GSP issue could still be solved through negotiations, says Prayut

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai businesses should not panic or speculate on the reason behind Washington’s decision to suspend its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) to Thailand, said Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Prayut Chan-o-cha after presiding over the opening ceremony of the Digital Thailand Big Bang 2019 exhibition at Bitec Bangna today (October 28).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131074-gsp-issue-could-still-be-solved-through-negotiations-says-prayut/

EU grants UK a Brexit extension until 31 January 2020

 

People carrying British Union Jack flag themed umbrellas walk past the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

EU agrees to Brexit deadline extension up to 31 January 2020, says Donald Tusk

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131077-eu-grants-uk-a-brexit-extension-until-31-january-2020/

Cambodian police search for British woman, 21, missing from beach

 

British tourist Amelia Bambridge holds a mug of beer in Prague, Czech Republic in July 2019, in this image obtained via social media. Amelia Bambridge/Georgie Bambridge via REUTERS

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian authorities and volunteer divers were searching on Monday for a 21-year-old British woman who has been missing for five days from its southwestern coast popular with backpackers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1130833-british-backpacker-amelia-bambridge-missing-on-cambodian-island/?do=findComment&comment=14712495

All airports to stay amid woes of over-capacity

By The Nation

 

 

Transport Minister Saksiam Chidchob has said the Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) didn’t have a policy to close or downgrade any airport in Thailand, including those in Hat Yai and Chiang Rai, and there is no change to the planned expansion of six airports. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131110-all-airports-to-stay-amid-woes-of-over-capacity/

 

20 Future Forward members send resignation letters to EC

By The Nation

 

Nibhon Jamjumrus

 

Twenty former MP candidates of the Future Forward party sent resignation letters to the Office of the Election Commission on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131131-20-future-forward-members-send-resignation-letters-to-ec/

 

EGAT volunteers pitch in to help flood victims in Ubon

By The Nation

 

 

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has teamed up with local authorities and the residents of Sirindhorn district in Ubon Ratchathani to rehabilitate the areas which were hit by floods.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131132-egat-volunteers-pitch-in-to-help-flood-victims-in-ubon/

 

Phuket gets all lit up with Carnival Magic

By The Nation

 

Kittikorn Kewkacha (Left) and Pin Kewkacha (Right)

 

Phuket is soon to get another tourist attraction with the opening early next year of “Carnival Magic”, the first “Town with Thai Style Lights” theme park in the world on Kamala beach, Phuket FantaSea chairman Pin Kewkacha announced on October 25.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131133-phuket-gets-all-lit-up-with-carnival-magic/

 

Rough sea prevents boats from picking up tourists

By THE NATION

 

 

Strong winds and waves thwarted speed boats from picking up around 200 tourists from Princess Beach in Koh Miang of Similan Islands on Sunday (October 27).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131135-rough-sea-prevents-boats-from-picking-up-tourists/

 

Finance Ministry slashes economic growth forecast but predicts brighter 2020

By The Nation

 

 

Lavaron Sangsnit, director of the Fiscal Policy Office, announced on Monday (October 28) that the Finance Ministry has cut its growth forecast to 2.8 per cent from 3 per cent previously estimated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131136-finance-ministry-slashes-economic-growth-forecast-but-predicts-brighter-2020/

 

Ministry of Commerce to negotiate with US to restore GSP

By THE NATION

 

 

Keerati Rushchano /Credit :Commerce Minisrty

 

Ministry of Commerce inspector-general and acting director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade, Kirati Ratchano, said on Monday that the Ministry will negotiate with the US to restore the recently suspended Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) without using any trade countermeasures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131137-ministry-of-commerce-to-negotiate-with-us-to-restore-gsp/

 

 

BBL concerned that clients might be affected by GSP suspension

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok Bank is concerned after the US announcement of a suspension of its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) to numerous Thai products currently enjoying duty-free treatment, said Deja Tulananda, the bank's chairman of the Board of Executive Directors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131138-bbl-concerned-that-clients-might-be-affected-by-gsp-suspension/

 

Woman expat to be charged for tour van collision in Rawai

The Phuket News

 

The woman expat will be charged for the accident, said Capt Jarat Lempan of the Chalong Police. Photo: Chalong Municipality

 

PHUKET: A woman expat is to be charged with reckless driving causing injury and damage to property after she pulled out of a side street in Rawai leading to a van carrying tourists ramming into the side of her car.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131140-woman-expat-to-be-charged-for-tour-van-collision-in-rawai/

 

Vietnam Airlines daily direct flights from Ho Chi Minh land in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

Vietnam Airlines’ inaugural direct flight from Ho Chi Minh City touched down in Phuket yesterday (Oct 27). Photo: AoT Phuket

 

PHUKET: Vietnam Airlines’ inaugural direct flight from Ho Chi Minh City touched down in Phuket yesterday (Oct 27) with all 70 passengers and crew receiving a warm welcome by airport management and Phuket’s tourism office chief.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131141-vietnam-airlines-daily-direct-flights-from-ho-chi-minh-land-in-phuket/

 

THAI told to speed up ฿156bn baht new aircraft purchase plan

 

 

Transport Minister Saksayam has ordered Thai Airways International to conclude its plan to purchase a fleet of 38 new aircraft, to replace its aging fleet at an estimated cost of 156 billion baht, within six months.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131142-thai-told-to-speed-up-฿156bn-baht-new-aircraft-purchase-plan/

 

Over 1,000 expected to attend ASEAN business summit

 

 

