Thai army paid much, much more for same helo used by King power CEO

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Rach1968 / Blogspot

 

BANGKOK — While the media have saturated the country with tributes to the duty-free tycoon who died in a helicopter crash Saturday, a transparency activist noticed something unusual in the details.

 

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Thai boxers' images find their way onto Gay Porn website

 

 

Two Thai boxers have gone to tech police to complain that someone has used their images on a gay website.

 

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DLT put brakes on company's plans for meter-less taxis in Bangkok

 

 

 

The Department of Land Transport has told a company that planned to start a taxi service in the capital using cabs with no meter that it is a no go. 

 

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Poll restrictions to be ‘relaxed by next month’

By THE NATION

 

 

Prayut declines to react to his deputy Somkid’s remark that next prime minister will be ‘similar to current one’

 

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday distanced himself from a claim by his deputy Somkid Jatusripitak that the next head of government would “look similar” to the current one.

 

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Fine Arts Department frets over ‘illegal’ gold painting of numerous temples

By PHATARAWADEE PHATARANAWIK 
THE NATION 

 

File photo

 

IMMEDIATE ACTION is required to renovate the hundreds of historical temples painted in gold across the Kingdom, the Fine Arts Department said early this week.

 

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Drunk Japanese pilot arrested at Heathrow Airport

 

A Japanese pilot who was arrested at Heathrow Airport for being drunk has admitted being more than nine times the legal alcohol limit.

 

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'Magical' cures can kill you, warns health chief

By KAWINTRA JAISEU 
THE NATION

 

 

SEEMINGLY effective medicine sets marketed under the “Ya Mor Thahan” (Medicines by Medics) banner can be dangerous and perhaps even lethal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066243-magical-cures-can-kill-you-warns-health-chief/

 

Samet launches anti-plastic campaign

By The Nation

 

 

Rayong kickstarts a green campaign on Thursday to reduce plastic bags and styrofoam containers on popular Koh Samet.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066244-samet-launches-anti-plastic-campaign/

 

Banks and telcos fix PromptPay account opening snag

By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM 
THE NATION

 

 

CONSUMERS will find it easier to switch to the PromptPay electronic funds transfer service under an initiative involving mobile phone operators, financial institutions and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066245-banks-and-telcos-fix-promptpay-account-opening-snag/

 

 Six Thais likely to ‘dream big’ at next year’s Honda LPGA 

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

World No17 Moriya Jutanugarn, middle, and Pitak Pruittisarikorn, Chief Operating Officer of Honda Automobile (Thailand), 2nd from right.

 

A national qualifying event will be staged for the first time to guarantee at least one Thai player entry into the 2019 Honda LPGA Thailand from February 21 to 24, 2019, in Pattaya.

 

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Boxers unite to block new law that would keep children out of the ring

By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun 
The Nation

 

Photo from: Muay Siam magazine.

 

Prominent Muay Thai fighters have handed a letter to the Sports Authority of Thailand to protest a new bill which forbids children from fighting in the ring.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066247-muay-thai-fighters-unite-to-block-new-law-that-would-keep-children-out-of-the-ring/

 

EEC threat to water resources

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

Experts warn three provinces already facing shortages; agencies look to create new reservoirs in nearby areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066249-eec-threat-to-water-resources/

 

140kg teen falls from Chachoengsao train

By The Nation

 

Picture: TNA

 

A 16-year-old, who appeared to be overweight, fell from a train while boarding it to school at Chachoengsao railway station and was severely injured.

 

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What’s needed to build a ‘startup nation’

By The Nation

 

 

Talented Thailand could lead Asia onto the global tech and innovation stage if financing is in place to light the bonfire

 

The thousands of technology startups emerging in Thailand should be inspired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s latest message about turning the country into a “startup nation”, especially with a focus on using new technologies to uplift the economic wellbeing of farmers and other lower-income groups.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066252-what’s-needed-to-build-a-‘startup-nation’-editorial/

 

Time to change the parameters of deep South peace talks

By Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat  
special to The Nation

 

 

Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad pledged to help Thailand resolve the 14-year bloody conflict in the country’s predominantly Malay-Muslim South during his two-day visit to Bangkok last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066253-time-to-change-the-parameters-of-deep-south-peace-talks-opinion/

 

Trump moves to crack down on asylum seekers ahead of U.S. elections

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Estero, Florida, U.S., October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was finalising a plan that would require immigrants seeking asylum in the United States to approach a legal port of entry, pushing a hard line on immigration ahead of next week's congressional elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066258-trump-moves-to-crack-down-on-asylum-seekers-ahead-of-us-elections/

 

TV titans Trump, Oprah go head to head on U.S. campaign trail

By Joseph Ax and Amy Tennery

 

Oprah Winfrey takes part in a town hall meeting with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams ahead of the mid-term election in Marietta, Georgia, U.S. November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry

 

(Reuters) - Two former TV stars and political opposites - media mogul Oprah Winfrey and President Donald Trump - took to the U.S. campaign trail on Thursday, five days before elections that will determine whether Trump's Republicans retain control of Congress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066259-tv-titans-trump-oprah-go-head-to-head-on-us-campaign-trail/

