Brimming dams pose severe threat

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Officials in Petchaburi install pumps to drain water from the reservoir of the Kraeng Krachan Dam amid concerns that disaster was looming.

 

People in western provinces urged to move to higher ground as more water to be released from reservoirs.

 

MANY dams in the western region are rapidly filling up due to heavy downpours, with the situation at Kaeng Krachan Dam being of the greatest concern.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051491-brimming-dams-pose-severe-threat/

 

Phuket hoteliers to eliminate plastic bottles, notch up environmental education

By Sirivish Toomgum 
The Nation

 

Anthony Lark

 

All members of the Phuket Hotels Association have jointly committed to eliminate plastic water bottles and drinking straws from rooms by 2019 as part of an effort to ensure a sustainable future for Phuket, said association president Anthony Lark.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051493-phuket-hoteliers-to-eliminate-plastic-bottles-notch-up-environmental-education/

 

Only public awareness will stop cyber-crime

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION

 

 

Israeli experts explain how cyberattacks affect the economy and that it is every government’s responsibility to provide signs so people can protect themselves
 

WITH CYBERTHREATS inevitable in the digital age, it is the government’s responsibility to raise public awareness so the threats do not affect the economy, Israeli cyber-security experts said last week in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051495-only-public-awareness-will-stop-cyber-crime/

 

Honest intent missing to solve Rohingya crisis

By REGIONAL DESK 
THE NATION 

 

A Rohingya refugee woman and child wait to collect aid during a rain storm at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhia on July 21, 2018. AFP PHOTO / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN

 

INTERNAL POLITICS has been among the factors behind the failure of international panels to tackle the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. While countries overtly say they support these boards’ efforts to address the problem, politics within Myanmar and within those countries too often obstructs the mission.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051496-honest-intent-missing-to-solve-rohingya-crisis/

 

Police charge 156 under migrant workers laws

By THE NATION

 

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AUTHORITIES have taken legal action against 156 employers, nearly 10 per cent of those checked by police, for alleged offences related to migrant workers between July 1 and July 15.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051497-thai-police-charge-156-under-migrant-workers-laws/

 

Plan to turn former inmates into arborists proposed

By The Nation

 

 

A project is in the pipeline to train soon-to-be-released and newly released inmates to become arborists so they have better shot at getting a career and becoming socially reintegrated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051498-plan-to-turn-former-inmates-into-arborists-proposed/

 

UPDATE:

 

Phetchaburi braces for water release from upstream dam

By The Nation

 

 

The Public Health Ministry has instructed hospitals in downstream areas that will be affected by the release of water from dams to move their medical supplies and equipment to higher ground and take measures to tackle possible flooding of their premises.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051409-phetchaburi-residents-warned-of-1-2-months-of-flooding/?do=findComment&comment=13240662

 

NBO urged to probe lease of old temple land

By WATCHARAPONG JINGKHAOJAI 
THE NATION

 

 

CHIANG MAI’S Lam Chang community is calling on the National Buddhism Office (NBO) to investigate a deal that it believes will see centuries-old temple land turned over to the private sector for commercial gains. The abandoned temple land in Muang district should benefit the public instead of reaping gains for a private company, the residents said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051499-chiang-mai-nbo-urged-to-probe-lease-of-old-temple-land/

 

Hundreds take part in last leg of cycling event

By Prasert Thepsri 
The Nation

 

 

Hundreds of cyclists took part in the Nation Bike Thailand ride in Ratchaburi province on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051500-hundreds-take-part-in-last-leg-of-cycling-event-in-ratchaburi/

 

Thailand Post holds exhibition to mark 135th anniversary

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand Post has invited people to visit an exhibition it has organised at the Central Post Office in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district to learn about Thai postal history and buy commemorative stamps specially issued to mark the 135th anniversary of Thai postal services.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051501-thailand-post-holds-exhibition-to-mark-135th-anniversary/

 

Fire at Chiang Mai post office

By Watcharapong Jingkhaojai 
The Nation

 

 

A fire, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, broke out on Sunday morning at the one-storey post office building of the San Khamphaeng branch in Chiang Mai province, the local precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Chuwit Kongkaew said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051502-fire-at-chiang-mai-post-office/

 

SEC moves after banks’ data breach

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Watchdog conducts close inspection of cybersecurity systems of stock brokers 

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has conducted a close inspection of the cybersecurity systems of securities companies to prevent a possible cyberattack on their customer databases, according to the Association of Thai Securities Companies chairperson Pattera Dilokrungthirapop.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051503-sec-moves-after-banks’-data-breach/

 

Grenade recovered from a rented room

By Kornkamon Aksorndej 
The Nation

 

 

A hand grenade for practice was found in a rented room in Bangkok’s Bung Kum district on Sunday afternoon, prompting police to seal the area during inspection, deputy inspector at the Bung Kum precinct, Pol Captain Phayungsak Charoensuk, said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051504-grenade-recovered-from-a-rented-room-in-bangkok/

 

Parts of slaughtered Muntjac seized

By Khamthorn Kongsombat 
The Nation

 

 

Officials at the Nong Khai wildlife checkpoint seized four body parts weighing 6.5 kilograms belonging to a slaughtered Muntjac – a wildlife animal protected under Thai law – in the Rattana Wapi district of Nong Khai province on Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051505-parts-of-slaughtered-muntjac-seized-in-nong-khai/

 

Household debt issue will need a human touch

By The Nation

 

 

The Bank of Thailand needs to address ingrained bad habits and the myth of ‘too big to fail’

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051506-household-debt-issue-will-need-a-human-touch/

 

UPDATE:

 

