THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 3 Aug 2019

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Sunday Arvo Session at The Aussie pub

 

Are you sure you wanna miss all this food? Well that’s gonna be your lost! 

 

Sunday Arvo with live music at the authentic Australian Pub!

 

 

About The Australian Pub & BBQ Pub

 

The Aussie Pub is your place for live music and sport on Sukhumvit Soi 11. Bangkok’s original Australian pub is home for everyone from Down Under and those who love it.

 

More info: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115008-sunday-arvo-session-at-the-aussie-pub/

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Quake hits sea off Indonesia, but tsunami warning lifted

By Ed Davies and Jessica Damiana

 

People gather outside an office building following an earthquake hit in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Dwi Prasetya/ via REUTERS

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java on Friday, triggering a two-hour tsunami warning that sent coastal-dwellers fleeing to higher ground and panicking people in the capital Jakarta.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115557-quake-hits-sea-off-indonesia-but-tsunami-warning-lifted/

 

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No special law needed to contend with Bangkok bombers, Prayut says

By THE NATION

 

 

The spate of bomb blasts in Bangkok does not warrant the invoking of a special law to respond to them, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115560-no-special-law-needed-to-contend-with-bangkok-bombers-prayut-says/

 

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North, NE warned of heavy rain as Wipha moves closer

By The Nation

 

 

The Meteorological Department Friday warned residents of the North and Northeast to brace themselves for possible heavy rains from tropical storm Wipha, which is expected to make a landfall in Vietnam Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115562-north-ne-warned-of-heavy-rain-as-wipha-moves-closer/

 

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NYC police officer who killed Eric Garner should be fired, police judge rules

By Jonathan Allen

 

New York protesters march and rally on the fifth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner in New York, U.S., July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white New York City police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a banned chokehold in 2014 should be fired, a police judge recommended on Friday in a case that stoked the Black Lives Matter movement and reverberated in the U.S. presidential campaign.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115559-nyc-police-officer-who-killed-eric-garner-should-be-fired-police-judge-rules/

 

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Khuan Khreng wildfire still smouldering as officials tackle smoke

By Krissana Thiwatsirikul
The Nation

 

Nation/Charoon Thongnual

 

The wildfire at Khuan Khreng peat forest in Nakhon Si Thammarat province was still smouldering in some parts on Friday, which required officials, soldiers and volunteers to continue spraying water and monitoring the situation round the clock, said Damras Phoprasit, director of the Protected Area Regional Office 5 (Nakhon Si Thammarat).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115563-khuan-khreng-wildfire-still-smouldering-as-officials-tackle-smoke/

 

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Get free tests for hepatitis B and C, people urged after coverage pledge

By The Nation

 

Rattaphon Triamwichanon, assistant to the NHSO secretary-general, is encouraging people to take advantage of the screening initiative.

 

People have been urged to get free screening for hepatitis B and C at hospitals nationwide after the National Health Security Office (NHSO) confirmed that the universal healthcare scheme covered treatments for the diseases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115564-get-free-tests-for-hepatitis-b-and-c-people-urged-after-coverage-pledge/

 

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SET slumps under weight of Bangkok blasts, US-China trade war

By The Nation

 

 

The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index was down almost 1 per cent on Friday (August 2) amid fears of an escalating trade war and a series of small blasts in Bangkok

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115565-set-slumps-under-weight-of-bangkok-blasts-us-china-trade-war/

 

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Thai immigration chief announces arrest of wanted British child sex offender

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Chief of Thai immigration Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang has announced the arrest of a British man wanted by the UK authorities for child sex offences.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115579-thai-immigration-chief-announces-arrest-of-wanted-british-child-sex-offender/

 

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Busted! Algerian gang targeting tourists on the BTS in Bangkok

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Immigration has announced the arrest of two Algerian men who were targeting tourists on the BTS train network in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115580-busted-algerian-gang-targeting-tourists-on-the-bts-in-bangkok/

 

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Thailand is safe assures tourism minister in PR visit after bombings

 

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thailand's newly appointed Minister for Tourism and Sports was in Chinatown last night assuring foreign tourists that all was well in Thailand despite a series of bombings and fires in the capital on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115583-thailand-is-safe-assures-tourism-minister-in-pr-visit-after-bombings/

 

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Video: A bomber at work? - explosion and fire in store in Siam Square One

 

 

Image: Daily News

 

A video put together by Daily News showed an explosion and resulting fire at the Miniso shop on the third floor of Siam Square One in the early hours of yesterday morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115584-video-a-bomber-at-work-explosion-and-fire-in-store-in-siam-square-one/

 

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Thai police banned from using Facebook; letter circulated online

 

 

Image: Daily News

 

A section of the Royal Thai Police has apparently been ordered to stop using Facebook.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115585-thai-police-banned-from-using-facebook-letter-circulated-online/

 

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Health Check: Phuket Immigration confirms mandatory health insurance for O-A ‘retirement’ visas not in force

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

An officer at the Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket Town holds up the application form for an extension to stay for those applying under a Non-immigrant O-A visa. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot
 

PHUKET: Foreigners applying for an extension stay under a Non-immigrant O-A visa, nicknamed the “retirement visa”, still do not yet have to provide proof of mandatory health insurance coverage as warned to be introduced “imminently” by senior officials in Bangkok months ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115587-health-check-phuket-immigration-confirms-mandatory-health-insurance-for-o-a-‘retirement’-visas-not-in-force/

 

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Army chief blames same group from attacks in 2006 for Friday’s explosions

 

 

Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong has blamed the same group of people “with an old mindset” who engineered bomb attacks in Bangkok in 2006 for being behind the multiple explosions in the city today (Friday), but he says they used “new faces” to carry out the violent incidents.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115590-army-chief-blames-same-group-from-attacks-in-2006-for-friday’s-explosions/

