webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Follow Thaivisa on LINE - win a night at a luxury Bangkok hotel Thaivisa is offering one of its readers the chance to win a stay in a luxury Bangkok hotel. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052774-follow-thaivisa-on-line-win-a-night-at-a-luxury-bangkok-hotel/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Koh Tao rape claim news to Thai cops By SURIYA PATATAYO The Nation File photo : Koh Tao A BRITISH teenager who told police in her homeland she’d been raped on Koh Tao in June filed no such complaint with authorities here, Pol Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen, a deputy spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, said yesterday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054512-koh-tao-rape-claim-news-to-thai-cops/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Generals on the campaign trail? By THE NATION AS THE GENERAL election draws near, the government of General Prayut Chan-o-cha has become increasingly busier with projects seemingly aimed at winning the hearts of voters at the grassroots. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054513-thai-generals-on-the-campaign-trail/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Parties wait impatiently for lift on activities ban By THE NATION file photo PARTIAL FREEDOM PROMISED NEXT MONTH SO POLITICIANS CAN PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS POLITICIANS hope the government will finally ease the ban on political activities now that the plan to hold elections between February and May is starting to take shape and the junta’s road map to democracy is nearing an end. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054514-thai-parties-wait-impatiently-for-lift-on-political-activities-ban/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Sutiya proves SAVING GRACE By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM THE NATION SUTIYA JIEWCHALOEMMIT SKEET GOLD LONE BIG SUCCESS ON DAY OF DISAPPOINTMENTS FOR THAILAND IN ASIAN GAMES SUTIYA JIEWCHALOEMMIT finally made an Asian Games breakthrough, claiming her first women’s skeet gold medal on a day of mixed fortunes for Thai athletes in Indonesia on Sunday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054516-asian-games-thailands-sutiya-proves-saving-grace/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 UPDATE: Police insist British backpacker complains of missing cellphone and cash, no rape Surat Thani provincial police insisted today that there was no rape case on Koh Tao island involving a British backpacker as alleged in the social media. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054512-koh-tao-rape-claim-news-to-thai-cops/?do=findComment&comment=13306419 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Court housing has to go, Chiang Mai rally says By The Nation Picture: Work TV THE DOI Suthep Forest Reclamation Network yesterday issued a statement demanding the government expedite the removal of court properties allegedly encroaching on protected woodland on the Chiang Mai mountain. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054517-court-housing-has-to-go-chiang-mai-rally-says/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Thailand to provide medical services in Rakhine State By The Nation Thailand will back Myanmar’s plan to introduce mobile medical services in impoverished Rakhine State. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054518-thailand-to-provide-medical-services-in-rakhine-state/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 SPECIAL REPORT: A bitter legal battle to salvage Poda By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG THE NATION WEEKEND Poda. Courtesy of DNP. Worapoj Lomlim could barely sleep days before the Krabi provincial court was set to read the verdict of the Court of Appeals Region 8 on a land dispute over Poda, the renowned island. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054520-special-report-a-bitter-legal-battle-to-salvage-poda/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Climate taking heavy toll By Pratch Rujivanarom The Nation Global warming is already causing release of methane from permafrost at the bottom of the lake in Alaska. Photo credits: Katey Walter Anthony/ University of Alaska Fairbanks Catastrophes ahead if emission of greenhouse gases are not curbed: scientists GLOBAL mass extinction from extreme climate change is imminent and we are certainly not ready for it, warn scientists. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054521-climate-taking-heavy-toll/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Thais nabbed in Vietnam-based call-centre scam By The Nation Thai and Vietnamese police have together shut down a call-centre investment scam in Ho Chi Minh City. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054522-thais-nabbed-in-vietnam-based-call-centre-scam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Govt looks at claims of herbal cancer cure By The Nation There is no scientific evidence that porcupine flower can cure cancer, the Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Department has said in response to claims that the plant has brought about full recovery for several cancer patients in upper Central Thailand. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054523-thai-govt-looks-at-claims-of-herbal-cancer-cure/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Kamnan’s assistant shot dead in Narathiwat By Narong Nuansakul The Nation Picture: Thai Rath The former assistant of a kamnan was shot dead in Rusoh district of Narathiwat province yesterday morning. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054525-kamnan’s-assistant-shot-dead-in-narathiwat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Teen killed in Narathiwat shooting By Narong Nuansakul The Nation Picture: Thai Rath A grocery-shop shooting in Narathiwat late Saturday night ended with a 14-year-old boy being killed by a stray bullet. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054526-14-year-old-boy-killed-in-narathiwat-shooting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Old cannon unearthed By The Nation Sanam Luang yields venerable battlefield relic A cannon that could be two centuries old has been unearthed in Bangkok’s Sanam Luang by workers installing pipes. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054527-sanam-luang-old-cannon-unearthed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Tax-dodging travellers face crackdown By The Nation If you travel overseas often and bring back luxury items to resell online, the Immigration Division has you on its radar. You have to pay import duties, it says. