FBI searches Florida mail centre in hunt for sender of package bombs

By Zachary Fagenson

 

Law enforcement personnel operate a bomb disposal robot outside a post office which had been evacuated in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela

 

MIAMI (Reuters) - Federal agents searched a U.S. mail facility near Miami on Thursday night racing to find who sent 10 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump as leads pointed to Florida as the possible origin of the packages.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065143-fbi-searches-florida-mail-centre-in-hunt-for-sender-of-package-bombs/

 

Southern provinces put on alert for flash flooding

 

 

BANGKOK, 26th October2018 (NNT) – Thirteen provinces of the south have been warned of heavy rain and possible flash flooding. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065145-southern-thai-provinces-put-on-alert-for-flash-flooding/

 

84 arrested in early-morning raid on Bangkok pub

By The Nation

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A Bangkok pub was raided early on Friday, netting 83 alleged drug abusers and one alleged drug pusher.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065148-84-arrested-in-early-morning-raid-on-bangkok-pub/

 

Phuket gambling raid a bust, nets 72-year-old ‘manager’

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The venue was set up for people to play the card game ‘89’, which was made illegal under the Gambling Act 1935. Photo: Royal Thai Army 25th Military Circle

 

PHUKET: A raid on a gambling den yesterday (Oct 25) by no less than 15 officers of the Kathu Police accompanied by Royal Thai Army soldiers from the 25th Military Circle, the division stationed in Phuket, resulted in just one arrest – that of a 72-year-old man.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065154-phuket-gambling-raid-a-bust-nets-72-year-old-‘manager’/

 

Brookin to fly out to Thailand in bid to end agony

 

 

AN aspiring model who was left clinging on to life after two car crashes will fly to Thailand on Monday for stem cell treatment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065156-briton-to-fly-out-to-thailand-in-bid-to-end-agony/

 

Pattaya clears trash, threatens new fines

PATTAYA:--Pattaya sanitation workers spread out across the city to clean up spots plagued by illegal garbage dumping with Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome promising increased patrols and fines.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065161-pattaya-clears-trash-threatens-new-fines/

 

Drunk husband slashes wife for affair

PATTAYA:--A Nongprue man has been arrested for allegedly slashing his wife in the back of the head after accusing her of cheating on him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065160-drunk-husband-slashes-wife-for-affair/

 

Pattaya moves to protect rebuilt beach from storm damage

PATTAYA:--Having demolished 12 sections of sidewalk along Pattaya Beach to relieve Beach Road flooding, Pattaya officials are now looking to mitigate the damage to the sand-restoration project those openings have caused.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065159-pattaya-moves-to-protect-rebuilt-beach-from-storm-damage/

 

Huay Yai landlord arrested for killing tenant

PATTAYA:--A Huay Yai landlord was arrested for allegedly shooting his tenant dead in a dispute over the lease.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065157-huay-yai-landlord-arrested-for-killing-tenant/

 

Wire-burying project faces delay due to dispute over line-rental fees

PATTAYA:--Business owners are balking at proposed fees to move telephone, cable-television and internet wires underground in Pattaya, threatening on-time completion of the North Road project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065162-wire-burying-project-faces-delay-due-to-dispute-over-line-rental-fees/

 

Warning for boats going to sea 

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Phuket Marine Office has made an official announcement for boats to be “careful when going to sea”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065163-phuket-warning-for-boats-going-to-sea /

 

UPDATE:

 

Police Arrest Suspect Of Hit-And-Run That Killed Filipino

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

A bicycle that belonged to Filipino cyclist Russel Perez who died from hit-and-run crash in Chachoengsao.

 

CHACHOENGSAO — A driver accused of fatally hitting a Filipino cyclist with his van was arrested Thursday afternoon in eastern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065061-police-hunt-driver-who-killed-filipino-rally-cyclist/?do=findComment&comment=13498529

 

Miss Grand Thailand Reaches Top 20

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Miss Grand Thailand / Facebook

 

YANGON — Thailand’s representative to the Miss Grand International pageant was among 20 contestants in the contest’s final round Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065166-miss-grand-thailand-reaches-top-20/

 

Police seize loan sharks' assets worth 70 million baht

 

 

SI SA Ket, 26th October 2018 (NNT)-Acting Immigration Police Bureau Chief, Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal , says assets worth 70 million baht have been seized during an operation to combat violent loan sharks in Si Sa Ket province. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065168-police-seize-loan-sharks-assets-worth-70-million-baht/

 

After near-collision at Heathrow, MAS says pilots followed SOP

 

File photo

 

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines has clarified that its pilots followed standard operating procedures (SOP) after one of its aircrafts narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with a Virgin Atlantic plane as both were approaching London's Heathrow Airport on Oct 23.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065182-after-near-collision-at-heathrow-mas-says-pilots-followed-sop/

 

Officials launch major nationwide anti-drug operation

By The Nation

 

 

