Men-only Police Academy will ‘hamper’probes into sex crime

By KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION

 

 

RIGHTS advocates yesterday raised concerns over the Royal Thai Police’s new policy of banning female applicants from the police cadet academy, saying the move undermines women’s rights and affects the prosecution of sex crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055573-men-only-police-academy-will-‘hamper’probes-into-sex-crime/

 

AMLO sounds alarm over cryptocurrency-fuelled scams

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION

 

 

THE MONEY laundering watchdog is considering creating its own digital wallet to tackle cybercrime related to cryptocurrencies, an Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) official said at a Bangkok seminar last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055576-amlo-sounds-alarm-over-cryptocurrency-fuelled-scams/

 

Thai athletes return with few golden memories to cherish from Asiad

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Two weeks ago the Thai delegation carried the nation’s flag – and hopes – into the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium in Jakarta. Sadly, things went rapidly downhill from there. Now for the post-mortems.

 

Thailand’s pursuit for gold medal in the 18th Asian Games ended in disappointment with just 11 as the curtain came down on the sports extravaganza on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055577-thai-athletes-return-with few-golden-memories to-cherish-from-asiad/

 

Climate push comes to Bangkok

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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Experts arrive to map strategy for next major summit on global warming.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055578-major-summit-on-global-warming-climate-push-comes-to-bangkok/

 

Wan chosen to lead new party Prachachat

By Parez Lohasan 
The Nation 
Pattani

 

 

Former House of Representative speaker Wan Muhammad Noor Matha has been elected leader of Prachachat, a new party formed by Muslim politicians of the Wadah group.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055579-wan-chosen-to-lead-new-party-prachachat/

 

Chinese investors making good in Chiang Mai

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION 
CHIANG MAI

 

Chinese tourists enjoy taking photos at Ang Kaew reservoir, a tourist attraction at Chiang Mai University. /Photo By Parinya Chawsamun

 

Though foreign money boosts economies, local businesses are concerned about losing opportunities and foreigners not following regulations

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055580-chinese-investors-making-good-in-chiang-mai/

 

Mental Health Dept moves to help young Thai offenders

By THE NATION

 

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IN A MOVE to address Thai youths’ problems and to stop them from re-offending, the Mental Health Department has developed a programme in which juveniles are provided rehabilitation as soon as they enter detention centres until well after they are released.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055581-mental-health-dept-moves-to-help-young-thai-offenders/

 

Economic outlook upbeat but guarded

By Wichit Chaitrong 
The Nation 
 

John Woods

 

The global economic outlook will improve in the second half of 2018, but risks lie ahead in the state of the US dollar and a rapid rise in household debt in Thailand and elsewhere in Asia, a Credit Suisse executive says.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055583-economic-outlook-upbeat-but-guarded/

 

Trip to northern Thailand pays off for Catlin

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

John Catlin poses with the trophy.

 

In-form American John Catlin carded a final-round 68 to pip local hope Udorn Duangdecha to the Bt2 million Singha Chiang Mai Open in Chiang Mai on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055584-trip-to-northern-thailand-pays-off-for-catlin/

 

Huge turnout expected for event celebrating success of cave rescue

By Natthapat Phromkaew 
The Nation

 

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The Thai government is expecting 8,000 people to attend a reception on September 6 to thank all those involved in the rescue operations of 12 Wild Boar soccer players and their football coach assistant from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055585-huge-turnout-expected-for-event-celebrating-success-of-tham-luang-cave-rescue/

 

Bangkok bus firms in hot water after drivers shut down traffic

By The Nation

 

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The drivers of two Bangkok buses that brought traffic to a halt in front of Central Lat Phrao mall on Saturday have been suspended from duty for 15 days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055586-bangkok-bus-firms-in-hot-water-after-drivers-shut-down-traffic/

 

Tracking devices succeed in most bail cases

By Kesinee Tangkhieo 
The Nation

 

 

Ratchadapisek Criminal Court in Bangkok had electronic monitoring (EM) devices strapped to the legs of 319 low-income offenders between March and August while they were free on bail.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055589-tracking-devices-succeed-in-most-bail-cases/

 

Free coaching offered for college entrance exams

By Prasert Thepsri 
The Nation

 

 

A mascot dressed as a schoolgirl entertained a crowd at Bangkok’s Siam Square on Sunday to promote the Sahapat Admission Project that offers high-school students free tutoring for their university admissions tests next month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055590-free-coaching-offered-for-college-entrance-exams/ 

 

Police suspect double killing is linked to southern unrest

By Santiparp Ramasut 
The Nation

 

 

An elderly husband and wife were shot dead at their furniture shop in Songkhla’s Thepa district on Sunday afternoon and police suspect it might be linked to the unrest in the deep South.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055592-songkhla-police-suspect-double-killing-is-linked-to-southern-unrest/

 

Police detain four in major drugs bust in Samut Sakhon

By The Nation

 

 

Four people have been arrested along with 130,000 meth amphetamine pills and three kilograms of crystal meth or “ice” worth Bt15 million totally in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district, police said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055594-police-detain-four-in-major-drugs-bust-in-samut-sakhon/

 

Bicycles offered instead of flowers at grandmother’s cremation

By Pannawich Yoodee 
The Nation

 

