Summer storms damage more than 5,000 homes in Nakhon Ratchasima

By The Nation

 

 

More than 5,000 homes were damaged and 16,000 residents were affected by summer storms in Nakhon Ratchasima in the past three months, provincial disaster prevention and mitigation office head Pornchet Saengthong said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099732-summer-storms-damage-more-than-5000-homes-in-nakhon-ratchasima/

Dozens drown on Libya migrant boat; Italy impounds rescue ship

By Tom Miles

 

Military vehicles of members of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces head out from Misrata to the front line in Tripoli, Misrata, Libya May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe drowned in the Mediterranean on Friday and 100 more were sent back to Libya, the United Nations said, while Italian authorities signalling opposition to more migration from Africa seized a rescue ship.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099755-dozens-drown-on-libya-migrant-boat-italy-impounds-rescue-ship/

 

North Carolina man charged with 1985 murder of top Hollywood director

By Dan Whitcomb

 

Edward Jerry Hiatt, 52, who has been charged in the long-unsolved murder of a top Hollywood television director Barry Crane in 1985, poses for a booking photo provided by the Burke County Jail in Morganton, North Carolina, U.S., May 10, 2019. Morganton Department of Public Safety/Handout via REUTERS

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A North Carolina man has been charged in the long-unsolved murder of a top Hollywood television director and world-class bridge player who was found slain at his Los Angeles home in 1985, prosecutors said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099756-north-carolina-man-charged-with-1985-murder-of-top-hollywood-director/

 

 

Uber's market debut sours most anticipated IPO since Facebook

By Joshua Franklin, Aparajita Saxena and Heather Somerville

 

Uber Technologies Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshah during the opening bell of the trading session on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company's IPO in New York, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc's conservative initial public offering could not keep its shares from sinking in their trading debut on Friday, fuelling debate on Wall Street over whether the outcome of the most anticipated listing since Facebook Inc would weigh on other Silicon Valley unicorns.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099757-ubers-market-debut-sours-most-anticipated-ipo-since-facebook/

 

As Maduro cracks down, Venezuela legislators see intimidation

By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas

 

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves as he walks next to Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez and Remigio Ceballos, Strategic Operational Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, during a ceremony at a military base in Caracas, Venezuela May 2, 2019. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan opposition legislator on Friday fled to Colombia while others said threatening messages had been spray-painted on their homes or intelligence agents had been following them, amid a broad crackdown by the government of President Nicolas Maduro against congress.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099760-as-maduro-cracks-down-venezuela-legislators-see-intimidation/

 

U.S. warns merchant ships of possible Iranian attacks; cleric threatens U.S. fleet

 

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Suez Canal in Egypt, May 9, 2019. Picture taken May 9, 2019. Dan Snow/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran could target U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers, the U.S. Maritime Administration said on Friday, as a senior Iranian cleric said a U.S. Navy fleet could be "destroyed with one missile."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099761-us-warns-merchant-ships-of-possible-iranian-attacks-cleric-threatens-us-fleet/

Trial date set for Elon Musk's 'pedo guy' tweet

By Jonathan Stempel

 

FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at Manhattan federal court after a hearing on his fraud settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in New York City, U.S. April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday said Elon Musk must face a defamation lawsuit by a British diver who said he was falsely branded a pedophile and child rapist by the chief executive of electric car company Tesla Inc.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099762-trial-date-set-for-elon-musks-pedo-guy-tweet/

 

AIA announces 18% new business growth

By The Nation

 

Ng Keng Hooi, AIA’s Group Chief Executive and President

 

AIA Group on Friday announced 18 per cent growth in value of new business (VONB) to US$1.16 billion (Bt36.6 billion) on constant exchange rates (CER) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099764-aia-announces-18-new-business-growth/

 

Bgrimm’s Q1 profit surges in first quarter

By The Nation

 

 

B Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) reported a 101 per cent upsurge in first-quarter’s net profit, propelled largely by earnings from growing sales volume including the newly-acquired Glow SPP 1 operations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099765-bgrimm’s-q1-profit-surges-in-first-quarter/

 

SCG buys in Indonesia to become top Asean packaging solutions provider

By The Nation

 

Roongrote Rangsiyopash, SCG’s president and CEO

 

SCG has accelerated its growth strategy by announcing its latest investment of Bt21.15 billion in PT Fajar Surya Wisesa Tbk (Fajar), one of the largest packaging paper providers in Indonesia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099767-scg-buys-in-indonesia-to-become-top-asean-packaging-solutions-provider/

 

Eleven vehicles damaged in drunk driving incident in Pattaya

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: Pattaya Message

 

Eleven vehicles have been damaged after a collision allegedly caused by a drunk driver in a sedan in Pattaya early this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099768-eleven-vehicles-damaged-in-drunk-driving-incident-in-pattaya/

 

Cylinder tax raises motorcycle prices

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 10 May 2019 (NNT) - The motorcycle excise tax restructuring which changes from calculation of the capacity of the cylinder to the volume of carbon dioxide emission will be effective early next year which will raise the retail prices of most motorcycles in the country of less than 150 CC by 100-200 baht to support the measure to reduce PM 2.5.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099770-cylinder-tax-raises-motorcycle-prices/

 

Koh Samui Municipality joins hands with DLD, PRD, to make Samui island rabies-free

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 10 May 2019 (NNT) - Surat Thani has implemented the Disease-free Animals, Save Humans from Rabies project under the wish of Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn from 2017 – 2020.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099772-koh-samui-municipality-joins-hands-with-dld-prd-to-make-samui-island-rabies-free/

