Thailand to demand proof of health insurance for 'risky' long-term visitors

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Foreigners in the “risky” over-50 age group will have to present proof of health insurance when applying for Thai long-term non-immigrant visas, a minister said on Wednesday, so the government doesn’t have to pick up their medical bills.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127827-thailand-to-demand-proof-of-health-insurance-for-risky-long-term-visitors/

 

BBC Thai shows proof of Thammanat's imprisonment in Australia

By The Nation

 

Thammanat Prompao

 

BBC Thai has released notes of an official document obtained from a visit to an Australian court, stating that Manat Bophlom, the fomer name of Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thammanat Prompao, had served four years in jail for a charge of conspiring to import heroin to Australia.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127794-bbc-thai-shows-proof-of-thammanats-imprisonment-in-australia/

Woman building owner loses temper as masturbating cable thief caught

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Building owner Wassana Songsri-in kicks thief Somchai Jiummuanthia, 30, after he confessed to masturbating after watching her walk past the building where he was stealing the electrical cables. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET:-- A woman who owns a building under renovation in Phuket Town where a man was caught stealing electrical cables today (Oct 9) lost her temper in front of police after the thief revealed that he masturbated after watching her walk by.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127769-woman-building-owner-loses-temper-as-masturbating-cable-thief-caught/

Government on track for full digitalisation by 2022

By THE NATION

 

Kobsak

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has set a timeframe for the government to become fully digital by 2022.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127828-thai-govt-on-track-for-full-digitalisation-by-2022/

 

 

‘Eat, Shop, Spend’ phase 2 registration might be halved

By THE NATION

 

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana

 

The number of registrants allowed for the second phase of the government’s “Eat, Shop, Spend” economic stimulus campaign might be limited to 5 million, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana said on Wednesday (October 9).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127830-‘eat-shop-spend’-phase-2-registration-might-be-halved/

 

Lack of critical thinking makes Thailand's competitiveness ranking slip

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

 

Thailand could improve its competitiveness among nations by tackling its weakest points – a lack of critical thinking in teaching, failure to dominate any markets, and unsafe drinking water, according to Switzerland-based World Economic Forum.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127831-lack-of-critical-thinking-makes-thailands-competitiveness-ranking-slip/

 

Minister still waiting for an explanation on TOT-NBTC spat 

By The Nation

 

Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punakanta

 

Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punakanta said he was still waiting for an official report from TOT Public Co Ltd in relation to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) cancelling three contracts with TOT for installing broadband internet services in border areas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127832-minister-still-waiting-for-an-explanation-on-tot-nbtc-spat /

 

AoT to spend more than B980mn over Phuket Airport noise pollution

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket International Airport General Manager Thanee Chuangchoo announced the news yesterday (Oct 8). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Airports of Thailand (AoT) at Phuket International Airport this year has paid more than B9 million to local residents as compensation for noise pollution and will spend a further B976.5mn to acquire land that is home to 82 houses where noise levels from passing aircraft exceed residential limits.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127835-aot-to-spend-more-than-b980mn-over-phuket-airport-noise-pollution/

 

Supreme Court president asked to probe Supreme Court acquittal of 6 police over drug suspect’s murder

 

 

The mother of one of the 2,500 dead victims of the war on drugs, launched 14 years ago by the government of then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has lodged a petition with the president of the Supreme Court seeking a probe into the acquittal, by a panel of Supreme Court judges, of six Kalasin police officers charged with killing her son.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127837-supreme-court-president-asked-to-probe-supreme-court-acquittal-of-6-police-over-drug-suspect’s-murder/

 

DPM Anutin calls on National Hazardous Substances Committee to vote openly

 

Anutin Charnvirakul, the leader of the Bhumjaithai party gestures during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, Thailand, November 22, 2017. Picture taken November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Wednesday) called on the National Hazardous Substances Committee to vote openly over the ban or restriction on the use of paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos at its forthcoming meeting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127839-dpm-anutin-calls-on-national-hazardous-substances-committee-to-vote-openly/

 

National divide and deep-South volatility threaten to converge

 

File photo

 

