Police Crackdown on Street Beggars

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Police have issued a crackdown on beggars in Chiang Mai.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051770-police-crackdown-on-street-beggars/

 

Watch : Kani’s love for mother breaks millions of online hearts

By Marisa Chimprabha 
The Nation

 

 

It at first appeared to be a normal video clip of a four-year-old boy trying to persuade his mother not to leave him for work. However, what the boy did near the end of the clip broke the heart of many of the viewers who shared the video posted on his mother’s Facebook page.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051771-watch-kani’s-love-for-mother-breaks-millions-of-online-hearts/

 

Singapore tests eye scans at immigration checkpoints

 

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has started scanning travellers' eyes at some of its border checkpoints, its immigration authority said on Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051773-singapore-tests-eye-scans-at-immigration-checkpoints/

 

Around 240 small hotel businesses in Krabi shut down for having no licences

By The Nation

 

 

The authorities have checked and closed 239 small hotels, hostels and guest houses in Krabi's Mueang district during the past month for having no licences for the provision of hotel services.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051774-around-240-small-hotel-businesses-in-krabi-shut-down-for-having-no-licences/

 

Appeal Court acquits Jakkrit’s widow

By The Nation

 

File photo: Nithiwadee “Mor Nim” Phucharoenyos (L) and Surang Duangchinda (R)

 

Nithiwadee “Mor Nim” Phucharoenyos, the widow of slain former Olympic marksman Jakkrit Panichpatikum, on Tuesday walked out of court a free woman, thanks to her acquittal by the Appeal Court, but with tears brimming in her eyes.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051776-appeal-court-acquits-jakkrit’s-widow/

 

Johnny Depp’s Tupac/Biggie movie ‘City of Lies’ has been pulled from release

By Samantha Maine

 

The film was due for release on September 7 Credit: Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

 

The movie is yet to have a new release date

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051778-johnny-depp’s-tupacbiggie-movie-‘city-of-lies’-has-been-pulled-from-release/

 

Warner Bros planning Supergirl solo movie

By Joseph Baxter & Kirsten Howard

 

 

Supergirl is DCEU-bound! Deadline is reporting that Warner and DC are developing a new Supergirl movie, with the acquisition of screenwriter Oren Uziel, who’s currently working on the live-action video game adaptation movie, Sonic the Hedgehog, coming off scripts for The Cloverfield Paradox, Shimmer Lake, Freaks of Nature and 22 Jump Street. He’s also working the script for a Mortal Kombat reboot film.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051779-warner-bros-planning-supergirl-solo-movie/

 

Margot Robbie shares first-look picture as murdered actress Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

By Telegraph Reporters

 

Margot Robbie will play the pregnant actress who was murdered by Charles Manson's followersCREDIT: INSTAGRAM

 

Margot Robbie has shared the first picture of herself in character as the murdered actress Sharon Tate from the upcoming film Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051780-margot-robbie-shares-first-look-picture-as-murdered-actress-sharon-tate-in-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/

 

Patong Police Chief debunks Panya surrenders myths, confirms cold cases reopened

By Chutharat Plerin

 

Patong Police Chief Col Anothai Jindamanee (right) and Preechawut ‘Prab’ Keesin speak to the press about Panya ‘Sia Auan’ Yingdang and the state of public safety in Patong. Photo: Chutharat Plerin

 

PHUKET:-- Patong Police Chief Col Anothai Jindamanee has met the press to debunk rumours that Panya ‘Sia Auan’ Yingdang, the 39-year-old bar owner in Patong wanted for his role in the slaying of Paweena Namuangrak and Anantachai Jaritram in Chonburi on July 29, had been in hiding in Phuket and had now surrendered to police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051789-patong-police-chief-debunks-panya-surrenders-myths-confirms-cold-cases-reopened/

 

Korat mother devastated after witnessing daughter killed by speeding pickup

By The Nation

 

 

A mother in Nakhon Ratchasima broke down and collapsed after seeing her daughter hit and killed by a speeding pickup while crossing a road to catch a bus on Tuesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051790-korat-mother-devastated-after-witnessing-daughter-killed-by-speeding-pickup/

