Smog levels in Hat Yai well beyond safety levels, Krabi remains safe

By THE NATION

 

Photo taken on September 18 at Route A43 running between Pattani and Hat Yai

 

Hat Yai district in Songkhla is among the worst hit by the smog smothering many areas.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124329-smog-levels-in-hat-yai-well-beyond-safety-levels-krabi-remains-safe/

Worst haze crisis in Songkhla for 3 years

 

 

SONGKHLA, 19 September 2019 (NNT) - The forest fire haze from Indonesia has covered Songkhla. The PM 2.5 value was measured at 230 micrograms per cubic meter, which is a threat to health. People are strongly advised to refrain from outdoor activities and wear the N95 masks when they are outdoors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124320-worst-haze-crisis-in-songkhla-for-3-years/

Despondent American husband saved just in time, after slashing own wrist

By THE NATION

 

 

An elderly American man was found just in time on Thursday (September 19) as he sat at a table in a pool of blood after slashing his wrist to protest against his This wife’s absence.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124343-despondent-american-husband-saved-just-in-time-after-slashing-own-wrist/

Disease wreaks havoc in cassava plantations

By THE NATION

 

Photo credit: Department of Agriculture

 

A plant disease known as Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is spreading in northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, prompting a target of dredging of cassava grown in more than 7,000-rai plantations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124362-disease-wreaks-havoc-in-cassava-plantations/

 

Interpol issues red alert for absconding Norwegian wanted for manslaughter

By Kumar Krishnan
THE NATION

 

 

Following a request from Thai police, Interpol has issued a Red Notice for fugitive Norwegian Roger Bullman who faces prosecution for the alleged killing of British national Amitpal Singh Bajaj.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124363-interpol-issues-red-alert-for-absconding-norwegian-wanted-for-manslaughter/

 

Cabinet earmarks Bt286m to help tapioca farmers hit by mosaic disease

By The Nation

 

 

At a meeting with the Tapioca Policy and Administration Committee (TPAC) on Thursday (September 19), Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said the Cabinet has approved measures to help tapioca farmers whose crops have been hit by the cassava mosaic disease (CMD).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124364-thai-cabinet-earmarks-bt286m-to-help-tapioca-farmers-hit-by-mosaic-disease/

 

No decision yet on LNG import plan 

By The Nation

 

File photo credit: Petronas : Petronas LNG facilities

 

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said on Thursday that the ministry has yet to decide on the plan to import 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually from Malaysia's Petronas LNG. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124366-no-decision-yet-on-lng-import-plan/

 

Online shopping, food delivery top poll on app usage

By The Nation

 

 

The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) of the Ministry of Energy has conducted a poll via its facebook page “@StartHaiUpTH” under the topic of ‘What innovations do you use the most’.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124371-online-shopping-food-delivery-top-poll-on-app-usage/

 

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Panda autopsy preparations at Thai zoo as Chinese experts arrive

By Sakul and Kittiwongprom

 

A woman places pictures on a board days after the 19-year-old panda Chuang Chuang died at the Chiang Mai zoo, Chiang Mai, Thailand, September 19, 2019. Dailynews/ via REUTERS

 

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Chinese panda experts and Thai officials on Thursday began preparing for an autopsy of beloved giant panda Chuang Chuang, who died unexpectedly this week at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand while on loan from Beijing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124149-chinese-experts-to-probe-panda-chuang-chuangs-death-in-thai-zoo/?do=findComment&comment=14587700

 

Orange Line completion first of dozen delayed projects scrutinised

By THE NATION

 

Saksayam

 

The Transport Ministry will on Friday (September 20) present the council of economic ministers with details on completing the western section of Bangkok’s Orange Line mass transit route.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124374-orange-line-completion-first-of-dozen-delayed-projects-scrutinised/

 

Phuket university’s safe-sex campaign attracts 390 volunteers

By The Thaiger

 

 

Yesterday, saw the return of Prince of Songkhla University’s Safe Sex Campaign. Now in its third year, some 390 PSU students turned up to support the campaign by making safe sex packs, which are then distributed free to bars in Patong. The safe sex packs include a condom and lubricant.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124375-phuket-university’s-safe-sex-campaign-attracts-390-volunteers/

 

Wichit Municipality opens flood-relief donations center

By The Phuket News

 

The donations center, located at the Wichit Municipality offices on Chao Fa East Rd, is open from 8am to 5pm seven days a week.

 

PHUKET: Wichit Municipality has opened its own center to receive donations food and other items for victims suffering amid the widespread flooding across large areas in Northeast Thailand , especially Ubon Ratchathani.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124376-wichit-municipality-opens-flood-relief-donations-center/

 

Opposition to consider fresh debate over next three months – Piyabutr

 

 

The Opposition will discuss, over the next three months before parliament resumes for a new session, another debate with a vote to be taken after the debate, against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, said Future Forward secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul today (Thursday).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124377-opposition-to-consider-fresh-debate-over-next-three-months-–-piyabutr/

 

Commerce Ministry launches Big Data system with focus on five agricultural goods

By The Nation

 

 

Phimchanok Vonkorpon, director general of the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, has launched a project in which data will be collected on rice, palm oil, rubber, cassava and corn production in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124379-commerce-ministry-launches-big-data-system-with-focus-on-five-agricultural-goods/

 

Cameron and the Queen: Palace 'displeasure' over comments

 

