Hazy days in Pattaya

PATTAYA:--People come to Pattaya to breathe in the sea air, but the air has been decidedly unbreathable lately.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075089-hazy-days-in-pattaya/

 

Bar owners arrested, teenagers rounded up after karaoke raid

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Nine sex workers, including two 16-year-old girls and four 17-year-olds, were rounded up at a karaoke bar in Samut Prakan’s Bang Sao Thong district on Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075095-bar-owners-arrested-teenagers-rounded-up-after-karaoke-raid-in-samut-prakan/

 

Nongprue tells residents to be patient over broken streetlights

PATTAYA:--Nongprue’s mayor told local residents to be patient as the sub-district’s engineers retrofit cheaply built streetlights with new fuse boxes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075096-nongprue-tells-residents-to-be-patient-over-broken-streetlights/

 

Banglamung runs market to bail out pineapple farmers who refuse to cut production

PATTAYA:--As pineapple farmers continue to flood the market and push prices for their crop through the floor, Banglamung District continues to prop them up.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075097-banglamung-runs-market-to-bail-out-pineapple-farmers-who-refuse-to-cut-production/

 

Jomtien Beach vendors reminded to keep sand clean

PATTAYA:--Jomtien Beach vendors were given a reminder to keep the shoreline clean and free of smokers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075094-jomtien-beach-vendors-reminded-to-keep-sand-clean/

 

Annual Red Cross Fair ‘Phuket Brand Phuket Best’ begins

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: The Phuket PR Office

 

The Phuket Annual Red Cross fair, under the name ‘Phuket Brand Phuket Best’ kicked off at Saphan Hin last night and runs until January 6.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075098-annual-red-cross-fair-‘phuket-brand-phuket-best’-begins/

 

Row of Khlong Toei shops ablaze

By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

 

A 3am fire in Bangkok’s Khlong Toei district gutted five shops on Friday morning but caused no injuries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075111-row-of-khlong-toei-shops-ablaze/

 

Broken economy on most people’s minds in NIDA poll

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

More than anything else in 2019, citizens want the government to improve the economy, according to a recent survey by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) released on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075114-broken-economy-on-most-people’s-minds-in-nida-poll/ 

 

Celine Dion, John Legend to perform at Aretha Franklin tribute concert

 

A woman carries a magazine with the image of Aretha Franklin on it into a public viewing of the late singer at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Celine Dion, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and John Legend will be among a host of singers to perform at a tribute concert for the late Aretha Franklin in January, the Recording Academy and other groups announced on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075119-celine-dion-john-legend-to-perform-at-aretha-franklin-tribute-concert/

 

Phuket’s surging MICE market valued at Bt10.9-bn, says consultancy firm

By The Nation

 

 

Phuket’s increasingly prolific MICE market nearly doubled in year-on-year growth in 2017, a global hospitality consultancy firm says.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075121-phuket’s-surging-mice-market-valued-at-bt109-bn-says-consultancy-firm/

 

Bright light in big city mystifies New Yorkers after Queens transformer fire

 

Bright blue light is seen after a transformer explosion on Thursday at an electric power station in the New York City borough of Queens, U.S., in this picture obtained from social media on December 28, 2018. Twitter/@Eat_Work_Run/via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - A transformer explosion at an electric power substation in the New York City borough of Queens lit up the night sky with a bright blue light on Thursday, mystifying some residents, but officials said no one was injured in the incident.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075125-bright-light-in-big-city-mystifies-new-yorkers-after-queens-transformer-fire/

 

New Year anti-drunk driving campaign begins

By Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation

 

 

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has started the New Year campaign to arrest drunk drivers and impound their vehicles during the “Seven Dangerous Days”, which run until January 2.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075128-new-year-anti-drunk-driving-campaign-begins/

 

Phuket police ramp up vigilance after Songkhla bombings

By The Phuket News

 

Police in Patong top and check a vehicle last night (Dec 27). Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: Police across Phuket have been ordered to ramp up security inspections and to report any suspicious activities during the New Year holidays in the wake of the two co-ordinated bombings at Simila Beach in Songkhla on Wednesday night (Dec 25).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075129-phuket-police-ramp-up-vigilance-after-songkhla-bombings/

 

Macaulay Culkin will legally change his name in 2019 after polling fans

By BRIAN GALLAGHER

 



New name: Macaulay Culkin announced he is legally changing his middle name to Macaulay Culkin, making his full legal name Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin in 2019

 

Fresh off his Google commercial where he reprised his famous Home Alone role, Kevin McCallister, Macaulay Culkin has announced his new legal name for 2019.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075136-macaulay-culkin-will-legally-change-his-name-in-2019-after-polling-fans/

 

Angelina Jolie hints at move into politics

 

Angelina Jolie said she hoped to "bring people together from a cross-section" during her turn as a guest editor / ANNA GORDON/TODAY

 

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has hinted that she is considering a move into politics in the future.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075137-angelina-jolie-hints-at-move-into-politics/

 

Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick'

by Catherine Shoard

 

Keira Knightley: ‘I was obsessed by Al Pacino. The great parts are the guys’ parts.’ Photograph: Michael Buckner/Deadline/Rex/Shutterstock

 

When Keira Knightley was small there were two things she knew she would become.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075138-keira-knightley-i-can’t-act-the-flirt-or-mother-to-get-my-voice-heard-it-makes-me-feel-sick/

 

Forty-two killed, more than 400 injured on first day of holiday

By The Nation

 

 

Forty-two people were killed and 432 injured in 420 road accidents on the first of New Year holiday period’s “seven dangerous days” (December 27-January 2), the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre (Thai RSC) reported on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075140-forty-two-killed-more-than-400-injured-on-first-day-of-holiday/

 

HotNow launches HOT token campaign

By The Nation

 

Varoon Aroonsit, Chief Operating Officer, HotNow (Thailand)

 

HotNow, the online marketing platform, has launched a “HotNow x Pattaya Campaign,” with seven stores and a hotel in Pattaya offering HOT tokens to their customers, the company said in a press release issued on Friday. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075141-hotnow-launches-hot-token-campaign/

PM gives free emergency services reminder

By The Nation

 

 

The prime minister has reminded New Year revellers that they can get 72 hours of free medical services for medical emergencies.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075142-pm-gives-free-emergency-services-reminder/

 

Safety measures boosted at bustling Phuket ports for New Year

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Marine transport safety has been ramped up at Phuket’s bustling main 24 ports and piers. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Marine Office has stationed officers at Phuket’s 24 main piers for tour boats and ferries to nearby islands as part of the safety crackdown for the Seven Days of Danger for the New Year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075145-safety-measures-boosted-at-bustling-phuket-ports-for-new-year/

 

Fury over watch scandal ruling prompts impeachment drive

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

A street mural up temporarily in February. Photo: Headache Stencil / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A good-government advocate said Friday he will launch a campaign to impeach the five anti-corruption commissioners who voted to clear the deputy junta leader of wrongdoing.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075148-fury-over-watch-scandal-ruling-prompts-impeachment-drive/

 

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Thailand Live Saturday 29 Dec 2018

 

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