Chiang Mai set to be brought to a standstill: Rot Daeng vs Grab war hots up

 

Caption: Opposition to the legalization of Grab

 

The head of the red song thaews or Rot Daeng public service vehicles in Chiang Mai is planning to mobilize over 2,000 vehicles to protest against plans to make Grab Taxi legal. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107972-chiang-mai-set-to-be-brought-to-a-standstill-rot-daeng-vs-grab-war-hots-up/

Safety in Thailand: But it'll take two years to put fire extinguishers in "rogue" hotels

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

Sophon Cable TV revealed in a story on Facebook that a staggering 70% of hotels in Pattaya are operating illegally.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107980-safety-in-thailand-but-itll-take-two-years-to-put-fire-extinguishers-in-rogue-hotels/

 

It's war! Two men fight over Adidas shoes

 

Caption: War breaks out over shoes! 

 

Daily News Online reported that two Thai men came to blows over high end Adidas shoes. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107984-its-war-two-men-fight-over-adidas-shoes/

 

Liquids, gels, sprays and food banned from Thai airports and airplanes from yesterday

 

Caption: Strict enforcement

 

Sanook said that D-Day for new Civil Aviation Authority bans on a whole host of foods, liquids and cosmetic products came in yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107985-liquids-gels-sprays-and-food-banned-from-thai-airports-and-airplanes-from-yesterday/

 

"Airport mafia" set to be hit as Fast Track scheme stopped at Bangkok's main airport

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

From July 1st only first and business class passengers and those with special needs like the handicapped will be able to use the Premium Lane (Fast Track) service at Suvarnabhumi airport. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107989-airport-mafia-set-to-be-hit-as-fast-track-scheme-stopped-at-bangkoks-main-airport/

Weathermen warn of heavy rain, strong winds in the South of Thailand

 

 

The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued its 3rd consecutive weather warning in 24 hours to inform the people of heavy rain in the South and strong winds and high seas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107991-weathermen-warn-of-heavy-rain-strong-winds-in-the-south-of-thailand/

 

Swiss driver faces charges after motorcyclist dies in Rawai

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A motorbike driver has died after colliding into the side of a sedan whose driver was a Swiss man in Rawai over the weekend. The Swiss driver is facing charges.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107993-swiss-driver-faces-charges-after-motorcyclist-dies-in-rawai/

 

Two Patong Tuk Tuk drivers surrender after a shooting in Patong

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Two Tuk Tuk drivers have surrendered after a Patong entertainment staff member was shot and killed early yesterday. Patong police were notified of the incident at 4am Sunday morning in Soi Patong Tower off Taweewong Road (the beach road).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107999-two-patong-tuk-tuk-drivers-surrender-after-a-shooting-in-patong/

 

More than 6,000 foreigners prosecuted for taking Thai jobs and illegal working in the last year

 

 

The head of the Thai Department of Employment has said that more than 6,000 foreigners have been working illegally and taking jobs reserved for Thais in the last 12 months. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108001-more-than-6000-foreigners-prosecuted-for-taking-thai-jobs-and-illegal-working-in-the-last-year/

 

U.S. lawmakers threaten to subpoena Trump aide Conway

 

Stephanie Grisham, spokesperson for first lady Melania Trump, reacts with White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway after arriving for a campaign rally with U.S. President Donald Trump in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel warned in a letter it could subpoena the testimony of Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, if she does not appear at a scheduled hearing this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108010-us-lawmakers-threaten-to-subpoena-trump-aide-conway/

 

Homeless man killed near Bangkok railway station

By The Nation

 

 

A homeless man was found with his throat slit in a motorcycle park beside Hua Lamphong railway station in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district on Monday morning, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108012-homeless-man-killed-near-bangkok-railway-station/

 

Electricity outage scheduled in Chalong

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PEA

 

PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Chalong on Tuesday (June 25) as work is carried out on high voltage cables.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108015-electricity-outage-scheduled-in-chalong/

 

Phang Nga declares five districts flood disaster zones

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Phang Nga provincial administration Monday declared five flooded districts as disaster zones to speed up assistance to affected residents, the provincial governor said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108019-phang-nga-declares-five-districts-flood-disaster-zones/

 

Crackdown on Bangkok taxis: New fines for drivers who refuse passengers

 

 

Department of Land Transport officials have announced a new crackdown on taxi drivers who refuse fares from passengers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108042-crackdown-on-bangkok-taxis-new-fines-for-drivers-who-refuse-passengers/

 

Future Forward determined to end junta’s legacy

 

 

The Future Forward party has vowed to press ahead with its intention to do away with, what it deems to be, the legacy of the military junta through legislative means, party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul said in his Facebook post Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108043-future-forward-determined-to-end-junta’s-legacy/

 

Arrested drug dealer urges police to send apologies to stiffed customers

PATTAYA:--An alleged drug dealer arrested at a Sattahip police checkpoint pleaded with officers to notify his customers and apologize about the deliveries he’ll be unable to make.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108034-arrested-drug-dealer-urges-police-to-send-apologies-to-stiffed-customers/

