Operators of private Bangkok buses demand fare increase

By The Nation

 

 

Some 200 operators of private Bangkok buses rallied at the Transport Ministry Monday morning to demand an increase in fares.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069404-operators-of-private-bangkok-buses-demand-fare-increase/

 

Thai, foreign cops to hold concert at Asiatique

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

An undated photo of Thai police band. Image: Royal Thai Police Band

 

BANGKOK — If you see cops descending on Asiatique this weekend, don’t worry – they aren’t out to catch any visa violators, but to serenade you with their music.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069420-thai-foreign-cops-to-hold-concert-at-asiatique/

 

THAI Smiles warns against forbidden words

 

 

THAI Smiles has clarified the words not allowed to speak at the airport because they are considered offenses with penalties, both jail term and fine, and may result in an unnecessary flight delay, according to its press statement.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069421-thai-smiles-warns-against-forbidden-words/

 

Phuket Airport toilets dubbed ’Best in Thailand'

By The Phuket News

 

Representatives from Phuket International Airport collect the award in Nonthaburi earlier today (Nov 19). Photo: AoT

 

PHUKET:-- The public toilets at Phuket International Airport have been bestowed the title ‘Best Public Toilet of the Year 2018’ by the Thai Ministry of Public Health.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069430-phuket-airport-toilets-dubbed-’best-in-thailand/

 

Call for action to halt farmers’ use of antibiotics for fish, prawn stocks as drug-resistance fears grow

By The Nation

 

 

File photo

 

Some farmers sprinkle antibiotic medicine onto their fish and prawn stocks that are kept inside floating baskets either in enclosed ponds or natural waterways, a practice that poses the dual threat of drug resistance in consumers and environmental pollution, experts at Chulalongkorn University said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069431-call-for-action-to-halt-farmers’-use-of-antibiotics-for-fish-prawn-stocks-as-drug-resistance-fears-grow/

 

Willem Dafoe: 'With success comes certain things that corrupt you'

by Amy Nicholson

 

Willem Dafoe: ‘I like perfection, I appreciate that. But I’m much better trying to find something, than I am knowing something and executing and explaining it.’ Photograph: Marion Curtis/StarPix for CBS Films/REX/Shutterstock

 

You can’t confuse Willem Dafoe with another actor. That red hair, those fierce eyes, the gaunt cheekbones that make him look hungry for the next intense role – whether it’s Jesus, the Green Goblin, or a motel manager in The Florida Project, the part that just scored him his third Oscar nomination.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069432-willem-dafoe-with-success-comes-certain-things-that-corrupt-you/

 

Top awards for Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo after performances in Antony and Cleopatra

by Jamie Johnson 

 

 

Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo won best actor and best actress at the Evening Standard theatre awards  CREDIT: NATIONAL THEATRE

 

Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo have become the first pair in 30 years to pick up the best actor and actress prize for the same production at the Evening Standard theatre awards.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069433-top-awards-for-ralph-fiennes-and-sophie-okonedo-after-performances-in-antony-and-cleopatra/

 

Foo Fighters announce 2019 Ireland shows, only days before Reading & Leeds

by Nick Reilly

 

 

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl at CalJam 2018 Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com/Getty

 

Foo Fighters have confirmed details of two shows in Ireland next year – only days before Reading and Leeds festival kicks off.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069434-foo-fighters-announce-2019-ireland-shows-only-days-before-reading-leeds/

 

Dutch cyclist completes near-18,000km overland journey to visit dad in Thailand

By Wattanapol Matcha 
The Nation

 

 

A 28-year-old Dutchman has reportedly completed a 17,900-kilometre cross-continent bicycle ride from the Netherlands to visit his 58-year-old father, who lives in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069443-dutch-cyclist-completes-near-18000km-overland-journey-to-visit-dad-in-thailand/

 

Slain elephant shot with military assault rifle

By The Nation

 

 

An elephant that was killed near Huay Sai Yai waterfall at the Buntharik-Yod Mon wildlife sanctuary in Ubon Ratchathani was shot by a high-power gun, say officials. An AK-47 bullet hit the elephant in the mouth and such was its ferocity that it tore right through the animal’s torso to its left rear leg, where it exited.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069444-slain-elephant-shot-with-military-assault-rifle/

 

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Thailand Live Tuesday 20 Nov 2018 
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