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Suwat advises govt to manage stability both inside, outside parliament

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Former Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Advisor of the Chart Pattana Party today expressed his belief that the budget for fiscal year 2020 will stimulate the Thai economy. He suggested that the government accelerate the establishment of stability both inside and outside the parliament to solve the problems of the country and people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125486-suwat-advises-govt-to-manage-stability-both-inside-outside-parliament/

 

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Two robberies in a day: First is bungled, the second more successful

 

Thai caption: Two robberies in a single day

 

Sanook reported that a man is believed to have robbed a gold shop in Suphanburi yesterday afternoon after a morning robbery at a building supply shop in Ayuthaya went wrong. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125488-two-robberies-in-a-day-first-is-bungled-the-second-more-successful/

 

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Phuket ramps up campaign to remove ugly, unused overhead cables

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Prakob Wongmaneerung cuts unused telecommunications cables strung along Mae Luan Rd in Phuket Town yesterday (Sept 25). Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET: Workers started removing unsightly tangles of unused telecommunications cables along Mae Luan Rd in Phuket Town yesterday (Sept 25) as the Phuket office of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) rolled out the next major stage of its campaign to tidy up roadside overhead cables

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125490-phuket-ramps-up-campaign-to-remove-ugly-unused-overhead-cables/

 

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Garbage collector severely injured in Pattaya crash

By The Nation

 

 

A garbage collector lost one leg and could lose the other after a speeding car crushed him against the back of his garbage truck on a Pattaya road early Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125495-garbage-collector-severely-injured-in-pattaya-crash/

 

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Another D-Day date for your diary: December 19th traffic fines can be paid at DLT

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The Thai media have announced another D-Day after the Royal Thai Police and the Department of Land Transport signed a memorandum of understanding about traffic fines. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125496-another-d-day-date-for-your-diary-december-19th-traffic-fines-can-be-paid-at-dlt/

 

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Trump accepts Prayut’s invitation to visit Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

US President Donald Trump has said he would visit Thailand along with the First Lady, after hosting a party in New York that included Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his wife on September 24.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125499-trump-accepts-prayut’s-invitation-to-visit-thailand/

 

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Four arrested for selling e-cigarettes at Bangkok night market

By The Nation

 

Officials raided a night market in Bangkok on Wednesday night and arrested four vendors for allegedly selling e-cigarettes or vaporizers and e-liquids.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125501-four-arrested-for-selling-e-cigarettes-at-bangkok-night-market/

 

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Finance Ministry to use Blockchain tech

By The Nation

 

 

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has announced that his ministry will bring Blockchain technology to upgrade system infrastructure and management efficiency in order to make life easier for citizens wanting to use government services. The project will help strengthen the economy while also upgrade citizens’ quality of life. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125502-finance-ministry-to-use-blockchain-tech/

 

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Alfred Haynes, Pilot Who Saved Scores in Crash Landing, Dies at 87

In 1989, he defied the odds in bringing his crippled United Flight 232 in for a crash landing; more than 180 people survived.

By Neil Genzlinger

 

Alfred Haynes, a pilot who led a United Airlines crew through an extraordinary display of improvised emergency flying that guided a crippled jet to a crash landing in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989, saving more than 180 of the 296 people on board, died on Aug. 25 in Tacoma, Wash. He was 87.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125523-alfred-haynes-pilot-who-saved-scores-in-crash-landing-dies-at-87/

 

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Helicopters cost ‘only’ Bt4.2 bn, says Army, not Bt12 bn

By The Nation

 

File Photo: Army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree

 

The Royal Thai Army says it paid Bt4.2 billion for eight AH-6i light attack reconnaissance helicopters and associated weapons and equipment from the US, not Bt12 billion as cited in a press release on Tuesday (September 24).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125526-helicopters-cost-‘only’-bt42-bn-says-army-not-bt12-bn/

 

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Project aims to get street kids back in school

By The Nation

 

