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Thai League (T1) Midweek Review – 33 goals from 8 games and Port remain top

 

 

Dan about Thailand has teamed up with Thaivisa.com and ex-Spurs and England footballer Gary Stevens to each week review as a podcast what is happening in Thai League (T1).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097859-thai-league-1-midweek-review-–-30-goals-from-8-games-and-port-remain-top/

 

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Road accident injuries top list of emergency health issues reported to 1669 hotline

By The Nation

 

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Road-accident injuries rank top in the list of health problems among working-age citizens between 20 and 60 years old, according to the number of calls for help made to the National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) hotline 1669 since May 1 last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097885-road-accident-injuries-top-list-of-emergency-health-issues-reported-to-1669-hotline/

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Pattaya hotel employee arrested for alleged theft of gold jewellery worth Bt2 million

By The Nation

 

 

An employee of a hotel in Pattaya has been arrested for allegedly robbing a gold shop in a Pattaya shopping mall of 1.65 kilograms of gold jewellery worth Bt2.18 million at the weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097878-pattaya-hotel-employee-arrested-for-alleged-theft-of-gold-jewellery-worth-bt2-million/

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Phalang Pracharat now in the firing line

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

 

Pheu Thai to file complaint accusing exec of stake in media business; Thanathorn meets EC, suspects ‘political motivation’

 

THE TACTIC of going after Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and his anti-junta party members for alleged shareholdings in media companies could come back to haunt the pro-junta camp after a similar allegation was made against one of its members.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097925-phalang-pracharat-now-in-the-firing-line/

 

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Workers seek Bt400 minimum wage and price controls across country: poll

By THE NATION

 

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A MAJORITY OF Thai workers want the minimum daily wage set at a flat rate of Bt400 once the new government is in place. But, fearing a hike in prices of necessities because of the move, they also called for price controls, a recent survey by Bangkok Poll revealed yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097926-workers-seek-bt400-minimum-wage-and-price-controls-across-country-poll/

 

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Draft decree pushes reforms in education

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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Major changes coming into effect soon

 

VERY SOON students will no longer have to take entrance exams until Matthayom 3, thanks to the draft decree on national education, which has sailed through. 

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097927-draft-decree-pushes-reforms-in-education/

 

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The royal regalia and their origins

By The Nation

 

A mural in the ubosot of Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram in Samut Songkhram province depicts the chief Brahmin presenting Phra Maha Phichai Mongkut (the Great Crown of Victory) to King Rama II during the coronation ceremony.

 

His Majesty King Rama X will be presented with a collection of elaborately crafted items to symbolise his sovereignty

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1075563-thai-king-to-be-crowned-in-coronation-ceremonies-may-4-6-palace/?do=findComment&comment=14095072

 

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GOOD SAMARITAN : Quick-thinking bus passenger helps police arrest phone thief

By The Nation

 

The photo on the left is taken from JibJib Pongpakkittikul's Facebook and shows Boy, the suspect, sitting with the phone on his hand. The right photo shows police escorting Boy after he was arrested.

 

A passenger on a public bus noticed that the man sitting in front of him kept refusing to receive scores of calls to the expensive mobile phone he was holding in his hands.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097928-good-samaritan- quick-thinking-bus-passenger helps-police-arrest-phone-thief/

 

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War on sex traffickers to continue, pledges PM

By THE NATION

 

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has confirmed the government’s commitment to keep cracking down on human trafficking crimes as a national priority. His comment came as the Cabinet was yesterday updated on the progress made last year in preventing and suppressing human trafficking.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097929-war-on-sex-traffickers-to-continue-pledges-pm-prayut/

 

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Environment minister calls for fresh mindset to tackle new challenges in conservation work

By The Nation

 

 

Natural Resources and Environment Minister General Surasak Kanjanarat on Tuesday urged the National Parks Department (DNP) to embrace a fresh way of thinking as well as new technology to handle new challenges in conservation work, amid speculation that he would soon leave office following changes in the national administration.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097930-environment-minister-calls-for-fresh-mindset-to-tackle-new-challenges-in-conservation-work/

