JJ Green Market To Stay Open Until Oct. 12: Legal Rep

 

 

BANGKOK — Despite a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration order calling on all vendors to vacate JJ Green Market property by Wednesday, the market representative said its last day will be postponed by a month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057054-jj-green-market-to-stay-open-until-oct-12-legal-rep/

THAI Smile unveils newly designed aircrafts 

 

 

THAI Smile Airways showcases its Airbus A320-200 decorated with the new design displaying a unique orange logo of the THAI Smile to make it outstanding and well recognised as a full-fledged service airline that focuses on excellent service standards coupled with value for money.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057046-thai-smile-unveils-newly-designed-aircrafts/

Green signal for polls

By SOMROUTAI SAPSOMBOON 
THE NATION

 

 

THE VISION of voters heading to the ballot booths is becoming clearer after the new law on MP elections was promulgated yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057055-election-bill-enacted-paving-way-for-2019-poll/?do=findComment&comment=13360115

 

 

Junta exacerbating seriousness of T-shirt case

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

A motorcycle taxi driver, identified only as Wannapha, is released on Bt200,000 bail yesterday after nearly a week of detention without charges. She now faces sedition charges.

 

So-called secessionist movement just a handful of ‘powerless’ people, say critics.
 

JUNTA LEADERS were slammed yesterday for panicking and overreacting by arresting a woman over alleged possession of T-shirts with a federal theme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057079-junta-exacerbating-seriousness-of-t-shirt-case/

 

UPDATE:

 

Storms bring portents of heavy rains next week

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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THAILAND is bracing for a series of heavy rains brought by two approaching storms during the next seven days, while people living downstream of dams asked for thoughtful water management to minimise impacts from water discharge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057038-thai-meteorological-dept-warns-of-effects-from-tropical-storm-barijat-typhoon-mangkhut/?do=findComment&comment=13360127

 

UPDATE:

 

Chula poser’s photos draw netizen attention, university threatens legal action

By The Nation

 

 

Chulalongkorn University is gathering evidence concerning a report that a man had disguised himself as a student to join in the university’s activities including a parade celebrating a traditional football match.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057056-chula-‘student’-exposed-for-years-of-false-enrollment-claims/?do=findComment&comment=13360133

 

EU to assess Thai fishing sector this month

By THE NATION

 

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THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) will assess Thailand’s performance against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing again this month to see if it should lift the yellow flag against the Kingdom’s fishing sector.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057082-eu-to-assess-thai-fishing-sector-this-month/

 

Education Fund hit by delayed and lower budget allocation

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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THE GOVERNMENT budget allocation for the Equitable Education Fund (EEF) has been delayed and amount earmarked will also be lower than expected.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057083-education-fund-hit-by-delayed-and-lower-budget-allocation/

 

Tech giants sign deal on vocational education

By The Nation

 

Suthep Chittawong, front centre, secretarygeneral of the Office of the Vocational Education Commission, signs a MOU of understanding for Technical and Vocational Education and Training Cooperation with executives of Sharp Thai and Foxconn Group. 

 

SHARP THAI Co Ltd and Foxconn Group have joined the Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC)’s bandwagon for Technical and Vocational Education and Training Cooperation (TVET) to improve vocational education using technology and internships.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057084-tech-giants-sign-deal-on-vocational-education/

 

Court set to issue ruling on Mae Moh fossils case

By The Nation

 

Photo from: www.lannapost.net

 

After a decade-long wait, the Central Administrative Court will on Thursday issue a verdict on a case filed by residents of Lampang’s Mae Moh district against the Thaksin Shinawatra-led Cabinet for failing to protect a large cluster of 13-million-year-old mollusc fossils.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057085-court-set-to-issue-ruling-on-mae-moh-fossils-case/

 

NBTC stays firm on rejection of DTAC’s plea for remedy period

By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM 
THE NATION

 

 

THE NATIONAL Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) yesterday reiterated its decision to deny a remedy period to the 850MHz subscribers of Total Access Communication (DTAC).

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057086-nbtc-stays-firm-on-rejection-of-dtac’s-plea-for-remedy-period/

 

Thai silence deafening as world condemns Myanmar

By The Nation

 

 

In shutting down Bangkok panel on Rohingya crisis, junta has further damaged nation’s international standing

 

Police on Monday evening stormed into the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) and ordered a panel discussion on the Rohingya crisis to be shut down.  

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057087-thai-silence-deafening-as-world-condemns-myanmar/

 

Thailand's aviation industry development under way: Transport minister

 

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BANGKOK, 13 September 2018 (NNT) - Thailand's aviation sector is being prepared in line with world safety standards to facilitate the growth of passenger flights. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057088-thailands-aviation-industry-development-under-way-transport-minister/

 

Mangmoom Card meant to cover all mass transit modes: DPM

 

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BANGKOK, 13 September 2018 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan remarked that Mangmoom Card will cover all modes of public transportations in the future. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057090-mangmoom-card-meant-to-cover-all-mass-transit-modes-dpm-prawit/

 

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General poll to take place no later than May 2019

 

BANGKOK, 13 September 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs has reassured the nation of the government’s commitment to holding the general election no later than May next year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057055-election-bill-enacted-paving-way-for-2019-poll/?do=findComment&comment=13360207

 

