Pattaya police do nothing after infirm Russian woman robbed of phones in her own home

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Locals have complained about the lazy Pattaya police after an elderly Russian woman was robbed of two phones.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050234-pattaya-police-do-nothing-after-infirm-russian-woman-robbed-of-phones-in-her-own-home/

 

Phuket crocodile spotted off Laypang Beach

 

 

Phuket’s latest crocodile escapee was spotted from a drone yesterday (July 26) evening near Laypang Beach, north of Bang Tao Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050236-phuket-crocodile-spotted-off-laypang-beach/

 

Tops plans monthly bag-free day

By The Nation

 

 

 

Central Food Hall and Tops wish to cut down on plastic use with a plastic-bag-free day on the third day of each month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050241-tops-plans-monthly-bag-free-day/

 

"Bent officials at Thai Embassy in Yangon" as Myanmar illegal visa scandal continues

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that the deputy national police chief had ordered all concerned to get to the bottom of the fake visa stamp scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050242-bent-officials-at-thai-embassy-in-yangon-as-myanmar-illegal-visa-scandal-continues/

 

Wednesday: 31 more Thai corpses as road accidents continue unabated

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media Daily News reported that the death toll from road accidents continued as normal on Wednesday as 31 more drivers and motorcyclists became corpse statistics.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050245-wednesday-31-more-thai-corpses-as-road-accidents-continue-unabated/

 

What an amulet! Despite six shots at his car Cha-Am father-in-law lives to see another day!

 

 

A man shot at six times by his son-in-law was not hit even once.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050249-what-an-amulet-despite-six-shots-at-his-car-cha-am-father-in-law-lives-to-see-another-day/

 

Trump accuses Twitter of stifling Republicans, offers no evidence

By Doina Chiacu

 

A man reads tweets on his phone in front of a displayed Twitter logo in Bordeaux, southwestern France, March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Illustration/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump accused Twitter Inc on Thursday of restricting the visibility of prominent U.S. Republicans, without providing evidence, and the avid user of the social media platform promised to investigate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050251-trump-accuses-twitter-of-stifling-republicans-offers-no-evidence/

 

Nation-wide public donations launched for dam victims in Laos

By Thai PBS

 

 

All governors have been ordered by Interior permanent secretary Chatchai Promlert to set up donation centres in their respective provinces to accept cash or material donations from members of the public to be sent to help victims from the dam collapse in Laos.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050252-nation-wide-public-donations-launched-for-dam-victims-in-laos/

 

Australian researchers lay bare bloody history of colonial massacres

By Colin Packham

 

A supplied image shows University of Newcastle research academic, Professor Lyndall Ryan, and researcher Bill Pascoe sitting in front of a screen July 18, 2018, displaying a map detailing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander massacres that occurred on Australia’s colonial frontier. Picture taken July 18, 2018. University of Newcastle/Handout via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of aborigines are estimated to have been murdered in 500 massacres across Australia from European settlement in 1788 until the mid-20th century, researchers said on Friday, as the country continues to struggle with its bloody colonial past.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050255-australian-researchers-lay-bare-bloody-history-of-colonial-massacres/

 

Pattaya testing speed-trap cameras

PATTAYA:--Pattaya has begun testing speed-trap cameras on city streets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050254-pattaya-testing-speed-trap-cameras/

 

Army throws another book at taxis for not using meters

PATTAYA:-- The army again is threatening to come down hard on Pattaya taxi drivers amid continued complaints about cabbies not using meters and ripping off tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050258-army-throws-another-book-at-taxis-for-not-using-meters/

 

Chonburi officials meeting monthly to reduce road wrecks

CHONBURI:-- Chonburi police and administrators have begun meeting monthly to try and reduce the province’s high rate of traffic accidents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050260-chonburi-officials-meeting-monthly-to-reduce-road-wrecks/

 

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Former village headman accused of rape in Lampang

By Pratheep Nanthaparp 
The Nation

 

 

A former village headman accused of raping a 22-year-old Hmong woman and then posting a humiliating photo of the incident on Facebook – possibly triggering her suicide – was arrested in Tak on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050178-hunt-for-man-whose-photo-drove-woman-to-suicide/?do=findComment&comment=13212223

 

Xiaomi announces Android One smartphones

BY THE NATION 

 

 

Tech firm Xiaomi has expanded its Android One lineup with the introduction of Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite, which feature two powerful cameras and other upgrades. They start from US$199.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/xiaomi-announces-android-one-smartphones/29302/

Double Whammy! Phuket woman has her motorcycle stolen then gets ticket for not wearing a helmet!

