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Police urge safety after Italian cyclist hit by car

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The Nissan Almera switched lanes and hit the bicycle outside Ban Tha Rua School in Thalang early on Sunday morning (May 12). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Police have urged bicycle riders to take extra precautions to stay safe on Phuket’s roads after an Italian man escaped serious injury in an accident in Thalang early on Sunday morning (May 12).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100237-police-urge-safety-after-italian-cyclist-hit-by-car/

Thailand's richest man, 12 others to build $6.8 billion high-speed rail

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) and 12 other companies were selected to build a $6.8 billion high-speed train project that will link three major airports in the country, the government said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100239-thailands-richest-man-12-others-to-build-68-billion-high-speed-rail/

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Anutin won’t back a PM dependent on senators

By THE NATION

 

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BHUMJAITHAI LEADER SAYS HIS PARTY WILL SUPPORT A CANDIDATE WHO ENJOYS MAJORITY SUPPORT AMONG MPS 

 

Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul made it clear yesterday that his party will not support a PM candidate who does have the backing from a simple majority of MPs in Parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100212-bhumjaithai-will-not-vote-for-prayut’s-pm-nomination-if-palang-pracharat-get-fewer-than-251-votes-–-anutin/?do=findComment&comment=14136144

 

Culture Ministry in a spot of bother after naming a Japanese-inspired place as Thai heritage

By NISANATH KUNGWANWONG 
THE NATION

 

Hinoki Land // Photo from: HinokiLand's Facebook fanpage

 

A POPULAR new tourist destination in Chiang Mai, Hinoki Land, has become controversial on social media after the Culture Ministry nominated the Japanese-inspired site as one of Thailand’s top 10 cultural destinations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100297-culture-ministry-in-a-spot-of-bother-after-naming-a-japanese-inspired-place-as-thai-heritage/

 

Thaksin ‘aims at EPL return’

By The Nation

 

Thaksin Shinnawatra

 

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra is making efforts to buy Premier League side Crystal Palace, according to a report by local media.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100298-thaksin-‘aims at-epl-return’/

 

Influence peddling lands judge in soup

By The Nation

 

 

THE JUDICIAL Commission is investigating a chief justice for allegedly citing “special connections” when refusing to produce his driving licence at a checkpoint in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100299-influence-peddling-lands-judge-in-soup/

 

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Families, friends of missing lese-majeste trio  seek help from NHRC, EU and Vietnam Embassy

By The Nation

 

 

The families and friends of three missing Thai political refugees on Monday submitted letters to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Vietnam Embassy and the European Union Delegation in Bangkok after the Thai authorities denied having any knowledge of their whereabouts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100111-relatives-of-political-activists-appeal-to-the-national-human-rights-commission-for-help/?do=findComment&comment=14136167

 

Amnesty for marijuana close to end

By The Nation

 

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Chula Hospital, Red cross to offer online option for users of medical cannabis

 

PATIENTS who need to use marijuana for medical conditions have until May 21 to register for an amnesty, or they may face legal action. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100301-amnesty-for-marijuana-close-to-end/

 

Insurance mandatory for long-stay foreigners

By The Nation

 

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HEALTH insurance has been made mandatory for foreigners aged 50 years and above seeking long-term stay in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100302-health-insurance-mandatory-for-long-stay-foreigners-in-thailand/

 

Reminder not to leave kids locked in vehicles

By THE NATION

 

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AT THE START of the new semester, adults should be mindful of the tragedies that befell a number of young children who were forgotten and left inside locked vehicles in recent years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100305-reminder-not-to-leave-kids-locked-in-vehicles/

 

Road improvement project in Kaeng Krachan National Park being scaled back to support ecological systems

By The Nation

 

The latest condition of the route upto Phanoen Thung. Courtesy of Sasin.

 

The Phanoen Thung road improvement project in the country’s largest national park, Kaeng Krachan in Phetchaburi province, is having its controversial design revised.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100306-road-improvement-project-in-kaeng-krachan-national-park-being-scaled-back-to-support-ecological-systems/

 

King thanks Thais for unity in ‘dignified’ coronation ceremony

By The Nation

 

 

HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn has expressed thanks and appreciation to all involved in the smooth, grand and dignified coronation ceremony earlier this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100307-king-thanks-thais-for-unity-in-‘dignified’-coronation-ceremony/

 

Dept in big push for SMEs to embrace e-commerce platforms

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION

 

Kobchai Sungsitthisawad, director-general of Ministry of Industry’s Department of Industrial Promotion

 

WITH a budget of Bt1.28 billion, the Ministry of Industry’s Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP) aims to generate a business value of Bt13 billion in 2019 through bringing traditional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) onto e-commerce platforms and boosting the country’s startup ecosystem through Thailand Inno Space – the ministry’s flagship project.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100308-dept-in-big-push-for-smes-to-embrace-e-commerce-platforms/

 

Musical with a magnificent

By PARINYAPORN PAJEE 
THE NATION

 

The much-loved musical “The Lion King” comes to Bangkok’s Ratchadalai Theatre in September. /Photo by Matthew Murphy

 

The world's most popular production - "The Lion King" drops into Bangkok
 

There's plenty to look forward for the young and the young-at-heart this year as the hit Disney-movie-turned-Broadway-musical “The Lion King” finally comes to Bangkok. It’s being brought here by Scenario and BEC Tero and will start its run on September 14 at Muangthai Ratchadalai Theatre.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100309-the-worlds-most-popular-production-the-lion-king-drops-into-bangkok/

