Two suspects arrested over Chalong robbery

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Police have arrested two suspects who robbed a shop in Chalong and sped away with cash and a gold necklace last week on October 23.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066107-two-suspects-arrested-over-chalong-robbery/

 

Teachers appeal for donations after fire destroys school building in Nakhon Phanom

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Post

 

Teachers at a small primary school in Nakhon Phanom's Pla Pak district are appealing for public donations after a school building was burned down on Wednesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066108-teachers-appeal-for-donations-after-fire-destroys-school-building-in-nakhon-phanom/

 

No-fly zone, military drill ban near Korea border take effect

By Hyonhee Shin

 

South Korean army soldiers stand guard at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, September 7, 2018. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A no-fly zone and a ban on military drills near the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea came into effect on Thursday as the once uneasy neighbours push to further defuse tensions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066110-no-fly-zone-military-drill-ban-near-korea-border-take-effect/

 

DPM Prawit: EC checking on activities of Action Coalition for Thailand Party

 

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BANGKOK, 1st November 2018 (NNT) - The deputy prime minister in charge of national security, has stressed that the Election Commission has the responsibility to keep an eye on all activities of Action Coalition for Thailand Party. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066111-dpm-prawit-ec-checking-on-activities-of-action-coalition-for-thailand-party/

 

PM meets with young scientists to discuss national development

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 November 2018 (NNT) - Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha met with 500 young scientists to discuss collaboration in research for national development agendas. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066112-pm-prayut-meets-with-young-scientists-to-discuss-national-development/

 

FDA, CPPD raid fake cosmetics factory, seize illegal products worth more than ฿10mn

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 November 2018 (NNT) - Authorities have seized fake cosmetics worth more than 10 million baht after raiding a factory on Wednesday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066113-fda-cppd-raid-fake-cosmetics-factory-seize-illegal-products-worth-more-than-฿10mn/

 

FMD16: Big Trouble in Little Bangkok - Live MMA

 

 

Date: Saturday, November 3^rd, 2018. Doors open: 5:30pm. Undercard: 6:30pm. Livestream: 8pm Thai time (6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm CET) on Fox Sports Asia at facebook.com/foxsportsasia & in Thai at facebook.com/fullmetaldojo

Venue: Insanity Nightclub, Sukhumvit soi 11, Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066114-fmd16-big-trouble-in-little-bangkok-live-mma/

 

Thailand drops to 27th position in 'ease of doing business' ranking

By The Nation

 

 

The World Bank said on Thursday that Thailand’s ranking in doing business drops to 27th from 26th place last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066115-thailand-drops-to-27th-position-in-ease-of-doing-business-ranking/

 

Pathum Thani woman delivers baby in pickup caught in traffic snarl

By The Nation

 

Picture: BEC Tero 

 

A Pathum Thani woman delivered her third child in her pickup as she was on the way to Thammasat University's hospital after her truck got caught in traffic congestion on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066116-pathum-thani-woman-delivers-baby-in-pickup-caught-in-traffic-snarl/

 

Democrats begin voting for new leader as Pheu Thai rallies support in northeast

 

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BANGKOK, 1st November 2018 (NNT) – Political parties including both the Pheu Thai Party and Democrat Party, are continuing with activities in preparation for the general election after the Prime Minister signaled a lifting of political bans could take place this month or next. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066120-democrats-begin-voting-for-new-leader-as-pheu-thai-rallies-support-in-northeast/

 

Tourists enjoy 9C weather on popular Phu Rua mountaintop

By The Nation

 

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The temperature atop the Phu Rua mountain in Loei fell to 9 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning delighting numerous winter-clad tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066126-tourists-enjoy-9c-weather-on-popular-phu-rua-mountaintop/

 

First-Timer From Surat Thani Wins Miss Teen Thailand

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Wanrada “Effy” Petchamnan is crowned Miss Teen Thailand 2018 on Wednesday night. Photo: Miss Teen Thailand / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A Matthayom 4 student snagged the Miss Teen Thailand 2018 crown on her first try.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066127-first-timer-from-surat-thani-wins-miss-teen-thailand/

 

Tourist Police take part in Halloween celebrations on Khao San Road

 

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BANGKOK, 1st November 2018 (NNT) – The Tourist Police Bureau this week joined Khao San Road operators in holding Halloween celebrations on the famous tourist strip in Bangkok, with the aim of promoting visits. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066131-tourist-police-take-part-in-halloween-celebrations-on-khao-san-road/

 

Thailand and China ink sister port pact

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 November 2018 (NNT) – Thailand's Laem Chabang Port and China's Qinzhou Port have signed a sister port agreement to promote trade and maritime connectivity between Thailand and China, both of which will set up a joint working group and host a biennial meeting. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066132-thailand-and-china-ink-sister-port-pact/

 

Growth drops slightly in Sept: BoT

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 November 2018 (NNT) - The Thai economy expanded in September at a slower rate than in the previous month but private consumption and public investment continued to grow. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066133-growth-drops-slightly-in-sept-bot/

