THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 26 Nov 2019

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PETA targets Pata Zoo

By The Nation

 

 

Three women from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group covered in coloured paint protested on Monday (November 25) in front of the 36-year-old Pata Pinklao Department Store, which has its own zoo called Pata Zoo.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135719-peta-targets-pata-zoo/

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Farmers to be given tractors at highly subsidised rate to compensate for chemical ban 

By The Nation

 

Mananya Thaiset

 

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry aims to provide tractors and lawnmowers to farmers and cooperative members to minimise the effects of the planned ban on three hazardous chemicals – Paraquat, Chlorpyrifos and Glyphosate, Deputy Minister Mananya Thaiset said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135712-farmers-to-be-given-tractors-at-highly-subsidised-rate-to-compensate-for-chemical-ban/

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Cannabis Extraction Technologies seminar

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has held the second academic seminar on Cannabis Extraction Technologies, to collect cannabis extraction know-how from past to present, and provide an exchange platform for cannabis product use in medicine.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135708-cannabis-extraction-technologies-seminar/

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Thailand to adopt B10 as standard diesel from 1 Jan 2020

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - The government has been promoting the utilization of B10 diesel to help raise oil palm pricing. This initiative has, so far, increased oil palm pricing by 4 baht per kilogram. The Ministry of Energy is pushing this matter by announcing that B10 diesel is to become the standard diesel type in Thailand from 1 January 2020.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135707-thailand-to-adopt-b10-as-standard-diesel-from-1-jan-2020/

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Panthongtae acquitted in money-laundering case

By THE NATION

 

Panthongtae, centre, and his his mother Khunying Potjaman Na Pombejra, left.

 

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on Monday (November 25) acquitted Panthongtae Shinawatra, son of former prime minister Thaksin, in an alleged money-laundering case in connection with a controversial Krungthai Bank loan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135671-panthongtae-acquitted-of-money-laundering-charge/?do=findComment&comment=14800209

 

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‘Korat Friendly Design’ takes off as Nakhon Ratchasima organises IWAS World Games 2020

By THE NATION

 

Suwat Liptapanlop

 

President of the Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University (NRRU) council and former deputy prime minister Suwat Liptapanlop opened an event called “Kick-Off Korat Friendly Design”, signing a declaration on universal architecture design in the province on Monday (November 25) at the NRRU auditorium.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135736-‘korat-friendly-design’-takes-off-as-nakhon-ratchasima-organises-iwas-world-games-2020/

 

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CCE launches eco-friendly waste-to-energy power plant

By THE NATION

 

 

Chonburi Clean Energy (CCE) has inaugurated its advanced, environmentally friendly waste-to-energy power plant at WHA Chonburi Industrial Estate 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135738-chonburi-cce-launches-eco-friendly-waste-to-energy-power-plant/

 

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Finance Ministry to submit latest economic stimulus package to Cabinet

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

Minister Uttama Savanayana will on Tuesday (November 26) submit to the Cabinet the latest economic package to boost the economy.

 

The Finance Ministry will on Tuesday (November 26) submit to the Cabinet its latest economic package to boost the economy, Minister Uttama Savanayana said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135739-finance-ministry-to-submit-latest-economic-stimulus-package-to-cabinet/

 

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Da Vinci’s scientific writings to unfold in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit has been chosen as the host for “A Taste of Leonardo” exhibition, which will offer a unique opportunity to see rare museum copies of works by Leonardo da Vinci.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135740-da-vinci’s-scientific-writings-to-unfold-in-bangkok/

 

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Employment rate for the third quarter falls 2.1 percent

 

 

The employment rate in the non-farming sector, for the third quarter of this year, has fallen by 2.3% whereas, in the farming sector, it has fallen by 1.8%, according to the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB)

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135741-employment-rate-for-the-third-quarter-falls-21-percent/

 

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Health minister says no further delay to Dec 1st ban on farm chemicals

 

 

Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reiterated today that there will be no delay to the enforcement of the ban on paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, which will come into effect on December 1st.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135742-health-minister-says-no-further-delay-to-dec-1st-ban-on-farm-chemicals/

