Weather warning just ‘regular’, but be aware says Phuket disaster chief

By The Phuket News

 

A marine weather advisory issued by the TMD earlier today (Aug 26). Image: TMD
 

PHUKET:-- The Chief of the Phuket Provincial Office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) has urged people to heed a weather warning issued by the national DDPM office and the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD), but has noted that it is “just regular” advisory issued as a precaution.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119922-weather-warning-just-‘regular’-but-be-aware-says-phuket-disaster-chief/

Stronger baht pounding rice exports, say traders

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

 

Charoen Laothamatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, has expressed concern over the impact the baht’s appreciation is having on his sector.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119901-stronger-baht-pounding-rice-exports-say-traders/

Region 8 Police blitz nets thousands of suspects, huge drugs haul, targets illegal racers

By The Phuket News

 

The results of the blitz were announced on Friday (Aug 23). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Regions 8 Police arrested more than 3,589 suspects and seized more than 190 firearms – including a “weapon of war” automatic rifle – as well as 1,340 bullets and nearly 172,000 meth pills, more than 6kg of crystal meth in only 20 days during a crackdown throughout Southern Thailand’s upper seven provinces.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119911-region-8-police-blitz-nets-thousands-of-suspects-huge-drugs-haul-targets-illegal-racers/

BOT directs commercial banks to report on recent glitch in digital services

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has written to commercial banks asking them to disclose statistics on the recent glitch in their mobile-banking applications on their websites by August 30. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119982-bot-directs-commercial-banks-to-report-on-recent-glitch-in-digital-services/

 

Tax system revamp on the way, says Uttama

By THE NATION

 

Uttama

 

The Finance Ministry plans to establish a committee to determine how to restructure the taxation system.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119983-tax-system-revamp-on-the-way-says-uttama/

 

Probation Department’s rented EMs for paroled prisoners are useless

 

 

The electronic monitoring (EM) bracelets, rented from a private company by the Department of Probation to keep track of prisoners on parole, have been found to be ineffective.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119985-probation-department’s-rented-ems-for-paroled-prisoners-are-useless/

 

ASA to protest to PM about AOT’s plan to build 2nd Suvarnabhumi terminal

 

(Photo) The Association of Siamese Architects/Facebook

 

The Association of Siamese Architects (ASA) is to hand a letter of protest to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over the Airports of Thailand’s (AOT) plan to build a 42-billion baht second passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119986-asa-to-protest-to-pm-about-aot’s-plan-to-build-2nd-suvarnabhumi-terminal/

 

Future Forward refutes party dissolution speculation

 

 

The Future Forward party has dismissed widespread speculation, even among opposition MPs, that it is likely to be dissolved by the Constitutional Court over a number of cases pending with the court and other independent organizations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119987-future-forward-refutes-party-dissolution-speculation/

 

Frothing trade war could shrink Thai exports 3 per cent, academic warns

By Wichit Chaitron
The Nation

 

Anusorn Tamajai

 

Thai exports could contract by more than 3 per cent overall this year now that US President Donald Trump has vowed to boost tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods by a further 5 per cent, a Rangsit University academic has warned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119989-frothing-trade-war-could-shrink-thai-exports-3-per-cent-academic-warns/

 

Alliance in push for circular economy

By The Nation

 

Photo by SCG

 

Forty-five Thai and foreign organisations from the government and private sectors as well as representatives from local communities recently participated in “SD Symposium 10 Years: Collaboration for Action” in a concerted push for a circular economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119990-alliance-in-push-for-circular-economy/

 

Trump, Iran's president talk of possible meeting to solve nuclear impasse

By John Irish and Michel Rose

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi (not pictured) for bilateral talks during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet Iran's president under the right circumstances to end a confrontation over a 2015 nuclear deal and that talks were underway to see how countries could open credit lines to keep Iran's economy afloat.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119991-trump-irans-president-talk-of-possible-meeting-to-solve-nuclear-impasse/

 

Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to allow full enforcement of asylum crackdown

By Andrew Chung

 

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One upon departure after the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a court order preventing the government from fully enforcing a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119992-trump-asks-us-supreme-court-to-allow-full-enforcement-of-asylum-crackdown/

 

 

J&J liable for $572 million in Oklahoma opioid epidemic trial, but shares surge

By Heide Brandes

 

FILE PHOTO: The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

 

NORMAN, Okla. (Reuters) - An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson liable for fuelling an opioid epidemic in the state by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers, and ordered the drugmaker to pay $572.1 million.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119993-johnson-johnson-liable-for-572-million-in-oklahoma-opioid-epidemic-trial/

 

Australia to block internet domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks

By Alison Bevege

 

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a joint press conference at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore, 07 June 2019. Wallace Woon/Pool via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will block access to internet domains hosting terrorist material during crisis events and will consider legislation to force digital platforms to improve the safety of their services, officials said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119998-australia-to-block-internet-domains-hosting-extremist-content-during-terror-attacks/

 

Mass shooting tips to FBI surge 70% after El Paso, Dayton massacres

By Brendan O'Brien

 

FILE PHOTO: FBI police vehicles sit parked outside of the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Building in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

