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/

 

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/

Shock as Trump backs Putin on election meddling at summit

By Jeff Mason and Denis Pinchuk

 

U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin hold a joint news conference. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Standing side-by-side with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the U.S. 2016 election, casting doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agencies and sparking a storm of criticism at home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048767-shock-as-trump-backs-putin-on-election-meddling-at-summit/

 

PM hands over donation to Japan following deadly floods

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister Prayut Cha-o-cha hands Bt 5 million donation to Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Shiro Sadoshima.

 

Thailand has donated Bt5 million to Japan for disaster relief after the devastating floods in the western part of Japan that claimed more than 200 lives earlier this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048768-pm-prayut-hands-over-donation-to-japan-following-deadly-floods/

 

Govt instructs state agencies to hasten civil suits in rice-pledging scandal

By The Nation

 

 

The government has instructed the relevant state agencies to expedite civil lawsuits seeking damages from their private contractors accused of theft and embezzlement in connection with the rice-pledging scandal.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048769-thai-govt-instructs-state-agencies-to-hasten-civil-suits-in-rice-pledging-scandal/

 

Trans fats ban could burn small businesses: expert

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

Nutritionists praise health move but local bakeries brace for impacts.
 

THAILAND’S BAN on trans fats is being applauded by consumer protection activists and nutritionists but a food-industry expert says the government action could lead to chaos in small bakeries and dairy beverage businesses.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048770-trans-fats-ban-could-burn-small-businesses-expert/

 

Patients ‘must find alternative’

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA, 
KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION

 

 

FDA cautions after recall of five drugs.

 

WHILE FIVE medicines containing valsartan are being recalled over their potential links to cancer, experts warn that abandoning them without alternative medication is even more dangerous. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048772-fda-cautions-after-recall-of-five-drugs-patients-‘must-find-alternative’/

 

Angry and deep in debt, teachers demand govt step in

By ANEK KRAJAEM 
THE NATION

 

SOME 100 teachers on Saturday launched a campaign calling for the government and the Government Savings Bank (GSB) to allow a six-month moratorium in debt repayment to the Funeral Service Welfare for Teachers and Education Personnel fund.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048773-angry-and-deep-in-debt-teachers-demand-thai-govt-step-in/

 

Smart kiosks give students easier way to check loans

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION

 

 

THE Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) has joined with the Student Loans Fund office (SLF) to allow its borrowers to check their loan status via 56 so-called smart kiosks set up by the government nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048774-smart-kiosks-give-students-easier-way-to-check-loans/

 

AIS and DTAC collect bid papers for spectrum auctions

By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM 
THE NATION

 

 

ADVANCED Info Service (AIS) group and Total Access Communication (DTAC) group yesterday picked up the applications to contest auctions for licences to offer services on the 900MHz and 1800MHz spectra.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048775-ais-and-dtac-collect-bid-papers-for-spectrum-auctions/

 

Huge increase in online-betting arrests for this year’s World Cup

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

Deputy national police chief Chalermkiat Srivorakhan.

 

Police have arrested three times as many gambling suspects during the recent World Cup competition as they did for the 2014 tournament.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048777-huge-increase-in-online-betting-arrests-for-this-year’s-world-cup/

 

Thailand Wants to Have Its (Hash) Cake and Eat It Too

By Natnicha Chuwiruch

 

>> Country will lead the way in Asia to legalize medical cannabis

>> Thailand eyeing a piece of the global medical cannabis market

 

FILE photo

 

Thailand, known for its tough policies against drug trafficking, is taking a page from Canada and other countries and is seeking to lead the way in Asia in legalizing medical marijuana.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048780-thailand-wants-to-have-its-hash-cake-and-eat-it-too/ 

 

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“Doctor Pak” in emotional reunion with Wild Boars boys

By Thai PBS

 

 

There was an emotional scene when Lt Col Dr Pak Loharnchun, a military doctor better known as “Mor Pak”,  visited the 12 young footballers and their coach in a happy reunion at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048713-mu-pa-boys-will-grow-up-to-work-for-country’s-benefit-says-dr-pak/?do=findComment&comment=13179927

 

Room for half a million more

By The Nation

 

 

It’s not just the two boys and the coach plucked from the cave who deserve to be Thai citizens
 

The unexpected bonus that came with the dramatic rescue of the Wild Boars footballers from a flooded Chiang Rai cave was the spotlight that suddenly shone on the technically stateless legal status of two of the boys and their assistant coach. It is hoped that the outpouring of sympathy from Thais and the global community will improve their chances of obtaining much-awaited Thai citizenship.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048783-it’s-not-just-the-two-boys-and-the-coach-plucked-from-the-cave-who-deserve-to-be-thai-citizens/

 

Tham Luang forest closed  indefinitely due to heavy damage 

By Thai PBS

 

 