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A Phuket women had a rant on Facebook after she had her motorcycle stolen in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050271-double-whammy-phuket-woman-has-her-motorcycle-stolen-then-gets-ticket-for-not-wearing-a-helmet/

 

35 university students injured in Phrae bus-car crash

By The Nation

 

 

Thirty-five Uttaradit Rajabhat University students were injured when a bus taking them from Rayong to Chiang Mai collided with a car and overturned in a ditch in Phrae on Thursday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050272-35-university-students-injured-in-phrae-bus-car-crash/

 

Villagers stranded as floods, landslides block access road

By Tossapol Boonpat 
The Nation

 

 

Some 2,000 residents in nine villages of Mae Hong Son's Sop Moei district were cut off from outside world on Friday morning as 50cm-deep floodwater covered a large section of Ban Mae Umloh-Ban Sop Khong road making it impassable for vehicles.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050274-villagers-stranded-as-floods-landslides-block-access-road/

 

Thai July headline inflation to pick up; June factory output growth to ease - Reuters poll

 

FILE PHOTO: A girl walks past a Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit System) construction site in Bangkok,Thailand May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's annual headline inflation rate may have quickened in July and moved into the central bank's target range for a fourth straight month, while June factory output growth likely eased slightly, a Reuters poll showed.

 

 Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050275-thai-july-headline-inflation-to-pick-up-june-factory-output-growth-to-ease-reuters-poll/

 

 

New banknotes being released on Sat to mark HM the King's birthday

 

 

BANGKOK, 27th July 2018 (NNT)-The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is set to release the first batches of 500 and 1,000 bank notes bearing a portrait of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn on July 28th to celebrate the auspicious occasion of his birthday anniversary. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050276-new-banknotes-being-released-on-sat-to-mark-hm-the-kings-birthday/

 

Water levels in Mekong River stay high

 

 

NONG KHAI, 27th July 2018 (NNT) - Water levels in the Mekong River in the Northeast of Thailand remain high due to continuous rainfall. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050277-water-levels-in-mekong-river-stay-high/

 

157 macaques being neutered to control population

 

 

KRABI, 27th July 2018 (NNT) - Krabi officials have neutered 157 macaques in Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park as part of its operation to control the macaque population.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050278-krabi-157-macaques-being-neutered-to-control-population/

 

Surin’s elephants carry monks into rain retreat

By The Nation

 

 

Tourists joined residents of Surin’s Muang district on Friday morning in distributing alms to monks riding elephants to mark Asanha Pucha Day and the beginning of Buddhist Lent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050279-surin’s-elephants-carry-monks-into-rain-retreat/

 

Thai Newscaster Suspended For Lambasting Turkish President

By  Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks Thursday during an opening ceremony for the new Turkish embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. Photo: Associated Press

 

BANGKOK — A newscaster was suspended Thursday for calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a dictator on live television.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050281-thai-newscaster-suspended-for-lambasting-turkish-president/

 

Thai media, operators upbeat about "better than ever" Pattaya beach

 

Pictures (3) Manager Online

 

Manager published a story that painted a rosy picture of improvements made to Pattaya's main beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050282-thai-media-operators-upbeat-about-better-than-ever-pattaya-beach/

 

McDonald's worker scraps with customer who threw milkshake at her and 'insulted her mum'

video screenshot

 

A huge scrap broke out at a McDonald's after a customer threw a milkshake at a member of staff.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050284-video-mcdonalds-worker-scraps-with-customer-who-threw-milkshake-at-her-and-insulted-her-mum/

 

Australian doctor reveals how Wild Boars were sedated

 

 

The Australian doctor involved in the Tham Luang cave rescue has revealed that he taught divers how to administer dangerous anaesthetic drugs so they could sedate the Wild Boar team mid-rescue, according to ABC News Australia.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050286-australian-doctor-reveals-how-wild-boars-were-sedated/

 

Sing Buri police hail major drug busts

By Kittipong Maneerit, 
Natthawat Laping 
The Nation

 

 

A major drug-trafficking ring's members have been arrested in Sing Buri on Wednesday along with 11,600,000 methamphetamine pills and some 700kg of crystal meth or "ice", deputy national police chief Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan told a press conference on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050287-sing-buri-police-hail-major-drug-busts/

 

Long weekend causes Isaan congestion

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

The northeast has suffered heavy congestion at the start of the four-day vacation.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050288-long-weekend-causes-isaan-congestion/

 

Anthony Hopkins says he should have died drunk in Wales and was a nightmare to deal with on set

By Steffan Rhys

 

'I should have died in Wales, drunk' Anthony Hopkins told an audience at the LEAP Foundation on July 25, 2018 in Los Angeles (Image: Greg Doherty/Getty Images)

 

He is one of the greatest actors of his generation but Sir Anthony Hopkins has described how he was "very difficult" to work with because he drank so heavily and was often hungover on set.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050290-anthony-hopkins-says-he-should-have-died-drunk-in-wales-and-was-a-nightmare-to-deal-with-on-set/

 

Sentimental Stars Who Got Tattoos in Honor of Their TV or Movie Roles 

By LYDIA PRICE

 

Robert Downey Jr./Instagram

 

“Five of the original six Avengers got a tattoo,” Robert Downey Jr. told Entertainment Weekly about the group’s Avengers logo ink.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050291-sentimental-stars-who-got-tattoos-in-honor-of-their-tv-or-movie-roles/