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Taxi driver shot dead over taxi queue disagreement in Patong

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A taxi driver has been shot dead in Patong this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088182-taxi-driver-shot-dead-over-taxi-queue-disagreement-in-patong/

Tourist ransacks hotel toilet room, injures three policeman, before falling from second floor window

By The Nation

 

Picture: Sophon 

 

An unidentified western tourist destroyed items inside a Pattaya hotel toilet early on Thursday before he injured three policemen who tried to arrest him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088199-tourist-ransacks-hotel-toilet-room-injures-three-policeman-before-falling-from-second-floor-window/

Samut Prakan ladyboy arrested for selling ‘boy porn’

By The Nation

 

 

Crime Suppression Division police on Thursday arrested a ladyboy in Samut Prakan for allegedly luring teenage boys to masturbate on camera and selling the video.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088202-samut-prakan-ladyboy-arrested-for-selling-‘boy-porn’/

 

Netflix film on Tham Luang cave rescue to earn footballers Bt3m each

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The world-famous rescue of the 13 young footballers, who were trapped for nearly two weeks in a cave in Chiang Rai last year, will make its way to Netflix soon, the Culture Ministry announced on Thursday at an event in Bangkok’s National Library.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088274-netflix-film-on-tham-luang-cave-rescue-to-earn-footballers-bt3m-each/

 

UPDATE:

 

‘A threat to monarchy’

By THE NATION

 

Journalist records a live TV broadcast of a judge delivering the decision of the Constitutional Court in Bangkok to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart party yesterday.

 

Judges rule unanimously to dissolve Thai Raksa Chart.

 

THE Constitutional Court yesterday disbanded the Thai Raksa Chart Party for nominating a member of the Royal Family, Princess Ubolratana, as its candidate for prime minister, ruling that such a move “might undermine” the Thai constitutional monarchy system, which placed the monarchy above politics.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088209-constitutional-court-orders-thai-raksa-chart-dissolved/?do=findComment&comment=13915362

 

UPDATE:

 

Banned party’s supporters urged to vote for ‘democratic camp’

By THE NATION

 

Thai Raksa Chart Party leader Preechaphol Pongpanit is surrounded by journalists at the Constitutional Court yesterday after the dissolution of his party. He and other party executives have been banned from politics for a decade.

 

THAI RAKSA CHART leader Preechaphol Pongpanit said yesterday that he and other party executives were “extremely saddened” by the Constitution Court’s verdict disbanding the party.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088209-constitutional-court-orders-thai-raksa-chart-dissolved/?do=findComment&comment=13915366

 

Parties promise gender equality as world marks Women’s Day

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Six women and women’s organisations are awarded by the National Human Rights Commission for their work in defending women’s rights in Thai society, at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre yesterday.

 

AHEAD OF International Women’s Day today, Thai political parties took the opportunity to publicise their policies on gender equality yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088276-parties-promise-gender-equality-as-world-marks-women’s-day/

 

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Forest bills pass NLA despite protests

By PIYAPORN WONGRUNG 
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Protection improved but bills fail to involve forest dwellers in co-management.

 

THE NATIONAL Legislative Assembly yesterday passed two amendments to the forestry and wildlife bills, which for the first time will allow forest dwellers and communities with overlapping claims to continue living “lawfully” in the forest – under some conditions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088204-nla-offends-forest-dwellers-with-nation-parks-amendments/?do=findComment&comment=13915375

 

Agency dismisses fear of drought, predict rains from late May

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DRY SEASON, which is threatening many provinces with a shortage of water for consumption, is expected to only last until the third week of May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088278-agency-dismisses-fear-of-drought-predict-rains-from-late-may/

 

Public-private cooperation the key to transforming ‘sick cities’

By PUANGCHOMPOO PRASERT 
THE NATION

 

 

THE NATIONAL Health Commission Office (NHCO) has launched a “Healthy Cities” campaign to improve people’s physical and social environments and tackle problems caused by various urban issues, including poor lifestyles and pollution.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088281-public-private-cooperation-the-key-to-transforming-‘sick-cities’/

 

Sadom’s rising confidence lifts him to the top again

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Sadom Kaewkanjana

 

Rising star Sadom Kaewkanjana continued his impressive form to shoot an opening 67 and take a share in a  six-way lead after the first round of the Bt5 million Singha Masters in Chiang Rai on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088282-sadom’s-rising-confidence-lifts-him-to-the-top-again/

 

How we might break the plastic habit

By The Nation

 

 

A global ‘treaty’ under consideration could be the catalyst to reducing the ruinous waste

 

Convenience and cheap production costs and retail prices have, over the course of seven decades, made the use of plastic products a global habit. Current annual production is estimated to be in excess of 300 million tonnes. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088284-how-we-might-break-the-plastic-habit/

 

Populist policies dominate election campaigning

 

Representatives of five political parties taking part in an election debate organized by Thai PBS Wednesday night on the issue of state welfare.