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) launched an operation on Friday to search 79 target locations across the country for drug suspects in a major push against drug trafficking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065183-thai-officials-launch-major-nationwide-anti-drug-operation/

 

UPDATE:

 

Child sex videos so awful judge who jailed paedophile rapist for 19 years says she is battling get them out of her head

 

Queensland child rapist Jason Daron Mizner will spend at least the next 15 years behind bars for sexually abusing a two-year-old girl, as well as filming the assaults.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065126-footage-of-australian-pedophile-raping-thai-child-so-horrific-judge-delays-case/?do=findComment&comment=13499108

 

Anger over restaurant's Facebook page ridiculing patrons

By The Nation

 

 

A popular khao man kai restaurant in Bangkok's Prachachuen area has come under a storm of Facebook anger after it secretly took photos of its patrons and posted them on its Facebook wall with insulting comments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065189-anger-over-restaurants-facebook-page-ridiculing-patrons/

 

Eight-month-old baby in urgent need of blood donation

By The Phuket News

 

 

Eight-month-old baby Lilliana Sheridan is in urgent need of O-negative blood. She is at Bangkok Hospital Phuket. Contact Lilliana’s mum at 097 080 7311.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065190-eight-month-old-baby-in-urgent-need-of-blood-donation/

 

Fire damages computer room at Police Logistics Office

By The Nation

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A fire broke out inside a computer server room at the Police Logistics Office in Bangkok's Dusit district late on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065192-fire-damages-computer-room-at-police-logistics-office-in-bangkok/

 

Bill Gates' Post On Thailand's 'Condom King' Is A Must-Read

"The world can continue to learn from Mechai's efforts to expand access to contraceptives," writes Bill Gates

Offbeat | Sanya Jain 

 

"Mechai has helped improve the lives of millions," writes Bill Gates

 

When philanthropist, author and the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, writes a tribute to someone, you can be sure it's worth reading.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065201-bill-gates-post-on-thailands-condom-king-is-a-must-read/

 

More Chinese tourists visiting Europe than ever before

 

File photo

 

More Chinese tourists are visiting Europe than ever before, while at the same time helping to fuel growth in arrivals across the Asia Pacific, according to a new report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065204-more-chinese-tourists-visiting-europe-than-ever-before/

 

VIDEO: Woman caught peeing in public while stuck in Bangkok traffic

 

 

A woman shocked commuters in Bangkok after she was spotted urinating during rush hour traffic.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065208-video-woman-caught-peeing-in-public-while-stuck-in-bangkok-traffic/

 

Temples of art: Biennale brings reason to revisit riverside Wats

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — The first-ever Bangkok Art Biennale is underway with so many things to check out.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065215-temples-of-art-biennale-brings-reason-to-revisit-riverside-wats/

 

Whatever! '90s classic Clueless is getting a remake

By Gemma Peplow, entertainment reporter

 

Don't mess with a classic...

 

Clueless, the 1990s teen classic that taught us school grades can always be negotiated, that Alaia is, like, a totally important designer, and the word "kvelling", appears to be getting a remake.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065216-whatever-90s-classic-clueless-is-getting-a-remake/

 

Johnny Depp ‘AXED’ as Pirates Of The Caribbean’s Jack Sparrow as franchise gets reboot

By Fay Strang

 

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 

JOHNNY Depp has been axed from the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise, according to DailyMail TV.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065217-johnny-depp-‘axed’-as-pirates-of-the-caribbean’s-jack-sparrow-as-franchise-gets-reboot/

 

Sinéad O'Connor converts to Islam

 

TWITTER/@MAGDADAVITT77 / The singer says she is "proud to have become a Muslim"

 

Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has announced she has converted to Islam.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065219-sinéad-oconnor-converts-to-islam/

 

Grand opening of Bt3-bn Century The Movie Plaza Sukhumvit

By The Nation

 

Kampol Poolvoralaks, Vice President, shopping centre and movie theatre, Century The Movie Plaza

 

Century The Movie Plaza, ­the operator of the long-standing multi-purpose complex comprising of a shopping centre, movie theatre, and hotel, spent over Bt3 billion baht expanding its prized position on Sukhumvit Road.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065225-grand-opening-of-bt3-bn-century-the-movie-plaza-sukhumvit/

 

Police nab one suspect for Phuket checkpoint run, shooting at officers

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The car was found abandoned in Chalong. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Police have apprehended one suspect who was in the car that ran a police checkpoint in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, early Monday morning (Oct 22), with of its occupants opening fire at police officers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065226-police-nab-one-suspect-for-phuket-checkpoint-run-shooting-at-officers/

 

Beauty gel developing at a snail's pace

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok-based Chulalongkorn University (CU) researchers have discovered 126 new species of snails in Thailand – out of a total of almost 600 snail species in the Kingdom – and patented the research and development of snail gel for the beauty industry.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065230-beauty-gel-developing-at-a-snails-pace/