Superyacht ablaze at the Ao Po Grand Marina in Phuket

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTO: Newshawk Phuket

 

A yacht, the ‘Lady D’ caught fire this morning at the Ao Po Grand Marina in the north of Phuket. Marina

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116394-superyacht-ablaze-at-the-ao-po-grand-marina-in-phuket/

 

Mystery sleep: Porsche driver unresponsive in the Bangkok traffic

 

Thai caption: Stopped on the way....

 

It is often said that Thais could sleep anywhere. They always seed to be able to grab 40 winks at the strangest of times. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116395-mystery-sleep-porsche-driver-unresponsive-in-the-bangkok-traffic/

 

Philippines declares a national dengue epidemic

Jason Gutierrez, The New York Times

 

Aedes agypti mosquito, the carrier of dengue virus. Photo: Reuters

 

The Philippines declared a national dengue epidemic Tuesday, saying that the mosquito-borne disease had killed at least 622 people in the country so far this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116403-philippines-declares-epidemic-after-dengue-fever-kills-more-than-600/

 

Vet seeks to calm public fears over flea bites 

By The Nation

 

 

A veterinarian with the Disease Control Department has sought to calm fears about cat fleas after TV station reported that a school girl had died from a blood infection after being bitten by a flea from her cat. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116404-vet-seeks-to-calm-public-fears-over-flea-bites /

 

Video: Teachers to the rescue as "Wipha" turns northern road into sea of mud

 

 

A video posted to Youtube showed hill teachers and members of the public battling to haul a four wheel drive pick-up up a hillside road. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116405-video-teachers-to-the-rescue-as-wipha-turns-northern-road-into-sea-of-mud/

 

NACC resolves to indict chief coalition whip 

By The Nation

 

Worawit Sukboon

 

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has resolved to charge the chief coalition whip and two other Phalang Pracharat Party MPs as well as 21 other people in connection with a school project in the two MP’s Nakhon Ratchasima province.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116411-nacc-resolves-to-indict-chief-coalition-whip/

 

Thailand to open up visa-free stays

By TTR WEEKLY

 

 Photo credit: TTR Weekly

 

BANGKOK, 7 August 2019: As China and India emerge as priority targets for Thailand’s latest tourism promotions, visa-free-travel is back on the table for urgent consideration.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116413-thailand-set-to-introduce-visa-free-travel-for-chinese-and-indians/

 

Victims lose millions in "Professor Nong" fake tour scam

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in Bangkok announced the arrest of a man known as "Ajarn Nong" (professor Nong) who sold millions of baht in non-existent foreign tours to thousands of Thai people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116415-victims-lose-millions-in-professor-nong-fake-tour-scam/

"Boris" changed his surname to his gran's to get back into Thailand

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that a 48 year old Russian man was desperate to get back into Thailand after being blacklisted. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116420-boris-changed-his-surname-to-his-grans-to-get-back-into-thailand/

 

Video: Yikes it's a monk in a temple - I'm off!

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A video from a temple in the north east of Thailand showed a thief trying to force a door using what looked like a scythe. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116423-video-yikes-its-a-monk-in-a-temple-im-off/

 

Ombudsman accepts for consideration PM’s oath-taking controversy

 

(Photo) Ombudsman’s website

 

Thailand’s ombudsman has accepted for consideration a petition from Mr. Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Thai Constitution Protection Association, regarding Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s alleged incomplete recital of an oath in the swearing-in ceremony before His Majesty the King last month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116425-ombudsman-accepts-for-consideration-pm’s-oath-taking-controversy/

 

Personal stories of abuse underline need for tough domestic violence act: experts

By The Nation

 

Lertpanya Buranabundit

 

A seminar audience yesterday (August 6) heard the story of a woman who had been jailed on charges of killing her husband in an aggravated assault after she had suffered years of domestic abuse that continues to affect her psychologically today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116426-personal-stories-of-abuse-underline-need-for-tough-domestic-violence-act-experts/

 

Prayut opens southern government complex in Yala

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his entourage boarded a military plane to Yala on Wednesday morning to open a new government complex as a centre for administration of the southern border provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116439-prayut-opens-southern-government-complex-in-yala/

Student discovers haul of meth outside his home

By Nila Singkhiri

The Nation

 

File Photo

 

A college student received a shock on Wednesday morning when he discovered someone had left a sack containing 58,000 meth-amphetamine pills at a roadside spot in front of his home in Ubon Ratchathani’s Muang district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116443-student-discovers-haul-of-meth-outside-his-home-in-ubon-ratchathani/

 

National police chief to announce blast investigation progress on August 8

By The Nation

 

Chakthip Chaijinda

 

National police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda will on Thursday announce progress in investigations into the series of blasts and arsons in Bangkok last week, a leading investigator said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116445-national-police-chief-to-announce-blast-investigation-progress-on-august-8/

 

Villager severely injured in landmine blast 

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

A villager was severely injured when he stepped on a landmine while collecting wild mushrooms with other villagers along the Cambodian border in Ubon Ratchathani’s Nam Khun district Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116446-villager-severely-injured-in-landmine-blast/

 

Anutin loosens 3 regulations to enable traditional and folk practitioners to prescribe cannabis

