Govt finding ways to lower fees at private hospitals

 

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BANGKOK, 27th December 2018 (NNT) – The government is adamant that drugs and medical supplies be added to the list of controlled products and services in the hope of lowering medical bills at private hospitals. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074940-thai-govt-finding-ways-to-lower-fees-at-private-hospitals/

 

Patong beach road to close for New Year party

By The Phuket News

 

Top US DJ duo ’Breathe Carolina’ will be playing at the Patong Beach Countdown 2019 New Year party. Photo: Syndicate Nation / Twitter

 

PHUKET: The Patong beach road will close for one hour as Phuket’s party town ushers in the New Year 2019, police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074944-patong-beach-road-to-close-for-new-year-party/

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Urgent : Three bombs found at Samila Beach after blasts damage mermaid statue

By The Nation

 

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A bomb squad on Thursday morning found three explosive devices at Samila Beach in Songkhla province, hours after two blasts damaged the landmark mermaid statue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074934-samila-beach-mermaid-statue-damaged-in-explosions/?do=findComment&comment=13681187

 

Laguna Phuket Triathlon’s date announced – Registration opens today

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Triathlon Magazine Canada

 

Laguna Phuket has announced the 26th annual edition of the Laguna Phuket Triathlon. It will take place on Sunday, November 24, 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074950-laguna-phuket-triathlon’s-date-announced-–-registration-opens-today/

 

Thai December headline inflation rate seen easing to 0.84 percent - Reuters poll

 

FILE PHOTO - People shop at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand, July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's annual headline inflation rate in December may have slowed slightly from the previous month and stayed below the central bank's target range for a second straight month, a Reuters poll showed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074951-thai-december-headline-inflation-rate-seen-easing-to-084-percent-reuters-poll/

 

U.S. Commerce Department won't publish economic data during shutdown: WSJ

 

FILE PHOTO: A fence surrounds the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington October 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau will not publish economic data during the government shutdown, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing an agency spokeswoman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074952-us-commerce-department-wont-publish-economic-data-during-shutdown-wsj/

 

Road safety centers now operating nationwide

 

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NAKHON PATHOM, 27th December 2018 (NNT) – Road safety operation centers have opened nationwide to secure roads during the holiday period. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074954-road-safety-centers-now-operating-nationwide/

 

Bodies of two missing South Korean golfers in Nan found

 

 

The bodies of two elderly South Korean golfers who went missing after their golf cart fell into the Nan river in the northern province of Nan following an accident on a floating platform on Tuesday have been found.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074720-south-korean-golfers-missing-after-falling-into-nan-river/?do=findComment&comment=13681555

 

Hot : NACC finds Prawit innocent in relation to luxury watches

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

 

The national anti-graft commission on Thursday ruled in favour of Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, saying he was not guilty of falsely reporting or concealing his assets. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074995-hot-nacc-finds-prawit-innocent-in-relation-to-luxury-watches/

 

Russian, Estonian first casualties of Phuket’s Seven Days of Danger New Year road-safety campaign

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana officially opened the road safety centre at Phuket Provincial Hall with a fanfare ceremony yesterday evening (Dec 26). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket began its Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for New Year 2019 at midnight last night with two minor motorbike accidents, but so far no deaths, officials have reported.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074997-russian-estonian-first-casualties-of-phuket’s-seven-days-of-danger-new-year-road-safety-campaign/

 

Phuket snake wranglers snare cobra bare-handed

By The Phuket News

 

Mr. Sayan had the cobra in hand within minutes after arriving at the home. Photo: Phuket Ruamjai Rescue Foundation

 

PHUKET:-- Rescue workers from the Phuket Ruamjai Rescue Foundation captured with their bare hands a cobra measuring 1.5 meters long at a house in Chalong yesterday evening (Dec 26).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074998-phuket-snake-wranglers-snare-cobra-bare-handed/

 

Dozing soldier blamed for Surin pileup

By WICHIT CHUNHAKIJKHAJORN 
THE NATION

 

 

No one was injured in a 13-vehicle pileup on Thursday morning in Surin's Prasart district, which police blamed on a soldier falling asleep at the wheel.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074999-dozing-soldier-blamed-for-surin-pileup/

 

Cats & Dogs die by hundreds in disease-infested Bangkok shelter: Rights group

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Puppies being treated in December after taken out of the Prawet shelter. Photo: Watchdog Thailand / Courtesy

 