Deputy Minister of Education Kanokwan Wilawan (center) and relevant persons

 

The “Children in the Street” project to help street kids in Bangkok return to school was announced on September 25 in a join collaboration between Office of The Non-Formal and Informal Education (ONIE), Equitable Education Fund (EEF), Chulalongkorn University, Network Organisation for Street Children, and Association for Thai Lifelong Education Promotion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125529-project-aims-to-get-street-kids-back-in-school/

 

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Nok Air flies to aid of flood victims

By The Nation

 

Wutthiphum Jurangkul , CEO of Nok Air

 

Nok Air has its planes transporting flood victims from Ubon Ratchathani in the Northeast to a Bangkok hospital for emergency treatment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125530-nok-air-flies-to-aid-of-flood-victims/

 

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Science applied to removal of plastic pollution on Koh Sak

By The Nation

 

 

European Union (EU) Ambassador Pirkka Tapiola led more than 150 participants, including diplomats and Thai staff from the EU delegation to Thailand as well as members of the public, on September 14 to clean up Koh Sak, an island off the coast of Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125532-science-applied-to-removal-of-plastic-pollution-on-koh-sak/

 

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Culture Minister Itthiphol, not PM Prayut, to join Phuket Vegetarian Festival opening event

By The Phuket News

 

Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome will arrive in Phuket on Sunday in place of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to attend an event to mark the start of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Photo: Itthiphol Kunplome / Facebook

 

PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will not be arriving in Phuket to join a ceremony marking the start of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival this Sunday (Sept 29), the Chief of the Phuket office of the Ministry of Culture has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125539-culture-minister-itthiphol-not-pm-prayut-to-join-phuket-vegetarian-festival-opening-event/

 

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PM says Thailand aiming to become a high income country in 17 years

 

 

Thailand is aiming to become a country with high average income in the next 17 years, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told his audience at a hotel in New York yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125540-pm-prayut-says-thailand-aiming-to-become-a-high-income-country-in-17-years/

 

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MG hopes to create Thai stir once again with HS SUV

By The Nation

 

 

MG aims to strengthen its product lineup in the Thai market with the introduction of the HS SUV, once again hoping to create a stir with highly attractive pricing.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125551-mg-hopes-to-create-thai-stir-once-again-with-hs-suv/

 

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Court sides with indebted teachers against Education Ministry

By The Nation

 

Nation/Rachanon Intharaksa

 

Top Education Ministry officials have been found guilty of failing to adhere to a regulation designed to assist debt-ridden schoolteachers by leaving at least 30 per cent of their salary intact to cover daily expenses.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125553-court-sides-with-indebted-teachers-against-education-ministry/

 

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Democracy protesters nag Prayut in New York

By The Nation

 

Former Thai student activists | Photo credit: Facebook Bow Nuttaa Mahattana

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s speech to the Asia Society in New York on Wednesday (September 25) local time was briefly interrupted by shouted protests from a Thai former student activist.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125554-democracy-protesters-nag-prayut-in-new-york/

 

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Thailand ‘on path to democracy’, says acting US envoy

By Kriangkrai Rattana
The Nation

 

Michael Heath, Photo Credit: U.S. Embassy Bangkok's youtube channel

 

The United States’ newly named charge d’affaires and acting ambassador has said he is “fully confident that Thai democracy will prosper”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125555-thailand-‘on-path-to-democracy’-says-acting-us-envoy/

 

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Police seize 318kg of ‘ice’ from pickup but driver escapes

By Marut Boonnarumit
The Nation

 

 

Highway police on Thursday intercepted a pickup truck and seized 318 kilograms of crystal meth or "ice" in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125556-police-seize-318kg-of-‘ice’-from-pickup-but-driver-escapes/

 

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Fury of Brexit 'inferno' lays bare a divided United Kingdom

