THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 19 July 2019

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Brit expat behind bars for attacking Phuket dog

 

Mervyn Harding, a British expat living in Rawai, has been charged with animal cruelty and three forms trespass for attacking a dog near Phuket’s Nai Harn Beach. Photo: Chalong Police (blurred at police request)

PHUKET: A 43-year-old British national is behind bars at Phuket Provincial Court after being charged by Chalong Police for animal cruelty after he was caught on CCTV attacking a dog with a metal rod in the early minutes of Tuesday morning (July 16).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112529-brit-expat-behind-bars-for-attacking-phuket-dog/

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Tourists’ safety my priority: new minister

 

 

Newly appointed Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakijprakan says ensuring the safety of tourists is his most urgent task.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112526-tourists’-safety-my-priority-says-thailand’s-new-tourism-and-sports-minister/

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New minister hopes to have medical marijuana prescribed from August

By THE NATION

 

 

Public Health Ministry officials welcomed the new minister on Thursday, saying they will support his policy to promote medical marijuana and work towards getting the formula prescribed at public hospitals from early August.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112551-new-minister-hopes-to-have-medical-marijuana-prescribed-from-august/

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Inefficient online bankers to be revealed to consumers

By WICHIT CHAITRONG
THE NATION

 

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will next month start publishing details of which banks suffer the longest online downtimes so consumers can identify the most reliable ones.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112593-inefficient-online-banking-to-be-revealed-to-consumers/

 

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All eyes on new team at helm of Education Ministry

By Chularat Saengpassa
The Nation

 

Nation/Prasert Thepsri Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan (front, center) and Deputy Education Minister Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich (right, yellow dress) strive with confidence as they arrive at the ministry at 7.49am on Thursday for the first day in office.

 

Thanks to the formation of the new government, a new man and two deputies have taken the helm of the Education Ministry. And while hopes for better changes emerge, many doubts are also surfacing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112594-all-eyes-on-new-team-at-helm-of-education-ministry/

 

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Stop and listen, opposition MPs tell Prayut

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Opposition MPs urged the prime minister on Thursday to pay heed to comments from politicians at next week’s parliamentary debate on the new government’s policies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112595-stop-and-listen-opposition-mps-tell-prayut/

 

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Banks to ride on digital ID scheme with new services

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT
WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

 

Thailand’s top commercial banks will roll out new financial service plans as they embrace the National Digital ID (NDID) scheme, which is expected to be officially launched in the fourth quarter of this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112596-banks-to-ride-on-digital-id-scheme-with-new-services/

 

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World Cup qualifiers will reveal Thailand’s Asean standing

By The Nation

 

Wittaya

 

The second round of World Cup qualifiers in September will be a test whether Thailand are on course to regain their spot as the top football nation in Southeast Asia, says Wittaya Laohakul, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT)’s technical director.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112597-world-cup-qualifiers-will-reveal-thailand’s-asean-standing/

 

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Praewa’s mother assures the families of victims will be fully compensated

 

 

About nine years ago, Ms. Praewa, then aged 16 years and six month and without a driving license, rammed her car into the rear of a packed passenger van on the elevated Don Muang tollway, killing nine people and injuring five others. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112598-praewa’s-mother-assures-the-families-of-victims-will-be-fully-compensated/

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Thephasadin na Ayudhya clan offers condolences to families of crash victims

 

 

The Thephasadin na Ayudhya clan today (Thursday) offered condolences to the families of victims of a fatal road accident nine years ago and donated a 500,000 baht fund to be used to support the legal pursuit of compensation awarded to the victims’ families by the Supreme Court.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112598-praewa’s-mother-assures-the-families-of-victims-will-be-fully-compensated/?do=findComment&comment=14363748

 

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World-Beating Currency Is a Big, Big Headache for Thailand's Tourism

By Natnicha Chuwiruch

 

File photo

 

• New minister blames baht’s advance for a slowdown in arrivals
• Piphat aims for talks with the central bank, finance ministry

 

Thailand’s tourism minister has blamed a surge in the baht for sapping tourist arrivals into Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy and says he’ll take up the matter with the central bank, highlighting rising concern over the currency’s gains.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112599-strong-baht-a-big-big-headache-for-thailand’s-tourism/

 

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Trump disavows 'send her back' rally chant, many Republicans alarmed

By David Morgan

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Thursday from supporters' chants of "send her back" at a rally where he blasted Somalia-born U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, as Republicans worry the incendiary mantra could set the tone for the 2020 campaign.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112601-trump disavows-send-her-back-rally-chant-many-republicans-alarmed/

 

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FBI documents point to Trump role in hush money for porn star Daniels

By Jonathan Allen and Jonathan Stempel

 

Court documents that have been released today in the former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen case are pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, U.S., July 18, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - FBI documents unsealed on Thursday suggest that Donald Trump was actively involved in engineering a hush-money payment shortly before the 2016 election to a porn actress who said she had a sexual encounter with him, as his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, campaign team and others scrambled to head off a scandal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112604-fbi-documents-point-to-trump-role-in-hush-money-for-porn-star-daniels/

 

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Canada's Trudeau condemns Trump attacks: 'That is not how we do things'

 

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with guests at a diner in Calgary, Alberta, Canada July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday added his voice to those condemning an attack by U.S. President Donald Trump against four minority Democratic congresswomen, saying "that is not how we do things in Canada."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112607-canadas-trudeau-condemns-trump-attacks-that-is-not-how-we-do-things/

 

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Pattaya: Thai maid steals 130,000 baht from three foreign tourists

