Civil lawsuits lodged for refunds, compensation over troubled Waterfront project in Pattaya

By Theerawat Thongma, 
Dethawee Theewarangkool 
The Nation

 

 

The owner of the Waterfront luxury condominium project in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district is being hit with two civil lawsuits lodged with Pattaya Provincial Court for a combined Bt100 million in refunds and compensation, a lawyer representing 20 buyers of the condo units said on Tuesday.

 

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Immigration Chief Surachate to inspect new Phoenix salvage attempt

 

Materials for the new salvage team have arrived at Phuket Deep Sea Port. Photo: PR Dept

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana announced the news today (Nov 13) at a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall.

 

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Cabinet gives green signal for medical use of marijuana but seeks 5-year review

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION 

 

 

THE CABINET yesterday cleared a bill to legalise the medical use of marijuana but added a condition that the legalisation must be reviewed after five years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068436-medical-weed-law-clears-thai-cabinet/?do=findComment&comment=13560878

 

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Muay Thai boxer aged 13 dies from head injuries

By THE NATION

 

Anucha Thasako prepares for a muay thai match. |The boy, 13, succumbed to injuries after a |bout on |November 10.

 

A 13-year-old Muay Thai boxer succumbed to his injuries after a taking blow that sent him head first into the ground during a charity match in Samut Prakan on November 10.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068397-video-stop-children-doing-muay-thai-now-young-boxer-dies-from-brain-hemorrhage/?do=findComment&comment=13560884

 

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Feb 24 only date on govt mind: Wissanu

By THE NATION

 

 

THOUGH senior government figures maintained yesterday that the next election will be held as early as February 24, they did not rule out the possibility of a delay.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068414-wissanu-sees-no-justification-for-election-to-be-postponed…at-least-for-now/?do=findComment&comment=13560888

 

Thailand 'seeks delay' in Asean Summit next year

ASEAN+ November 14, 2018 01:00

By SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE 
THE NATION, SINGAPORE

 

A group photo at the opening ceremony during the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on November 13, 2018. // AFP PHOTO

 

Request of the next chairperson seen tied to the possibility of election being postponed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068470-thailand-seeks-delay-in-asean-summit-next-year/

 

Palang Pracharat attracts 121 members on Day 1 of accepting applications

By The Nation 

 

 

A new political party viewed as pro-junta attracted more than 120 new members when it started accepting membership applications on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068471-palang-pracharat-attracts-121-members-on-day-1-of-accepting-applications/

 

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School files fraud complaint with CSD after allegedly being duped by trip ‘organiser’

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

 

A school deputy director on Tuesday filed a fraud complaint with the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) against a former lecturer at a Bangkok university after the school had hired her to arrange a 15-day summer-camp trip to the UK for 30 students in October, but later realised they had been duped.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068321-bangkok-uni-professor-sacked-after-ripping-off-dozens-on-english-language-courses-in-the-uk/?do=findComment&comment=13560896

 

Alleged wedding-planner fraud being probed

By SURIYA PATATHAYO 
THE NATION

 

Photo from: Redskull00's Facebook fanpage

 

THE IT CRIME Suppression Centre is investigating a Bangkok wedding-planner accused of duping as many as 400-500 brides- and grooms-to-be of at least Bt10 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068472-alleged-bangkok-wedding-planner-fraud-being-probed/

 

Radioactive material found in cargo to India ‘not a threat to humans’

national November 14, 2018 01:00

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 
CHON BURI

 

 

THE RADIOACTIVE waste found at Chon Buri’s Laem Chabang Seaport has been analysed though more investigation is required to track its origin and movement, the authorities said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068473-radioactive-material-found-at-laem-chabang-seaport-in-cargo-to-india-not-a-threat-to-humans/

 

Drug bill to help speed up registration of new medicines

By JAKRAWAN SALAYTOO 
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

THE NEW drug bill will allow specialists and their organisations, foreign or Thai, to review drug registration applications.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068474-drug-bill-to-help-speed-up-registration-of-new-medicines/

 

A wounded elephant captured for treatment

By The Nation

 

 

Officials and volunteers at Surat Thani’s Kaeng Krung National Park on Tuesday capture a 2.6-tonne male elephant with an injured right rear leg.
 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068475-surat-thani-wounded-elephant-captured-for-treatment/

 

Bangchak explores self-sustaining solar project

By   PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGCHAK CORPORATION Plc plans to invest Bt77 billion to expand its businesses from 2019 to 2022 and provide a “greenovative experience” to its customers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068476-bangchak-explores-self-sustaining-solar-project/

 

Democrat Party unveils “New Dems” — its own version of young politicians

 

 

Not to be left out by other parties, the Democrat Party today unveiled a group of 21 young members, collectively known as the “New Dems”, who are touted as new faces of the country’s oldest political party.  

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068477-democrat-party-unveils-“new-dems”-—-its-own-version-of-young-politicians/

 

No cold weather for Bangkokians this cold season 

 

 

Bangkokians hoping to have a chance to put on their sweaters during what is supposed to be the cold season will be disappointed because the mercury will not drop any further in the next one month or so.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068478-no-cold-weather-for-bangkokians-this-cold-season /

 

Aust man, Thai wife get death for drugs

 

Kanyarat Wechapitak and Luke Cook have been handed the death penalty for drug smuggling in Thailand.

 

A Perth member of the notorious bikie group Hells Angels and his wife have been sentenced to death in Thailand for trying to smuggle half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine into Australia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068480-australian-man-thai-wife-sentenced-to-death-in-thailand-for-drug-smuggling/

 

Husband Says ‘Love’ Motivated Him To Murder Wife With Acid

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Kumtun Singnad with police Monday.

