THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 10 May 2019

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[PODCAST] Vincent Kompany wonder goal edges Man City closer to EPL title + final day preview

 

Image: Manchester City FC

Dan about Thailand has teamed up with Thaivisa.com and ex-Spurs and England footballer Gary Stevens for the Final Whistle podcast - a weekly football review show covering the English Premier League and Thai League (T1).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099192-podcast-vincent-kompany-wonder-goal-edges-man-city-closer-to-epl-title-final-day-preview/

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Ministry fast-tracks schoolgirl’s citizenship ahead of US Olympiad

By THE NATION

 

 

A 17-YEAR-OLD stateless schoolgirl’s Thai citizenship has been fast-tracked after it came to public attention that her lack of citizenship would deprive her of an opportunity to participate in an academic contest in New York.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099524-ministry-fast-tracks-schoolgirl’s-citizenship-ahead-of-us-olympiad/

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New regulation lifts ban on export of elephants

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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ELEPHANTS and elephant-related products can again be exported from Thailand under a new regulation from the Commerce Ministry, which may provoke controversy and debate over whether it violates the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099448-thailand-to-export-elephants-after-10-year-ban/?do=findComment&comment=14123769

 

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Italian expat faces recklessness causing death charge over fatal boat collision

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Rawai fisherman San Malee, 74, later died from injuries sustained in the collision. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- The Italian expat involved in a boat collision over the Songkran Thai New Year holidays that resulted in the death of a 74-year-old Thai fisherman has been charged with recklessness causing death, police have confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099506-italian-expat-faces-recklessness-causing-death-charge-over-fatal-boat-collision/

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‘Swing’ bloc holds the key to next govt

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

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 Anti junta camp remains optimistic; Bhumjaithai says it is yet to decide

 

WHILE THE pro-junta camp led by Phalang Pracharat Party appears to have gained the upper hand in the latest MP seat distribution, the rival camp retains a glimmer of hope as long as the “swing” parties remain undecided.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099554-‘swing’-bloc-holds-the-key-to-next-govt/

 

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Labour union plans campaign to push parties into keeping wage-hike promises

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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THE CONFEDERATION of Thai Labour (CTL) is looking to hold discussions with workers to plan a pressure campaign to ensure that political parties fulfil their campaign promises to hike the minimum wage, after their hope for a quick rise was crushed by the abrupt resignation of Labour Ministry executives.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099557-labour-union-plans-campaign-to-push-parties-into-keeping-wage-hike-promises/

 

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175 professionals certified to prescribe cannabinoid medicines

By THE NATION

 

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Folk doctor Decha among those officially qualified to dole out medical marijuana

 

THAILAND HAS certified its first batch of professionals to prescribe marijuana-based medication.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099558-175-professionals-certified-to-prescribe-cannabinoid-medicines/

 

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Monthly garbage fees to quadruple as new disposal cost added

By THE NATION

 

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HOUSEHOLDS IN Bangkok will be charged Bt80 per month for garbage collection from October 1, under new city regulations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099559-bangkok-monthly-garbage-fees-to-quadruple-as-new-disposal-cost-added/

 

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Toyota opens Chachoengsao hybrid battery plant

By The Nation

 

 

Toyota has staged the localisation line-off ceremony for its HEV (hybrid electric vehicle) battery Gateway factory in Chachoengsao province, the company said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099560-toyota-opens-chachoengsao-hybrid-battery-plant/

 

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Danthai lays down early marker at Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup

By Agencies

 

Danthai Boonma

 

Chiba prefecture  - Thailand’s Danthai Boonma laid down the early marker when he opened with a flawless four-under-par 67 to take the first round lead under blustery conditions at the Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099561-danthai-lays-down-early-marker-at-asia-pacific-diamond-cup/

 

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Two classes, one fun day – and a whole lot of fun

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Pichai Chunhavajira Chairman of Organising Committee of 2019 Olympic Day Walk and Run.