 

Thai Watsadu opens EEC store, its 48th home improvement centre

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Watsadu spends another Bt500 million this year on business expansion, opening up a new store in Si Maha Phot, its 48th branch nationwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100311-thai-watsadu-opens-eec-store-its-48th-home-improvement-centre/

 

Anti-junta activist Ekkachai assaulted in front of Criminal Court

 

 

Independent political activist Ekkachai Hongkangwan was, this morning, assaulted by four unidentified men in front of the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Road in Bangkok. He was due to appear in court on charges of illegal assembly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100312-anti-junta-activist-ekkachai-assaulted-in-front-of-criminal-court/

 

BMA inspect roads before rainy season starts

 

   

BANGKOK, (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has instructed the contractor of the Blue Line elevated rail project to fix drainage pipes and sewer ducts to prevent flooding in some areas, especially on Phetchakasem road. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100313-bma-inspect-roads-before-rainy-season-starts/

 

Doris Day, Hollywood star of the 1950s and '60s, dead at 97

By Bill Trott

 

Actor and singer Doris Day poses at the Sahara Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on September 14, 1956. Courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Actress Doris Day, who became one of the greatest box-office attractions of her time as the cheery, freckle-faced personification of wholesomeness, died on Monday at the age of 97, her foundation said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100315-doris day-hollywood-star-of-the-1950s-and-60s-dead-at-97/

 

'Like me, a little controversial' - Trump praises Hungary's anti-immigration PM Orban

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday, describing him as "like me, a little controversial," and brushing off concerns about threats to democratic norms in Hungary during Orban's tenure.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100316-like-me-a-little-controversial-trump-praises-hungarys-anti-immigration-pm-orban/

 

UK PM May's party slumps to fifth place as pressure mounts for her to go

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves church, as Brexit turmoil continues, in Sonning, Britain, May 12, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have fallen to fifth place in an opinion poll ahead of the May 23 European parliamentary election as pressure grows for her to set a date for her own departure.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100317-uk-pm-mays-party-slumps-to-fifth-place-as-pressure-mounts-for-her-to-go/

 

Britain warns of Iran-U.S. conflict, Pompeo meets Europeans

By Robin Emmott

 

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the International Contact Group (IGC) in San Jose, Costa Rica May 7, 2019. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran and the United States could trigger a conflict by accident in an already unstable Gulf region, Britain's foreign minister said on Monday, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks in Brussels with the main European powers on the crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100318-britain-warns-of-iran-us-conflict-pompeo-meets-europeans/

 

Quakes show that moon, gradually shrinking, is tectonically active

By Will Dunham

 

FILE PHOTO: Astronaut James Irwin, lunar module pilot, gives a military salute while standing beside the U.S. flag during Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site on the moon, August 1, 1971. NASA/David Scott/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The moon may be dynamic and tectonically active like Earth - not the inert world some scientists had believed it to be - based on a new analysis disclosed on Monday of quakes measured by seismometers in operation on the moon from 1969 and 1977.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100321-quakes-show-that-moon-gradually-shrinking-is-tectonically-active/

 

Thai man admits to rape of Norwegian tourist on Kho Phangan

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in Koh Phangan have made a quick arrest in the case of a Norwegian tourist who was raped after the Half Moon party at the weekend. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100323-thai-man-admits-to-rape-of-norwegian-tourist-on-kho-phangan/

 

Koh Samui: Search resumes this morning for missing Brit tourist who fell off a speedboat

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Officials in Koh Samui said that the search for a missing British tourist who fell off a speedboat while out on an island hopping tour will continue this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100324-koh-samui-search-resumes-this-morning-for-missing-brit-tourist-who-fell-off-a-speedboat/

 

Thai hospital admits to leaving gauze inside 16 year old patient after delivering her baby

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Health authorities in Surin in Thailand's north-east have finally admitted that the delivery team at a hospital left two pieces of gauze inside the birth canal of a 16 year old girl after she had a baby. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100327-thai-hospital-admits-to-leaving-gauze-inside-16-year-old-patient-after-delivering-her-baby/

 

Video: Car driver goes to police after bikers' wheelie goes flop!

 

Caption: Style...without end

 

Cash cam footage from a car at an intersection in Bangkok showed a man and his pillion passenger get an attempted wheelie hopelessly wrong. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100329-video-car-driver-goes-to-police-after-bikers-wheelie-goes-flop/

 

Visakha Bucha Buddhist holiday brings alcohol ban

By The Phuket News

 

Image: Class Act Media

 

PHUKET: The major Buddhist holiday Visakha Bucha Day will be honoured this Saturday (May 18), followed by a substitution day public holiday next Monday (May 20).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100330-visakha-bucha-buddhist-holiday-brings-alcohol-ban/

 

White House reviews military plans against Iran - New York Times

 

FILE PHOTO: A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. defence official has presented an updated military plan to President Donald Trump's administration that envisions sending up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack American forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons, the New York Times reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100333-white-house-reviews-military-plans-against-iran-new-york-times/

 

Thailand set to cash in on multi billion baht medical ganja market - more if it turns recreational

 

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Thailand is set to play a part in what strategic analysts are calling a major boom in the ganja market in Asia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1100335-thailand-set-to-cash-in-on-multi-billion-baht-medical-ganja-market-more-if-it-turns-recreational/