 

Populist polices in one form or another seem to be dominating the debate for the upcoming general election. And a welfare state appears to be most common catchword.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088285-populist-policies-dominate-election-campaigning/

 

Motorcyclist crushed under turning truck

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Ms Nanthiya Thongsen sits in shock at the entrance leading to Makro, Thalang. Photo Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket: A man has died after his motorcycle hit a truck in Thalang as he was riding to work with his wife early this morning (Mar 7).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088286-motorcyclist-crushed-under-turning-truck/ 

 

Robinson launches campaign to spark shoppers nationwide

By The Nation

 

 

As summer temperatures heat up, department stores and shopping centres are also heating up in their efforts to pull in shoppers by offering massive discounts and prizes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088288-robinson-launches-campaign-to-spark-shoppers-nationwide/

 

Britain still hopeful of weekend Brexit breakthrough, says Hunt

By Kylie MacLellan and Michael Holden

 

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives a statement to the media in Berlin, Germany, February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is still hopeful it can secure a Brexit breakthrough with the European Union this weekend ahead of a key parliamentary vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's deal next week, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088289-britain-still-hopeful-of-weekend brexit breakthrough-says-hunt/

 

Brussels court convicts Frenchman of murder in Jewish museum attack

By Clement Rossignol

 

A police special unit officer secures the Palace of Justice during the trial of Mehdi Nemmouche and Nacer Bendrer, who are suspected of killing four people in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum in 2014, in Brussels, Belgium March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French citizen Mehdi Nemmouche was convicted of "terrorist murder" on Thursday for shooting dead four people in a Jewish museum in Brussels after coming back from Syria in 2014, the federal prosecutor's spokesman said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088290-brussels-court-convicts-frenchman-of-murder-in-jewish-museum-attack/

 

Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for unpaid legal fees

By Jonathan Stempel

 

Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters he departs with his attorney and advisor Lanny Davis after testifying before a closed House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday sued the Trump Organization, saying it reneged on its obligation to reimburse him for millions of dollars of legal fees and costs related to his work.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088291-michael-cohen-sues-trump-organization-for-unpaid-legal-fees/

 

SpaceX CEO Musk's security clearance under review over pot use - official

 

SpaceX founder Elon Musk looks on at a post-launch news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifted off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

(Reuters) - SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk's security clearance is being reviewed by the Pentagon after the billionaire smoked marijuana on a California comedian's podcast in September, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088292-spacex-ceo-musks-security-clearance-under-review-over-pot-use-official/

 

Under pressure, Canada's Trudeau denies impropriety, offers no apology

By David Ljunggren and Julie Gordon

 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a Liberal Climate Action Rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 4, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday denied interfering in Canada's judicial system as he sought to defuse a crisis threatening his political future, and offered no apology, asserting only that lessons had been learned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088293-under-pressure-canadas-trudeau-denies-impropriety-offers-no-apology/

 

UK PM May to EU: Agree to backstop changes or risk disorderly Brexit

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is seen outside of Downing Street in London, Britain, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May put the onus on the European Union to make concessions over the thorny issue of the Irish backstop in Brexit talks, or risk Britain leaving the EU without a deal, which she said would be against EU interests.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088294-uk-pm-may-to-eu-agree-to-backstop-changes-or-risk-disorderly-brexit/

 

Aussie thug bottles customer in Pattaya beer bar in shocking and unprovoked attack

 

video screenshot

 

CCTV footage captured the moment a thug launched a shocking and allegedly unprovoked attack on a man drinking in a bar in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088298-aussie-thug-bottles-customer-in-pattaya-beer-bar-in-shocking-and-unprovoked-attack/

 

Songkran may escape booze ban - but it's jail for those that sell on election weekends

 

Picture: Manager

 

A leading public health official promoting a ban on alcohol sales on the main day of  the Songkran celebration has suggested that the ban may not be in place this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088305-songkran-may-escape-booze-ban-but-its-jail-for-those-that-sell-on-election-weekends/

 

Phuket hotels under pressure to perform

By Bill Barnett

 

 

by Bill Barnett C9 Hotelworks

 

Despite registering a record high 9 million passenger arrivals at the island’s gateway international airport in 2018, performance data is indicating that a slowdown in its double-digit growth rates over the past few years is on the horizon for Thailand’s resort destination of Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088306-phuket-hotels-under-pressure-to-perform/

 

U.S. judge gives Trump ex-aide Manafort leniency: under four years in prison

By Sarah N. Lynch, Andy Sullivan and Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign chair and convention manager Paul Manafort appears at a press conference at the Republican Convention in Cleveland, U.S., July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Thursday by a U.S. judge to less than four years in prison - far shy of federal sentencing guidelines - for financial crimes uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088307-us-judge-gives-trump-ex-aide-manafort-leniency-under-four-years-in-prison/

 

Thai sex bomb movie star goes from beauty to mangy skinhead - blames the high life

 

Pictures: Sanook

 

A former movie star renowned for her stunning looks was found in the gutter in Sri Racha begging for handouts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088309-thai-sex-bomb-movie-star-goes-from-beauty-to-mangy-skinhead-blames-the-high-life/

 

Mayor stands up for "Mr Durian" - says he wanted his own son to get hitched with daughter!

 

 

The mayor of the town where a wealthy durian trader advertised his daughter for marriage has described him as a likable rogue with a good heart. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088311-mayor-stands-up-for-mr-durian-says-he-wanted-his-own-son-to-get-hitched-with-daughter/

 

Holocaust survivor meets with California teens involved in Nazi salute photos

By Steve Gorman

 

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, talks to the media at Newport Harbor High School after speaking with a group of students seen in viral online photos giving Nazi salutes over a swastika made of red cups that sparked outrage in Newport Beach, California, U.S., March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) - An Auschwitz survivor and stepsister of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank met on Thursday with some of the California high school students who posed in social media photos giving Nazi salutes over a swastika made of red cups used in a drinking game.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088317-holocaust-survivor-meets-with-california-teens-involved-in-nazi-salute-photos/

 

Arrest warrant for "hot head" Russian after he demanded sex at traditional massage parlor in Pattaya

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The Pattaya Court has issued an arrest warrant for a man described by Thai media as a "hot headed Russian mafia" man. 

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088318-arrest-warrant-for-hot-head-russian-after-he-demanded-sex-at-traditional-massage-parlor-in-pattaya/