The seeds of Thailand’s two biggest troubles — the political divide and insurgency in the deep South — were apparently sowed in 2001. That year, national politics went past the point of normalcy with the culmination in the Constitution Court of Thaksin Shinawatra’s “hidden shares” scandal. He survived the grueling scrutiny but, under his government, some big changes were effected in the deep South in the same year that some say would turn a dormant volcano into an active one.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127840-national-divide-and-deep-south-volatility-threaten-to-converge/

 

NACC hosts 2019 SEA-PAC meeting

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - As part of the effort to prevent corruption in the ASEAN region, the National Anti-Corruption Commission is hosting this year’s South East Asia Parties Against Corruption (SEA-PAC) meeting, an annual meeting of anti-corruption bodies in ASEAN countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127841-nacc-hosts-2019-sea-pac-meeting/

 

Fossils of 'shark-toothed' carnivorous dinosaur found in Thailand

By Will Dunham

 

A reconstruction of the skull of the large meat-eating dinosaur Siamraptor suwati based on fossils unearthed in Thailand is seen in this image released on October 9, 2019. Soki Hattori and Duangsuda Chokchaloemwong/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossils of a large carnivorous dinosaur that was a top predator about 115 million years ago have been unearthed in Thailand -- a brute that was among the early members of an impressive group of flesh-ripping dinosaurs known for their shark-like teeth.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127846-fossils-of-shark-toothed-carnivorous-dinosaur-found-in thailand/

 

U.S. fight deepens as Biden calls for impeachment, Trump lashes out at whistleblower

By Trevor Hunnicutt

 

With a portrait of former U.S. President Andrew Jackson hanging in the background, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

ROCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden called for the impeachment of his potential 2020 election foe Donald Trump for the first time on Wednesday, in a deepening partisan fight over a congressional investigation of the Republican president.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127850-us-fight-deepens-as-biden-calls-for-impeachment-trump-lashes-out-at-whistleblower/

 

Trump's fast-tracking of oil pipelines hits legal roadblocks

By Scott DiSavino and Stephanie Kelly

 

An unburied section of the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, U.S. September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration's effort to cut red tape and speed up major energy projects has backfired in the case of the three biggest U.S. pipelines now planned or under construction.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127853-trumps-fast-tracking-of-oil-pipelines-hits-legal-roadblocks/

 

U.S. Secretary of State calls for EU to condemn Iran over tanker

 

A handout picture of tanker Adrian Darya 1 and an unidentified tanker near Baniyas, Syria, October 6, 2019, is shown in this satellite image handout released on October 9, 2019 by Maxar Technologies. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called on the European Union to condemn Iran and hold Tehran accountable after he said oil from Iranian tanker Adrian Darya had been offloaded in Syria.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127856-us-secretary-of-state-calls-for-eu-to-condemn-iran-over-tanker/

 

Trump defends his Syria pullout against Republican criticism

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump responds to questions about the U.S. House impeachment investigation during a formal signing ceremony for the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected criticism from fellow Republicans over his decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria, and dismissed worries that captured Islamic State fighters might escape in the chaos of a Turkish attack.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127857-trump-defends-his-syria-pullout-against-republican-criticism/

 

Biometrics and immigration chief are the stars! But reports vary widely

 

Picture: INN

 

Two reports in the Thai media painted differing pictures of recent immigration arrests at Bangkok airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127858-biometrics-and-immigration-chief-are-the-stars-but-reports-vary-widely/

 

Coffee shops/net cafes collecting WIFI data nothing to worry about say Thai police

 

Pictire: INN

 

The Royal Thai Police has responded to concerns that the collection of data at internet cafes and places offering WIFI is illegal and snooping.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127860-coffee-shopsnet-cafes-collecting-wifi-data-nothing-to-worry-about-says-thai-police/

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Immigration police use biometric system to nab 3 fake passport holders

By THE NATION

 

Sompong

 

Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang, the Immigration Bureau commander, announced on Wednesday (October 9) that a total of three foreigners were stopped at Suvarnabhumi Airport in September after the biometric system revealed they had committed passport fraud.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127858-biometrics-and-immigration-chief-are-the-stars-but-reports-vary-widely/?do=findComment&comment=14652779

