Day of parades for making merit

By Prasert Thepsri

THE NATION

 

NATION PHOTO

 

A record number of people from the public and private sectors took part in the many pageants held in Nakhon Si Thammarat province to mark the annual Buddhist day of making merit on September 27. Apart from alms given to monks, some of the donations were offered to ghosts of the ancestors of donors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125768-day-of-parades-for-making-merit/

 

'Used and dehumanised': Dozens of boys found chained in Nigeria

By Garba Muhammad and Bosun Yakusak

 

Police officers stand with detained Islamic teachers in the northern city of Kaduna, Nigeria September 26, 2019, in this grab obtained from a video. TELEVISION CONTINENTAL/Reuters TV via REUTERS

 

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - More than 300 boys and men, some as young as five and many in chains and bearing scars from beatings, have been rescued in a raid on a building that purported to be an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, police said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125808-used-and-dehumanised-dozens-of-boys-found-chained-in-nigeria/

 

British tanker arrives in Dubai after 10-week detention in Iran

 

 

Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, which was seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, left Iran's Bandar Abbas port and heads to Port Rashid in Dubai, at Bandar Abbas, Iran September 27, 2019. FARS NEWS/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker arrived at Dubai's Port Rashid on Friday after sailing out of Iranian waters, according to Refintiv shipping data, after it was detained in July during a row with Britain that has stoked tensions in the Gulf.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125809-british-tanker-arrives-in-dubai-after-10-week-detention-in-iran/

 

Taliban worries loom as Afghanistan prepares to vote for a president

By Paul Carsten and Abdul Qadir Sediqi

 

An Afghan man loads ballot boxes and other election material on a donkey to be transported to polling stations which are not accessible by road in Shutul, Panjshir province, Afghanistan September 27, 2019.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Millions of Afghans are expected to brave the threat of militant attacks to vote in a presidential election on Saturday, hoping to prevent a repeat of a bitter, fraud-marred and ultimately unresolved poll in 2014.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125810-taliban-worries-loom-as-afghanistan-prepares-to-vote-for-a-president/

 

Drought-hit Australian towns prepare for 'unimaginable' water crisis

By Jonathan Barrett

 

A view of cracked earth due to drought at a small water reservoir in Armidale in rural Australia September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Barrett

 

GUYRA, Australia (Reuters) - The little town of Guyra in eastern Australia lies next to a freshwater lagoon just half a day's drive from Sydney, but its drinking water is due to run dry in 400 days' time.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125812-drought-hit-australian-towns-prepare-for-unimaginable-water-crisis/

 

Jazz trails 3-way lead by one stroke

By The Nation

 

Jazz Janewattananond

 

Kobe - Order of Merit leader Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand signed for a blemish-free card as he registered a 66 to trail Chinese Taipei’s Lu Wei-chih by one stroke at the Panasonic OPEN Golf Championship on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125814-jazz-trails-3-way-lead-by-one-stroke/

 

Jurin’s China trip hailed a triumph for rubber, cassava, fruit producers

By The Nation

 

 

Banjongjitt Angsusingh, director-general of the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), has called Commerce Minister Julin Laksanawisit’s visit to China last weekend “beautifully successful”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125817-jurin’s-china-trip-hailed-a-triumph-for-rubber-cassava-fruit-producers/

 

NTT DATA to Acquire Locus Telecommunication for Business Expansion in Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

NTT DATA Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and Locus Telecommunication Inc. Ltd. announced today that NTT DATA Asia Pacific has wholly acquired Locus Telecommunication, a prominent system-integration company based in Bangkok, Thailand. With the acquisition, NTT DATA, a leading IT service provider and the parent company of NTT DATA Asia Pacific, will enhance its market position in Thailand with significantly strengthened capabilities in customer relationship management (CRM), customer experience (CX) and analytics solutions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125818-ntt-data-to-acquire-locus-telecommunication-for-business-expansion-in-thailand/

 

24 provinces monitored for Asian swine fever

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Livestock Development has announced that 24 provinces of Thailand are now surveillance areas for African swine fever (ASF).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125819-24-provinces-monitored-for-asian-swine-fever/

 

Biometrics is cool! Immigration chief announces latest arrests of foreigners

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang spoke at a press briefing Friday celebrating the latest success of the country's biometrics system.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125820-biometrics-is-cool-immigration-chief-announces-latest-arrests-of-foreigners/

 

Pattaya: Farang tourist killed after Thai big biker does a wheelie

 

Image: Daily News

 

Pattaya police and rescue services were called to the area outside Foodland Supermarket in Central Pattaya on Friday after a collision between two motorcycles left a Canadian man dead and a Thai in a serious condition in hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125823-pattaya-farang-tourist-killed-after-thai-big-biker-does-a-wheelie/

 

Chiang Mai: Two karaoke lounges busted for employing underage hostesses

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Four hostesses under the age of 18 were found to be working at two karaoke lounges in the San Kamphaeng area of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125825-chiang-mai-two-karaoke-lounges-busted-for-employing-underage-hostesses/

 

Bangladeshi and two Indians deported for illegal activity in South

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Region 6 immigration police announced the arrest of three foreigners in two cases in the far south of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125827-bangladeshi-and-two-indians-deported-for-illegal-activity-in-south/

 

Police ‘break’ gang of scam artists, arrest leader 

By The Nation

 

 

