A Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno in Hua Hin

 

 

A Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno Ex-Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. Bruno fought some of the best fighters from the modern era which included twice with Mike Tyson. 

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068236-a-gala-dinner-with-frank-bruno-in-hua-hin/

 

Yingluck appointed head of South China port

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra poses for a photo on Jan. 2, 2016

 

BANGKOK — Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was named the chairwoman of a major seaport in China’s Guangdong province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077075-yingluck-appointed-head-of-south-china-port/

 

Urgent : European Commission lifts "yellow card" from Thailand for its action against illegal fishing

 

 

The European Commission has resolved to lift Thailand from the group of "warned countries,” known as “yellow card” as recognition of its progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), according to Commission’s press release.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077094-urgent-european-commission-lifts-yellow-card-from-thailand-for-its-action-against-illegal-fishing/

PM mum on poll delay

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

 

EC chief says election date cannot be fixed before publication of decree, denies choice of march 10.

 

DESPITE mounting criticism and widespread calls to avoid a further delay of the election, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday remained defiant and refused to say whether the poll would be put off, while claiming the international community understood the situation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077140-pm-prayut-mum-on-poll-delay/

 

Insurgents use vehicle of murdered teacher to trigger bomb blast

By SOMCHAI SAMART, 
SUPITCHA RATTANA 
THE NATION

 

Forensic officials yesterday collect evidence from the site of a powerful car-bomb attack near a police station in Songkhla’s Thepa district that injured two police officers.

 

THE LATEST car-bomb explosion in Songkhla province yesterday left the public in shock after insurgents were suspected of killing a 62-year-old teacher and stealing his pickup for the attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077141-insurgents-use-vehicle-of-murdered-teacher-to-trigger-bomb-blast-in-songkhla/

 

Thailand comes out tops

By The Nation

 

 

For those seeking a fresh idea for their next holidays, Expedia offers a list of the rising destinations according to air travel demand between January 1 and November 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077142-thailand-comes-out-tops/

 

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Casual clothes allowed at prestigious school

By THE NATION

 

 

SECONDARY students at the prestigious Bangkok Christian College left their uniforms at home and dressed casually for the first time yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076901-students-at-elite-bangkok-school-to-ditch-uniforms-for-now/?do=findComment&comment=13719140

 

Six provinces to become ‘beggar-free’

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

STREET BEGGARS found to be repeat offenders will face a fine of up to Bt10,000, while six provinces will be declared “beggar-free zones” under a flagship project, under a new regulation approved by the Beggar Control Committee this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077143-six-thai-provinces-to-become-‘beggar-free’/

 

Sirisak must compromise as Thais fight to survive

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

The War Elephants during a training in Dubai.

 

Caretaker Thailand coach Sirisak Yodyadthai admits he faces a tactical dilemma after being handed the job of salvaging Thailand’s pride in the Asian Cup.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077144-sirisak must-compromise as thais-fight-to-survive/

 

Survey finds doctors unhappy and dangerously overworked

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

DOCTORS and nurses at state hospitals in Thailand are chronically overworked, according to the Department of Medical Services, which is tabulating the results of a survey that found about 60 per cent of doctors work more than 80 hours per week and 90 per cent had to take shifts even when ill.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077145-survey-finds-doctors-unhappy-and-dangerously-overworked/

 

Thai people ‘must work towards a welfare state’

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

Representatives from several political parties talk ...

 

Move needed to ensure security for all, says thinker.
 

A PROMINENT thinker has urged people to push for a welfare state, which he believes does not contradict the benefits of capitalism-driven development. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077146-thai-people-‘must-work-towards-a-welfare-state’/

 

Experts looking into cause of building collapse

By KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH 
THE NATION

 

 

EXPERTS from the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) yesterday inspected a building in Bangkok’s Soi Ramkhamhaeng 51/2 area, which had partially collapsed on Monday afternoon while being demolished, injuring two passers-by.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077147-experts-looking-into-cause-of-building-collapse-in-bangkok/

 

Father, brother of Saudi teen flying to Thailand

By The Nation

 

A handout photo shows Saudi Arabia woman who seeking for asylum Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun (C) chats with Thai Immigration Police Chief Surachet Hakparn (R) and UNHCR officer (L) at the Suvarnabhumi international airport on January 7.//EPA-EFE

 

The father and brother of a Saudi teenager, whose flight and plea for asylum has made international headlines, will travel to Thailand later today to give their accounts to the UN refugee agency, the Thai Immigration police chief said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077148-father-brother-of-saudi-teen-flying-to-thailand/

 

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Saudi teen asylum seeker spotlights 'strangling' male guardianship

By Heba Kanso

 

Saudi teen Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun is greeted by Thai immigration authorities at a hotel inside Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand January 7, 2019. Thailand Immigration Police via REUTERS

 

BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World headlines about an 18-year-old Saudi Arabian woman seeking asylum in Thailand have thrown the spotlight on the conservative kingdom's guardianship system where male relatives take charge of key decisions in a woman's life.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077148-father-brother-of-saudi-teen-flying-to-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=13719183

 

Man shot dead by colleague in front of daughter

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Amarin TV

 

A man has been killed by his colleague in front his young daughter after he refused to conspire with him to cheat their boss out of money in Kanchanaburi, in western Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077149-kanchanaburi-man-shot-dead-by-colleague-in-front-of-daughter/