 

Ozzy Osbourne says he's recovering, 'not dying,' but again postpones tour

 

FILE PHOTO: Ozzy Osbourne attends a news conference to announce the "Ozzfest Meets Knotfest" music festival at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, U.S., May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rocker Ozzy Osbourne on Wednesday postponed his solo European tour for a second time but insisted that he was not dying or retiring despite a year of bad health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127868-ozzy-osbourne-says-hes-recovering-not-dying-but-again-postpones-tour/

 

Video: Driver sacked after hitting barrier going across Bangkok level crossing

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A bus driver in Bangkok has been sacked after footage emerged of him going across a level crossing in downtown Bangkok and hitting the descending barrier. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127869-video-driver-sacked-after-hitting-barrier-going-across-bangkok-level-crossing/

 

Serial phone scammer arrested by Tourist Police after 5 million baht in cons

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a 37 year old Thai phone scammer responsible for a series of cons worth 5 million baht was arrested by the Tourist Police.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127873-serial-phone-scammer-arrested-by-tourist-police-after-5-million-baht-in-cons/

 

More Hong Kong protests planned as metro limps back to business

 

People are seen at Yau Ma Tei metro station, after the nearby Mong Kok was closed due to vandalism during protests, in Hong Kong, China October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's metro rail system will shut early again on Thursday to allow time to repair damaged facilities, its operator said as the city braced for more anti-government demonstrations after a string of violent protests in the Asian financial hub.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127875-more-hong-kong-protests-planned-as-metro-limps-back-to-business/

 

Govt to set up new SRT board to proceed with airport rail-links contract

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The high speed rail connection project between Don Muang, Suvarnabhumi, and U-Tapao airports is facing a major obstacle after the State Railway of Thailand’s (SRT) entire executive board members resigned, preventing the signing of the land confiscation contract to proceed according to schedule, on 15th October.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127876-thai-govt-to-set-up-new-srt-board-to-proceed-with-airport-rail-links-contract/

 

Amazing Thailand: Never mind about serious diseases - it's the weekend!

 

Thai caption: This really happens?

 

Daily News reported that netizens were criticising the authorities after a man posted that he had returned from Africa on Sunday and reported to quarantine at Phuket International Airport. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127877-amazing-thailand-never-mind-about-serious-diseases-its-the-weekend/

 

Lifesaving training, community support needed to tackle drownings in Phuket: ILS Chair

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Justin Scarr, the chair of the International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) Drowning Prevention Commission, speaks at the World Conference on Drowning Prevention currently being held in Durban, South Africa. Photo: Anthony Grote

 

PHUKET: The Chair of the International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) Drowning Prevention Commission, Justin Scarr, has stressed the importance of lifesaving training, community involvement and making public information available in key local areas as crucial in preventing more drownings at Phuket’s beaches.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127878-lifesaving-training-community-support-needed-to-tackle-drownings-in-phuket-ils-chair/

 

Motorcyclist dead after "losing consciousness from existing condition"

 

Picture: Naewna

 

Police and rescue services were called to the Bang Plap to Klong Khun Road in Ang Thong in central Thailand after reports that a woman riding a motorcycle had driven off the road. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127880-motorcyclist-dead-after-losing-consciousness-from-existing-condition/

 

World Bank slashes Thailand’s GDP from 3.5 to 2.7 per cent

By THE NATION

 

Kiatipong Ariyapruchya

 

The World Bank has reduced its forecast for Thailand’s economic expansion in 2019 from 3.5 to 2.7 per cent, while 2020 speculation was also brought down to 2.9 per cent from the earlier figure of 3.5 per cent.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127882-world-bank-slashes-thailand’s-gdp-from-35-to-27-per-cent/

 

Thai woman arrested on human trafficking charges outside Pattaya school

 

 

Naew Na reported that a 31 year old Thai woman was arrested outside a Pattaya school on a human trafficking warrant. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127883-thai-woman-arrested-on-human-trafficking-charges-outside-pattaya-school/