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Polish man charged after threatening people with a gun in Patong

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A Polish man has been charged with carrying a gun in public in Patong, Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090547-polish-man-charged-after-threatening-people-with-a-gun-in-patong/

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Tai Rak Tham party proposes to legalise sex toys

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

A little-known political party competing in the general election revealed on Wednesday one of its priority proposals for Thailand was to legalise the production and sale of sex toys.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090592-tai-rak-tham-party-proposes-to-legalise-sex-toys/

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Thai Retailers Association demands airport shakeup

By The Nation

 

 

Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT) will have to postpone the March 19 to April 1 window scheduled for the sale of terms of reference envelopes for bidding on commercial space at Suvarnabhumi and duty-free stores at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Had Yai airports.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090595-thai-retailers-association-demands-airport-shakeup/

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No post-election obstacles seen for EEC

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION

 

 

WHILE SEVERAL parties contesting Sunday’s election have pledged to review the junta’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development scheme, experts said yesterday that most infrastructure projects will continue regardless of which political parties form the post-election government. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090621-no-post-election-obstacles-seen-for-eec/

 

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Husband of ‘Lady of the Hills’ Lamduan denies killing her

By THE NATION

 

Lamduan

 

THE PARENTS of a Thai woman found dead in England’s Yorkshire Dales in 2004 and, until identified lately, dubbed “the Lady of the Hills” have asked for the return of her remains.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090622-husband-of-‘lady-of-the-hills’-lamduan-denies-killing-her/

 

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Thanathorn, netizens slam Nation TV

By The Nation

 

 

FUTURE FORWARD Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit yesterday beat a right-leaning television station at its own game, challenging it to prove the authenticity of an audio clip alleged to be a conversation between him and ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090623-thanathorn-netizens-slam-nation-tv/

 

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Teacher’s conservation dream comes true

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 
SARABURI

 

Students from Wat Khao Phra Phutthabat Noi School trek through a communal forest in Saraburi as part of their eco-tourism guide training project.

 

Saraburi community wins fight to save its limestone mountain thanks to education on importance of nature.

 

TEACHING YOUNGSTERS to cherish nature was an essential element in the efficient forest-conservation efforts that helped save Saraburi’s last limestone mountain from being turned into cement powder.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090624-saraburi-teacher’s-conservation-dream-comes-true/

 

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No solid policies for the digital era, experts say

By Asina Pornwasin 
The Nation

 

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APART FROM FUTURE FORWARD, NO PARTY HAS CRUCIAL GRAND VISION FOR AGE OF THE INTERNET

 

WHILE MOST OTHER countries are fast moving towards digital innovation, few parties contesting Sunday’s election in Thailand have come up with tangible policies on technological development. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090626-no-solid-policies-for-the-digital-era-thai-experts-say/

 

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Thai Smile adds Kolkata flights

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai Smile makes its way to East India with a new direct flight from Bangkok to Kolkata available from March 31.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090629-thai-smile-adds-kolkata-flights/

 

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Supreme Court clears Trang man of girl’s 2014 murder

By Khanittha Sitong 
The Nation

 

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted 42-year-old Trang man, Pathompong Muenban, who had been sentenced to death by a primary court and then to a life sentence by the Appeals Court, over the 2014 kidnap and murder of an 11-year-old girl, a defence lawyer said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090631-supreme-court-clears-trang-man-of-girl’s-2014-murder/

 

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Why election promises always ring hollow

By The Nation

 

 

For all their avowed generosity, few candidates seem to grasp the massive cost of fixing all our problems

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090632-why-election-promises-always-ring-hollow/

 

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Thai politics is a man’s world. How can we change that? 

By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun  
The Nation

 

 

Former MP Arja Alho offers lessons from a pioneer of political gender equality  

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090634-thai-politics-is-a-man’s-world-how-can-we-change-that /

 

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Forensic expert questions Premchai acquittal of panther carcass possession

 

 

The chief of the Wildlife Forensic Science Unit, at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, has raised questions about Tuesday’s dismissal by the Thong Pha Phume provincial court of the panther carcass possession charge laid against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090596-prosecutors-seek-tougher-sentences-in-tycoon’s-leopard-poaching-case/?do=findComment&comment=13959691

 

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Thungyai wildlife chief wants heavier penalty for Premchai 

 

 

Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary chief Wichien Chinnawong said today that, while he respects the verdict of the Thong Pha Phume provincial court on Italian-Thai Development boss Premchai Karnasuta, he believes the billionaire deserves a heavier penalty.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090596-prosecutors-seek-tougher-sentences-in-tycoon’s-leopard-poaching-case/?do=findComment&comment=13959695

 

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EC says Gen Prayut’s nomination as PM candidate is legal

 

The Election Commission (EC) has ruled that the Palang Pracharat party’s nomination of General Prayut Chan-o-cha as its prime ministerial candidate is legitimate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090597-ec-dismisses-challenge-to-prayut’s-pm-nomination/?do=findComment&comment=13959697

 

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Polish hotel owner charged after threatening staff with gun

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

Blurred photos of the Polish suspect and the firearm and ammunition found at his hotel in Patong. Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: Police have arrested a Polish man who operates a hotel in Patong after he was accused of threatening his hotel manager with a gun.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090547-polish-man-charged-after-threatening-people-with-a-gun-in-patong/?do=findComment&comment=13959702

 

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Thaksin is in Hong Kong. Thailand wants to extradite him.