 

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Fiscal package aims to boost domes

By The Nation

 

 

THE Thai Cabinet yesterday gave the nod for a Bt13.2-billion fiscal package to prop up the Thai economy in the middle of this year, while expecting Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) to expand 3.9 per cent this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097931-fiscal-package-aims-to-boost-domes/

 

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Dog day afternoons

By Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul 
THE NATION

 

Trail and Tail director Pimsuree Sukapanpotharam with Khai Jiew and Truffle.

 

Conveniently situated on Sukhumvit Soi 39, Trail and Tail offers plenty of space for urban dogs to run around and much more besides

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097932-dog-day-afternoons/

 

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Buri Ram farmer killed by lightning while bringing in the cows

By The Nation

 

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A farmer was killed by a lightning strike in a field in Buri Ram’s Phutthaisong district while apparently retrieving his cows ahead of rains on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097933-buri-ram-farmer-killed-by-lightning-while-bringing-in-the-cows/

 

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Thanathorn’s acid test: The real deal or just another political opportunist?

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

 

Thanathorn Juangroonruangkit is flying high politically, but the question of why the Future Forward Party leader did not fly home on January 8 could send him crashing down. It could also send him soaring even higher, though, depending on how his share transfer controversy is settled.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097934-thanathorn’s-acid-test-the-real-deal-or-just-another-political-opportunist/

 

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EC credibility is at critical level

By The Nation

 

 

Latest gaffe has further eroded public trust in Election Commission’s ability to deliver fair result 

 

In yet another blow to its credibility, the Election Commission (EC) conducted a recount in Nakhon Pathom on Sunday only to deliver the wrong result. It seems the more the EC counts, the more confused the public becomes over the result of the election. After a series of such irregularities and mistakes, no one can be sure whether results in other constituencies are accurate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097935-ec-credibility-is-at-critical-level/

 

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Fair trade practices to be subject to public input before implementation

 

Photo from Competition Friend Facebook page

 

Thailand’s Trade Competition Committee has issued a set of guidelines to control the retail sector in order to prevent large retailers or retail chains from unfairly taking advantage of producers and suppliers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097936-fair-trade-practices-to-be-subject-to-public-input-before-implementation/

 

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Smog from sugarcane burning is fading – just for now

 

 

Smog from sugarcane burning may have faded, after sugarcane harvest season this year is about over. However, it does not mean the black smoke will disappear from the sky forever.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097937-smog-from-sugarcane-burning-is-fading-–-just-for-now/

 

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Thai private sector lowers 2019 export growth projection to 2.1%

 

 

The Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade have reduced Thailand’s 2019 export growth projection from 3.1% to 2.1% citing several unfavorable external factors. Meanwhile, the External Trade Promotion Department maintains its 8% export growth forecast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097938-thai-private-sector-lowers-2019-export-growth-projection-to-21/

 

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Woman dies, girl injured in Krabi collision – VIDEO

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

VIDEO: Tankhao Krabi

 

 

A female motorbike driver has died while the young girl passenger sustained serious injury after the motorbike tried a risky crossing on the road when it collided with a pickup in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097939-woman-dies-girl-injured-in-krabi-collision/

 

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UTCC forecasts 3.8% economic growth this year

 

   

BANGKOK, (NNT) - The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has maintained its economic growth forecast for this year at 3.8 percent. It is not yet able to evaluate the expected new government that must expedite economic stimulation in the second half of the year to build confidence for investors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097940-utcc-forecasts-38-economic-growth-this-year/

 

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Crown Prince Naruhito poised to become Japan's next emperor

By Elaine Lies

 