 

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Court rejects DSI request to revoke bail of ex-park chief Chaiwat

 

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The Criminal Court for Corruption Cases has rejected a request, from the Department of Special Investigation, to withdraw the bail of former Kaeng Krachan park chief Chaiwat Limlikhit-akson and three other suspects, allegedly involved in the murder of Karen community rights activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen about five years ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135743-court-rejects-dsi-request-to-revoke-bail-of-ex-park-chief-chaiwat/

 

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Thieves grab priceless jewels in German museum heist

By Matthias Rietschel

 

Police car parks outside Green Vault city palace, unique historic museum that contains the largest collection of treasures in Europe after a robbery in Dresden, Germany, November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel

 

DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - Thieves smashed display cases and grabbed priceless jewels from an eastern German museum in the early hours of Monday in a lightning raid on one of Europe’s greatest collections of treasures, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135745-thieves-grab-priceless-jewels-in-german-museum-heist/

 

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Passengers on stricken cruise ship safe, navy to assist immediate repairs

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The luxury cruise ship ‘La Belle des Océans’ arrived at Phuket Deep Sea Post this morning with all passengers and crew safely aboard. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: All 78 French tourists and one German, as well as the 70-strong crew, aboard the cruise ship La Belle des Océans, which breached its hull on an underground rock southeast of Phi Phi Island

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135628-navy-renders-assistance-to-cruise-ship-stuck-on-underwater-rocks-southeast-of-phi-phi-island/?do=findComment&comment=14800280

 

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'Unfit' Uber loses London license over safety failures

By Costas Pitas

 

The Uber logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Illustration

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Uber <UBER.N> was stripped of its license to carry paying passengers in London on Monday for the second time in just over two years, pending an appeal, over a "pattern of failures" on safety and security.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135704-ubers-london-license-hangs-in-the-balance-on-expiry-day/?do=findComment&comment=14800368

 

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Peru's top court orders release of jailed opposition leader Keiko Fujimori

By Marco Aquino

 

FILE PHOTO: Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori and leader of the opposition in Peru attends court as part of an investigation into money laundering, in Lima, Peru October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

 

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Constitutional Tribunal on Monday ordered the release of opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, jailed last year for alleged money laundering and receiving illegal contributions from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135749-perus-top-court-orders-release-of-jailed-opposition-leader-keiko-fujimori/

 

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Chinese national sentenced to eight months in prison for trespassing at Trump's resort

By Zachary Fagenson

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club is shown ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., August 31, 2019. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - A Chinese woman was sentenced to eight months in prison in a federal court on Monday after she was convicted of bluffing her way into U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, sparking fears she could pose an intelligence threat.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135750-chinese-national-sentenced-to-eight-months-in-prison-for-trespassing-at-trumps-resort/

 

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CAT to enter 5G bidding solo, eyes 700mhz band

By THE NATION

 

 

Colonel Sappachai Huwanant, president of CAT Telecom Public Company Limited (CAT), revealed on Monday (November 25) that CAT will join the bidding for 5G spectrum bands that the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has scheduled for February 16, even though it is unlikely that its merger with TOT Public Company Limited (TOT) will be completed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135751-cat-to-enter-5g-bidding-solo-eyes-700mhz-band/

 

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New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat

By Denis Balibouse

 

A handout picture of the Trient Glacier taken in 1891 and released by ETH Library Zurich, is seen displayed at the same location on August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse and Glaziologische Kommission der Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz/ETH Library Zurich/Handout via REUTERS

 

THE FURKA PASS, Switzerland (Reuters) - On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for tourists to admire the Rhone Glacier has been abandoned now that the ice has retreated nearly 2 km (1.2 miles) uphill.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135753-new-photos-vs-old-comparisons-show-dramatic-swiss-glacier-retreat/

 

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Landslide democratic win puts pressure on leader of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong

By Twinnie Siu and Jessie Pang

 