Trump signs order to enable sanctions for U.S. election meddling

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds an Oval Office meeting on preparations for hurricane Florence at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under fire over his handling of Russian election meddling, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday meant to strengthen election security by slapping sanctions on foreign countries or people who try to interfere in the U.S. political process.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057092-trump-signs-order-to-enable-sanctions-for-us-election-meddling/

 

Tony Blair - world's strategy for countering Islamist extremism flawed

 

FILE PHOTO: Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland speaks at the Milken Institute 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will warn on Thursday that the threat from Islamist militants is growing and the current approach for tackling the threat will fail unless there is a global strategy to tackle the roots of extremism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057094-tony-blair-worlds-strategy-for-countering-islamist-extremism-flawed/

 

Pope calls meeting of key bishops on sexual abuse - Vatican

 

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis meets Italian youths at the ancient Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy August 11, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo

 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has summoned senior Catholic bishops from around the world to the Vatican to discuss the protection of minors, in his latest attempt to come to grips with a spreading sexual abuse crisis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057095-pope-calls-meeting-of-key-bishops-on-sexual-abuse-vatican/

 

Hurricane Florence evacuations expand, with 'disaster at doorstep'

By Ernest Scheyder

 

Hurricane Florence is seen from the International Space Station as it churns in the Atlantic Ocean towards the east coast of the United States, September 10, 2018. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

 

WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Hurricane Florence, growing in size despite its weakening winds, churned ever closer to the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday as evacuations expanded south from the Carolinas into Georgia to counter the threat of deadly high seas and calamitous floods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057096-hurricane-florence-evacuations-expand-with-disaster-at-doorstep/

 

U.S. invites China to trade talks as tariffs loom - White House adviser

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speaks during a news conference at the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has invited Chinese officials to restart trade talks, the White House's top economic adviser said on Wednesday, as Washington prepares to escalate the U.S.-China trade war with tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057100-us-invites-china-to-trade-talks-as-tariffs-loom-white-house-adviser/

 

Half of Europe's clinical trials fail to report results despite EU rule

By Kate Kelland

 

FILE PHOTO: A protestor holds a sign in support of science during the March For Science in Seattle, Washington, U.S. April 22, 2017. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Almost half of all European-registered clinical trials - in which scientists test drug treatments, interventions or therapies in humans - have breached EU rules by failing to report results, according to an analysis published on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057102-half-of-europes-clinical-trials-fail-to-report-results-despite-eu-rule/

 

Apple iPhones get bigger and pricier, Watch turns to health

BY REUTERS 

 

 

Philip W. Schiller, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing of Apple, speaks about the new Apple iPhone XR at an Apple Inc product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

 

CUPERTINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Apple Inc introduced its largest-ever iPhone and a watch that detects heart problems on Wednesday in an attempt to get customers to upgrade to more expensive devices in the face of stagnant global demand for smartphones.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-iphones-get-bigger-pricier-watch-turns-health/29341/

American parachutist hospitalized after accident in Korat

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A 56 year old parachutist from the US was left with hip and leg injuries after a jump went wrong in Korat yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057103-american-parachutist-hospitalized-after-accident-in-korat/

 

Nine dead as car ploughs into square in southern China

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nine people died and 46 were injured after a car ploughed into a crowded square in southern China on Wednesday and police have detained the driver, the local government said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057104-nine-dead-as-car-ploughs-into-square-in-southern-china/

 

UPDATE:

 

Drama at Phuket hospital: Rudeness claims as old man swipes out at nurses

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CCTV footage that ended up on Facebook showed the moment that a Thai man swiped out at two nurses on duty outside an ER room.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057017-vachira-phuket-hospital-to-review-‘lack-of-attention’-explosive-rant-by-elderly-man/?do=findComment&comment=13360463

 

Korat: Dog shot with a crossbow to protect fighting cocks

 

 

Rescue service Hak 31 in Nakorn Ratchasima were called to a village after a dog was shot with a 40 centimeter arrow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057105-korat-dog-shot-with-a-crossbow-to-protect-fighting-cocks/

 

Phuket Town to be hit with major water shutoff

By The Phuket News

 

Huge areas of Phuket Town will be affected by the water shutoff. Photo: The Phuket News /file

 

PHUKET: Many businesses and densely populated areas of Phuket Town will be hit by a major water shutoff next Monday (Sept 17) lasting through the night into Tuesday, the Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057106-phuket-town-to-be-hit-with-major-water-shutoff/

 

Conned investors go to the media after English Language School owner disappears abroad

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai people who invested in a language school in Lampang have gone to the media after they were ripped off for millions of baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057117-conned-investors-go-to-the-media-after-english-language-school-owner-disappears-abroad/

 

Passenger dead as souped up pick-up totaled in Phetchaburi crash

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a souped up, low wheel base pick-up collided with a tree between the service road and the main Petchkasem Highway in Tha Yang district yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057119-passenger-dead-as-souped-up-pick-up-totaled-in-phetchaburi-crash/

 

Younger sister takes mum to visit her son - they find a skeleton in the mosquito net

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A mother and daughter visiting relatives in Udon Thani decided to make a detour on their way back to Phuket to visit their son and brother who they had not heard from in a year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057120-younger-sister-takes-mum-to-visit-her-son-they-find-a-skeleton-in-the-mosquito-net/