Expats in Bangkok - the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration wants to hear from you!

 

 

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has asked Thaivisa to assist in sharing a questionnaire aimed at foreigners living and working in the Thai capital.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is the local organization which is directly responsible for city administration and for looking after the well-being of Bangkok residents.

 

If you live in Bangkok and would like to complete the questionnaire you can do so here: https://bit.ly/SurveyBMA

Romance scam gang busted by joint forces

By The Nation

 

 

Thai police have joined their Malaysian counterparts to bust a Nigerian gang operating online romance scams, the same gang that fled Thailand a year ago to set up in Kuala Lumpur.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080436-romance-scam-gang-busted-by-joint-forces/

"Most hated German in Thailand" takes his wife to Hamburg and he's still asking for donations

 

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A beggar dubbed as the "Most Hated German in Thailand" has taken his attractive wife from The Gambia to the fatherland. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080403-most-hated-german-in-thailand-takes-his-wife-to-hamburg-and-hes-still-asking-for-donations/

Still unresolved - Dutch man in dispute over Hua Hin Hospital charges waits on

 

Picture: Jowo77

 

A man from the Netherlands who has been involved in a four year dispute about paying out patient charges to Hua Hin Hospital has refused to accept the hospital's offer of a refund. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080514-still-unresolved-dutch-man-in-dispute-over-hua-hin-hospital-charges-waits-on/

Focus on Thai fishing distracts from worker abuse in other sectors - researchers

By Rina Chandran

 

Construction workers line up to buy food as they take a break in Bangkok, Thailand May 23, 2017. Picture taken May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RC1294021C00

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of migrant workers in Thailand's construction, agriculture and livestock industries suffer from exploitative practices, but a focus on the fishing sector has distracted attention from them, researchers said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080516-focus-on-thai-fishing-distracts-from-worker-abuse-in-other-sectors-researchers/

 

Election campaign rules draw flak

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

Pedestrians walk past an election campaign poster of MP candidate for the Phue Thai party, in Bangkok yesterday. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

CHATURON VOWS TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; EXPERTS SAY REGULATIONS VIOLATE PUBLIC RIGHT TO INFORMATION
 

METICULOUS and stringent rules governing campaigning for the March 24 general election may restrict freedom of expression as well as voters’ right to information, experts say.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080517-election-campaign-rules-draw-flak/

 

Numbers of homeless and sex workers ‘increasing in Bangkok’

By The Nation

 

File photo: Homeless in Bangkok

 

THERE HAS been a surge in the number of homeless people and sex workers in Bangkok, statistics provided by an organisation show.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080519-numbers-of-homeless-and-sex-workers-‘increasing-in-bangkok’/

 

Health, pollution top social media discussion topics

By The Nation

 

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Online channels being increasingly used for complaints about hospital services.

 

STROKES AND dust were the two most-discussed topics among Thai netizens last year, a recent survey has revealed. 

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080520-health-pollution-top-social-media-discussion-topics/

Researchers find city air full of toxic heavy metals

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

File photo: Smog lingers over the city sky line in Bangkok. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

BANGKOK’S AIR is full of toxic heavy metals, researchers have discovered, and it is contributing to year-round hazardous threats to public health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080521-researchers-find-bangkoks-air-full-of-toxic-heavy-metals/

 

Thai Raksa Chart boss calls on PM to ditch emergency powers 

By The Nation

 

Thai Raksa Chart Party members meet with people in a market on Rama IV road in Bangkok yesterday.//Photo : Anant Chantarasoot

 

The Thai Raksa Chart Party yesterday called for the prime minister to cease the use of absolute powers through Article 44 ahead of the general election in March.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080522-thai-raksa-chart-boss-calls-on-pm-to-ditch-emergency-powers /

 

Toon Bodyslam plans mid-year charity run for small hospitals

By THE NATION

 

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ROCK star Athiwara “Toon Bodyslam” Khongmalai on Thursday revealed a plan to organise another charity run in the middle of this year to raise funds for small provincial and district-level hospitals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080523-toon-bodyslam-plans-mid-year-charity-run-for-small-hospitals/

 

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South Korean man accused of killing and dismembering his compatriot arrested

By THE NATION

 

 

POLICE yesterday arrested a South Korean man suspected of murdering his friend, dismembering the body and disposing of the remains in plastic bags.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080344-cut-up-body-found-in-rayong-woods-is-blacklisted-foreigner/?do=findComment&comment=13771014

 

GAT, PAT dates changed again

By The Nation

 

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THE NEW date for the general election has again affected the exam schedule of students preparing for university admissions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080524-gat-pat-dates-changed-again/

 

Google vows to be at forefront in fighting disinformation

By ASINA PORNWASIN 
THE NATION

 

 

GOOGLE HAS committed itself to being an able supporting tool for journalists in order to strengthen the quality of journalism and also to fight misinformation, especially during the upcoming election in Thailand, a senior executive said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080527-google-vows-to-be-at-forefront-in-fighting-disinformation/

 

Coral damage from a sunken fishing boat at Koh Racha Noi – Phuket

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: Thon Thamrongnawasawat

 

