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Air Asia launches DAILY flights between Hua Hin and Kuala Lumpur

 

 

Air Asia has confirmed it will increase the number of flights between Hua Hin an Kuala Lumpur.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083185-air-asia-launches-daily-flights-between-hua-hin-and-kuala-lumpur/

 

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Video: Horror at Surin parade as young woman picked up by angry elephant

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Surin 19 year old was lucky to escape death or serious injury after an elephant picked her up and smashed her into shops and trees. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083187-video-horror-at-surin-parade-as-young-woman-picked-up-by-angry-elephant/

 

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Video: Attack by elder student on younger girl - Chiang Mai police say families have it sorted

 

 

A video that has only recently come to light showed a savage attack by an older female pupil on a younger girl. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083190-video-attack-by-elder-student-on-younger-girl-chiang-mai-police-say-families-have-it-sorted/

 

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Princess is Thai Raksa Chart’s sole candidate for Prime Minister

By The Nation 

 

Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi

 

Princess Ubolratana, who relinquished her royal status in 1972, was named on Friday by the Thai Raksa Chart Party, a major ally of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as its sole candidate to be the next Prime Minister.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083166-princess-nominated-to-lead-thailand-in-election-shocker/?do=findComment&comment=13822200

 

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Pattaya police chief raps the knuckles of "undercover" team after bungled police work

 

 

The chief of the Pattaya police has promised disciplinary action against the head of an undercover drug investigation team and volunteers under his command. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083195-pattaya-police-chief-raps-the-knuckles-of-undercover-team-after-bungled-police-work/

 

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East Pattaya public housing project drowning in trash

 

 

PATTAYA:--An East Pattaya housing project is generating so much garbage, no matter where it’s put, it annoys people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083197-east-pattaya-public-housing-project-drowning-in-trash/

 

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Sewers, drains cleaned

 

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya workers dredged and cleaned sewers and repaired street grates across the city to improve storm drainage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083196-sewers-drains-cleaned/

 

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Angry Pattaya councilors order neglected Jomtien palm trees revived

 

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya city councilmen ordered the city’s parks department to immediately rejuvenate about 30 palm trees on Jomtien Beach that have wilted to near-death due to improper care.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083200-angry-pattaya-councilors-order-neglected-jomtien-palm-trees-revived/

 

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Final phase of North Road wire-burying project begins March 11

 

 

PATTAYA:--The Provincial Electricity Authority will begin the final phase of its project to bury power and utility wires under North Road in March, with more traffic congestion to continue into 2020.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083201-final-phase-of-north-road-wire-burying-project-begins-march-11/

 

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Police threaten trash-burners with 7 years in jail

 

 

PATTAYA:--Police are threatening up to seven years in jail for burning grass and garbage during Thailand’s air pollution crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083199-police-threaten-trash-burners-with-7-years-in-jail/

 

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Banglamung puts drug-infested neighborhood under microscope

 

 

PATTAYA:--Banglamung District has put the Rong Loey Community under extreme scrutiny to stamp out drugs in the Moo 3 village.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083203-banglamung-puts-drug-infested-neighborhood-under-microscope/

 

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North Road drainage system install on schedule

 

 

PATTAYA:--Roadwork on upper North Road to install a new drainage system is on schedule for completion in September.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083205-north-road-drainage-system-install-on-schedule/

 

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Video: Bangkok to Ban Chang (Route 7) latest news - opening April 2020

 

Picture: The Pattaya News

 

The Pattaya News reported that the Pattaya to Mataphut section of the Bangkok to Ban Chang motorway (Route 7) was now 94% complete. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083207-video-bangkok-to-ban-chang-route-7-latest-news-opening-april-2020/

 

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Amazon's Bezos says National Enquirer owner tried to blackmail him

By Jeffrey Dastin and Nandita Bose

 

FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and CEO of Amazon, speaks about the future plans of Blue Origin during an address to attendees at Access Intelligence's SATELLITE 2017 conference in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon.com Inc, has accused the owner of the National Enquirer of trying to blackmail him with the threat of publishing "intimate photos" he allegedly sent to his girlfriend unless he said in public that the supermarket tabloid's reporting on him was not politically motivated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083210-amazons-bezos-says-national-enquirer-owner-tried-to-blackmail-him/

 

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Motorbike driver “flew five metres” in Krabi road incident

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A male motorist has sustained serious injuries after a car collided with his motorbike in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083212-motorbike-driver-“flew-five-metres”-in-krabi-road-incident/

 

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Thailand launches Huawei 5G test bed, even as U.S. urges allies to bar Chinese gear

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

A Huawei 5G device is pictured outside an exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday launched a Huawei Technologies 5G test bed, even as the United States urges its allies to bar the Chinese telecoms giant from building next-generation mobile networks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083219-thailand-launches-huawei-5g-test-bed-even-as-us-urges-allies-to-bar-chinese-gear/

 

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Weatherman predicts worsening smog problem next week

 

 

Smog conditions in and around Bangkok are expected to get worse between February 13th and 15th, with an increase in the level of accumulated PM2.5 dust particles in the atmosphere – thanks to the anticipated high pressure cell over the central region, the Meteorological Department reported today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083243-weatherman-predicts-worsening-smog-problem-next-week/

 

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Crew of salvaged Phuket fishing boat elude charges for catching baby rays