 

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Australian man arrested for stalking compatriot - more Thais fined for not reporting foreigners at their addresses

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported the arrest of an Australian man who has been stalking an Australian woman in Petchabun in Thailand's north east. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115593-australian-man-arrested-for-stalking-compatriot-more-thais-fined-for-not-reporting-foreigners-at-their-addresses/

 

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Tropical storm Vibha causes heavy rain in Thailand

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK, 2nd August 2019 (NNT) - Tropical storm Vibha is expected to make landfall soon in northern Vietnam. Although the storm itself won’t prevail directly over Thailand, it has brought heavy rains to some parts, especially in northeastern and northern regions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115596-tropical-storm-vibha-causes-heavy-rain-in-thailand/

 

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Human rights advocate Angkhana Neelapaijit wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

 

 

Thailand’s former National Human Rights commissioner, Mrs. Angkhana Neelapaijit, is to receive the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for championing the cause of human rights.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115597-human-rights-advocate-angkhana-neelapaijit-wins-2019-ramon-magsaysay-award/

 

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PM won’t tolerate violence and vows no hiding place for the perpetrators

 

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that he will not tolerate explosions, even if only a handful people were injured, and he questioned the motive of the perpetrators or their masterminds for timing the violent incidents while Thailand is hosting the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115600-pm-won’t-tolerate-violence-and-vows-no-hiding-place-for-the-perpetrators/

 

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The future of mobility in Thailand is smart, electric and quiet

By Ramesh Narasimhan
Special to The Nation

 

NISSAN LEAF EV

 

Why electrification is key to reducing air and noise pollution, and improving people’s health

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115603-the-future-of-mobility-in-thailand-is-smart-electric-and-quiet/

 

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Two rangers escape with slight injuries in Pattani bomb attack

By The Nation

 

Image: SiamRath

 

Two rangers suffered minor injuries when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb to ambush a patrol unit in Pattani province on Friday (August 2) evening, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115604-two-rangers-escape-with-slight-injuries-in-pattani-bomb-attack/

 

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Future Forward warns govt against using special power after blasts

By The Nation

 

 

Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul on Friday (August 2) warned the government against using the multiple bomb attacks in the capital earlier in the day as a pretext to invoke a special power.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115605-future-forward-warns-govt-against-using-special-power-after-blasts/

 

 

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Panitan believes Bangkok blasts masterminds were ‘insiders’

By The Nation

 

Image: Reuters

 

A security affairs expert and former adviser to the PM on security affairs believes the perpetrators of the multiple blasts in Bangkok on Friday morning had inside information about the government’s security affairs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115608-panitan-believes-bangkok-blasts-masterminds-were-‘insiders’/

 

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New panel to steer development of Thai logistics sector

By THE NATION

 

Saksayam

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has instructed the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) office and his ministry to come up with a joint logistics development policy as part of his move to steer efforts to improve the country’s logistics sector in the same direction.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115609-new-panel-to-steer-development-of-thai-logistics-sector/

 

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Technology agency links with Mercedes-Benz on electric vehicle batteries

By The Nation

 

 

The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) has partnered with Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd to collaborate in research, development and technology transfer to support battery testing for electric vehicles (EVs).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115610-technology-agency-links-with-mercedes-benz-on-electric-vehicle-batteries/

 

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One killed, at least three hurt after bluff collapses onto California beach

By Dan Whitcomb

 

Emergency responders attend to a cliff collapse at a beach in Encinitas, California, U.S., August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A woman was killed and at least several other people hurt on Friday when a chunk of a sandstone bluff overlooking a Southern California beach collapsed onto them, local police and fire officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115614-one-killed-at-least-three-hurt-after-bluff-collapses-onto-california-beach/

 

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Puerto Rico has new governor, but his stay may be short

 

 

Pedro Pierluisi holds a news conference after swearing in as Governor of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Gabriella N. Baez

 

SAN JUAN (Reuters) - The handpicked successor to disgraced Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello was sworn in on Friday after Rossello stepped down, but lawyer Pedro Pierluisi said his term as governor might be short as the island's Senate still had to ratify his position.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115616-puerto-rico-has-new-governor-but-his-stay-may-be-short/

 

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No signs of trauma found on body of Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter

By Dan Whitcomb and Matthew Lavietes

 

The lights are on at the Hyannis Port Yacht Club by the Kennedy Compound where police are investigating the death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S., August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi

 

(Reuters) - An autopsy conducted on the 22-year-old granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy found no trauma to her body, leaving the cause and manner of her death to be determined following toxicology tests, the local district attorney's office said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115618-no-signs-of-trauma-found-on-body-of-robert-f-kennedys-granddaughter/

 

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British military called in to stop dam collapsing and flooding town

By Phil Noble

 

A Chinook helicopter carries sand bags on top of the dam during a flight over Whaley Bridge after a nearby reservoir was damaged by flooding, Britain August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

WHALEY BRIDGE, England (Reuters) - A British military helicopter dropped sacks of ballast onto the outer slope of a reservoir dam in central England on Friday in an effort to prevent it from collapsing and flooding the town below.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115619-british-military-called-in-to-stop-dam-collapsing-and-flooding-town/

 

 

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Japan's K-Line convicted of cartel conduct by Australian court

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A truck carrying a cargo container belonging to the Japanese-owned K Line shipping company passes in front of the K Line-owned container cargo vessel Brooklyn Bridge being loaded October 17 at its berth in the Oakland Harbor.
 

(Reuters) - Japanese shipping firm Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd <9107.T> (K-Line) was convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered to pay a A$34.5 million ($23.50 million) fine by a federal court, Australia's competition regulator said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115621-japans-k-line-convicted-of-cartel-conduct-by-australian-court/