BBC apologises after presenter calls Muslim prayer sign 'IS salute'

By Jim Waterson

 

The BBC said it would remove the relevant voiceover from Dooley’s documentary before broadcast. Photograph: Candace Davies/BBC/Blakeway North/Candace Davies

 

The BBC has apologised and amended a Panorama documentary presented by Stacey Dooley after she inadvertently described a Muslim prayer sign as a terrorist salute.

 

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Victoria’s Secret just hired its first ever trans model

 

@valentts

 

After causing outrage at the end of 2018, when chief marketing officer Ed Razek claimed trans women were not part of the label’s ‘fantasy’, Victoria’s Secret has seemingly finally realised we’re living in 2019 and hired its first trans model. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116273-victoria’s-secret-just-hired-its-first-ever-trans-model/

 

The Sixth Sense at 20: the smash hit that remains impossible to define

By Scott Tobias

 

Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. M Night Shyamalan’s film was – and remains – unclassifiable. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

 

For major studios, August is where the bodies are buried.

 

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SET performance depends on govt stimulus policies: market experts

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT
THE NATION

 

Paiboon Nalinthrangkurn, chairman of the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisation.

 

The performance of the Thai stock market for the rest of the year will hinge on the effectiveness of the new government’s economic stimuli and whether these policies can stir up investors’ sentiments that have been hit adversely by the US-China trade war, market experts predict. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116280-set-performance-depends-on-govt-stimulus-policies-market-experts/

 

Cycle Fest on Nov 23, 24 at scenic Pattaya club

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Bank Cycle Fest 2019 will pedal off on November 23-24 at the Siam Country Club in Pattaya.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116281-cycle-fest-on-nov-23-24-at-scenic-pattaya-club/

 

Three controversial chemicals should be banned by year’s end: Mananya

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Mananya Thaiset on Tuesday revealed a plan to stop the use of three controversial agricultural chemicals – paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos – in Thailand. She said it was in motion and should materialise before the end of this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116284-three-controversial-chemicals-should-be-banned-by-year’s-end-mananya/

 

Obec to tackle school lunches using five-point strategy

By The Nation

 

 

The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) has come up with a five-point strategy to ensure that school lunch nationwide is of good quality and has created a working team to analyse the budget allocated to meals in school, Obec secretary-general Suthep Chitayawong said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116287-obec-to-tackle-school-lunches-using-five-point-strategy/

 

NACC to charge Suthep of collusion over police-station project

By The Nation

 

Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban (right) and former acting National Police chief Pol General Prateep Tanprasert (left) are facing charges over the alleged collusion in relation to the construction of 396 new police stations.

 

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Tuesday resolved to officially charge former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban for alleged collusion in relation to the construction of 396 new police stations nationwide, and will pass the case on to the Office of the Attorney General to indict the veteran politician for a criminal offence.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116300-nacc-to-charge-suthep-of-collusion-over-police-station-project/

 

Cabinet approves Bt3.2 trillion in expenditure for fiscal 2020

By THE NATION

 

Narumon

 

The Cabinet has given the greenlight to an expenditure of Bt3.2 trillion for fiscal 2020, setting the deficit at Bt469 billion and readying Bt1 billion for economic stimuli in the second half.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116301-cabinet-approves-bt32-trillion-in-expenditure-for-fiscal-2020/

 

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