A protester is pictured next to a barricade at the Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China, November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leader said on Monday she would listen to public opinion after a landslide election victory by opponents of Chinese rule amid months of sometimes violent pro-democracy unrest.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135755-landslide-democratic-win-puts-pressure-on-leader-of-chinese-ruled-hong-kong/

 

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Democrat Warren accuses rival Bloomberg of trying to buy U.S. presidential election

By Tim Reid and Michael Martina

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a campaign town hall meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., November 23, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

ANKENY, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren blasted billionaire Michael Bloomberg on Monday for launching his nascent White House bid with a $37 million TV advertising blitz, accusing the former New York City mayor of trying to buy American democracy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135759-democrat-warren-accuses-rival-bloomberg-of-trying-to-buy-us-presidential-election/

 

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Tour package scammer cheated more than 500 victims out of Bt31 million

By THE NATION

 

 

Some 100 plaintiffs filed complaints on Monday (November 25) with Samart Jenchajitwanit, vice minister of justice at the ministry’s branch office in the Chaeng Watthana Government Complex against the owner(s) of Facebook page “2gether” and Instragram account “twogether1” for selling cheap air tickets and tour packages that didn’t exist. Altogether 514 complaints have been made with total estimated damages amounting to Bt31 million.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135760-tour-package-scammer-cheated-more-than-500-victims-out-of-bt31-million/

 

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Thailand earns better Doing Business ranking

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is aiming to make Thailand one of the top 20 in the World Bank’s Doing Business Index next year, ordering the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission to raise public awareness of this matter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135761-thailand-earns-better-doing-business-ranking/

 

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Pattaya: None of the city's CCTV was working - police suspect "brazen" snatch thief at work

 

Picture: Ruk Siam News

 

Police in Pattaya are working on the assumption that a serial snatch thief or thieves are robbing tourists at the resort. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135764-pattaya-none-of-the-citys-cctv-was-working-police-suspect-brazen-snatch-thief-at-work/

 

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Throwaway Thailand: Seven kilos of plastic trash even underwear found in dead deer

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Facebook post from an animal preservation group in Phrae in northern Thailand said they had found a dead deer near a national park. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135766-throwaway-thailand-seven-kilos-of-plastic-trash-even-underwear-found-in-dead-deer/

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Thai son cuts up his mother, stuffs her in the fridge and flushes her down the toilet

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai media reported on a horrific murder in south west Bangkok in which a Thai son cut up his mother and stuffed her in the freezer section of their fridge. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135770-thai-son-cuts-up-his-mother-stuffs-her-in-the-fridge-and-flushes-her-down-the-toilet/

 

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Musk to testify in own defense in defamation trial, his lawyer says

By Rachel Parsons

 

FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during a conversation at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's chief executive, Elon Musk, will testify in his own defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by a British cave explorer, Musk's lawyer said on Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135772-musk-to-testify-in-own-defense-in-defamation-trial-against-british-cave-explorer/

 

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Mother of all excuses! Electrical authorities promise cable action by Thursday

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Pedestrians and residents who complained that they had to duck under what they considered to be dangerous cables on an Ayuthaya footbridge were given a "shocking" excuse by the authorities. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135776-mother-of-all-excuses-electrical-authorities-promise-cable-action-by-thursday/

 

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Phuket building collapse: company director surrenders, Myanmar embassy follows up

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Kyaw Soe Wai, the Labor Attaché at the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, attended the joint funeral of Mr Nay Myo Win, 29, and Mrs Kay Thi Khaing, 28, at Wat Kosit Wiharn north of Phuket Town. The two will be cremated today (Nov 26). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Chuchart Palasuwan, the managing director of the company being held responsible for the building collapse last Thursday that killed seven workers and injured two others, has surrendered to police.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135777-phuket-building-collapse-company-director-surrenders-myanmar-embassy-follows-up/

 

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Social media in comment-fest after Thai boxer KO's three men in Chanthaburi

 

Thai caption: They wouldn't stop - Boxer KO's three

 

A Thai boxer who intervened in an effort to stop three men arguing ended up being hit himself. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135785-social-media-in-comment-fest-after-thai-boxer-kos-three-men-in-chanthaburi/