(Reuters) - The number of calls to an FBI tip line designed to head off mass shootings and other attacks surged by 70% in the week after twin massacres in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, federal officials said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119999-mass-shooting-tips-to-fbi-surge-70-after-el-paso-dayton-massacres/

 

Italy's PD, 5-Star on verge of government deal with Conte as PM

By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic Party leader Nicola Zingaretti speaks to the media after consultations with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

 

ROME (Reuters) - The ruling 5-Star Movement and the opposition Democratic Party appeared on the verge of a deal to form a new Italian government on Monday after the PD indicated it had abandoned a veto on Giuseppe Conte serving another term as prime minister.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120000-italys-pd-5-star-on-verge-of-government-deal-with-conte-as-pm/

 

British PM Johnson says prepared to take Brexit talks down to last minute

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference at the end of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was prepared to take Brexit talks with the European Union down to the very last minute before the Oct. 31 exit deadline, and if necessary to take a decision to leave without a deal on that day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120004-british-pm-johnson-says-prepared-to-take brexit talks-down-to-last-minute/

 

Trump says Melania has 'gotten to know' Kim Jong Un, but they have never met

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during the family photo session with invited guests at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - Melania Trump has never met Kim Jong Un, or even spoken to him, but U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his wife has "gotten to know" the North Korean leader and, like him, believes in the reclusive country's potential.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120005-trump-says-melania-has-gotten-to-know-kim-jong-un-but-they-have-never-met/

 

Bangkokians beware! Red light cameras start operation on Sunday

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that the system to catch red light jumpers in Bangkok will be up and running on Sunday September 1st.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120013-bangkokians-beware-red-light-cameras-start-operation-on-sunday/

 

Commerce chief to finalise price guarantee deal for oil palm and rice

By The Nation

 

 

The Commerce Minister has vowed to submit the price guarantee policy for oil palm and rice for cabinet approval today (August 27), the first two of five key crops that will mark the beginning of the government’s crop price guarantee scheme to help farmers nationwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120015-commerce-chief-to-finalise-price-guarantee-deal-for-oil-palm-and-rice/

 

Urine: "Dr Kidney" says drinking your own is taking the pee!

 

Thai caption: Taking the pee is up to you!

 

The issue of drinking your own urine for health benefits is all over Thailand. There were TV panel show discussions yesterday with members of the public proudly saying they love the stuff. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120021-urine-dr-kidney-says-drinking-your-own-is-taking-the-pee/

 

Double crossing co-worker arrested for credit card fraud

 

Thai caption: She double crossed her friends

 

Crime suppression police in Bangkok arrested a woman who ripped off her colleagues at three companies by getting their details and applying for credit cards. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120024-double-crossing-co-worker-arrested-for-credit-card-fraud/

 

Changes proposed for tourism and guiding act to speed up penalties 

By The Nation

 

 

The Tourism Department will propose amendments to the tourism business and tour guide act so that penalties could be swiftly imposed on violators, the department chief said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120026-changes-proposed-for-tourism-and-guiding-act-to-speed-up-penalties/

 

 

 

Foreign house owner and guest house manager fined for not reporting foreigners within 24 hours

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported the continued actions of Thai immigration - this time in Koh Samui and Pattaya - in cracking down on home owners and hotels not reporting foreigners at their addresses within 24 hours of their arrivals. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120040-foreign-house-owner-and-guest-house-manager-fined-for-not-reporting-foreigners-within-24-hours/

 

Irate husband attacks wife in hospital bed with knife then scissors - policeman stabbed in chest

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Yet more violence has erupted in a Thai hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120043-irate-husband-attacks-wife-in-hospital-bed-with-knife-then-scissors-policeman-stabbed-in-chest/

 

Video: "Awww....it's so cute!" Dogs in a pick-up - one on the roof!

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager reported on a Facebook video post that showed a Mazda pick-up going along a road in Kanchanaburi in the west of Thailand. 

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120045-video-awwwits-so-cute-dogs-in-a-pick-up-one-on-the-roof/

 

Transport Minister eyes strict truck curfew to reduce Bangkok jams

By The Nation

 

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob is planning to revisit the truck curfew policy, with an eye to restricting trucks and large vehicles to the hours from midnight to 4am in congested areas of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120047-transport-minister-eyes-strict-truck-curfew-to-reduce-bangkok-jams/

 

Officials work to reopen blocked road in Kaeng Krachan national park

 

 

National park officials, aided by a tractor, have been trying to reopen the Ban Krang-Panoen Thung mountain road, which has been blocked by mudslides and fallen trees.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120049-officials-work-to-reopen-blocked-road-in-kaeng-krachan-national-park/

 

Lethal mix of rain, slippery roads and speed: 65 dead on Thai roads on Monday

 

 

In their continuing campaign to highlight the carnage on Thailand's roads Daily News said that 65 died "at the scene" on Monday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120053-lethal-mix-of-rain-slippery-roads-and-speed-65-dead-on-thai-roads-on-monday/

 

Prayut, Cabinet members receive royally-signed printout of King’s speech

By The Nation

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha led his Cabinet on Tuesday morning to receive a royally-signed printout of His Majesty the King’s speech.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120056-prayut-cabinet-members-receive-royally-signed-printout-of-king’s-speech/