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Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek 2019 to welcome sailors from around the world

Cape Panwa Hotel to host 16th edition of award-winning regatta

 

30+ boats will compete in the 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek. Photo by Guy Nowell.

 

PHUKET, Thailand – Over 450 sailors, families and friends from more than 20 countries are set to make Cape Panwa Hotel their home this week as they head to Phuket to take part in the Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek, 17 – 21 July. The kick-off event for the 2019/2020 AsianYachting Grand Prix, Raceweek is set to welcome top sailors from around Asia and beyond, and charterers from as far-a-field as Australia, China and the UK, to compete in four days of high octane racing off Phuket's southeast coast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112026-cape-panwa-hotel-phuket-raceweek-2019-to-welcome sailors-from-around-the-world/

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Surin Beach’s temporary lifeguards on hold until further notice

By The Phuket News

 

The sole so-called ‘lifeguard’ currently ‘on duty’ at Surin Beach relaxes in a chair in the shade (right) with his back to the beach while a family play by the red no-swimming flag on the beach. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: The arrival of trained, professional lifeguards at Surin Beach is on hold until contractual issues have been resolved, MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), has told The Phuket News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112033-surin-beach’s-temporary-lifeguards-on-hold-until-further-notice/

 

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After Phuket student killed by electrocution, officials assure public park areas are safe

By The Phuket News

 

Workers make repairs to the deadly light pole at the Suan Luang basketball courts that killed 18-year-old student Khaled Nour and injured Cherdsak Vaiano. Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has issued a statement assuring that public areas in Suan Luang (King’s Park) are safe, after 18-year-student Khaled Nour died from electrocution after touching a floodlight pole beside a basketball court in the park on Saturday evening (July 13).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112038-after-phuket-student-killed-by-electrocution-officials-assure-public-park-areas-are-safe/

 

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Big Data plan for one-stop service for 200 transactions

 

   

BANGKOK, 16 July 2019 (NNT) - Gov’t Big Data plan to allow One-Stop services using only ID card

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112039-big-data-plan-for-one-stop-service-for-200-transactions/

 

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Special Defence Assembly

 

   

BANGKOK, 16 July 2019 (NNT) - DPM Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has called a special Defence Assembly meeting in appreciation of the armed forces’ role over the past five year maintaining order and national security.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112041-special-defence-assembly/

 

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PM candidates set high bar for Brexit talks: no Irish backstop

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Boris Johnson, a leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, attends a hustings event in Colchester, Britain July 13, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The two candidates vying to be Britain’s next prime minister set a high bar on Monday for success in Brexit negotiations, saying that even a significant concession from the European Union on the Irish border would be insufficient.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112045-pm-candidates-set-high-bar-for-brexit-talks-no-irish-backstop/

 

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UK PM candidate Johnson: Labour Party leader Corbyn guilty of anti-Semitism

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The frontrunner to become Britain’s next prime minister, Boris Johnson, said on Monday that the leader of the main opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, was guilty of anti-Semitism.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112046-uk-pm-candidate-johnson-labour-party-leader-corbyn-guilty-of-anti-semitism/

 

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Thailand and world prepare for cryptocurrency challenges

 

 

The Libra project has shaken the global financial scene since Facebook, with a group of founding members, announced the proposed cryptocurrency last month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112049-thailand-and-world-prepare-for-cryptocurrency-challenges/

 

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Storm weather warning issued for Phuket

 By The Phuket News

 

The weather warning forecasts heavy rains and strong wind waves reaching up to three metres high during thundershowers. Image: TMD

 

PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued a storm weather warning for Phuket and the Andaman coast, and the Phuket Marine Office has issued a marine safety advisory calling for all small boats to stay ashore as the fallout from tropical depression “Mun” approaches Thailand from the east is expected to drench Southern Thailand with downpours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112048-storm-weather-warning-issued-for-phuket/

 

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Koh Phi Phi dugong died from a gastrointestinal infection

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation

 

