webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Video: Ranting "aunty" faces summons from police after blocking the traffic Picture: Daily News A video on the Facebook page of Thai Rath showed a Thai woman in a car giving an expletive laden rant to people trying to get past. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078890-video-ranting-aunty-faces-summons-from-police-after-blocking-the-traffic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Phuket declares rabies outbreak zone in Chalong By The Thaiger A district livestock development office in Phuket province has announced a Rabies outbreak zone in the Chalong area yesterday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078892-phuket-declares-rabies-outbreak-zone-in-chalong/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Video: No cops! No cops! Myanmar suspect casually walks out of police station Picture: ONB news Thai Rath produced video evidence of a Myanmar national's escape from police custody in Songkhla. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078896-video-no-cops-no-cops-myanmar-suspect-casually-walks-out-of-police-station/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Bali Hai expanded without adequate restrooms PATTAYA:--With Bali Hai Pier busier than ever, its shortage of public toilets has become a crisis. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078894-bali-hai-expanded-without-adequate-restrooms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Boat operators, floating restaurants to be impacted by environmental-law changes PATTAYA:--Chonburi asked Pattaya-area boat and floating restaurant operators how new environmental regulations might affect them. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078897-boat-operators-floating-restaurants-to-be-impacted-by-environmental-law-changes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Police look for Pattaya Beach ‘troublemaker’ PATTAYA:--A beach mat vendor with a bad reputation is running from police after allegedly attacking another man at random on Pattaya Beach. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078899-police-look-for-pattaya-beach-‘troublemaker’/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Pattaya police detain 8 beggars with infants PATTAYA:--Pattaya police rounded up six beggars with eight young children after a video shined unfavorable light on the city’s problem with panhandling gangs. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078898-pattaya-police-detain-8-beggars-with-infants/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Immigration: All foreigners working at Pattaya Floating Market legal PATTAYA:--Immigration police said all foreigners working at the Pattaya Floating Market are doing so legally after responding to complaints by xenophobic Thais. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078902-immigration-all-foreigners-working-at-pattaya-floating-market-legal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Nongprue cracks down on sidewalk vendors PATTAYA:--Nongprue officials evicted street vendors set up illegally on the sidewalks of Soi Khao Noi. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078901-nongprue-cracks-down-on-sidewalk-vendors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Pattaya launches study into tram system PATTAYA:--Pattaya has launched a formal feasibility study of using electric trams as part of the city’s efforts to improve mass transit. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078903-pattaya-launches-study-into-tram-system/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Chiang Mai faces another eight year wait for Light Rail network An upbeat report by Chiang Mai News reported some "auspicious" dates for the diaries of Chiang Mai residents. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078906-chiang-mai-faces-another-eight-year-wait-for-light-rail-network/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Pattaya reviews accessibility efforts with disabled residents PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials and representatives of disabled residents met to check on the progress of projects to improve accessibility and improve the quality of life for the disabled. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078905-pattaya-reviews-accessibility-efforts-with-disabled-residents/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Homeless man beaten for refusing cigarette PATTAYA:--A homeless man was bludgeoned with a glass bottle after he refused a request to bum a cigarette off him. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078907-homeless-man-beaten-for-refusing-cigarette/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 December drug bust leads to 3 new captures PATTAYA:--The December arrest of a northern drug runner caught with 200,000 methamphetamine pills in Pattaya is paying off, with police arresting his alleged local dealer and two others. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078910-december-drug-bust-leads-to-3-new-captures/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Gloomy forecast for Davos: crises aplenty, but few world leaders By Silvia Aloisi Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab attends a news conference ahead of the Davos annual meeting in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland January 15, 2019. Picture taken January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse MILAN (Reuters) - An array of crises will keep several world leaders away from the annual World Economic Forum in Davos next week, which takes place against a backdrop of deepening gloom over the global economic and political outlook. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078911-gloomy-forecast-for-davos-crises-aplenty-but-few-world-leaders/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Bad day in Phuket: Australian found hanged, Frenchman dies of heart attack By Eakkapop Thongtub Thalang Police were called to respond to the deaths of two long-term expats Phuket yesterday (Jan 17). Photo: The Phuket News / file PHUKET: Police responded to incidents involving the deaths of two long-term Phuket expats yesterday (Jan 17): one Australian man deemed by police to have committed suicide, and a 71-year-old Frenchman who died of a heart attack. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078915-bad-day-in-phuket-australian-found-hanged-frenchman-dies-of-heart-attack/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Germany, China to sign pacts during finance minister's Beijing visit By Michael Nienaber German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks during the China-Germany High Level Financial Dialogue with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Andy Wong/Pool via Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany welcomes progress in cooperation with China, especially in the financial sector, and aims to spur further development, its finance minister, Olaf Scholz, said in Beijing on Friday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078917-germany-china-to-sign-pacts-during-finance-ministers-beijing-visit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 US Govt shutdown prevents tsunami-warning buoy going live By Tanyaluk Sakoot The tsunami-warning buoy was deployed this morning (Jan 18), but remains to be activated. Photo: NDWC PHUKET: The US government shutdown due Congressional appropriations has left the tsunami-warning buoy deployed off Phuket today useless as the buoy remains to be manually activated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078923-us-govt-shutdown-prevents-tsunami-warning-buoy-going-live/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Drunk cycling will soon be considered legal offence with 500 baht fine Drunk bicyclists who are currently immune to litigation because there is no law to make drunk cycling an offence will in the near future face a fine of 500 baht under a new traffic bill which passed the first reading of the National Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078952-drunk-cycling-will-soon-be-considered-legal-offence-with-500-baht-fine/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Low pressure from China will confine air pollution in Bangkok for next 7 days Air pollution in and around Bangkok is expected to remain bad if not worse in the next seven days due to the onset of low pressure from China which will keep PM2.5 dust particles hovering in the area from spreading out, said Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078955-low-pressure-from-china-will-confine-air-pollution-in-bangkok-for-next-7-days/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Election Rally Fears Counterprotest To Instigate Violence By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter Pro-democracy protesters raise the anti-junta three finger salute on May 22, 2018. BANGKOK — An organizer of tomorrow’s pro-democracy rally said Friday he fears clashes could break out after a counterprotest was announced for the same site. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078957-election-rally-fears-counterprotest-to-instigate-violence/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Bangkok Airways' new Airbus arrives Friday Bangkok Airways on Friday welcomed the latest Airbus A319 as the 40th aircraft to its fleet at Suvarnabhumi Airport, according to its press release. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078959-bangkok-airways-new-airbus-arrives-friday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 BTS Fails To Keep Accessibility Promises For 4th Year By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — The BTS Skytrain remains inaccessible to all commuters four years after a historic legal victory for disability activists. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078967-bts fails-to-keep-accessibility-promises-for-4th-year/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 UPDATE: Australian man found hanged outside home in Thalang By The Thaiger An Australian man has been found hanged outside his house in Thalang. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078915-bad-day-in-phuket-australian-found-hanged-frenchman-dies-of-heart-attack/?do=findComment&comment=13751336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Netflix comes under fire for using real footage of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster By VALERIE EDWARDS Netflix has been slammed for using real footage of the deadly Lac-Mégantic train crash for a scene in the movie Bird Box. In the popular Netflix film, footage of the crash appeared within the first five minutes as a scene within a scene (pictured) Netflix's post-apocalyptic survival film Bird Box is drawing criticism for using footage of a real fiery train disaster but the streaming giant has no plans to remove it. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078987-netflix-comes-under-fire-for-using-real-footage-of-the-lac-mégantic-train-disaster/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 The final testimony: film tells stories of last Holocaust survivors by Harriet Sherwood Frank Bright, 90, is one of the Holocaust survivors interviewed in the documentary The Last Survivors. Photograph: Richard Ansett/BBC/Minnow Films Ltd An old school photo slides from the printer into Frank Bright’s hands. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078988-the-final-testimony-film-tells-stories-of-last-holocaust-survivors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 8 single lines of dialogue that changed entire TV shows BY E. GRIFFITHS NBC There is something so brilliant, so uniquely satisfying about watching a new TV show, thinking you understand it and that it all makes sense, and then having your new world rocked by just one line. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078989-8-single-lines-of-dialogue-that-changed-entire-tv-shows/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Swiss man accused of theft and overstaying visa faces deportation By Kamthon Kongsombat The Nation Chor Fah Gallery//facebook The Immigration Bureau plans to blacklist and deport a Swiss man who overstayed his visa and is also accused of series of thefts in Nongkhai and Phuket provinces. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078991-swiss-man-accused-of-theft-and-overstaying-visa-faces-deportation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Phuket officials, Soi Dog rally after dog rabies death By The Phuket News The traditional picture of a rabid dog foaming at the mouth and attacking people is not a true picture, Soi Dog Founder John Dalley stressed. Photo: The Phuket News / file PHUKET:-- A rabies quarantine zone has been established across a large section of Phuket as officials work alongside staffers from the Soi Dog Foundation to ensure against an outbreak of rabies. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078892-phuket-declares-rabies-outbreak-zone-in-chalong/?do=findComment&comment=13751834 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Too many monkeys: Hua Hin to sterilize 1,200 Macaques By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer A tourist pours a bucket of slop onto a swarm of monkeys in Hua Hin in an undated photo. Photo: Matichon HUA HIN — Hua Hin city will spend 1.2 million baht to sterilize 1,200 macaque monkeys in a bid to control their growing population. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078993-too-many-monkeys-hua-hin-to-sterilize-1200-macaques/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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