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054528-tax-dodging-travellers-face-crackdown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 NMG sponsors cycling event in Songkhla By The Nation Songkhla Nation/Charoon Thongnual Some 1,000 cyclists participated in the Nation Bike Thailand event in Songkhla province yesterday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054529-nmg-sponsors-cycling-event-in-songkhla/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Poll finds Somkid to be most impressive Cabinet member Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has edged Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam to be the most outstanding member of Gen Prayut Cabinet. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054530-poll-finds-somkid-to-be-most-impressive-cabinet-member/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Majority in poll don’t believe government can solve traffic problem Over 53 percent of the respondents in an opinion survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll do not believe that the police proposal to steeply increase fines and imprisonment on drivers without driving licenses will not solve traffic problem. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054531-majority-in-poll-don’t-believe-thai-govt-can-solve-traffic-problem/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Gen Chatchai is confident Thailand to be deleted from IUU watchlist Gen Chatchai Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya is optimistic that Thailand will be removed from the IUU (illegal, unreported, unregulated) fishery watchlist after the scheduled arrival in Thailand in late September or early October of a delegation from the European Union to assess Thailand’s performance in addressing IUU problem. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054532-gen-chatchai-is-confident-thailand-to-be-deleted-from-iuu-watchlist/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Mong Thongdee wins paper plane championship Mong Thongdee, who won Thailand paper plane championship nine years ago when he was 12, won the Thailand paper plane championship in the general individual category at Muang Thong Thani. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054533-mong-thongdee-wins-paper-plane-championship/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Driving licence uproar unmasks character flaws By The Nation As long as we as a society tend to shun the rules, the roads will never be safe The new traffic law has not even been enforced yet but has already exposed at least three woeful habits among Thais. Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054534-driving-licence-uproar-unmasks-character-flaws/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Travel insurance: Young Melbourne woman left thousands out of pocket after Thailand jet ski accident By Freya Noble Stephanie Kaiser, 24, was on the trip of a lifetime with her partner and friends when it turned into a nightmare. (Supplied) A young Melbourne woman has been left thousands of dollars out of pocket after a jet ski accident in Thailand. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054535-travel-insurance-young-melbourne-woman-left-thousands-out-of-pocket-after-thailand-jet-ski-accident/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Gunman kills four at video game tournament in Florida There was a mass shooting at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday, and the local sheriff's office said there were multiple fatalities. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - A gunman killed four people and wounded several others on Sunday when he opened fire at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, police and local media said. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054536-gunman-kills-four-at-video-game-tournament-in-florida/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 North Korea newspaper blasts 'double-dealing' U.S. after Pompeo's trip cancelled FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking to members of the media following two days of meetings with Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, before boarding his plane at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 7, 2018. Andrew Harnik/Pool/File Photo via REUTERS (Reuters) - North Korea's state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly cancelled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054537-north-korea-newspaper-blasts-double-dealing-us-after-pompeos-trip-cancelled/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 New Australian prime minister faces party popularity slump FILE PHOTO: The new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends a swearing-in ceremony as his wife Jenny looks on, in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australians' support for the Coalition government has dropped to its lowest in a decade after it dumped Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister and installed Scott Morrison last Friday following a week of chaos, an opinion poll showed on Monday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054539-new-australian-prime-minister-faces-party-popularity-slump/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Macron targets French welfare spending as deficit pressure rises By Leigh Thomas FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 3, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's government will tackle social spending in the next wave of its reforms as weaker than expected growth puts pressure on the budget deficit, the prime minister said on Sunday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054540-macron-targets-french-welfare-spending-as-deficit-pressure-rises/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Do you know this woman? - Chiang Mai police step up hunt for murderer targeting foreign men Picture: MCOT The first pictures of a woman aged about 50, suspected of putting drugs in the coffee of two tourists, has emerged. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054547-do-you-know-this-woman-chiang-mai-police-step-up-hunt-for-murderer-targeting-foreign-men/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 General Wirachai on the case of "Spanish Fly" as 15 sex aid stalls raided in Sukhumvit Picture: Daily News Daily News reported that deputy police chief Pol Gen Wirachai Songmetta led a contingent of officers to upper Sukhumvit in Bangkok last night in raids on stalls selling sex drugs and toys. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054548-general-wirachai-on-the-case-of-spanish-fly-as-15-sex-aid-stalls-raided-in-sukhumvit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Big Joke comes face to face with more Nigerian "Romance Scammers" Pictures: Thai Tourist Police Bureau Crime buster Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakpal gave a news conference after the arrest of three Nigerians and two Thai female accomplices involved in a multi-million baht set of romance scams. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054550-big-joke-comes-face-to-face-with-more-nigerian-romance-scammers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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