Officers from the Police Children and Women Protection Sub-Division recently arrested a so-called leader of a call-centre gang in Nonthaburi province for allegedly swindling people out of up to Bt20 million.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125829-police-‘break’-gang-of-scam-artists-arrest-leader/

 

Indonesia vowed to control smog problem, says Prayut

By THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday (September 27) that a vice president of Indonesia has promised that his government will do more to control the haze caused by bonfires and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125831-indonesia-vowed-to-control-smog-problem-says-prayut/

 

Fuel consumption up 1.5% in first eight months

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Energy Business (DoEB) today (September 27) reported a 1.5 per cent increase in total fuel usage for the first 8 months (January to August) year-on-year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125832-fuel-consumption-up-15-in-first-eight-months/

 

NPC Consortium’s bid for Laem Chabang port still acceptable: court

By The Nation

 

 

The Central Administrative Court on Friday (September 27) issued a ruling on the case between plaintiff NPC Consortium and the Selection Committee of Phase 3 Laem Chabang Port Development Project, the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Committee and the Trial Appeal Committee.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125833-npc-consortium’s-bid-for-laem-chabang-port-still-acceptable-court/

 

Govt to probe Thanathorn’s hiring of US lobbyists

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said today (September 27) the government will probe the leader of Future Forward Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit for hiring American lobbyists under contract to allegedly discredit the Thai government through political activities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125834-govt-to-probe-thanathorn’s-hiring-of-us-lobbyists/

 

BAAC earmarks Bt5 bn for farmers to grow trees

By Kunanon Kanjanatecha
The Nation

 

 

Apirom Sukprasert, president of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), said the bank is launching a brand-new loan allowing farmers to earn from planting trees in a move to boost their quality of life as well as preserve the environment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125836-baac-earmarks-bt5-bn-for-farmers-to-grow-trees/

 

Strong baht takes a toll on Thai tapioca export revenue

By The Nation

 

Credit:North Eastern Tapioca Trade Association

 

Farm products have a bright future in the Chinese market but the strong baht is leading to huge revenue losses, tapioca exporters said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125837-strong-baht-takes-a-toll-on-thai-tapioca-export-revenue/

 

Nok seeks strategic partner to boost performance

By THE NATION

 

 

Nok Airlines Plc is looking for a strategic partner to strengthen its operations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125838-nok-seeks-strategic-partner-to-boost-performance/

 

Thailand slips a place in digital competitiveness ranking

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand’s world digital competitiveness ranking dropped one place to 40th in 2019 from 39 the previous year, according to an IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking (WDCR) report released late on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125839-thailand-slips-a-place-in-digital-competitiveness-ranking/

 

Driven by synergy, NMG confident of strong performance this year

By THE NATION

 

chief executive officer Somchai Meesen, right

 

The Nation Multimedia Group (NMG) will bank on the synergy of its three core businesses to boost revenue growth, chief executive officer Somchai Meesen has said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125840-driven-by-synergy-nmg-confident-of-strong-performance-this-year/

 

Two of four contracts awarded for Rama III Expressway

By THE NATION

 

Artist's image of the Rama III expressway project

 

Directors of the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) on Friday (September 27) announced the winners of two of four contracts to build the Rama III Expressway, which will feature a two-kilometre cable-stayed bridge spanning the Chao Phraya River.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125841-two-of-four-contracts-awarded-for-rama-iii-expressway/

 

Hua Hin: Tourists help in ten kilometer clean up of the beach

 

 

Image: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported that the Hua Hin municipality and other volunteers had help in a clean up operation along ten kilometers of the coast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125843-hua-hin-tourists-help-in-ten-kilometer-clean-up-of-the-beach/

 

Boy, 13, allowed to go home despite his father chaining him to a tree

 

 

Image: Daily News

 

A 13 year old boy has been sent back to his father by a childrens' home in the south of Thailand despite his father having chained him to a tree. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125844-boy-13-allowed-to-go-home-despite-his-father-chaining-him-to-a-tree/

 

A solution to the problem of Thailand's haze? Smaller incense sticks, says minister

 

 

Image: Siam Rath

 

Thailand's deputy public health minister has suggested a way to alleviate the devastating haze blanketing the south of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125845-a-solution-to-the-problem-of-thailands-haze-smaller-incense-sticks-says-minister/

 

U.S. House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine documents

By Patricia Zengerle and Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the Palace Hotel on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump forged ahead with their probe on Friday, issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125850-us-house-democrats-subpoena-pompeo-for-ukraine-documents/

 

Joseph Wilson, U.S. diplomat who spoke out on Iraq War, dies at 69 - NYT

By Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: Former CIA operative Valerie Plame and her husband Joseph Wilson leave a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington in this file photo taken on July 14, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Joseph Wilson, a U.S. diplomat who questioned the central underpinning for the invasion of Iraq under former President George W. Bush, died on Friday at the age of 69, the New York Times reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125851-joseph-wilson-us-diplomat-who-spoke-out-on-iraq-war-dies-at-69-nyt/

 

U.S. agents raid genetic testing labs, charge 35 in Medicare fraud probe

By Sarah N. Lynch and Elijah Nouvelage

 

Federal agents execute a search warrant on Clio Laboratories in Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S. September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

 

WASHINGTON/LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents raided genetic testing laboratories, and 35 people were criminally charged in four states in a crackdown on genetic testing fraud that officials said on Friday caused $2.1 billion in losses to federal healthcare insurance programs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125852-us-agents-raid-genetic-testing-labs-charge-35-in-medicare-fraud-probe/