More than 50 square metres of coral has been damaged after a fishing boat sank at Koh Racha Noi off Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080529-coral-damage-from-a-sunken-fishing-boat-at-koh-racha-noi-–-phuket/

 

Even in the smog, solutions can be seen

By The Nation

 

 

The pollution will only keep worsening until fuel and engine standards improve, we switch to electric cars or we get on the Skytrain

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080530-even-in-the-smog-solutions-can-be-seen-editorial/

 

Palang Pracharat party unveils ambitious policies, yet to approach Gen Prayut

 

 

The Palang Pracharat Party which supports Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s return as prime minister today unveiled its ambitious so-called “7-7-7” policies that seek to, among others, carry on and expand the incumbent government’s various populist schemes ranging from welfare for the poor, and cheap housing to debt reliefs for laborers and farmers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080531-palang-pracharat-party-unveils-ambitious-policies-yet-to-approach-gen-prayut/

 

Somkid will be one of Palang Pracharat’s prime ministerial candidates

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will be one of the three prime ministerial candidates of the pro-Prayut Palang Pracharat Party, party leader Uttama Savanayana said Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080532-somkid-will-be-one-of-palang-pracharat’s-prime-ministerial-candidates/

 

Nuclear, climate threats keep Doomsday Clock close to apocalypse

By Peter Szekely

 

Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, (L-R), Lawrence Krauss, Robert Rosner and Sharon Squassoni move the 'Doomsday Clock' hands to two minutes until midnight at a news conference in Washington, U.S. January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

(Reuters) - A renewed nuclear arms race, rising greenhouse gas emissions and the emergence of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns have left the modern world as close to annihilation as it was at the height of the Cold War, atomic scientists said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080533-nuclear-climate-threats-keep doomsday clock close-to-apocalypse/

 

Trump postponement is latest twist in changeable State of the Union

By Amanda Becker

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at a healthcare roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This week's fight between U.S. President Donald Trump and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi over his State of the Union speech was unusual - but the resulting postponement was not.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080534-trump-postponement-is-latest-twist-in-changeable-state-of-the-union/

 

Senate blocks measures to end U.S. shutdown, temporary solution eyed

By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell

 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is surrounded by reporters as she leaves the U.S. Senate chamber and walks back to the House of Representatives side of the Capitol after watching the failure of both competing Republican and Democratic proposals to end the partial government shutdown in back to back votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two competing measures to end the partial U.S. government shutdown fell short in the Senate on Thursday, as lawmakers explored an option to end a month-long impasse with the White House and fund government operations for three weeks while talks continue.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080535-senate-blocks-measures-to-end-us-shutdown-temporary-solution-eyed/

 

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen subpoenaed by U.S. Senate panel - adviser

By David Alexander and Karen Freifeld

 

Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, arrives for his sentencing at United States Court house in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/Files

 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and self-described "fixer" Michael Cohen has been subpoenaed to testify by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, Cohen's adviser Lanny Davis said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080536-ex-trump-lawyer-cohen-subpoenaed-by-us-senate-panel-adviser/

 

Motorbike rider dies in head-on between Patong and Kamala

– VIDEO

By The Thaiger & The Nation

 

PHOTOS: Phuket Traffic Report

 

A motorbike driver has died as a result of injuries sustained when his motorbike collided, head on, with a mini van.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080545-motorbike-rider-dies-in-head-on-between-patong-and-kamala/

 

For better or worse? Expats think Thailand is going down the pan, poll

 

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A poll conducted by Thaivisa has shown that three quarters of people think expatriate life will be worse in five years than it is now. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080548-for-better-or-worse-expats-think-thailand-is-going-down-the-pan-poll/

 

City hall: Pattaya’s air not as bad as it looks

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s air is not as unhealthy as it has looked.

 

That was the message city officials were trying to get out Jan. 17 after blue skies disappeared under a blanket of white haze. Clear skies had returned by that date.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080550-city-hall-pattaya’s-air-not-as-bad-as-it-looks/

 

Police insist no Chinese mafia in Pattaya

Pattaya:--Just as they did during the peak of the area’s Russian-tourism boom, local law enforcement officials again are insisting there is no Chinese organized crime in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080551-police-insist-no-chinese-mafia-in-pattaya/

 

Khao Talo dog lover told to relocate 10 canines

PATTAYA:--A Soi Khao Talo woman with 10 dogs has been told to move the animals or herself.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080553-khao-talo-dog-lover-told-to-relocate-10-canines/

 

 

Motorcyclists break limbs in Sattahip wreck

SATTAHIP:--Two people were injured when they plowed their motorcycle into the side of an SUV making a U-turn in Sattahip.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080554-motorcyclists-break-limbs-in-sattahip-wreck/

 

Motorcycle-taxi driver brings government wrath down on coworkers with online vest sale offer

PATTAYA:--A Pattaya motorcycle taxi driver was arrested for allegedly trying to sell his licensed vest on Facebook for 120,000 baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080555-motorcycle-taxi-driver-brings-government-wrath-down-on-coworkers-with-online-vest-sale-offer/

 

Pattaya to celebrate Chinese New Year on Walking Street, Central Festival

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s celebration for Chinese New Year is so big, two venues were needed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080556-pattaya-to-celebrate-chinese-new-year-on-walking-street-central-festival/