 

The monkey that became entangled in a fishing net

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

 

An anti-junta academic described the political efforts of the Prayut administration as like “a monkey using a fishing net”. The old Thai saying warns that when someone grapples with something he has little knowledge of, the situation can rapidly worsen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077150-the-monkey-that-became-entangled-in-a-fishing-net-opinion/

 

Election uncertainty is damaging the economy

 

 

Junta’s delaying tactics now threaten to whip up financial turmoil and social unrest

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077151-election-uncertainty-is-damaging-the-economy-editorial/

 

UK PM May defeated in parliament, lawmakers create new obstacle to no-deal Brexit

By William James

 

An Anti-Brexit demonstrator is seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's government suffered a defeat in parliament on Tuesday when lawmakers who oppose leaving the European Union without an accord won a vote that created a new obstacle to a no-deal Brexit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077156-uk-pm-may-defeated-in-parliament-lawmakers-create-new-obstacle-to-no-deal brexit/

 

Drone reports temporarily halt flights from London's Heathrow

By Paul Sandle

 

British Airways aircraft sit on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain January 8, 2019. Picture taken through an airplane window. REUTERS/Staff

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Flights from London's Heathrow airport were halted for about an hour on Tuesday after reports of a drone sighting near Europe's busiest air hub, raising fears that the chaos that affected rival Gatwick last month could be repeated on an even larger scale.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077159-drone-reports-temporarily-halt-flights-from-londons heathrow/

 

Trump to focus on border 'crisis,' seek support for wall in televised address

By Jeff Mason

 

The prototypes for U.S. President Donald Trump's border wall are seen behind the border fence between Mexico and the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will make his case to Americans on Tuesday that a wall is urgently needed to resolve what he calls a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, trying to make good on a campaign promise in a dispute that has sparked an 18-day partial government shutdown.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077160-trump-to-focus-on-border-crisis-seek-support-for-wall-in-televised-address/

 

Manafort allegedly lied about giving polling data to Russian: court filing

By Nathan Layne

 

FILE PHOTO: President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort departs U.S. District Court after a motions hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was accused by federal prosecutors of lying about sharing polling data related to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign with a business partner with alleged ties to Russian intelligence, according to portions of a court filing by Manafort's defence team that were inadvertently made public on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077171-manafort-allegedly-lied-about-giving-polling-data-to-russian-court-filing/

 

Six migrants held for using eight young children to beg in Pattaya

By The Nation

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

In a crackdown on Tuesday night, Pattaya police arrested six migrants and rescued eight children after a Facebook page alerted them that a woman might be using a baby for begging.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077176-six-migrants-held-for-using-eight-young-children-to-beg-in-pattaya/

 

Trump demands U.S. border wall, sidesteps declaring emergency

By Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office about immigration and the southern U.S. border on the 18th day of a partial government shutdown at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged Congress on Tuesday to give him $5.7 billion (4.5 billion pounds) this year to help build a wall on the border with Mexico, but stopped short of declaring a national emergency that could have led to unilaterally funding the project.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077177-trump-demands-us-border-wall-sidesteps-declaring-emergency/

 

Mystery death of French woman found floating in Samui: Police looking for motorbike

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Mystery surrounds the death of a 42 year old French woman who was studying at a language school on Koh Samui. She was found floating in the sea with a head injury after apparently going for a trip to a waterfall on her motorcycle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077178-mystery-death-of-french-woman-found-floating-in-samui-police-looking-for-motorbike/

 

Thailand's a financial winner as free Visa on Arrival extended to end of April

 

 

A government spokesman has indicated that offering free visa stamps on arrival has stimulated tourism to Thailand and the scheme will be extended. 

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077183-thailands-a-financial-winner-as-free-visa-on-arrival-extended-to-end-of-april/

 

Video: Russian woman drops into Pattaya hotel restaurant through the roof - turns down hospital visit

 

 

Ruk Siam News reported that a twenty seven year old Russian woman fell from the second floor of the Pattaya Garden Hotel on Pattaya Naklua Road in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077184-video-russian-woman-drops-into-pattaya-hotel-restaurant-through-the-roof-turns-down-hospital-visit/

 

Chinese tourist drowns at Koh Racha

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A 31 year old Chinese man has drowned at Koh Racha yesterday. The Phuket Tourist Police were notified of the incident at 3.30pm yesterday (Tuesday).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077188-chinese-tourist-drowns-at-koh-racha/

 

Phuket tram project seeks private sector investment

By The Thaiger

 

 

(The term ‘tram’ and ‘light rail’ are variously used to describe the new public transport project for Phuket.)

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077192-phuket-tram-project-seeks-private-sector-investment/

 

Chiang Mai and Pattaya ranked among the healthiest cities in the world: study

 

 

Chiang Mai and Pattaya have been named among the healthiest cities in the world, according to a new study.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077196-chiang-mai-and-pattaya-ranked-among-the-healthiest-cities-in-the-world-study/

 

Mama mia! It's all hugs and wais as "Aunty Porn" returns a 'million' to Italian

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on yet another story showcasing the honesty of Thai people and their desire to promote tourism to the kingdom. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1077198-mama-mia-its-all-hugs-and-wais-as-aunty-porn-returns-a-million-to-italian/