 

The 2019 Olympic Day Walk and Run will be held on Sunday 16 June at Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099562-two-classes-one-fun-day-–-and-a-whole-lot-of-fun/

 

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Democrat party opposes EC’s party-list seat calculation method

 

 

The Democrat party has joined two other political parties in voicing their objection to the Election Commission’s formula used in the calculation of party-list seat allocation to parties contesting the March 24th election and vowed to take legal action to seek justice and fairness.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099563-democrat-party-opposes-ec’s-party-list-seat-calculation-method/

 

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Patsada Satthacharoen returns to Dream Phuket Hotel, beach club as MarCom Director

By The Phuket News

 

This is Ms Patsada’s second spell with Dream Phuket Hotel & Spa and Dream Beach Club, having previously played a foremost role in the successful pre-opening and launch of Dream Phuket Hotel & Spa and Dream Beach Club in 2016.

 

PHUKET: Patsada Satthacharoen has returned to the Dream Phuket Hotel & Spa and Dream Beach Club as Director of Marketing Communications. Ms Patsada took up her post last Thursday (May 2) and is now overseeing all marketing communication activities for both the hotel and beach club.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099564-patsada-satthacharoen-returns-to-dream-phuket-hotel-beach-club-as-marcom-director/

 

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North Korea launches more missiles; U.S. announces ship seizure in mounting tensions

By Josh Smith and David Brunnstrom

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks on after attending a wreath laying ceremony at a navy memorial in Vladivostok, Russia April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles on Thursday in its second such test in less than a week, and the United States said it had seized aNorth Korean cargo ship as tensions again mounted between the two countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099566-north korea launches-more-missiles-us-announces-ship-seizure-in-mounting-tensions/

 

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Trump picks ex-Boeing executive Shanahan as defence secretary

By Idrees Ali and Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens next to Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan during a Cabinet meeting on day 12 of the partial U.S. government shutdown at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans to nominate Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing Co executive, as his defence secretary, the White House said on Thursday, breaking with tradition by choosing someone who made a career at a top defence company as Pentagon chief.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099568-trump-picks-ex-boeing-executive-shanahan-as-defence-secretary/

 

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N.Korea's missile launch was a protest after failed Trump summit: S.Korea's Moon

 

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in sits takes part in a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that North Korea's latest missile launch was probably a subdued protest against the United States after a failed summit of the two countries' leaders in Hanoi in February.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099569-nkoreas-missile-launch-was-a-protest-after-failed-trump-summit-skoreas-moon/

 

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Americans' support for impeaching Trump rises - Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Chris Kahn

 

U.S. President Donald Trump responds to questions from reporters in front of a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt after an event centered on a proposal to end surprise medical billing in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans who said President Donald Trump should be impeached rose 5 percentage points to 45 percent since mid-April, while more than half said multiple congressional probes of Trump interfered with important government business, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099570-americans-support-for-impeaching-trump-rises-reutersipsos-poll/

 

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Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties to reach Europa League final

By Clare Lovell

 

Soccer Football - Europa League Semi Final Second Leg - Chelsea v Eintracht Frankfurt - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - May 9, 2019 Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga celebrates with David Luiz and team mates after winning penalty the shootout REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Eden Hazard hit the winning penalty for Chelsea to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday and reach the Europa Cup final where they will meet fellow Londoners Arsenal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099571-chelsea-beat-eintracht-frankfurt-on-penalties-to-reach-europa-league-final/

 

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Chelsea, Arsenal seal pair of all-English finals in Europe

 

Soccer Football - Europa League Semi Final Second Leg - Chelsea v Eintracht Frankfurt - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - May 9, 2019 Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga, Davide Zappacosta, Gonzalo Higuain and Emerson Palmieri celebrate winning the penalty shootout REUTERS/David Klein T

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Four clubs from the same country will feature in the finals of Europe's two club competitions for the first time after Chelsea and Arsenal sealed their passage to the Europa League title decider in Baku on May 29.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099572-chelsea-arsenal-seal-pair-of-all-english-finals-in-europe/

 

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Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup, senator urges U.S. antitrust probe
 

FILE PHOTO: Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, speaks at the Charles Schwab IMPACT 2010 conference in Boston, Massachusetts October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Adam Hunger

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc quickly rejected a call from co-founder Chris Hughes on Thursday to split the world's largest social media company in three, while lawmakers urged the U.S. Justice Department to launch an antitrust investigation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099574-facebook-rejects-co-founder-call-for-breakup-senator-urges-us-antitrust-probe/

 

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ANC set to retain power in South Africa but support slips

By Alexander Winning and Onke Ngcuka

 

Voters queue to cast their ballots before polls close outside a polling station in Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8,2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