By The Thaiger

 

 

The exiled former Thai PM, Thaksin Shinawatra, is in Hong Kong to be part of the wedding party in the marriage of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn ‘Ing’ Shinawatra to a commercial pilot, Pidok Sooksawas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090635-thaksin-is-in-hong-kong-thailand-wants-to-extradite-him/

 

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PM follows up on Red Line commuter rail project

 

   

BANGKOK, 21 March 2019 (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha followed up on the construction of the Red Line commuter rail project at Bang Sue Grand Station which is now 86% complete and expected to open in November.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090636-pm-follows-up-on-red-line-commuter-rail-project/

 

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PM inspects Lumpini Park renovation project

 

   

BANGKOK, 21 March 2019 (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha inspected a renovation project of Lumpini Park and viewed park goers exercising.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090637-pm-inspects-lumpini-park-renovation-project/

 

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Rumors over termination of coverages for cancer treatment medicine dismissed

   

 

BANGKOK, 21 March 2019 (NNT) - The government denied allegations that the coverages for cancer treatment medicine from civil servants’ healthcare benefits had been terminated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090638-rumors-over-termination-of-coverages-for-cancer-treatment-medicine-dismissed/

 

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Next Brexit defeat could mean election, May could say: Channel 4

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May could indicate in a statement later that another defeat for her Brexit deal could mean a general election, Channel 4's political editor Gary Gibbon said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090639-next brexit defeat-could-mean-election-may-could-say-channel-4/

 

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May urges parliament to back her on Brexit, tells Britons 'I'm on your side'

By Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and William James

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens in Parliament, in London, Britain March 20, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May made an impassioned appeal to British lawmakers to support her on Wednesday after the European Union said it could only grant her request to delay Brexit for three months if parliament next week backed her plans for leaving.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090640-may-urges-parliament-to-back-her-on-brexit-tells-britons-im-on-your-side/

 

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Fed sees no rate hikes in 2019, sets end to asset runoff

By Howard Schneider and Trevor Hunnicutt

 

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday brought its three-year drive to tighten monetary policy to an abrupt end, abandoning projections for any interest rate hikes this year amid signs of an economic slowdown, and saying it would halt the steady decline of its balance sheet in September.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090641-fed-sees-no-rate-hikes-in-2019-sets-end-to-asset-runoff/

 

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Boeing delays flight test to International Space Station - sources

By Eric M. Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO: The Boeing logo is pictured at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition fair (LABACE) at Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 14, 2018. Picture taken August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo

 

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co has delayed by at least three months its first uncrewed flight to the International Space Station under NASA's human spaceflight programme, and pushed its crewed flight until November, industry sources said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090642-boeing-delays-flight-test-to-international-space-station-sources/

 

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Europe's centre-right suspends Hungary's ruling party

By Marton Dunai

 

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a news conference after a European People Party Political Assembly on the Hungary's Fidesz party in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament's main centre-right grouping voted on Wednesday to suspend Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz Party until further notice amid concerns that it has violated EU principles on the rule of law.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090643-europes-centre-right-suspends-hungarys-ruling-party/

 

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McCain family punches back at Trump's latest Twitter tirade

By Mark Hosenball

 

FILE PHOTO: Meghan McCain and Cindy McCain arrive for the memorial service of U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at National Cathedral in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The widow and daughter of John McCain - former U.S. senator, Republican presidential nominee and Vietnam War hero - on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump and his online supporters for attacking McCain and his family.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090644-mccain-family-punches-back-at-trumps-latest-twitter-tirade/

 

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Google fined $1.7 billion for search ad blocks in third EU sanction

By Foo Yun Chee

 

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager talks to the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc unit Google was fined 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) on Wednesday, its third large European Union antitrust penalty in two years marking the company's decade-long regulatory battle in Europe.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090645-google fined-17-billion-for-search-ad-blocks-in-third-eu-sanction/

 

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Scientists urge tighter control on farms after antibiotic findings

By The Nation

 

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SCIENTISTS are urging the government to crack down on fish farms after tests found high levels of antibiotic contamination in pangasius on sale in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090646-scientists-urge-tighter-control-on-farms-after-antibiotic-findings/

 

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Guatemalan presidential candidate Aldana 'not scared' of arrest threat

By Nelson Renteria

 

FILE PHOTO: Guatemalan Attorney General Thelma Aldana participates in a news conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo

 

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A Guatemalan presidential candidate known for tackling high-profile corruption as attorney general said on Wednesday that she would return from neighbouring El Salvador within days despite an arrest warrant.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090652-guatemalan-presidential-candidate-aldana-not-scared-of-arrest-threat/

 

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Bullet-riddled NZ mosque to reopen for Friday prayers; more victims buried

By Tom Westbrook and Charlotte Greenfield

 

A student and a woman attend the burial ceremony of a victim of the mosque attacks, at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - The bullet-riddled Al Noor mosque in Christchurch was being repaired, painted and cleaned ahead of Friday prayers, as grieving families buried more victims of New Zealand's worst mass shooting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090654-bullet-riddled-nz-mosque-to-reopen-for-friday-prayers-more-victims-buried/