 

A funeral for a 77-year-old grandmother in Phayao’s Muang district on Sunday saw the innovative idea that, instead of the conventional flowery wreaths, 17 bicycles were presented as funeral wreaths which were then passed on to poor schoolchildren and social volunteers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055595-phayao-bicycles-offered-instead-of-flowers-at-grandmother’s-cremation/

 

At Immigration, the power of integrity on display

By Carleton Cole 
Special to The Nation

 

 

A Sudanese fleeing persecution back home has earned a fresh start thanks in large part to the strength of character he showed Bangkok expats

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055596-at-immigration-the-power of-integrity-on-display/

 

South braces for impact of verdict on ‘Bangkok car bomb plot’  

By Don Pathan 
YALA

 

 

Tension is mounting in Thailand’s Muslim South as security officials brace for possible retaliation by separatist militants as the trial of seven suspected insurgents linked to a car-bomb plot in Bangkok two years ago comes to a close later this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055597-south-braces-for-impact-of-verdict-on-‘bangkok-car-bomb-plot’- /

 

Growing interest from China in Thailand’s EEC

By Suwatchai Songwanich 
Chief executive Officer, 
Bangkok Bank (China)

 

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There has been a steady stream of Chinese delegations coming to Thailand to look at business opportunities, particularly in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055598-growing-interest-from-china-in-thailand’s-eec/

 

Lacklustre Thailand in a sporting twilight zone

By The Nation

 

 

Asian Games underline the need for long-term vision 

 

Thai sports authorities should take to heart the business motto “Only the paranoid survive”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055599-lacklustre-thailand-in-a-sporting-twilight-zone/

 

Poll shows majority of people want political restrictions to be scrapped or eased

 

 

More than 45 percent of the respondents to an opinion poll want political restrictions to be completely scrapped against about 18 percent who want them to stay.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055600-thai-poll-shows-majority-of-people-want-political-restrictions-to-be-scrapped-or-eased/

 

Junta members change political rules for their benefits: Democrat deputy leader

 

 

Democrat party deputy leader Ong-art Klampaibul has accused some  unnamed figures in the National Council for Peace and Order of changing political rules until they become “unnatural and abnormal” for their own benefits and those of their associates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055601-junta-members-change-political-rules-for-their-benefits-democrat-deputy-leader/

 

Manhunt for a monk suspected of girdling and poisoning over 100 trees in temple

 

 

The forest management office in the southern province of Krabi are gathering evidence to take legal action against a monk who allegedly girdled more than 100 trees and then poisoned them with chemicals in order to kill them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055602-manhunt-for-a-monk-suspected-of-girdling-and-poisoning-over-100-trees-in-temple/

 

PM: Feb 24th the earliest possible date for general election

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 September 2018 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has reiterated that the general election won't be held before February 24th, 2019. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055603-pm-prayut-feb-24th-the-earliest-possible-date-for-general-election/

 

‘Drunk driver’ ploughs into Bangkok police checkpoint

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

 

A 57-year-old woman allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol crashed her Toyota Innova SUV into a police checkpoint in Bangkok’s Rat Burana district late Saturday night, injuring two officers and four motorcyclists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055604-‘drunk-driver’-ploughs-into-bangkok-police-checkpoint/

 

Dengue fever cases over 50,000 in 2018

By The Thaiger

 

 

Thailand health officials say the country has topped the 50,000 mark with dengue fever cases so far in 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055605-dengue-fever-cases-over-50000-in-2018-thai-health-officials-say/

 

Merge small schools, urges World Bank

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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Reducing number of schools will improve education sector, ease teacher shortage

 

THE WORLD BANK is urging Thailand to sharply cut the number of its small schools so as to improve budget efficiency and solve the problem of teacher shortage. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055606-merge-small-schools-urges-world-bank/

 

UK PM May stands firm on her Brexit plan, but scepticism persists

By William James and Kate Holton

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends the commemoration marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Amiens, held at the Amiens Catheral, in Amiens, France, August 8, 2018. Sebastien Courdji/Pool via REUTERS/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said she would not allow compromises to her Brexit strategy that went against the national interest, seeking to allay fears among some in her Conservative Party that she will cave in to Brussels' demands in negotiations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055607-uk-pm-may-stands-firm-on-her brexit plan-but-scepticism-persists/

 

Four missing, nine injured after boats collide in Arizona

 

Mohave County Sheriff's Office search and rescue boats look for four people missing on the Colorado River, north of Lake Havasu in Arizona, U.S. September 2, 2018. Mohave County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Divers searched the Colorado River in Arizona on Sunday for four people missing after two boats slammed head-on into each other, flinging all aboard into the water, sinking both vessels and injuring nine people, police said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055609-four-missing-nine-injured-after-boats-collide-in-arizona/

 

Democrats slam White House for withholding documents on Supreme Court nominee

 

FILE PHOTO: With the U.S. Supreme Court building in the background, Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives prior to meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Sunday criticized the Trump administration for refusing to release thousands of documents on Brett Kavanaugh ahead of this week's upcoming Senate hearings on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055610-democrats-slam-white-house-for-withholding-documents-on-supreme-court-nominee/