 

BANGKOK — When police escorted a man accused of killing his wife by splashing and forcing her to drink acid to the local court, one of his neighbors showed up to vouch for his character.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068429-husband-faces-detention-while-taxi-driver-testifies-about-acid-splashed-wife’s-death/?do=findComment&comment=13560956

 

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Death of Thai boy inflames debate on Muay Thai's young dreamers

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

FILE PHOTO - Nanthawat Pomsod, 11, who is a child boxer, fights Kritthonglek Sitkritthongkam during a boxing match at a temple in Buriram province, Thailand, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Prapan Chankeaw

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The death of a 13-year-old boy, knocked out during a Thai boxing match, has inflamed debate about whether children should be allowed to take part in a dangerous sport that many of them see as their only chance of escaping poverty.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068397-video-stop-children-doing-muay-thai-now-young-boxer-dies-from-brain-hemorrhage/?do=findComment&comment=13560964

 

Britain agrees Brexit divorce deal with EU, May's opponents vow to thwart it

By Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper

 

FILE PHOTO: Anti-Brexit protesters hold flags and placards opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain struck a draft divorce deal with the European Union after more than a year of talks, thrusting Prime Minister Theresa May into a perilous battle over Brexit that could shape her country's prosperity for generations to come.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068481-britain-agrees brexit divorce-deal-with-eu-mays-opponents-vow-to-thwart-it/

 

Trump under pressure from Melania to fire top aide

By Mark Hosenball, Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton

 

White House Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel (R) appears with U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrives to participate in the Diwali ceremonial lighting of the Diya at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump was under pressure from his wife, Melania, on Tuesday to fire his deputy national security adviser over what two sources close to the White House said was the way Mrs Trump's trip to Africa was handled.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068482-trump-under-pressure-from-melania-to-fire-top-aide/

 

UK's Prince Charles parties as he celebrates 70th birthday

By Michael Holden

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, poses for an official portrait to mark his 70th birthday in the gardens of Clarence House, with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Willliam, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in London, England, in this September 5, 2018 handout image provided by Clarence House. Chris Jackson/Getty Images/Clarence House/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles celebrates his 70th birthday on Wednesday by attending public and private parties, while his office has released new photographs of the heir to the British throne with his close family.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068483-prince-charles-parties-as-he-celebrates-70th-birthday/

 

U.S. judge to hold hearing on CNN White House lawsuit

By David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu

 

FILE PHOTO: A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held by CNN's Jim Acosta as he questions U.S. President Donald Trump during a news conference following Tuesday's midterm U.S. congressional elections at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge said he would hold a hearing on Wednesday on CNN's lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking the speedy reinstatement of press credentials for White House correspondent Jim Acosta, a frequent target of President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068484-us-judge-to-hold-hearing-on-cnn-white-house-lawsuit/

 

Days after visit, Trump blasts France's Macron as relations sour

By Susan Heavey and Luke Baker

 

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a meeting at the Elysee Palace with French President Emmanuel Macron on the eve of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

 

WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump attacked his French counterpart on Tuesday in a series of tweets that underscored how much the once-friendly ties between the two leaders have soured, just two days after returning from Paris.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068485-days-after-visit-trump-blasts-frances-macron-as-relations-sour/

 

Norfolk TV and fishing legend John Wilson dies in Thailand

 

 

John Wilson has died in Thailand. Credit: ITV News Anglia.

 

A Norfolk television, radio and fishing legend, once voted "the greatest angler of all time", has died at his home in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068487-norfolk-tv-and-fishing-legend-john-wilson-dies-in-thailand/

 

Patients and industry fret over drug supplies, if no Brexit deal

By Ben Hirschler

 

FILE PHOTO: Protesters demonstrate against the possible stockpiling of medecines and food in the event of a no-deal Brexit in London, Britain. Aug 22, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Consumers and the pharmaceuticals industry alike are anxious about medicine supplies, if there is no deal on Britain's departure from the European Union.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068490-patients-and-industry-fret-over-drug-supplies-if-no-brexit-deal/

 

U.S. designates son of Hezbollah leader a terrorist

 

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday designated Jawad Nasrallah, son of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a terrorist and accused him of carrying out attacks against Israel in the West Bank.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068491-us-designates-son-of-hezbollah-leader-a-terrorist/

 

White House hit with staff upheavals - again

By Steve Holland and Mark Hosenball

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after an event with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another round of upheaval engulfed President Donald Trump's White House on Tuesday, with the future of several senior aides in doubt just a week after U.S. congressional elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068492-white-house-hit-with-staff-upheavals-again/

 

Video: Don't hit a Thai when they're "graaping" - assault charges laid

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Mobile phone footage showed a Thai man kick out at a 7/11 staffer outside a Chonburi store. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068493-video-dont-hit-a-thai-when-theyre-graaping-assault-charges-laid/

 

Teams 'look for skulls' in ashes of California's deadliest wildfire

By Noel Randewich and Sharon Bernstein

 

Rescue and forensic workers sift through the remains of a burnt-out home destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S., November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Noel Randewich

 

PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) - White-clad forensic teams with cadaver dogs fanned out across a ghostly landscape strewn with ash and charred debris searching on Tuesday for more human remains left from a blaze that killed at least 42 people in California's deadliest wildfire disaster.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068495-teams-look-for-skulls-in-ashes-of-californias-deadliest-wildfire/

 

Revenge! But person who put up sign in Chonburi could lose more money

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police were called to the footbridge outside Central Plaza in Chonburi yesterday after a sign went up claiming that a person had ripped someone off in a Ponzi scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068497-revenge-but-person-who-put-up-sign-in-chonburi-could-lose-more-money/