By The Phuket News

 

Baby rays and guitarfish were found strewn across the sea floor around the ‘Aor Janjira’ wreck on the sea floor off Koh Racha Noi. Photo: Go Eco Phuket

 

PHUKET: The captain, crew and operator of a sunken Phuket fishing boat that was salvaged off Racha Noi Island last month will not face charges for a haul of baby rays and guitarfish found on the sea bed where the wreck came to rest.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083247-crew-of-salvaged-phuket-fishing-boat-elude-charges-for-catching-baby-rays/

 

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Paiboon challenges Princess' nomination

By The Nation

 

Thai Raksa Chart Party's leader Preechaphol Pongpanit submits on Friday the party's list of prime minister candidate to the Election Commission. His sole candidate is Princess Ubolratana.//Pramote Putthaisong

 

A leader of the People’s Reform Party asked the Election Commission on Friday to rule whether the nomination of His Majesty the King’s eldest sister for the prime minister's job breached electoral laws.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083166-princess-nominated-to-lead-thailand-in-election-shocker/?do=findComment&comment=13823279

 

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The Princess who would be Prime Minister

By The Nation

 

 

Princess Ubolratana, who relinquished her royal status in 1972, was named on Friday by the Thai Raksa Chart Party, a major ally of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as its sole candidate to be the next Prime Minister.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083166-princess-nominated-to-lead-thailand-in-election-shocker/?do=findComment&comment=13823312

 

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Phuket Governor confirms there is enough water in Phuket

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Bang Wad Dam, Kathu

 

The Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana has confirmed that Phuket has enough water supplies for residential use without restrictions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083249-phuket-governor-confirms-there-is-enough-water-in-phuket/

 

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Phuket airport readies for heavier air traffic

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

New air traffic control systems are being tested at Phuket International Airport as the facility handles more than 300 flights per day. Photo: AoT / file

 

PHUKET:-- Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd, the state company for air-traffic controllers better known as “Aerothai”, will launch a new air-traffic control system at Phuket International Airport to cope with the ever-increasing number of flights landing and taking off at the island’s key tourism portal.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083266-phuket-airport-readies-for-heavier-air-traffic/

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Swiss tourist at Kata Beach suffers heart attack

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Kata Beach. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET:-- A Swiss tourist who died after being pulled from the water at Kata Beach unconscious on Monday (Feb 4) suffered a heart attack, police have confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083268-swiss-tourist-at-kata-beach-suffers-heart-attack/

 

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Russian woman rescued from night-swim rip current at Koh Lanta

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The tourist, 27-year-old Maria Novikova, was brought safely ashore, but emotionally distraught. Photo: Royal Thai Navy

 

PHUKET:-- A Russian tourist enjoying a night swim with friends at Koh Lanta was rescued after more than an hour search for her in the dark.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083269-russian-woman-rescued-from-night-swim-rip-current-at-koh-lanta/

 

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14 arrested in crackdown on money-lending network

By The Nation

 

 

Fourteen suspects were arrested for racketeering after police raided 30 locations in Bangkok and surrounding provinces in a crackdown on the "Yai Jeab" illegal money-lending network on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083271-14-arrested-in-crackdown-on-money-lending-network/

 

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Ubolratana 'deeply touched,' pledges to lead Thais to prosperity

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

A screenshot of Ubolratana's Instagram post.

 

BANGKOK — Speaking for the first time since she accepted the nomination to be Thailand’s next prime minister, former princess Ubolratana thanked her supporters and vowed to lead the country toward a golden age.

 

Full Story: hhttps://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083166-princess-nominated-to-lead-thailand-in-election-shocker/?do=findComment&comment=13823920

 

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Four ways to beat hackers and protect your online accounts

By MAYUREE SUKYINGCHAROENWONG 
THE NATION

 

 

THE POLICE Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) is reminding people to regularly change their passwords for social media accounts as a protection against hackers, who broke into many Facebook users belonging to Thai users, resulting in 623 police complaints in 2018.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083275-four-ways-to-beat-hackers-and-protect-your-online-accounts/

 

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Mayor announces details of Old Town Chinese New Year celebrations

By The Phuket News

 

This year's event will present three elements of Phuket’s heritage: food, architecture and dress. Photo supplied

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket City Municipality yesterday (Feb 7) held a press conference at the 72nd Anniversary Queen Sirikit Park – also known as Dragon Park – on Thalang Rd in Phuket Town to announce further details of activities included in the upcoming 20th Phuket Old Town Chinese New Year celebrations.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083276-mayor-announces-details-of-old-town-chinese-new-year-celebrations/

 

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Expat struck down by power cables felled by cement truck

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The motorbike the foreigner was riding was struck down by the felled power cables. Photo: Chalong Municipality

 

PHUKET:-- A Phuket expat escaped deadly injury today as he was struck by power cables that were pulled down by a cement truck in Chalong earlier today (Feb 8).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083277-expat-struck-down-by-power-cables-felled-by-cement-truck/

 

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I'm 'now a commoner' candidate : Princess Ubolratana

 

File photo : Princess Ubolratana

 

Princess Ubolratana, the sole Thai Raksa Chart party candidate for premiership, said on Friday that she wanted to use her rights and freedoms under the Constitution as a commoner.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083166-princess-nominated-to-lead-thailand-in-election-shocker/?do=findComment&comment=13823983