Tham Luang Nang-Khun Nam Nang Non forest park has been closed indefinitely due to extensive damages caused to the park’s environment during the recent dramatic rescue operations. Forestry officials said the forest requires massive rehabilitation and restoration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048784-tham-luang-forest-closed -indefinitely-due-to-heavy-damage/

 

Tourism and Sports Minister: Phuket boat accident marginally affects tourism

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 17th July 2018 (NNT) – The Tourism and Sports Minister, Weerasak Kowsurat, admitted that the tour boat that capsized off the coast of Phuket province on July 5th, resulting in the deaths of 47 Chinese tourists, has caused some people to cancel their tour packages to Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048789-tourism-and-sports-minister-phuket-boat-accident-marginally-affects-tourism/

 

U.S. judge suspends deportations of reunited immigrant families

By Marty Graham

 

Anita Areli Ramirez Mejia, an asylum seeker from Honduras separated from her six year-old son Jenri near the Mexico-U.S. border, is reunited with him in Harlingen, Texas, July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge temporarily barred the U.S. government on Monday from the rapid deportation of immigrant parents reunited with their children, while a court considers the impact on children's rights to seek asylum.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048791-us-judge-suspends-deportations-of-reunited-immigrant-families/

 

Britain's May wins parliament vote after bowing to Brexit pressure

By Elizabeth Piper, William James and Andrew MacAskill

 

Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrives at Downing Street, in central London, Britain July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May won a series of votes in parliament on Monday, keeping her over-arching strategy to leave the European Union just about on track after bowing to pressure from Brexit supporters in her party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048792-britains-may-wins-parliament-vote-after-bowing-to-brexit-pressure/

 

Volcanic lava 'bomb' injures 22 people on tour boat in Hawaii

 

A hole, punched through the roof of a tourist boat, is seen, after lava from the Mount Kilauea volcano exploded in the sea off Kapoho, Hawaii, U.S. July 16, 2018. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources/Handout via REUTERS

 

HONOLULU (Reuters) - A blob of hot volcanic lava struck an ocean tour boat just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday, injuring at least 22 people in the worst casualty incident to date from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano, fire officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048793-volcanic-lava-bomb-injures-22-people-on-tour-boat-in-hawaii/

 

We demand action! Pattaya foreigners complain damage from next door condo construction

 

video screenshot

 

A group of European residents in Pattaya have had enough.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048798-we-demand-action-pattaya-foreigners-complain-damage-from-next-door-condo-construction/

 

Nine Pakistanis on overstay arrested in Ranong

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Nine Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Ranong in Thailand's south.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048800-nine-pakistanis-on-overstay-arrested-in-ranong/

 

Thai Football League: Fifteen to face match fixing charges

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Public prosecutors decided Monday to press ahead with match fixing charges against 15 people including referees, players and investors who they say manipulated results in the Toyota Thai Football league in the 2017 season.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048801-thai-football-league-fifteen-to-face-match-fixing-charges/

 

Ayutthaya police in quick arrest after murder of man with "wooden penis hanging from his waist"

 

Pictures (2): Daily News

 

Police in Bang Sai, Ayutthaya have made a quick arrest after a man was found slashed and dumped in fields north of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048803-ayutthaya-police-in-quick-arrest-after-murder-of-man-with-wooden-penis-hanging-from-his-waist/

 

One, two, three POINT! That's the culprit say angry villagers in Ang Thong

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Our picture today shows a group of Thai villagers pointing at the road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048804-one-two-three-point-thats-the-culprit-say-angry-villagers-in-ang-thong/

 

Worker electrocuted while operating crane by power lines - friend in hospital

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a 33 year old crane operator was electrocuted after his vehicle came into contact with power lines.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048807-worker-electrocuted-while-operating-crane-by-power-lines-friend-in-hospital/

 

‘Positive signal’ from European Parliament about Thailand’s IUU status: deputy PM

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya, standing third left, inspects a fishery monitoring centre on Monday.

 

The European Parliament has sent a positive signal about the European Union upgrading Thailand’s status in regard to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from the current ‘yellow card’ slapped on the country by the EU in 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048808-‘positive-signal’-from-european-parliament-about-thailand’s-iuu-status-deputy-pm/

 

Hua Hin Railway police in 10 million baht drug find on train

 

Picture: New TV

 

Hua Hin Railway Police found two bags of drugs on a southern bound train on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048809-hua-hin-railway-police-in-10-million-baht-drug-find-on-train/

 

The team were ‘heavily sedated’ – Australian diver

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: thewest.com.au

 

The team of 13 rescued from the Tham Luang caves last week were ‘heavily sedated’ to assist in their successful recovery and to avoid panicking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048811-the-mu-pa-team-were-‘heavily-sedated’-–-australian-diver/

 

Mukdahan airport study to cost Bt6 million

By The Nation

 

File photo//Wikipedia

 

The Airports Department will spend Bt6 million to conduct a feasibility study for building an international airport in the northeastern province of Mukdahan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048812-mukdahan-airport-study-to-cost-bt6-million/