 

Thai caption: Light fingered maid

 

Police in Pattaya announced the arrest of a 52 year old Pattaya maid who stole 130,000 baht from the room safes of three tourists. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112609-pattaya-thai-maid-steals-130000-baht-from-three-foreign-tourists/

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Chance of no-deal Brexit rises as Johnson leads Hunt - Reuters poll

By Jonathan Cable

 

Boris Johnson, a leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, speaks during a hustings event in London, Britain July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The chance that Britain will leave the European Union without a deal is the highest since October 2017, economists polled by Reuters say, as arch-Brexiteer Boris Johnson looks set to take over as prime minister next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112611-chance-of-no-deal-brexit-rises-as-johnson-leads-hunt-reuters-poll/

 

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Chinese safe cracking "tourists" tell the cops they needed funds to continue the high life in Thailand

 

Thai caption: We needed money to continue living it up in Thailand...they claimed

 

Police in Samut Prakarn have announced the arrest of four Chinese tourists who broke into an industrial tools company and cracked open a safe. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112620-chinese-safe-cracking-tourists-tell-the-cops-they-needed-funds-to-continue-the-high-life-in-thailand/

 

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"Suvarnabhumi is hell" screams Thailand's most famous English teacher

 

Picture: TNA MCOT

 

Celebrity English teacher and journalist Andrew Biggs has created a storm by saying that the immigration queues that greeted him on a return trip to Thailand at Bangkok's main airport were "hell".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112624-suvarnabhumi-is-hell-screams-thailands-most-famous-english-teacher/

 

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Chumphon: Thai wife and her lover were behind murder of "nice guy" coffee shop manager

 

Thai caption: Gang arrested for murder of coffee shop manager

 

Police in Chumphon in southern Thailand said they have arrested three members of a gang responsible for the shooting of a Khao Thalu Coffee Shop manager. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112626-chumphon-thai-wife-and-her-lover-were-behind-murder-of-nice-guy-coffee-shop-manager/

 

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UPDATE: 3,000 baht Phuket van fare for Australians tourists “all a misunderstanding”

By The Thaiger

 

 

As a follow up of the complaint about an overcharged van fare of 3,000 baht from Phuket International Airport to Kata by two Australians, a meeting was held yesterday between the driver, the tourists and a representative from the Phuket Land Transport Office.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112629-update-3000-baht-phuket-van-fare-for-australians-tourists-“all-a-misunderstanding”/

 

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Free trips on Blue Line sky train extension start Monday

 

Thai caption: Free trips on Hua Lamphong to Tha Phra sky train extension

 

Free trips are being offered on the Blue Line sky train extension from Hua Lamphong to Tha Phra.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112633-free-trips-on-blue-line-sky-train-extension-start-monday/

 

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Ghosts in the hospital? Nurse denies it.... but can't explain the rattling bed!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thais were convinced there was a ghost abroad after a woman posted a video of mysterious goings on in a ward at a Samut Prakarn hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112645-ghosts-in-the-hospital-nurse-denies-it-but-cant-explain-the-rattling-bed/

 

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Video: Hunt on for drunk motorcyclist who mowed down 14 year old "breadwinner" on a bicycle

 

 

Police are hunting a motorcyclist who was caught on CCTV in Bang Pakong this morning going the wrong way down a street and hitting a 14 year old boy on his bicycle. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112651-video-hunt-on-for-drunk-motorcyclist-who-mowed-down-14-year-old-breadwinner-on-a-bicycle/

 

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Draft government policy to receive house consideration

 

   

BANGKOK, 19th July 2018, (NNT) - The government is to submit its draft policy statement for consideration by members of parliament prior to an official announcement, with drought and economic issues being seen as urgent matters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112652-draft-government-policy-to-receive-house-consideration/

 

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Hanging wires: Another motorcyclist strangled to death

 

Thai caption: Hanging wires strangle (man) to death

 

Another motorcyclist has fallen victim to Bangkok's infamous hanging wires. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112653-hanging-wires-another-motorcyclist-strangled-to-death/

 

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House appoints Chairman to oversee Skytrain Extension routes

 

   

BANGKOK, 19th July 2018, (NNT) - The House committee overseeing the Skytrain’s rail extensions has appointed Weerakorn Khamprakob as its chairman.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112655-house-appoints-chairman-to-oversee-skytrain-extension-routes/

 

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Carnage on the Thai roads: More than 8,000 dead so far this year

 

Thai caption: Campaign to Lower Deaths on the Roads - 18th July 2019 - 40 dead at the scene

 

Daily News reported that the carnage continues on the Thai Roads. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112659-carnage-on-the-thai-roads-more-than-8000-dead-so-far-this-year/

 

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Phang Nga on alert for flash flooding 

By The Nation

 

 

Phang Nga governor Siripat Pattakul Friday ordered all government agencies in the southern province to be on alert around the clock after surface run-off from a mountain hit a village in Takua Pa district in the early hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112662-phang-nga-on-alert-for-flash-flooding/

 

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National agenda needed for dugong conservation: natural resources minister

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand should draft a national agenda for dugong conservation with input from all sectors, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112666-national-agenda-needed-for-dugong-conservation-natural-resources-minister/

 

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Tourism minister plans to get back the lost Europeans - with MASSAGE and GANJA!

 

 

The new Thai minister for tourism and sports thinks he can get Europeans and Americans back to visiting Thailand with the promise of massage and ganja. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112667-tourism-minister-plans-to-get-back-the-lost-europeans-with-massage-and-ganja/