Another dead dugong was discovered over the weekend off Koh Phi Phi in Krabi province. Department of Marine and Coastal Resources veterinarians have determined the death was caused by stomach infection and chronic inflammation of the intestines.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112072-koh-phi-phi-dugong-died-from-a-gastrointestinal-infection/

 

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More currencies in Asia strengthen – Indonesion rupiah crosses major threshold

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Thai baht isn’t the only Asian currency performing well against some of the western currencies. The Indonesian rupiah has strengthened 0.54% to 13,932 to the US dollar yesterday (Monday) from 14,008 on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112076-more-currencies-in-asia-strengthen-–-indonesion-rupiah-crosses-major-threshold/

 

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Phuket surf warning issued as storm conditions rise

By The Phuket News

 

The ISLA warning issued at 9am today (July 16) is from Nai Harn in Phuket’s south to Cape Pakarang in Khao Lak. Image: ISLA

 

PHUKET: The International Surf Lifesaving Association (ISLA) has issued a surf danger warning as Southern Thailand braces for storm conditions following a weather warning issued for Phuket and the Andaman coast, including an advisory from the Phuket Marine Office calling for all small boats to stay ashore.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112078-phuket-surf-warning-issued-as-storm-conditions-rise/

 

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Recycled electronics are turning Thailand into a 'dumping ground for hazardous waste'

By South-East Asia correspondent Kathryn Diss

 

PHOTO: Payao Charoonwong says a local e-waste recycling facility has destroyed her village's main water supply.

Credit: (ABC News: Kathryn Diss )

 

Electronic waste from Western countries, including Australia, is flooding the shores of South-East Asian nations like Thailand, sparking fears of air and water pollution.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112081-recycled-electronics-are-turning-thailand-into-a-dumping-ground-for-hazardous-waste/

 

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Absent senators to receive meeting alerts

 

   

BANGKOK, 16 July 2019 (NNT) - The Senate Speaker said today a clear measure has been put in place in the wake of criticism of a photo showing a handful of senators at a meeting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112085-absent-senators-to-receive-meeting-alerts/

 

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Stronger baht not keeping tourists away

By THE NATION

 

Weerasak Kowsurat, outgoing Tourism and Sports Minister

 

Despite the appreciation of the baht, Thailand has attracted as many as 21.08 million tourists in the first half of this year, marking a 0.81 per cent growth year on year, outgoing Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112118-stronger-baht-not-keeping-tourists-away/

 

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Agriculture Ministry steps in to tackle drought

By THE NATION

 

 

Incoming Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said a drought affecting the country was an urgent matter and the ministry would step in to tackle it.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112121-agriculture-ministry-steps-in-to-tackle-drought/

 

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Customs Dept. admits breaching WTO rules on Philip Morris cigarette imports

 

 

Thailand’s Customs Department has admitted that it did not comply with WTO procedures regarding the import of Philip Morris cigarettes into Thailand from the Philippines from 2001 to 2007.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112122-customs-dept-admits-breaching-wto-rules-on-philip-morris-cigarette-imports/

 

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Search underway for 4 people after a pavilion collapses into Mae Klong River

 

 

Rescue workers are scouring the Mae Klong River, in Thailand’s central province of Samut Songkram, this afternoon (Tuesday) to look for survivors after four people went missing and about 19 others were injured when a riverside pavilion collapsed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112124-search-underway-for-4-people-after-a-pavilion-collapses-into-mae-klong-river/

 

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Migration from eastern Europe raises German population to record high

 

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s population reached a record high of more than 83 million people last year, largely because migration, most of which came from eastern Europe, data showed on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112126-migration-from-eastern-europe-raises-german-population-to-record-high/

 

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North Korean nuclear envoy reported executed is alive: South Korea legislator

By Hyonhee Shin

 