Former PM David Cameron explains how he sought the Queen's help in Scottish independence vote

 

David Cameron's revelation that he sought help from the Queen ahead of the Scottish independence vote in 2014 has caused displeasure at Buckingham Palace, a source has said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124383-cameron-and-the-queen-palace-displeasure-over-comments/

 

Embattled Facebook CEO Zuckerberg seeks to mend fences in Washington

By David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing regarding the company’s use and protection of user data on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has met with some of his company's toughest critics, facing aggressive questions over the social network's failures to protect consumer privacy and a call on Thursday to sell WhatsApp and Instagram.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124384-embattled-facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-seeks-to-mend-fences-in-washington/

 

U.S. building coalition after Saudi oil attack, Iran warns against war

By Tuqa Khalid and Aziz El Yaakoubi

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in a meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it was building a coalition to deter Iranian threats following a weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124387-us-building-coalition-after-saudi-oil-attack-iran-warns-against-war/

 

Canadian PM Trudeau vows to continue campaign amid blackface scandal

By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren

 

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with his face and hands painted brown, poses with others during an "Arabian Nights" party when he was a 29-year-old teacher at the West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, Canada, in this photo published in the academy’s 2000-2001 yearbook. This image, published in The View yearbook, was obtained by Time.

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to continue his re-election campaign and asked for forgiveness on Thursday after pictures of him in blackface emerged less than five weeks before the national vote.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124388-canadian-pm-trudeau-vows-to-continue-campaign-amid-blackface-scandal/

 

Alien enthusiasts descend on Nevada desert near secretive U.S. base

By Lisa Richwine

 

Traffic on Highway 375 as an influx of tourists responding to a call to 'storm' Area 51, a secretive U.S. military base believed by UFO enthusiasts to hold government secrets about extra-terrestrials, is expected in Rachel, Nevada, U.S. September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

 

RACHEL, Nev. (Reuters) - UFO enthusiasts began descending on rural Nevada on Thursday near the secret U.S. military installation known as Area 51, long rumoured to house government secrets about alien life, with local authorities hoping the visitors were coming in peace.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124389-alien-enthusiasts-descend-on-nevada-desert-near-secretive-us-base/

 

Lawmaker accuses U.S. Justice Department of blocking whistleblower disclosure

By Mark Hosenball and Jonathan Landay

 

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during his visit to a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Otay Mesa, California, U.S. September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman on Thursday accused the Justice Department of blocking intelligence officials from giving Congress a whistleblower complaint reported to involve communications between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124390-lawmaker-accuses-us-justice-department-of-blocking-whistleblower-disclosure/

 

Police return four cars to victims of rental scam

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Phuket Hot News

 

Region 8 police have returned four cars to the victims following a car rental scam in Krabi and Phuket areas over recent months.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124392-police-return-four-cars-to-victims-of-rental-scam/

 

 

Myanmar man killed by bus at zebra crossing

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

A bus failed to stop at a zebra crossing in Samut Prakan’s Bag Plee district, hitting and killing a Myanmar man on Thursday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124393-myanmar-man-killed-by-bus-at-zebra-crossing/

 

U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan

By Ahmad Sultan and Abdul Qadir Sediqi

 

Men carry a coffin of one of the victims after a drone strike, in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan September 19, 2019.REUTERS/Parwiz

 

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day's labour in the fields, officials said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124395-us-drone-strike-kills-30-pine-nut-farm-workers-in-afghanistan/

 

TM30: Government secretary promises action within two months

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Deputy government secretary Kobsak Pootrakool has promised to sort out problems associated with TM30 within the next two months. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124400-tm30-government secretary promises-action-within-two-months/

Today is D-Day! New traffic laws will "lessen conflict" between public and cops

 

Picture: TNA

 

New traffic laws come into place today that mean traffic police can no longer confiscate driving licences. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124407-today-is-d-day-new-traffic-laws-will-lessen-conflict-between-public-and-cops/

 

Thai woman says "I'll be more careful next time" after driving into the sea

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Police and rescue services were called to the Kon Ao beach near Ban Phe, Rayong after a 32 year old Thai woman drove her Mazda 2 into the sea. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124416-thai-woman-says-ill-be-more-careful-next-time-after-driving-into-the-sea/

 

Rogue elephant faces transfer after demolishing convenience store

 

 

Pictures: 77kaoded

 

A wild elephant in the area of the Kaeng Krachan national park is facing a fate usually reserved for corrupt Thai officials. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124419-rogue-elephant-faces-transfer-after-demolishing-convenience-store/

 

Video: Some relief for most affected flood districts in Ubon

 

 

TNA reported with a video about the continuing efforts by local officials and the military to assist people in Ubon Ratchathani affected by two weeks of flooding. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124422-video-some-relief-for-most-affected-flood-districts-in-ubon/

 

Prayut to leave for busy week at UN Assembly on Saturday

By The Nation

 

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his entourage will leave for New York to attend the 74th United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124424-prayut-to-leave-for-busy-week-at-un-assembly-on-saturday/

 

PM orders upgrade of flood relief efforts in three NE provinces to speed up operations

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the status of public disaster prevention and mitigation in Ubon Ratchathani, Roi Et and Yasothon raised to Level Three, due to the seriousness of the flooding there.  

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124427-pm-orders-upgrade-of-flood-relief-efforts-in-three-ne-provinces-to-speed-up-operations/