BANGKOK — Stuffed inside small cages, they stare and whimper at visitors or lie helplessly still. In every group of big dogs and adult cats, or small puppies and kittens, some are collapsed on the ground, short of breath or even dead.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075001-cats-dogs-die-by-hundreds-in-disease-infested-bangkok-shelter-rights-group/

 

Voting for senate candidates in Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

Candidates attend the final round of voting for senate seats in Bangkok on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075002-voting-for-senate-candidates-in-thailand/

 

Jams greet highway toll waiver

By The Nation

 

File photo: Motorway

 

The Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway suffered congestion after the Highway Department's waived tolls for the New Year holiday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075003-jams-greet-highway-toll-waiver/

 

Deputy police chief urges people not to panic over Songkhla bombs

By The Nation

 

 

A deputy national chief urged the public not to panic over Wednesday nights bomb attack in Songkhla province. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075004-deputy-police-chief-urges-people-not-to-panic-over-songkhla-bombs/

 

Bomb squad sweeps Samila Beach after explosions

By The Nation

 

 

Police and bomb squad on Thursday were busy sweeping the main beach of Songkhla province to see if there were any hidden explosives.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075005-bomb-squad-sweeps-samila-beach-after-explosions/

 

Latest : Prawit links Songkhla bomb attacks to local politics

By The Nation

 

Photo : Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Thursday linked the Songkhla bomb attacks on Wednesday night to politics in the province. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075007-latest-prawit-links-songkhla-bomb-attacks-to-local-politics/

 

Phuket marina set to host major yacht show

By The Nation

 

Having been home to yacht shows in Phuket for almost 15 years, Royal Phuket Marina will host the country's largest yachting and luxury lifestyle event from January 10 to 13, the Thailand Yacht Show and RendezVous, organised by Verventia.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075008-phuket-marina-set-to-host-major-yacht-show/

 

Bodies of Korean golfers recovered downstream of accident

By The Nation

 

 

The bodies of two elderly South Korean golfers who drowned in a river have been found and recovered, said Phitsanulok governor Pipat Ekpaphand on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075009-bodies-of-korean-golfers-recovered-downstream-of-accident/

 

Phuket raid nets 500kg of kratom, four cars seized

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The raid before dawn today netted 500kg of kratom, seven suspects, two cars and an SUV and a pickup truck. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A raid by anti-narcotics officers in Phuket before dawn today netted 500 kilograms of kratom and seven suspects, and saw four cars seized.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075011-phuket-raid-nets-500kg-of-kratom-four-cars-seized/

 

Congestion spoils New Year trips

By The Nation

 

 

Heavy traffic was reported on Thursday afternoon on the northeast-bound Mitraparp Highway in Nakhon Ratchasima's Pak Chong and Sikhio districts as motorists look to celebrate the New Year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075012-congestion-spoils-new-year-trips/

 

Fraud, child porn arrests among pre-holiday busts

By SURIYA PATATHAYO 
THE NATION

 

 

EVEN AS THE country is poised to celebrate the New Year, police continue to bust wrongdoers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075013-fraud-child-porn-arrests-among-pre-holiday-busts/

 

There's a massive Home Alone secret you never knew and it's blowing fans' minds

 

Macaulay Culkin is the star of Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Image: Publicity Picture)

 

Fans of the iconic film series Home Alone are struggling to get to grips with the fact that a film within the first two films isn’t actually real.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075014-theres-a-massive-home-alone-secret-you-never-knew-and-its-blowing-fans-minds/

 

Kevin Spacey's alleged sexual assault victim 'recorded the actor touching him on the night of the incident and sent it to his girlfriend as evidence'

 

Spacey outside the bar where the alleged assault occurred in 2016. Court documents state that Kevin Spacey's accuser recorded part of the 2016 incident on Snapchat

 

A young man who accused Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting him at a seaside restaurant near Boston in 2016 filmed part of the incident, according to court filings. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075016-kevin-spaceys-alleged-sexual-assault-victim-recorded-the-actor-touching-him-on-the-night-of-the-incident-and-sent-it-to-his-girlfriend-as-evidence/

 

New Netflix film is 'most terrifying thing ever' - fans claim

By Zoe Forsey

 

Sandra Bullock attends the New York special screening of the Netflix film Bird Box (Image: Getty Images for Netflix)

 

A new film released on Netflix is forcing users to cower in terror behind the sofa.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075015-new-netflix-film-is-most-terrifying-thing-ever-fans-claim/

 

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