Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Junta’s national reform plan branded just a pile of paper by Opposition Thailand’s national reform master plan, drawn up by the incumbent military backed government, came under heavy criticism from opposition MPs in the lower House today, branding the plan just a pile of paper and unrealized rhetoric. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108707-junta’s-national-reform-plan-branded-just-a-pile-of-paper-by-opposition/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Somkid sees rosy economic outlook in immediate future By The Nation While Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak says he has not been surprised by economic projections recently made by public and private economic houses, he is expressing confidence that once the new government is firmly in place the prime minister will be able to continue implementing the national plans. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108702-somkid-sees-rosy-economic-outlook-in-immediate-future/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Stateless student wins consolation prize from US’s Genius Olympiad program (Photo) Ploy Yonladee Phiyatat Facebook page A stateless high-school girl, from Thailand’s southern province of Ranong, has won a consolation award from the Genius Olympiad program held recently in the United States. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108704-stateless-student-wins-consolation-prize-from-us’s-genius-olympiad-program/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 13 students injured in minivan/pickup collision in Chachoengsao By The Thaiger VIDEO: teenee8rews 13 students in a minivan have sustained injuries after a pickup truck, running through a red light, collided with their van in Chachoengsao, east of Bangkok. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108713-13-students-injured-in-minivanpickup-collision-in-chachoengsao/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Apple design chief Jony Ive, Steve Jobs' confidant, to leave and start own firm FILE PHOTO: Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Design Officer Jonathan Ive (R) look over the new Mac Pro during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Mason Trinca (Reuters) - Jony Ive, a close creative collaborator with Apple Inc (AAPL.O) co-founder Steve Jobs whose iPhone and other designs fuelled Apple’s rise to become a $1 trillion (£789.3 billion) company, will leave later this year to form an independent design company. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108732-jony-ive-to-leave-apple/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Another quality Pattaya tourist: Butt naked in the middle of the street Image: Pattaya Update News Police were called to Pratumnak Hill in Pattaya last night after reports that a Western tourist was standing naked in the middle of an intersection. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108741-another-quality-pattaya-tourist-butt-naked-in-the-middle-of-the-street/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Bangkok cabbie "pervert" fined 1,000 baht for posting upskirt selfie on the "dark taxi web" Image: Daily News Taxi Report TH said that a taxi driving pervert had turned himself into police after sharing a selfie of him driving his cab with a female passenger in the back with her legs wide open. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108743-bangkok-cabbie-pervert-fined-1000-baht-for-posting-upskirt-selfie-on-the-dark-taxi-web/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 "Fast and Furious 9" team to the rescue as motorcycle overturns in Krabi Image: Namtal Paphatchaya Kyokong The production team from "The Fast and The Furious 9" that is filming in Thailand got a taste of why the Thai roads are so dangerous yesterday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108749-fast-and-furious-9-team-to-the-rescue-as-motorcycle-overturns-in-krabi/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Welcome to Thailand - and welcome to immigration queues! Image: Oo Spin9 A widely shared Tweet said there was chaos at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday as massive queues greeted international passengers. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108750-welcome-to-thailand-and-welcome-to-immigration-queues/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Fast AUTO Show opens in Bangkok BANGKOK, (NNT) - Car sales this year are likely to go up thanks to the improved purchasing power of many people, in line with recent better prices for agricultural products. This year, the Ministry of Industry expects that 2.2 million cars will be manufactured in Thailand. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108751-fast-auto-show-opens-in-bangkok/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 DDC: African Swine Fever not Contagious for Humans BANGKOK, (NNT) - Livestock related agencies in various provinces are strictly monitoring the African swine fever situation while the Department of Disease Control (DDC) has confirmed that the disease is not transmitted from animals to humans. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108752-ddc-african-swine-fever-not-contagious-for-humans/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Former MP candidate faces smuggled meth charges BANGKOK, (NNT) - The Thai Liberal Party leader, Pol. Gen. Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, has insisted that his political party had no involvement in the illicit drug trade allegedly engaged in by one of its former MP candidates who was apprehended on June 15, 2019, after police seized a shipping container bound for the Philippines containing over 985 kilograms of methamphetamine. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108685-seri-ruam-thai-boss-disowns-mp-candidate-held-in-drugs-case/?tab=comments#comment-14289792 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 MPs seek to block no-deal Brexit by stopping government funds FILE PHOTO: Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve speaks at a rally to discuss how to conduct a potential second referendum, in London, Britain, January 11, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-European Union lawmakers will seek next week to block a new prime minister from taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal and against the will of parliament by trying to cut off some of the government’s funding. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108755-mps-seek-to-block-no-deal-brexit-by-stopping-government-funds/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Genius or joker? British PM favorite Johnson set to face the world LONDON (Reuters) - Loose cannon or influential statesman - what kind of British prime minister would Boris Johnson make on the world stage? Judging by his time as foreign secretary, possibly both. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108756-genius-or-joker-british-pm-favorite-johnson-set-to-face-the-world/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 U.S. Democrats go after Trump, differ on healthcare in debate By James Oliphant Democratic U.S. 2020 election presidential candidates including author Marianne Williamson, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Michael Bennet and Rep. Eric Swalwell debate during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S. June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar MIAMI (Reuters) - Top Democratic presidential contenders launched repeated attacks on President Donald Trump during a debate on Thursday, but for a second consecutive night there was sharp disagreement over the best way to boost access to healthcare insurance coverage. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108758-us-democrats-go-after-trump-differ-on-healthcare-in-debate/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Grab driver hits Chinese teacher in the face with a golf club in Bangkok Caption: Chinese teacher hit in the face A Chinese teacher was whacked on the nose with a golf club as an argument with a Grab taxi driver turned violent in Pak Kret, Bangkok, yesterday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108760-grab-driver-hits-chinese-teacher-in-the-face-with-a-golf-club-in-bangkok/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Myanmar Migrants Released as Murder Convictions Overturned in Thailand By NYEIN NYEIN Three of the four convicted migrants sit down during a crime reenactment staged during the investigation of the 2015 murder by Thai police. / Htoo Chit / Facebook YANGON—Two Myanmar migrants serving six- and eight-year sentences for the alleged murder of a Thai woman in Ranong, Thailand in 2015 won their appeal in a southern Thailand court Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108762-myanmar-migrants-released-as-murder-convictions-overturned-in-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Video: Abusive minivan driver suspended for a week after altercation with heart patient Image: TNews Thai media has reported that a rude and abusive minivan driver has been fined and suspended after he packed his vehicle with passengers. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108764-video-abusive-minivan-driver-suspended-for-a-week-after-altercation-with-heart-patient/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Bike stops but pick-up is not so smart at railway crossing in Thailand Image: Screenshot CCTV made into a short video by Thai Rath showed the moment a motorcyclist looked on perplexed as a pick-up driver went straight through a railway crossing with the barrier down. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108765-bike-stops-but-pick-up-is-not-so-smart-at-railway-crossing-in-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Big Oud's rogues' gallery: Five Thais fined for not reporting whereabouts of foreigners Image: naewna Naew Na published five pictures of Thais who had been fined yesterday for not reporting foreigners at their properties within 24 hours of their arrival. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108768-big-ouds-rogues-gallery-five-thais-fined-for-not-reporting-whereabouts-of-foreigners/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Brake Failure on a field trip: Dozens of young students end up in ravine in Kanchanaburi Dozens of students, parents and teachers on a field trip to the Sai Yok area of Kanchanaburi in Thailand's west hurtled down a ravine after their bus experience a braking problem. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108773-brake-failure-on-a-field-trip-dozens-of-young-students-end-up-in-ravine-in-kanchanaburi/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Set locations revealed as "Fast and Furious 9" fever heats up Thai media said that interest in Thailand about the filming of "The Fast and the Furious 9" was hotting up. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108774-set-locations-revealed-as-fast-and-furious-9-fever-heats-up/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 The Nation ceases publication after 48 years After 48 years on the newsstands, The Nation, Thailand’s leading English-language daily known for its independent and aggressive news reporting, publishes its last print edition today. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108775-the-nation-ceases-publication-after-48-years/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Government reports on National Reform Progress tewit kemtong BANGKOK, 28 June 2019(NNT) - At the meeting of the House of Representatives yesterday, legislators discussed problems faced by the people and considered a progress report on the national reform plan, which was presented at the meeting on June 26. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108778-government-reports-on-national-reform-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Cambodia deports 63 Chinese arrested for telecom extortion scams Sixty-three telecom fraud suspects, repatriated from Cambodia, arrive at an airport in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, June 26, 2019, under the escort of police. Read more: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108746-cambodia-deports-63-chinese-arrested-for-telecom-extortion-scams/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Cambodia Promotes Former Governor of Sihanoukville Who Resigned Over Fatal Building Collapse Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday appointed the former governor of Preah Sihanouk province as secretary of state to the Ministry of National Defense, days after he resigned over a fatal building collapse, drawing condemnation from observers who called the promotion a “slap in the face.” Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108748-cambodia-promotes-former-governor-of-sihanoukville-who-resigned-over-fatal-building-collapse/: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 CNRP Chief Kem Sokha Breaks Silence in Message to Supporters Marking Birthday in Captivity In a rare public message while under house arrest, opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha on Thursday thanked supporters for wishing him well on his 67th birthday and vowed to continue working to serve their interests, despite facing charges widely seen as politically motivated. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108745-cnrp-chief-kem-sokha-breaks-silence-in-message-to-supporters-marking-birthday-in-captivity/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Hunt launched for drug suspect who allegedly killed policeman By The Nation Surat Thani police have launched a manhunt for a drug suspect who allegedly ran over and killed a policeman while fleeing arrest in Ban Ta Khun district on Thursday night. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108781-hunt-launched-for-drug-suspect-who-allegedly-killed-policeman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 200 year old durian and takien thong trees added to national heritage list (Photo) http://vipaporn-petmas.blogspot.com/2009_06_22_archive.html The Thai Ministry of Culture has declared one durian tree and one takien thong tree, both about 200 years old in Patoh district of the southern province of Chumpon, to be part of the country’s national heritage, to remind people of the value of trees. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108784-200-year-old-durian-and-takien-thong-trees-added-to-national-heritage-list/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Khao Kheow Open Zoo welcomes newborn baby giraffe Asma Thinkohkaew BANGKOK, 27 June 2019 (NNT) - Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi has welcomed a newborn baby giraffe who’s very popular among children. A naming contest has been announced with winners receiving big prizes. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108785-khao-kheow-open-zoo-welcomes-newborn-baby-giraffe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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