 

Commuter shortcut in Lat Phrao coming, with towing of parked cars

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Commuters should avoid parking along a new “shortcut” route in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao area during rush hour unless they want their car towed away by police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051791-commuter-shortcut-in-lat-phrao-coming-with-towing-of-parked-cars/

 

Premier defends NLA amendment motion on election inspectors, but Meechai airs different view

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday defended a move by legislators seeking an amendment to the Election Commission (EC) law regarding the selection of election inspectors.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051792-premier-defends-nla-amendment-motion-on-election-inspectors-but-meechai-airs-different-view/

 

Wheelchair-bound man accepts donation target of Bt4m now likely beyond his reach

By The Nation

 

 

With only some 200 kilometres to go to complete his 1,400-km journey, a 55-year-old wheelchair-bound Phitsanulok man has accepted that he will not be able to meet his target of raising Bt4 million for 48 schools for disabled children nationwide.

 

Full Story:https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051794-wheelchair-bound-man-accepts-donation-target-of-bt4m-now-likely-beyond-his-reach/

 

Tetra Pak report focuses on rise and challenges of Thai online grocery sector

By The Nation

 

 

Tetra Pak Thailand, the local unit of the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company, on Tuesday released the 11th annual edition of the “Tetra Pak Index”.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051796-tetra-pak-report-focuses-on-rise-and-challenges-of-thai-online-grocery-sector/

 

Riverside residents in Kanchanaburi told to brace for possible flooding

 

 

Kanchanaburi’s riverside residents have been told to move their belongings to higher grounds in anticipation of possible flooding after three dams in this western province increased water drainage downstream.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051798-riverside-residents-in-kanchanaburi-told-to-brace-for-possible-flooding/

 

In England's forgotten 'rust belt', voters show little sign of Brexit regret

Guy Faulconbridge

 

The boarded up former Conservative Club is seen in Goole, Britain August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

KNOTTINGLEY, England (Reuters) - To Paul Green, a club steward in northern England’s ‘rust belt’, Britain is so broken that he would vote for Brexit again were he to get another chance.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051799-in-englands-forgotten-rust-belt-voters-show-little-sign-of-brexit-regret/

 

PM defends Kingdom’s conscription system

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday defended Thailand’s current conscription system, which he said needed to be in place as the Kingdom “needs soldiers in times of crisis”.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051801-pm-defends-kingdom’s-conscription-system/

 

Five face charges for Phoenix, Serenata sinkings, Phuket Police Chief confirms

By Chutharat Plerin

 

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen at the press conference today (Aug 7). Photo: Chutharat Plerin

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen today confirmed that five people are currently facing criminal charges of negligence for the Phoenix tour boat disaster on July 5 that killed 47 Chinese tourists. The Phoenix capsized and sank off Koh Hei (Coral Island) in a storm squall on July while carrying 89 tourists on board.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051802-five-face-charges-for-phoenix-serenata-sinkings-phuket-police-chief-confirms/

 

All parties ‘must stand on equal ground’ when time is right for election campaigning, PM insists

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

file photo

 

All political parties will have to stand on equal ground in terms of undertaking political campaigns ahead of the general election currently promised for early next year, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051803-all-parties-‘must-stand-on-equal-ground’-when-time-is-right-for-election-campaigning-pm-insists/

 

On National Mother’s day, inmates given chance to pay respect

By The Nation

 

 

PRISON INMATES, including those with poor behaviour, are being given a chance to pay respect to their mothers throughout August, as Thailand celebrates National Mother’s Day on August 12.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051804-on-national-mother’s-day-inmates-given-chance-to-pay-respect/

 

Govt official among 9 arrested after underage sex probe

By KORNKAMOL AKSORNDEJ 
THE NATION

 

 

EIGHT MEN, including a government official and a nearly-retired married lecturer at a prominent public university, have been arrested on charges of allegedly paying boys under 18 for sex.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051805-govt-official-among-9-arrested-after-underage-sex-probe/

 

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