the surf at Nai Yang Beach after a fishing boat foundering in strong winds and waves ran aground, broke apart and sank in the bay on Friday (July 13).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048745-phuket-officials-inert-as-fishing-boat-breaks-apart-at-tourist-beach/

 

Body found floating off Phuket as governor meets missing fishermen’s families

 

The search for two fishermen who went missing during the storms on July 5 has been ongoing. Photo: Rawai Municipality

 

PHUKET:-- A body has been found floating in the sea off Koh Racha this afternoon but it has not yet been determined whether it is that of one of two fisherman reported missing following the storms on July 5.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048746-body-found-floating-off-phuket-as-governor-meets-missing-fishermen’s-families/

 

Paddy fields inundated after Roi Et road partly washed away by flash floods

By The Nation

 

 

The Chi River in Roi Et’s Selaphum district burst its banks and flooded more1,000 rai (160 hectares) of paddy fields on Monday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048747-paddy-fields-inundated-after-roi-et-road-partly-washed-away-by-flash-floods/

 

NLA chief doesn’t believe voting to pick EC president will stir up conflict at agency 

By The Nation 

 

file photo

 

National Legislative Assembly (NLA) President Pornpetch Wichitcholchai on Monday said he believed voting to decide the new Election Commission (EC) president would not stir up conflict in the agency, after former commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn had warned on Sunday about the likelihood of outside lobbying.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048748-nla-chief-doesn’t-believe-voting-to-pick-ec-president-will-stir-up-conflict-at-agency/

 

Happy resolution for soldier who cried fowl

By JITRAPORN SENWONG 
THE NATION

 

 

A PRIVATE who mustered the courage to speak up against his superior at a military camp has found a way out of abusive treatment and an unreasonable assignment to tend to nearly 100 chicken and fighting cocks of a senior military officer.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048751-happy-resolution-for-soldier-who-cried-fowl/

 

Update: Double murder suicide - relatives pick up three bodies at the morgue

 

 

Sanook reported on the double murder suicide that happened in Bang Khae, Bangkok, on Sunday night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048753-update-double-murder-suicide-relatives-pick-up-three-bodies-at-the-morgue/

 

Affordable new Nokia 3.1 arrives in Thailand

BY THE NATION

 

 

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has announced that the new Nokia 3.1 will be available from Sunday at the Big C for Bt4,990.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/affordable-new-nokia-3-1-arrives-thailand/29290/

update:

Thailand Live Tuesday 17 Jul 2018 
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048765-thailand-live-tuesday-17-jul-2018/