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito leaves the Imperial Palace after a ritual called Taiirei-Tojitsu-Kashikodokoro-Omae-no-gi, a ceremony for the Emperor Akihito to report the conduct of the abdication ceremony, in Tokyo, Japan April 30, 2019, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Crown Prince Naruhito, known as an earnest man with a passion for water conservation, is poised to become Japan's next emperor on Wednesday, a day after his father gave up the throne in the country's first abdication in two centuries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097941-crown-prince-naruhito-poised-to-become japans-next-emperor/

 

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Venezuela's Guaido calls for uprising but military remains loyal to Maduro for now

By Vivian Sequera, Angus Berwick and Luc Cohen

 

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler, talks to supporters in Caracas, Venezuela April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday made his strongest call yet to the military to help him oust President Nicolas Maduro, although there was little sign of defection from the armed forces leadership and isolated clashes fizzled out.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097943-venezuelas-guaido-calls-for-uprising-but-military-remains-loyal-to-maduro-for-now/

 

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Britain's opposition Labour sticks to second Brexit referendum stance

By Elizabeth Piper

 

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray demonstrates outside Labour Party's headquarters, as they hold their National Executive Committee meeting, in London, Britain April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party resisted calls to unconditionally embrace a second referendum on Tuesday, restating its support for such a vote only if the government refuses to change its EU deal or there is no new election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097944-britains-opposition-labour-sticks-to-second brexit-referendum-stance/

 

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Trump weighs labelling Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

By Steve Holland and Arshad Mohammed

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is working to designate the MuslimBrotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO), the White House said on Tuesday, which would bring sanctions against Egypt's oldest Islamist movement.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097945-trump-weighs-labelling muslim brotherhood a-terrorist-group/

 

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Former Minnesota policeman convicted in fatal shooting of Australian woman

By Joey Peters

 

Mohamed Noor walks out of the courthouse during a recess on the first day of opening arguments of his trial, charged in the 2017 fatal shooting of 40-year-old Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk Damond, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adam Bettcher

 

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A former Minneapolis policeman was found guilty on Tuesday of murder for fatally shooting Australian national Justine Ruszczyk Damond from his patrol car while responding to her 2015 report of a possible sex assault near her home.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097946-former-minnesota-policeman-convicted-in-fatal-shooting-of-australian-woman/

 

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Democrats' suit against Trump over foreign payment can proceed - judge

 

U.S. President Donald Trump applauds during an event honoring 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress can move forward with a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the law by accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments through his businesses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097950-democrats-suit-against-trump-over-foreign-payment-can-proceed-judge/

 

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Two dead, four injured in shooting at University of North Carolina, Charlotte

By Greg Lacour

 

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - Two people were killed and four others wounded, three critically, in a shooting on Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097955-two-dead-four-injured-in-shooting-at-university-of-north-carolina-charlotte/

 

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In Thailand, a white elephant fit for a new king

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

Plai Ekachai, 33, who will become first “white” elephant to be discovered under the reign of King Rama X, also known as Maha Vajiralongkorn, does his daily walking exercise in Maha Sarakham, Thailand April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

MAHA SARAKHAM, Thailand (Reuters) - A large portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn dominates one end of the open-air enclosure where an elephant known as Plai Ekachai starts his day at a conservation center in the country's northeast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1075563-thai-king-to-be-crowned-in-coronation-ceremonies-may-4-6-palace/?do=findComment&comment=14095493

 

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Four saved, father dead as "substandard" house collapses in Prachuap

 

 

Caption: Rescue operation over four hours

 

A Thai family preparing to have their evening meal was covered in rubble when their house collapsed in on them in Muang district of Prachuap Khiri Khan yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097966-four-saved-father-dead-as-substandard-house-collapses-in-prachuap/

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Mystery foreigner found drowned at Hua Hin beach

 

Caption: Farang found drowned in Hua Hin

 

Police were called to the Khao Takiap area near the Hua Hin to Pattaya ferry yesterday after a foreign man was found drowned. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1097973-mystery-foreigner-found-drowned-at-hua-hin-beach/