RID:There will be no flood in Phetchaburi

 

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PHETCHABURI, 6th August 2018 (NNT) – The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) Director General, Thongplaew Kongchan, confirmed that there will be no flood in Phetchaburi. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051410-5-districts-in-phetchauburi-face-flooding-as-more-water-drained-out-of-kaeng-krachan-dam/?do=findComment&comment=13240711

 

Commerce Min sees bright outlook for Hom Mali exports

 

 

BANGKOK, 6th August 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce is confident that Hom Mali rice exports will continue to expand, especially in the United States, which is Thailand’s largest export market for Hom Mali rice. 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051507-thai-commerce-min-sees-bright-outlook-for-hom-mali-exports/

 

Debt Clinic offers new relief to debt defaulters

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 6th August 2018 (NNT) - The Debt Clinic is offering a new round of relief to various groups of defaulters. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051508-debt-clinic-offers-new-relief-to-debt-defaulters/

 

Bali affected by quake, but airport operation normal

By Thai PBS

 

 

Foreign tourist and residents wait outside a hotel in Bali’s capital Denpasar on Sunday night after a major earthquake rocked neighbouring Lombok island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051510-bali-affected-by-quake-but-airport-operation-normal/

 

Ex-central bank governor elected leader of Ruampalang Prachachart Thai

By Thai PBS

 

 

Former Bank of Thailand governor M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul was elected leader of Ruampalang Prachachart Thai party, a newly-formed party designed to support Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s return to power, at a meeting held this morning after another candidate, Mr Anek Laothammathat, pulled out from the contest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051511-ex-central-bank-governor-elected-leader-of-ruampalang-prachachart-thai/

 

Twenty killed in plane crash in Swiss Alps

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Michael Shields

 

A general view of the accident site of a Junkers Ju-52 airplane of the local airline JU-AIR, in 2,450 meters (8,038 feet) above sea level near the mountain resort of Flims, Switzerland August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

FLIMS, Switzerland (Reuters) - All 20 people on board were killed when a small vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps, police said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051512-twenty-killed-in-plane-crash-in-swiss-alps/

 

At least 82 killed by 7.0 quake in Indonesia's Lombok, Bali islands

By Nyimas Laula

 

Patients are evacuated outside to the Mataram City hospital parking lot after a strong earthquake in Mataram, Lombok island, Indonesia August 5, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Ahmad Subaidi/ via REUTERS.

 

DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - At least 82 people were killed on Sunday when Indonesia's resort island of Lombok was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051513-at-least-82-killed-by-70-quake-in indonesias-lombok-bali-islands/

 

Venezuela arrests six over drone explosions during Maduro speech

By Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera

 

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with government officials at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, August 4, 2018. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday they have detained six people over drone explosions the day before at a rally led by President Nicolas Maduro, as his critics warned the socialist leader would use the incident to crack down on adversaries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051515-venezuela arrests-six-over-drone-explosions-during-maduro-speech/

 

Trump says his son sought information on Clinton from Russians in 2016

By Doina Chiacu

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a Make America Great Again rally in Olentangy Orange High School in Lewis Center, OH, U.S., August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that his son met with Russians in 2016 at Trump Tower to get information on his election opponent Hillary Clinton, saying it was "totally legal" and "done all the time in politics."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051516-trump-says-his-son-sought-information-on-clinton-from-russians-in-2016/

 

Act on anti-Semitism or face 'eternal shame', deputy leader of UK's Labour Party

 

FILE PHOTO: Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's Labour Party joins a demonstration demanding the re-nationalization of the railways, outside King's Cross station in London, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The deputy leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party increased pressure on its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, over anti-Semitism on Sunday, saying the party could "disappear into a vortex of eternal shame" unless he tackled a growing crisis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051518-act-on-anti-semitism-or-face-eternal-shame-deputy-leader-of-uks-labour-party/

 

Don rejects idea for Thailand to forgo Asean chairmanship

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation, 
Singapore

 

Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, left is the current chair of Asean and Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai whose country would take turn next year.EPA-EFE/WALLACE WOON

 

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai denounced a media columnist’s idea to deny junta-run Thailand the Asean rotating chairmanship, saying the article was senseless.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051519-don-rejects-idea-for-thailand-to-forgo-asean-chairmanship/

 

15 injured in bus accident

By Suwannee Bundisak 
The Nation

 

 

Fifteen passengers were slightly injured when their Bangkok-Phuket bus lost control at a curve due to the slippery road surface and overturned early on Sunday in Surat Thani province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051520-15-injured-in-bus-accident-in-surat-thani/

 

Old Thai man found slashed in the abdomen - rushed to hospital

 

Picture: INN

 

Police and a foundation rescue team were called to a terraced townhouse in Sathupradit Soi 28 yesterday where they found a 72 year old Thai man in a deck chair slashed in the abdomen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051524-old-thai-man-found-slashed-in-the-abdomen-rushed-to-hospital/

 

Video: Lucky escape as light fitting drops on motorist on Bangkok bridge

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Dash cam footage on the Rama IV Bridge heading towards Chaiyapreuk showed a light fitting come crashing down as a car passed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051525-video-lucky-escape-as-light-fitting-drops-on-motorist-on-bangkok-bridge/

 

China state media attacks Trump on trade in unusually harsh terms

 

FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags are set up for a signing ceremony during a visit by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao at China's Ministry of Transport in Beijing, China April 27, 2018. Picture taken April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's state media on Monday lashed out at the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump in an usually direct attack, accusing him of "starring in his own carefully orchestrated street fighter-style deceitful drama".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051527-china-state-media-attacks-trump-on-trade-in-unusually-harsh-terms/