 

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Results from nearly two-thirds of voting districts in South Africa's election put the African National Congress on course to retain power but heading for its worst performance in a national poll in its 25 years in government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099575-anc-set-to-retain-power-in-south-africa-but-support-slips/https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099575-anc-set-to-retain-power-in-south-africa-but-support-slips/

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Tale of woe! South Korean conned into marriage by tricky Thai woman

 

Caption: The marriage con

 

Sanook related a tale of woe that will be all too familiar to foreign men who have fallen for the charms of Thai women - only to be disappointed. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099579-tale-of-woe-south-korean-conned-into-marriage-by-tricky-thai-woman/

 

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"C'est moi! But I'm not a taxi driver" Frenchman tells Samui cops as Thais urged to rat on foreigners

 

Caption: Meeting the foreigner seen taking money from tourists. Denied being taxi service

 

Koh Samui police have interviewed the foreign man seen accepting money after taking tourists to the port on Koh Samui. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099582-cest-moi-but-im-not-a-taxi-driver-frenchman-tells-samui-cops-as-thais-urged-to-rat-on-foreigners/

 

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Behave! Rude Thais told to use the escalator and not the handicapped lift

 

Caption: (in message) Up to an individual's conscience

 

A picture shared widely online showed a person in a wheelchair being left behind as able bodied Thais crowded into a lift at a Bangkok station. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099584-behave-rude-thais-told-to-use-the-escalator-and-not-the-handicapped-lift/

 

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Manning ordered to appear before new U.S. grand jury as she is freed from jail

 

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning speaks to reporters outside the U.S. federal courthouse shortly before appearing before a federal judge and being taken into custody as he held her in contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. March 8, 2019. REUTERS/Ford Fischer/News2Share/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who was being detained for refusing to testify before a grand jury, was released on Thursday and immediately summoned to appear before a new grand jury next week, her lawyers said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099586-manning-ordered-to-appear-before-new-us-grand-jury-as-she-is-freed-from-jail/

 

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Swearing by the EU: UK's anti-Brexit Lib Dems opt for earthy election slogan

 

FILE PHOTO: British politician Vince Cable crosses the road outside the Palace of Westminster in London, Britain, December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's pro-EU Liberal Democrats are showcasing their European election campaign with a down-to-earth slogan they hope will attract frustrated voters who want to remain in the bloc: "Bollocks to Brexit".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099589-swearing-by-the-eu-uks-anti-brexit lib-dems-opt-for-earthy-election-slogan/

 

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Fake heiress who dazzled New York elite gets four to 12 years for fraud

By Jonathan Allen

 

Anna Sorokin, who a New York jury convicted last month of swindling more than $200,000 from banks and people, reacts during her sentencing at Manhattan State Supreme Court New York, U.S., May 9, 2019. Steven Hirsch/Pool via REUTERS

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A German woman who posed as a wealthy heiress to scam New York hotels, fashionable friends and banks with a blizzard of forged documents was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison on Thursday after a jury convicted her of fraud last month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099592-fake-heiress-who-dazzled-new-york-elite-gets-four-to-12-years-for-fraud/

 

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Top Bangkok hospital responds to cancer patient who says he got HIV from blood transfusion

 

Picture Sanook

 

One of Thailand's leading and most expensive private hospitals in Bangkok has responded to claims made on TV that a man of mixed Thai/Japanese parentage contracted HIV from a blood transfusion while undergoing long term treatment for leukemia. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099593-top-bangkok-hospital-responds-to-cancer-patient-who-says-he-got-hiv-from-blood-transfusion/

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Former drug addict takes four year old daughter hostage at knife point in Chantaburi

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police were called to a footpath on Raksakchamoon Road in Chantaburi in eastern Thailand after a father took his own four year old daughter as a hostage at knife point.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099597-former-drug-addict-takes-four-year-old-daughter-hostage-at-knife-point-in-chantaburi/

 

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Seven provinces declared drought disaster zones

 

   

BANGKOK, 10 May 2019 (NNT) - The Hydro - Informatics Institute has reported that the water situation this year closely resembles that of 2007 with adequate supplies for daily use but a risk of insufficient for the agricultural sector. Meanwhile, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has declared seven provinces drought disaster zones.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099600-seven-thai-provinces-declared-drought-disaster-zones/