 

HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn grants urn for Vichai bathing rite

By The Nation

 

Buddhist monks lay tributes by a photograph of Leicester City Football Club's Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, outside Leicester City Football Club's King Power Stadium in Leicester, eastern England, on October 31, 2018./AFP

 

HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn has graciously granted an octagonal-shaped urn with "Chat Benja" requisite five-tiered umbrellas to Leicester City's late Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's royal sponsored bathing rite.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066134-hm-king-maha-vajiralongkorn-grants-urn-for-vichai-bathing-rite/

 

VILEST MAN IN BRITAIN 

Disgusting moment heartless thief steals Leicester FC shirt in tribute to tragic owner killed in chopper crash

EXCLUSIVE 

By Ellie Cambridge

 

After hanging around he grabs the shirt and scarf and stuffs them into his bag before walking away//THE SUN

 

THIS is the disgusting moment a heartless thief steals a Leicester FC shift left outside the London Thai embassy as a tribute to the club's owner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066135-vilest-man-in-britain-disgusting-moment-heartless-thief-steals-leicester-fc-shirt-in-tribute-to-tragic-owner-killed-in-chopper-crash/

 

FM Says Thailand Doesn’t Need Foreign Election Observers

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

An undated photo of Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — The foreign minister said Wednesday it would be “inauspicious” to have foreign election observers for elections slated for February.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066137-fm says-thailand-doesn’t-need-foreign-election-observers/

 

Big Joke - hailed as the "People's Policeman" - he's "Wonderful!"

 

You're wonderful!

 

Hardworking new immigration chief Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke has been hailed as the "People's Policeman".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066141-big-joke-hailed-as-the-peoples-policeman-hes-wonderful/

 

Thai woman driver fined for lane changing - but checkout the location of her car!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thais laid into the police force yesterday for incompetence and being only interested in collecting fines.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066144-thai-woman-driver-fined-for-lane-changing-but-checkout-the-location-of-her-car/

 

Tourists warned of danger of gas-powered water heaters

By The Nation

 

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The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has warned tourists visiting high-altitude attractions during cool weather in the North and Northeast to beware of gas-powered water heaters at accommodations as 21 incidents have caused illness or death in the past decade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066145-tourists-warned-of-danger-of-gas-powered-water-heaters/

 

Hua Hin - Pattaya ferry service resumes for high season

 

Picture: Talk News

 

The Hua Hin to Pattaya ferry service resumes on Nov 1st for the high season.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066148-hua-hin-pattaya-ferry-service-resumes-for-high-season/

 

Video: Thai driver came out of the soi a little too fast.....

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CCTV footage from the north of Thailand showed a six wheel truck laden with tables and chairs for a party come out of a side soi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066149-video-thai-driver-came-out-of-the-soi-a-little-too-fast/

 

Money returned to Chinese tourists in more ways than one as Big Joke drops in

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath columnist "Pluengpayak" published a feel good story after all the criticism of immigration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066159-money-returned-to-chinese-tourists-in-more-ways-than-one-as-big-joke-drops-in/

 

Did you know? Thai "smart card" driving licences can be used in ten ASEAN member countries

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported a fact they said was not known to some Thai people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066161-did-you-know-thai-smart-card-driving-licences-can-be-used-in-ten-asean-member-countries/

 

'Boy Sakol' Denies Impersonating Student

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — A man accused in September of pretending to be enrolled at elite educational institutions since 2011 is fighting back.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066167-boy-sakol-denies-impersonating-chula-student/

 

9 years of providing Phuket’s lifeguards comes to an end

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Constant training and up-skilling was at the core of the Phuket Lifeguard Service

 

The nine year relationship between the Phuket Lifeguard Service and the Phuket provincial and Thesaban administrators is over.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066169-9-years-of-providing-phuket’s-lifeguards-comes-to-an-end/

 

Nai Yang blackout scheduled

By The Phuket News

 

Areas in Na Yang will be without electricity supply next Tuesday (Nov 1) as works continue on high-voltage power lines. Photo: PEA

 

PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) Thalang Office has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in Nai Yang next Tuesday (Nov 6) as works are carried out on installing new high-voltage power cables.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066176-nai-yang-blackout-scheduled/

 

Phuket Carnival underway in Patong

By The Phuket News

 

The annual Phuket Carnival parade will get underway this afternoon, with main roads in Patong to close for the spectacle. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The annual Phuket Carnival to mark the start of the tourism high season began in Patong today (Nov 1) with a merit making and an alms-giving ceremony and Loma Park at 11am.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066177-phuket-carnival-underway-in-patong/

 

Two injured in Phuket when motorbike hits dog

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver of the motorbike, Nutdanai Taemsinlapachai, 24, sustained a broken right leg while his passenger had injuries to his left leg. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 24-year-old motorbike rider and his passenger were injured this morning when a dog ran in front of them while driving on Thepkasattri Rd in Thalang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066178-two-injured-in-phuket-when-motorbike-hits-dog/