More than 1,000 business leader, high-level government officials and representatives of private sectors as well as academics and members of civil society from across the region are expected to attend the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) to be held in Bangkok on November 2-3.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131143-over-1000-expected-to-attend-asean-business-summit/

 

Traders to ask government to postpone ban on herbicides for 6 months

 

 

Three associations of paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate traders are planning to ask the government to postpone the December 1st enforcement of the ban on the three hazardous farm chemicals by six months, to allow them to clear their stocks and to give farmers time to find alternatives.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131145-traders-to-ask-government-to-postpone-ban-on-herbicides-for-6-months/

 

Public Health Ministry installs automated blood pressure monitors in public places

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand currently has 13 million people suffering from high blood pressure and the figure is expected to increase. Almost 50% of these people are not aware that they have high blood pressure, which can lead to other complications. To address the issue, the Ministry of Public Health has joined hands with relevant units to install 100 automated blood pressure monitors in public places so people can check their blood pressure and assess their condition themselves.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131146-public-health-ministry-installs-automated-blood-pressure-monitors-in-public-places/

 

 

UPDATE:

 

EU agrees Brexit delay as British parliament blocks December election

By William James, Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, October 28, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. Parliament TV via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union agreed to a Brexit delay of up to three months on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would push on with his bid to end Britain's political paralysis with an election on Dec. 12.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131077-eu-grants-uk-a-brexit-extension-until-31-january-2020/?do=findComment&comment=14713798

 

Fire threatens posh L.A. homes as blaze in California wine country rages on

By Lisa Richwine

 

The Getty Fire burns near the Getty Center along the 405 freeway north of Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 28, 2019. REUTERS/ Gene Blevins

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wind-whipped flames chased thousands of residents from wealthy Los Angeles neighborhoods and threatened the city's famed Getty Center museum on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wildfire season that has triggered mass evacuations and power outages across California.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131159-fire-threatens-posh-la-homes-as-blaze-in-california-wine-country-rages-on/

 

Killing the leader may not be enough to stamp out Islamic State

By Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein

 

FILE PHOTO: Iraqi youth watch the news of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi death, in Najaf, Iraq October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is of considerable importance, experts believe, but the underlying reasons for his jihadist group's existence remain and attacks in the Middle East and beyond are not likely to stop.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131160-killing-the-leader-may-not-be-enough-to-stamp-out-islamic-state/

 

'We know we made mistakes' on 737 MAX: Boeing CEO

By David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg speaks at the New York Economic club luncheon in New York City, New York, U.S., October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will acknowledge on Tuesday that the aircraft manufacturer made mistakes, as he appears at a congressional hearing on two 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, according to written testimony made public on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131161-we-know-we-made-mistakes-on-737-max-boeing-ceo/

 

Medicinal cannabis not proven in mental health, study finds

By Kate Kelland

 

FILE PHOTO: Medical marijuana plants are seen at Fotmer Life Science, in Montevideo, Uruguay September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Cuenca Olaondo/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Evidence is weak for whether medicinal cannabis treatments can relieve mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression and psychosis, and doctors should prescribe them with great caution, researchers said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131162-medicinal-cannabis-not-proven-in-mental-health-study-finds/

 

Democrats set Thursday vote on U.S. House path in Trump impeachment probe

By Patricia Zengerle

 

FILE PHOTO: Then-White House former National Security Advisor John Bolton delivers remarks on North Korea at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Congress, answering Republican complaints that their impeachment investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump is being conducted in secret, plan a vote on Thursday on a format for going public with their inquiry, marking a significant new stage in the probe.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131168-democrats-set-thursday-vote-on-us-house-path-in-trump-impeachment-probe/

 

Crime: Big Oud takes on the Australian Hells Angels

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong "Big Oud" Chingduang is taking on the Australian biker gang the Hells Angels.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131174-crime-big-oud-takes-on-the-australian-hells-angels/

 

"Dangerous" Brit taken off the streets of Thailand and sent packing

 

Picture: Naew Na 

 

Naew Na reported that Chonburi immigration had arrested what they described as a dangerous British robber who was hiding out in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131177-dangerous-brit-taken-off-the-streets-of-thailand-and-sent-packing/

 

Surat Thani: Immigration round up illegal foreigners throughout the province

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that a variety of illegal immigrants and over stayers had been rounded up in operations by immigration police throughout the province of Surat Thani in Thailand's south. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131180-surat-thani-immigration-round-up illegal-foreigners-throughout-the-province/

 

"Pickled cabbage" man arrested at Bangkok Airport

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A South Korean wanted for running an online betting business has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131181-pickled-cabbage-man-arrested-at-bangkok-airport/

Pattaya: Go Go dancers go to police claiming their "foreign" boss has not paid them

 

Picture: Ruk Siam News

 

More than 30 A-Go-Go dancers descended on Pattaya police station at 3 am this morning claiming that their foreign boss has not paid them, reported Ruk Siam News .

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131184-pattaya-go-go-dancers-go-to-police-claiming-their-foreign-boss-has-not-paid-them/

 

City hopes no parking will lead to no more fighting

 

PATTAYA:--Evidently the taxi and minibus drivers plying their trade at Bali Hai could not stop fighting each other, so now the city has kicked them out of the area.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131183-city-hopes-no-parking-will-lead-to-no-more-fighting/

 

Fireworks, flying lanterns banned for Loy Krathong Nov 11

 

PATTAYA:--Once again this year, fireworks and kom loys (flying lanterns) are banned during Loy Krathong on Monday November 11.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131186-fireworks-flying-lanterns-banned-for-loy-krathong-nov-11/