 

Trump political ad assailed as 'sickening,' racially divisive

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Estero, Florida, U.S., October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump faced scathing criticism on Thursday for an advertisement linking Democrats and immigrants to violent crime, with some fellow Republicans blasting it as "sickening" and the most racially divisive political ad in three decades.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066260-trump-political-ad-assailed-as-sickening-racially-divisive/

 

Saudi Arabia hosts rare visit of U.S. evangelical Christian figures

 

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting with U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations in New York on March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Levy/File Photo

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a rare meeting with American evangelical Christians on Thursday, as the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom seeks to open up more to the world and repair an image of religious intolerance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066261-saudi-arabia-hosts-rare-visit-of-us-evangelical-christian-figures/

 

Trudeau's dilemma - how to be tough on Saudi Arabia and save jobs

By Allison Martell

 

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo (not pictured) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

 

LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a dilemma as an election approaches - how to credibly clamp down on Saudi Arabia over its human rights record while sparing a $13 billion (£10 billion) weapons deal with Riyadh.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066262-trudeaus-dilemma-how-to-be-tough-on-saudi-arabia-and-save-jobs/

 

Google's '#metoo' moment: Workers walk out over women's rights

By Jane Lanhee Lee and Paresh Dave

 

Google employees walk to a "women's walkout" at their Googleplex offices in protest over the company's handling of a large payout to Android chief Andy Rubin as well as concerns over several other managers who had allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct at the company in Mountain View, California, U.S., November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) - Thousands of Google employees around the world briefly walked off their jobs on Thursday to protest the company's response to sexual harassment and demand that the world's largest search engine address rising concerns about workplace inequality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066263-googles-metoo-moment-workers-walk-out-over-womens-rights/

LAST RESPECTS 

Leicester stars to fly to Thailand for funeral of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to honour tragic chairman

A week-long ceremony will be held for Foxes owner Srivaddhanaprabha in Bangkok following his tragic death in helicopter crash and stars want to be there to show their respect

By Graeme Bryuce

 

Leicester players will fly out to Bangkok straight after their Premier League clash with Cardiff on Saturday

 

LEICESTER players will make a 12,000-mile round trip to Bangkok next week to attend the funeral of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066264-leicester-stars-to-fly-to-thailand-for-funeral-of-vichai-srivaddhanaprabha/

 

Pakistan Islamists block roads to protest acquittal of Christian

By Syed Raza Hassan

 

Supporters of the Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan Islamist political party block the Faizabad junction to protest after the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam, in Islamabad, Pakistan October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's ultra-Islamist party blocked roads in major cities for a third day on Friday in protest against the acquittal of a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy allegations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066269-pakistan-islamists-block-roads-to-protest-acquittal-of-christian/

Pompeo says 'handful more weeks' before U.S. responds to Khashoggi killing

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S. September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday it would be a "handful more weeks" before the United States had enough evidence to impose sanctions in response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066270-pompeo-says-handful-more-weeks-before-us-responds-to-khashoggi-killing/

 

Scandals, jail sink Peru's Fujimori dynasty again

By Mitra Taj

 

Opposition leader Keiko Fujimori leaves Justice Palace after a judge ordered her back to jail pending a trial over allegations she used her conservative party to launder money for Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in Lima, Peru in this undated picture released on November 1, 2018. Andina/Vidal Tarqui Handout via REUTERS

 

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Fujimori family has been here before.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066271-scandals-jail-sink-perus-fujimori-dynasty-again/

 

Phichit farmers keen to sell rice while prices are up

 

 

PHICHIT, 2 November 2018 (NNT) – Rice farmers in Phichit province have been rushing to sell their produce to the Wang Sai Poon Cooperative as prices of rice, especially Hom Mali rice, have risen considerably of late. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066273-phichit-farmers-keen-to-sell-rice-while-prices-are-up/

 

Army vows to take good care of new draftees

 

BANGKOK, 2 November 2018 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Army has arranged a welcome activity for its second batch of newly-drafted soldiers while promising to ensure their well-being during their service. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066275-thai-army-vows-to-take-good-care-of-new-draftees/

 

Trump, Erdogan discuss northern Syria - Turkish presidency

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 30, 2018. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Manbij and Idlib in northern Syria in a call on Thursday and stressed their determination to strengthen ties, Erdogan's office said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066276-trump-erdogan-discuss-northern-syria-turkish-presidency/

 

Investors bristle as Apple's iPhone data goes the way of its headphone jacks

By Stephen Nellis

 

FILE PHOTO: Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York, U.S., August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - First Apple Inc <AAPL.O> took away the headphone jack on its iPhones. Then it took away the home button.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066279-investors-bristle-as-apples-iphone-data-goes-the-way-of-its-headphone-jacks/

 

Cycling event held to raise funds for mammography program

 

 

BANGKOK, 2nd November 2018 (NNT)-Kanchanabaramee Foundation and the Ministry of Public Health will launch a cycling event in December to raise funds for breast cancer screening for at-risk women in remote areas of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066284-cycling-event-held-to-raise-funds-for-mammography-program/