FILE PHOTO - Kim Hyok Chol, North Korea's special representative for U.S. affairs, leaves the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean nuclear envoy who steered talks before a failed summit with the United States in February is alive, a South Korean legislator said on Tuesday, contradicting a South Korean news report that he had been executed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112128-north-korean-nuclear-envoy-reported-executed-is-alive-south-korea-legislator/

 

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China says Trump 'misleading' people linking trade deal, slowing economy

By Ben Blanchard

 

FILE PHOTO: Flags of U.S. and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)'s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday rebuffed a suggestion from U.S. President Donald Trump that Beijing needs a trade deal with the United States because its economy is slowing, saying this was “totally misleading” and that both countries wanted an agreement.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112129-china-says-trump-misleading-people-linking-trade-deal-slowing-economy/

 

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High and dry: Alpine resorts grapple with climate change

By Michael Shields

 

Parts of the Gurschengletscher glacier are covered with tarps in Andermatt, Switzerland July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

AROSA, Switzerland (Reuters) - The prospect of searing heatwaves driving holidaymakers to cool mountains and children asking grandparents about their memories of snow is focusing minds in Alpine ski resorts on the implications of climate change.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112131-high-and-dry-alpine-resorts-grapple-with-climate-change/

 

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Bangkok’s best 30 Restaurants listed in New Book

 

 

BANGKOK, 16 July 2019 (NNT) - Thailand is a country known for abundance and diversity in its culinary choice, listed by CNN Travel as one of the top 10 countries with a thriving food culture, with many restaurants and food shops having histories going back for generations.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112132-bangkok’s-best-30-restaurants-listed-in-new-book/

 

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Premier calls on motorists to not drive under influence of alcohol during long holiday

 

 

BANGKOK, 15 July 2019 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on motorists to not drive under the influence of alcohol on Asalha Puja Day and Buddhist Lent Day, during sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. Authorities have been instructed to set up road checkpoints to catch drunk drivers and inspect venues for any sales of alcoholic beverages.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112133-premier-calls-on-motorists-to-not-drive-under-influence-of-alcohol-during-long-holiday/

 

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Police begin hunt for foreign man over attacking dog

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Police have begun their investigation into the attack after the man was caught on CCTV. Image: Naiharn Beach Dogs / Facebook
 

PHUKET:-- Chalong Police Chief Col Therdthoon Sroisukphaphan has ordered Chalong Police Deputy Chief Lt Col Sanan Janrong to investigate a video posted online showing a foreign man attacking a dog with what appeared to be a long knife or a metal rod in Nai Harn last night (July 15).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112135-police-begin-hunt-for-foreign-man-over-attacking-dog/

 

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Gavin and Stacey: James Corden and Ruth Jones buy ice creams for fans

 

A thank you note from James Corden and Ruth Jones was taped to the window of the van / KEZIAH YOUNG

 

Actors James Corden and Ruth Jones bought ice creams as a thank you to crowds watching filming of Gavin and Stacey's Christmas special in Barry.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112138-gavin-and-stacey-james-corden-and-ruth-jones-buy-ice-creams-for-fans/

 

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Stranger Things 3: Noah Schnapp responds to speculation over Will Byers’ sexuality

By Clémence Michallon

 

 

Warning: This story contains mild spoilers for Stranger Things’ third season.

 

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has responded to speculation about his character Will Byers’s sexuality.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112140-stranger-things-3-noah-schnapp-responds-to-speculation-over-will-byers’-sexuality/

 

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This Lion King fan theory will ruin your childhood

BY GABRIELLA GEISINGER

 

WALT DISNEY PICTURES / DISNEY

 

The Lion King may be one of Disney's undisputed top movies of all time, despite – or because of – the fact that the story is essentially Hamlet told by lions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112143-this-lion-king-fan-theory-will-ruin-your-childhood/

 

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Law on import duty clarified after backlash

By THE NATION

 

 

The Customs Department defended itself on Tuesday in the wake of a social media storm over travellers’ claims they had been unfairly charged import duty at Thai airports.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112146-law-on-import-duty-clarified-after-backlash/

 

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