 

MOPH discusses ambulance standards during transfer with government, private agencies

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 10 May 2019 (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) discussed with government and private agencies to jointly determine ambulance standards during the transfer to create a safety system in terms of the ambulance structure, the drivers, the medical personnel, the investigation and response system after an accident.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099774-moph-discusses-ambulance-standards-during-transfer-with-government-private-agencies/

 

Five yellow-shirt leaders walk out of prison on Friday after royal pardon

By The Nation

 

Photo by Korbphuk Phromrekha

 

Five jailed leaders of the yellow-shirt movement were released from prison on Friday under a royal pardon granted to qualified prisoners nationwide on the occasion of the Royal Coronation of HM King Rama X.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099778-five-yellow-shirt-leaders-walk-out-of-prison-on-friday-after-royal-pardon/

 

A series for the great, the tough and the brave

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation Weekend

 

Organisers, back row, and runners, front row, of the Singha Obstacle Trail Series.

 

Challenge lovers will have the opportunity to test their toughness in the Singha Obstacle Trail Series, which stops in three provinces this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099779-a-series-for-the-great-the-tough-and-the-brave/

 

I have a dream: One chief eyes Hollywood and 2028 Olympics

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

ONE Championship CEO and chairman Chatri Sityodtong

 

After successfully gaining the recognition of One Championship worldwide, the company’s chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong has set even bigger goals to create films of his fighters and take mixed martial arts (MMA) into the Olympics by 2028.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099781-i-have-a-dream-one-chief-eyes-hollywood-and-2028-olympics/

 

 

VIDEO: Thailand’s first ever drive-thru traffic ticket payment service is now open!

 

Image: ONB News

 

Thailand’s first ever drive-thru traffic ticket payment service is open for business at Bang Phli police station in Samut Prakan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099782-video-thailand’s-first-ever-drive-thru-traffic-ticket-payment-service-is-now-open/

Prayut intervenes in spat between traffic policeman and “judge”

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha today had to intervene to help a traffic police officer in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat who was abruptly transferred after a spat last week with a driver who  claimed to be a senior judge.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099783-prayut-intervenes-in-spat-between-traffic-policeman-and-“judge”/

 

Seven struggling digital TV channels return licenses

 

 

Operators of seven struggling digital TV channel today returned their licenses to the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), bringing the number of digital TV channels still operating in Thailand down from 22 to just 15.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099784-seven-struggling-digital-tv-channels-return-licenses/

 

Prawit defends appointment of Gen Prayut’s brother as senator

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan today defended the appointment of retired General Preecha Chan-o-cha, the younger brother of Prime Minister Prayut, as a senator.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099787-prawit-defends-appointment-of-gen-prayut’s-brother-as-senator/

 

Democrats, small parties play smug kingmakers

 

 

The official announcement of election results has refuelled the heated race between the Palang Pracharat and Pheu Thai alliances to form a post-election government. With the rival camps fighting for every precious seat in order to gain a House of Representatives majority, no matter how slim, potential kingmakers are numerous.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099788-democrats-small-parties-play-smug-kingmakers/

 

Biometrics system to be used to scan travellers

tewit kemtong

 

 

PHUKET, 10 May 2019 (NNT) - The biometrics system, a machine for facial and fingerprint identification, is being introduced to enhance immigration checkpoints nationwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099789-biometrics-system-to-be-used-to-scan-travellers/

 

More hot weather before warning of summer storms next week

 

 

There is set to be a small respite from the sweltering temperatures Thailand has been experiencing during this year’s summer season.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099790-more-hot-weather-before-warning-of-summer-storms-next-week/

 

Turning the industrial tide

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 
Dawei, Myanmar

 

Nation/Pratch Rujivanarom

 

Communities in Myanmar’s Dawei region are welcoming tourists into their pristine environments in a bid to push back unfettered development

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099797-turning-the-industrial-tide/

 

Tresures of the deep

By Korbphuk Phromrekha 
The Nation Weekend 
Malapascua Island, 
The Philippines 

 

Monad Shoal is a world-famous dive site where scuba enthusiasts to get up close and cosy with thresher sharks.

 

The tiny island of Malapascua off Cebu in the Philippines is the perfect place to commune with marine life

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099801-tresures-of-the-deep/

 

SPECIAL REPORT: Medical marijuana’s LONG ROAD BACK

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

 

71-year-old DECHA Siriphat has been licensed to practise traditional medicine, but he has a few more steps to go before he can begin giving his patients marijuana-based medication.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099804-special-report-medical-marijuana’s-long-road-back/

 

Citizenship fast-tracked for teens bound for competitions in the US

By NATTAWAT LAPING, 
KRIANGKRAI RATTANA 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

 

TWO TEENAGE schoolgirls in different corners of the Kingdom received national ID cards for the first time on Friday after being invited to represent Thailand in overseas academic competitions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099805-citizenship-fast-tracked-for-teens-bound-for-competitions-in-the-us/

 

Plates to please the palate

By Pattarawadee Saengmanee 
The Nation Weekend

 

 

East meets West at the conveniently located Jann Bistro

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099806-plates-to-please-the-palate/

 

There’s no business like the SHOW BUSINESS

By KINGSLEY WIJAYASINHA 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

Asadavuth Asasappakij

 

THAILAND can be considered the land of motor shows, with a large number of organisers staging auto extravaganzas all year round.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1099808-there’s-no-business-like-the-show-business/