 

Nongprue diverts storm runoff away from Tropical Village

PATTAYA:--Nongprue created a spillway to drain floodwaters from Tropical Village into sub-district drains.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108037-nongprue-diverts-storm-runoff-away-from-tropical-village/

 

Big Joke will NOT be returning to Royal Thai Police: DPM Prawit

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon dismissed claims that former Immigration chief Surachate Hakparn was set for a return to the Royal Thai Police.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108044-big-joke-will-not-be-returning-to-royal-thai-police-dpm-prawit/

 

GLO examines two- and three-digit lottery schemes

By The Nation

 

 

The board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) is mulling over the two and three-digit lottery and lotto schemes before proposing them to new government for approval and implementation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108047-glo-examines-two-and-three-digit-lottery-schemes/

 

Three suspects arrested with over 500 kilograms of kratom in Kathu, Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Police have arrested three suspects with a total of 502 kilograms of kratom in Kathu, central Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108049-three-suspects-arrested-with-over-500-kilograms-of-kratom-in-kathu-phuket/

 

Pattaya village battles firm’s takeover of market zone

PATTAYA:--Residents of an East Pattaya village are calling on the National Housing Authority to evict a private business that took over a common area, preventing locals from using it as a market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108035-pattaya-village-battles-firm’s-takeover-of-market-zone/

 

Thai central bank seen holding key rate despite flagging growth - Reuters poll

By Orathai Sriring

 

Thai baht banknotes are seen next to gold offered for sale in a gold shop in Bangkok's Chinatown April 19, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank is expected to keep its benchmark policy rate steady on Wednesday for a fourth straight meeting, a Reuters poll showed, despite slowing growth and the way many Asian central banks have shifted toward easing policy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108051-thai-central-bank-seen-holding-key-rate-despite-flagging-growth-reuters-poll/

 

Trump to visit South Korea as Pompeo raises hope for new North Korea talks after letter

By Hyonhee Shin and Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs for Camp David from the White House in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will visit South Korea this weekend after an exchange of letters with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boosted hopes for talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programme.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108061-trump-to-visit-south-korea-as-pompeo-raises-hope-for-new-north-korea-talks-after-letter/

 

Prayut’s failure to set up Cabinet questioned

By The Nation

 

file photo

 

In a Facebook post on Monday, anti-junta politician Chaturon Chaisang asked if General Prayut Chan-o-cha was purposely dragging his feet in terms of setting up the new Cabinet because he enjoyed the status quo. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108086-prayut’s-failure-to-set-up-cabinet-questioned/

 

Motorcycle taxi riders, cabbies petition officials, parties over Grab legalisation

By The Nation

 

 

Thirty representatives of Thai motorcycle-taxi riders on Monday petitioned the Land Transport Department (LTD), calling for remedial measures from the impact caused by Grab taxi-motorbike services.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108088-motorcycle-taxi-riders-cabbies-petition-officials-parties-over-grab-legalisation/

 

‘I only shot him to stop the attack’, says Patong tuk-tuk driver

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Patong Police Chief Col Anotai Jindamanee holds up the gun used to shoot 45-year-old motorbike taxi tout Panya Kingjumpa early yesterday morning (June 23). Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET:-- Patong Police Chief Col Anotai Jindamanee has clarified the series of events that led to the fatal shooting of a man near the Patong beach road early yesterday morning (June 23), giving the confessed shooter’s version of events.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107999-two-patong-tuk-tuk-drivers-surrender-after-a-shooting-in-patong/?do=findComment&comment=14276899

 

Opposition bloc launches public campaign for changes to ‘undemocratic’ Constitution

By The Nation

 

 

The opposition bloc has formed a working group to campaign among the general public for amendments to what it deems the current “undemocratic” Constitution, a politician from the Puea Chart Party said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108090-opposition-bloc-launches-public-campaign-for-changes-to-‘undemocratic’-constitution/

 

Woman whose sugar daddy paid her way through university was 'scared he'd kill her'

By Charlotte Dobson

 

The student was vulnerable and scared for her life (Image: MEN)

 

A student who turned to sugar daddy dating after getting into debt has said she was scared for her life.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108091-woman-whose-sugar-daddy-paid-her-way-through-university-was-scared-hed-kill-her/

 

Charles Dickens was 'outraged' by cheap parodies which made Victorian publisher a fortune

 

Charles Dickens

 

Charles Dickens was "outraged" by cheap parodies of his novels which made a Victorian publisher a fortune, a new book reveals.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108092-charles-dickens-was-outraged-by-cheap-parodies-which-made-victorian-publisher-a-fortune/

 

Danny Boyle confirms third ’28 Days Later’ movie is in the works

by Nick Reilly

 

Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later

 

Danny Boyle has confirmed that a third instalment in the 28 Days Later franchise is in the works, sixteen years after the influential horror film hit cinemas.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108093-danny-boyle-confirms-third-’28-days-later’-movie-is-in-the-works/