By Guy Faulconbridge, Elizabeth Piper

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks at the parliament, which reconvenes after the UK Supreme Court ruled that his suspension of the parliament was unlawful, in London, Britain, September 25, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. Parliament TV via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The fury of the Brexit ‘inferno’ is so intense that it could tip the United Kingdom towards violence unless politicians tone down their rhetoric, the husband of a lawmaker murdered a week before the 2016 EU referendum said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125557-fury-of-brexit-inferno-lays-bare-a-divided-united-kingdom/

 

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EU still awaits 'legal and operational' Brexit ideas from UK: Barnier

By Jorrit Donner-Wittkopf

 

FILE PHOTO: European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier leaves the European Commission headquarters to attend a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels, Belgium, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RC1DAA01FD40/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain has yet to provide “legal and operational” proposals that could break the impasse over its departure from the European Union, the EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125558-eu-still-awaits-legal-and-operational-brexit-ideas-from-uk-barnier/

 

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Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch,' Saudi crown prince tells PBS

 

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch,” according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125559-khashoggi-murder-happened-under-my-watch-saudi-crown-prince-tells-pbs/

 

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Commerce Ministry may open up 4 innovation sectors to foreigners

By The Nation

 

Poonpong Naiyanapakorn

 

The Commerce Ministry may remove four innovation related businesses from the list of businesses in which Thai citizens are deemed not ready to compete with foreigners under the Foreign Business Act, BE.1999. Such a move is expected to help increase accessibility for foreign companies and attract international investors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125560-commerce-ministry-may-open-up-4-innovation-sectors-to-foreigners/

 

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Ex-French President Chirac has died: AFP

 

FILE PHOTO: Former French President Jacques Chirac arrives to attend the award ceremony for the Prix de la Fondation Chirac at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Patrick Kovarik/Pool/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Jacques Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, has died, Agence France Presse news agency reported on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125561-ex-french-president-chirac-has-died-afp/

 

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US army warned servicemen to 'look for escape routes' at Joker screenings after FBI warnings of Incel threat

By Rozina Sabur

 

Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from "Joker" CREDIT: NIKO TAVERNISE/WARNER BROS

 

The US Army has reportedly warned servicemen about the possibility of mass shootings at screenings of the Warner Bros. film "Joker", after the FBI identified threats from "incel" extremists. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125563-us-army-warned-servicemen-to-look-for-escape-routes-at-joker-screenings-after-fbi-warnings-of-incel-threat/

 

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A Breaking Bad Movie gets its first trailer of Jesse on the run – convincing fans Walter White is still alive

By Jill Robinson

 

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie has revealed its first full trailer of Jesse Pinkman on the run / Credit: Netflix

 

EL CAMINO: A Breaking Bad Movie has revealed its first full trailer of Jesse Pinkman on the run – and fans are convinced Walter White is still alive.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125565-a-breaking-bad-movie-gets-its-first-trailer-of-jesse-on-the-run-–-convincing-fans-walter-white-is-still-alive/

 

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'It was time': maker of Barbie launches line of gender-neutral dolls

By André Wheeler

 

Mattel has announced the release of Creatable World, its first series of gender-neutral dolls. Photograph: Mattel

 

Mattel is a 74-year-old company slowly taking on Gen-Z values.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125566-it-was-time-maker-of-barbie-launches-line-of-gender-neutral-dolls/

 

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Convicted Nawat has to quit as MP, Wissanu says

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday that Nawat Tocharoensuk’s murder conviction this week clearly disqualified him from serving as a member of Parliament.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125574-convicted-nawat-has-to-quit-as-mp-wissanu-says/

 

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Phuket airport to be ‘more strict’ on beach-going photo-takers over safety

 

The warnings were posted again yesterday (Sept 25). Image: AoT

 

PHUKET: Airports of Thailand (AoT) President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn has warned that officials at Phuket International Airport will be “stricter” on people on the beach taking photos of aircraft flying overhead while landing over safety concerns as the airport enters its busy “winter” flight schedule.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125576-phuket-airport-to-be-‘more-strict’-on-beach-going-photo-takers-over-safety/