THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 27 Sep 2018

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Immigration Bureau announce "Permanent Residency application window" for 2018

 

 

Image: Phuket News

 

Foreigners residing in the kingdom have from now until the end of the year to get their permanent residency applications started.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059164-immigration-bureau-announce-permanent-residency-application-window-for-2018/

 

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Lenovo’s Legion Y25f-10 monitor for game players launched

By The Nation

 

 

Lenovo has launched Legion Y25f-10 Gaming Monitor in Thailand, as part of its dedicated gaming portfolio, designed to elevate your gaming experience to the next level.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059173-lenovo’s-legion-y25f-10-monitor-for-game-players-launched/

 

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Man who gunned down teen driver gets 10 years

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

A screencap from a dashcam footage of the deadly shooting on Feb. 4, 2017.

 

CHONBURI — An engineer who shot dead a 17-year-old boy during a parking dispute last year was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059174-man-who-gunned-down-teen-driver-gets-10-years/

 

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Funeral prayers to honour esteemed Phuket Rotarian Larry Amsden

By The Phuket News

 

Larry Amsden (centre) is pictured in May this year at the launch of a 10-week Swim Safe course for children in Patong. The course was sponsored and administrated by the Rotary Club of Patong Beach. Photo: Mark Knowles

 

PHUKET:-- The Rotary Club of Patong Beach is inviting all Rotarians to join them for mass prayers at Laem Petch Temple in Patong for Past President Larry Amsden, who passed away late last week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059175-funeral-prayers-to-honour-esteemed-phuket-rotarian-larry-amsden/

 

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Singapore's Grab in talks to sell Thai unit stake to Central Group - sources

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

A man walks past a Grab office in Singapore March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab is in talks to sell "a decent-sized stake" in its Thai business to Thailand's largest retailer, Central Group, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059176-singapores-grab-in-talks-to-sell-thai-unit-stake-to-central-group-sources/

 

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Land rental extended for Club Med Phuket

 

Whether Club Med Phuket should be allowed to continue the land rental agreement goes to the vote. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- It has been confirmed that Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) council members have agreed to extend the rental agreement on land it rents to Club Med (Holiday Villages Thailand Limited) for a further 15 years and at a cost of B45 million per year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059177-land-rental-extended-for-club-med-phuket/

 

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What's more important? Treatment for my beaten up dad or a 13 digit number?

 

 

A furious Thai daughter went on Facebook to complain about a government hospital in Chonburi.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059178-whats-more-important-treatment-for-my-beaten-up-dad-or-a-13-digit-number/

 

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Nurse who roughhoused comatose grandpa transferred

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

 

PHITSANULOK — The son of a coma patient whose apparent abuse by a nurse was watched by millions online said Thursday he won’t press charges after she was transferred to a job away from patients.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059179-nurse-who-roughhoused-comatose-grandpa-transferred/

 

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Safe, legal abortion still out of reach for many Thai women

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

An image from a Health Ministry’s campaign urging teen abstinence.

 

BANGKOK — Though abortion remains nominally illegal, about 200,000 women end their pregnancies each year through safe and unsafe channels, killing dozens and leaving tens of thousands suffering complications.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059180-safe-legal-abortion-still-out-of-reach-for-many-thai-women/

 

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Fantastic Beasts: JK Rowling defends casting Asian actress as Voldemort's snake Nagini

 

JK Rowling has defended the casting of Nagini in the latest Fantastic Beasts film

 

JK Rowling has defended casting an Asian actress as Nagini, the snake-like creature belonging to Harry Potter's nemesis Voldemort, in the latest Fantastic Beasts film.

 

Full Story: 
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059181-fantastic-beasts-jk-rowling-defends-casting-asian-actress-as-voldemorts-snake-nagini/

 

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Chloe Green and 'Hot Felon' Jeremy Meeks snuggle up on first red carpet since welcoming baby boy

By Vicki Newman

 

Chloe Green and Jeremy Meeks snuggle up on first red carpet since baby's birth

 

Chloe Green and Jeremy Meeks put on a very loved up-display as they posed on their first red carpet since welcoming their baby boy.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059183-chloe-green-and-hot-felon-jeremy-meeks-snuggle-up-on-first-red-carpet-since-welcoming-baby-boy/

 

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Janice Dickinson Addresses Bill Cosby Sentencing: ''The Rape Is Etched Into My Soul''

by CYDNEY CONTRERAS

 

Michael Loccisano/D Dipasupil/Getty Image

 

Bill Cosby may have been sent to prison for his crimes, but Janice Dickinson will still "never be the same."

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059182-janice-dickinson-addresses-bill-cosby-sentencing-the-rape-is-etched-into-my-soul/

 

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Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya on Mastercard top 20

By The Nation

 

Thailand has continued to see significant travel growth as the only country with three in the top 20 global destination cities, according to the seventh Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index (GDCI), released today.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059197-bangkok-phuket-and-pattaya-on-mastercard-top-20/

 

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Thai Vietjet to fly to Danang and Taichung

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Vietjet, which is based at Suvarnabhumi Airport, continues its international network expansion to Vietnam and Taiwan.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059200-thai-vietjet-to-fly-to-danang-and-taichung/

 

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Military ‘filed GT200-related lawsuits a long time ago’

By JITRAPORN SENWONG 
THE NATION

 

 

ALL MILITARY units have taken legal action against their suppliers of GT200 bomb/narcotics detectors after they were found not to work.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059202-military-‘filed-gt200-related-lawsuits-a-long-time-ago’/

 

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JD Central officially launches

By The Nation

 

 

JD Central, an e-commerce joint venture between Central Group, the biggest retail conglomerate in Thailand, and JD.com, the largest retailer in China, has announced its official launch in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059203-jd-central-officially-launches/

 

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