By The Nation

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this week signed three ministerial regulations aimed to facilitate the medicinal use of cannabis. They include the legal status reinstatement for some 3,000 folk practitioners, including Khao Kwan Foundation president and activist Decha Siripat, so they could prescribe cannabis without violating narcotic laws.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116448-anutin-loosens-3-regulations-to-enable-traditional-and-folk-practitioners-to-prescribe-cannabis/

 

Former Buddhism Office boss to be charged in unusual wealth case

By The Nation

 

 

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has resolved to charge Phanom Sornsilp, former director of National Office of Buddhism (NOB), for being “unusually wealthy” with unexplained assets worth Bt216 million, and will shortly forward the case to public prosecutors for his indictment in the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Case, according to NACC secretary-general Worawit Sukboon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116451-former-buddhism-office-boss-to-be-charged-in-unusual-wealth-case/

 

Phoenix still up for grabs in Phuket – AMLO still seeking a buyer

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Thai Anti Money Laundering Office is still trying to auction off the Phoenix, the 30 metre tour boat that sank in July 2018, causing the drowning of 47 Chinese tourists off Phuket’s south east coast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116453-phoenix-still-up-for-grabs-in-phuket-–-amlo-still-seeking-a-buyer/

 

Pattaya: Help police catch this nasty knicker nicker!

 

 

The We Love Pattaya site on Facebook has appealed for help in catching a thief who has been stealing ladies' underwear at the resort. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116457-pattaya-help-police-catch-this-nasty-knicker-nicker/

 

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Blazing ‘Lady D’ super yacht cast adrift to burn away from Phuket shore

By The Nation

 

 

Local officers of Paklok subdistrict in Phuket were notified at 8.30am on Wednesday of a fire aboard a luxury yacht parked at Grand Marina. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116394-superyacht-ablaze-at-the-ao-po-grand-marina-in-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=14437318

 

Thai central bank surprisingly cuts key rate, worried by baht strength

By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's central bank logo is seen at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/JorgeSilva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank on Wednesday unexpectedly cut its benchmark rate, expressing worry about strength of the baht and aiming to help support faltering growth.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116465-thai-central-bank-surprisingly-cuts-key-rate-worried-by-baht-strength/

 

Siriraj Hospital still mulling final destiny for Si Quey’s corpse

By The Nation

 

File Photo: Following a recent controversy, Si Quey’s embalmed corpse has now been removed from display at Siriraj Medical Museum six decades after it was put in place.

 

Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital has now removed the embalmed corpse of alleged Chinese serial killer Si Quey from its museum, but continues to research the law to decide how to deal with the man’s corpse.

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116469-siriraj-hospital-still-mulling-final-destiny-for-si-quey’s-corpse/

 

Teacher killed by train in Phatthalung

By The Nation

 

 

A teacher was crushed to death by a passenger train while he was riding his motorcycle across a rail crossing in the Muang district of Phatthalung province on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116470-teacher-killed-by-train-in-phatthalung/

 

TrueVisions offers football fans EPL treat for three seasons

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam
THE NATION

 

Photo by Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

 

English Premier League (EPL) fans in Thailand will have the privilege of enjoying all 380 matches over the next three seasons, starting with the Liverpool-Norwich City game this Saturday, on TrueVisions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116486-truevisions-offers-football-fans-epl-treat-for-three-seasons/

Thai economy faces challenges in second half

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand will face several challenges in the second half of the year, especially impacts from the escalating US-China trade, according to The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry, and Banking.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116490-thai-economy-faces-challenges-in-second-half/

 

Three Thai airports being renovated to double passenger volumes

By Tanutam Thawan

 

PHOTO: Surat Thani Airport will be doubled in capacity

 

Krabi, Buriram and Surat Thani provincial airports are getting a makeover to double their capacities in 2020, with a combined budget of 11.3 billion baht.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116491-three-thai-airports-being-renovated-to-double-passenger-volumes/

 

Thaworn to push THAI’s aircraft purchase plan

By THE NATION

 

Thaworn Senniam

 

Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senniam intends to place before the Cabinet by the end of this month Thai Airways International (THAI)’s plan to purchase 38 new aircraft worth Bt150 billion.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116492-thaworn-to-push-thai’s-aircraft-purchase-plan/

 

New Porsche 911 Carrera S to launch at BIG Motor Sale

By The Nation

 

The new 450-hp 911 Carrera S comes with a "Wet Mode".

 

Official Porsche importer AAS Auto Service will debut the new 911 Carrera S at the upcoming BIG Motor Sale 2019 running from August 16-25 at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center (Bitec).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116493-new-porsche-911-carrera-s-to-launch-at-big-motor-sale/

 

Brazilian inmate, who nearly escaped jail dressed as woman, found hanged

 

An inmate, Clauvino da Silva is pictured at the Bangu jail complex, Gericino, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, August 3, 2019, in this still image obtained from social media video by REUTERS on August 5, 2019. RIO DE JANEIRO STATE SECRETARY OF PRISON ADMINISTRATION/via REUTERS

 

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian inmate, whose masked attempt to break out of jail dressed as his daughter reverberated around the world, was found dead in his cell, after apparently having hanged himself, Rio de Janeiro state authorities said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116496-brazilian-inmate-who-nearly-escaped-jail-dressed-as-woman-found-hanged/