Dutchman jailed in Thailand for money laundering in NL is released

 

Photo: wollertz

 

A Dutchman who ran several cannabis cafes, or coffee shops, in the Netherlands and was jailed for 100 years in Thailand, is heading back home after years of campaigning for his release.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143657-dutchman-jailed-in-thailand-for-money-laundering-in-nl-is-released/

Big C eyes Tesco's business in Thailand

By THE NATION

 

 

Retail operator Big C Supercenter is keen on acquiring Tesco Lotus's business in Thailand to bolster its position in the market, said president Aswin Techajareonvikul, adding that the company had already made an offer to Tesco.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143658-big-c-eyes-tescos-business-in-thailand/

‘Not enough water for 2020’, says Phuket water chief

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) Chief Graison Mahamad announced the news at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Jan 15). Photo PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) Chief Graison Mahamad has announced a slew of measures to conserve what little water supplies Phuket has in the hope of staving off serious water shortages across the island.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143689-‘not-enough-water-for-2020’-says-phuket-water-chief/

Food association optimistic for 2-5% export hike in 2020

By THE NATION

 

 

Exports of raw foods declined by 2 per cent in 2019 while those of processed foods increased by the same amount, resulting in a 1.3-per-cent drop for the overall food industry, according to Wisit Limleucha, president of the Instant Food Manufacturers Association.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143714-food-association-optimistic-for-2-5-export-hike-in-2020/

 

Panel to propose anti-pollution measures

By THE NATION

 

 

The Pollution Control Committee, under the National Environment Board, will propose to the Cabinet measures for tackling the problem of dust particle pollution on January 21, which involves other state agencies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143715-panel-to-propose-anti-pollution-measures/

 

Svitolina leads charge of tennis stars for next month’s Hua Hin meet

By THE NATION

 

Elena Svitolina (from Elena Svitolina Facebook)

 

Tennis World No 5 Elena Svitolina of Ukraine will be the centre of attention at the GSB Thailand Open 2020 presented by EA at True Arena Hua Hin from February 10-16.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143716-svitolina-leads-charge-of-tennis-stars-for-next-month’s-hua-hin-meet/

 

TG pilot under probe in Frankfurt for alleged violation of aviation safety standards

 

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A pilot, employed by Thai Airways International, the national flag carrier, is being investigated by Germany’s BFU (Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung/Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation) for descending below the standard altitude as his flight was approaching Frankfurt international airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143717-tg-pilot-under-probe-in-frankfurt-for-alleged-violation-of-aviation-safety-standards/

 

Mother of foetus dumped in front of Rawai house found, now recovering in hospital

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Officers at the scene recover the foetus from in front of the house in Rawai. Photo: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET: The mother of an eight-month-old foetus found dumped in front of a house in Rawai yesterday (Jan 15) is in hospital recovering, with doctors also attending to her mental and emotional well-being, police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143718-mother-of-foetus-dumped-in-front-of-rawai-house-found-now-recovering-in-hospital/

 

Korn says he is setting up new political party

 

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Former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij, who resigned from the Democrat Party on Wednesday, admitted Thursday night that he is in the process of forming a new political party.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143720-korn-says-he-is-setting-up-new-political-party/

 

 

Flare-up at meeting of House Anti-Corruption and Misconduct Committee

 

 

A heated argument erupted, at a meeting of the House Anti-Corruption and Misconduct Committee this afternoon, between the committee chairman, Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavet on one side and two committee members, Miss Pareena Kraikupt and Sira Jenjakha, on the other side.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143721-flare-up-at-meeting-of-house-anti-corruption-and-misconduct-committee/

 

Prime Minister Presides over the Opening of Teachers’ Day 2020

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Education in cooperation with the Teachers’ Council of Thailand and educational government agencies have held a Teachers’ Day 2020 event to award outstanding teachers, and exhibit educational research and teaching methods.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143723-pm-prayut-presides-over-the-opening-of-teachers’-day-2020/

 

Government adjusting PR plan on drought

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has fine-tuned its public relations plan related to the drought by providing information about the government’s remedial measures and finding part-time jobs for those affected.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143724-thai-govt-adjusting-pr-plan-on-drought/

 

Customs to improve tourists VAT refund procedures with electronic system

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Customs Department has joined hands with the Immigration Bureau to electronically link the entry and exit data of foreigners with the tourists VAT refund scheme to improve services.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143725-customs-to-improve-tourists-vat-refund-procedures-with-electronic-system/

 

Trump impeachment trial opens as watchdog faults White House on Ukraine

By Susan Cornwell, David Morgan and Richard Cowan

 

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds and speaks about information from a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office stating that President Donald Trump broke the law by withholding military aid from Ukraine as she begins a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143726-trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine/

 

Italy's constitutional court rejects League's bid to change electoral law

 

FILE PHOTO: League leader Matteo Salvini reacts as he speaks to the media after consultations with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a request by the hard-right League party to hold a referendum to introduce a first-past-the-post electoral system, triggering the ire of League chief Matteo Salvini and relief in government ranks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143727-italys-constitutional-court-rejects-leagues-bid-to-change-electoral-law/

 

Pantomime, travel and rest: What comes next for Britain's EU lawmakers?

 

FILE PHOTO: A British Union Jack flag is seen on the desk of Nigel Farage (not pictured), leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and Member of the European Parliament, ahead of a debate on the outcome of last EU-Turkey summit at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

 

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Britain’s 73 EU lawmakers packed up their offices in Strasbourg on Thursday: for some a moment of triumph, for others, disaster.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143728-pantomime-travel-and-rest-what-comes-next-for-britains-eu-lawmakers/

 

Pentagon gets request to build roughly 435 kilometres of Trump border wall

 

FILE PHOTO: Construction site of the first border wall in Texas since President Trump took office as seen near Donna, Texas, U.S. December 8, 2019. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has received a request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles (435 km) of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability, a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143729-pentagon-gets-request-to-build-roughly-435-kilometres-of-trump-border-wall/

 

Sanders climbs, now tied with Biden among registered voters - Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Chris Kahn

 

FILE PHOTO: Former Vice President Joe Biden laughs as Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at the 2020 Democratic campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has been steadily climbing in popularity this year and is now tied with former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination among registered voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national poll.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143730-sanders-climbs-now-tied-with-biden-among-registered-voters-reutersipsos-poll/

 

British Airways often worse than rivals on emissions: consumer group

 

FILE PHOTO: British Airways aircraft are seen at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways flights can pump out more carbon emissions per passenger than rival airlines on certain routes, according to the consumer group "Which?"

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143731-british-airways-often-worse-than-rivals-on-emissions-consumer-group/

 

Libya's Haftar committed to ceasefire, Germany says

By Madeline Chambers and Ece Toksabay

 

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas shakes hands with Libya's commander Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi, Libya, January 16, 2020, in this handout photo provided by the German Foreign Ministry. Auswaertiges Amt/Xander Heinl/photothek.de/Handout via REUTERS

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Libyan military commander waging an offensive to capture the capital Tripoli is committed to a ceasefire, Germany said on Thursday, in an apparent advance for efforts to end a near-decade of turmoil in the North African country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143732-libyas-haftar-committed-to-ceasefire-germany-says/

 

Alleged neo-Nazis caught with assault rifle charged ahead of Virginia gun rally

By Julia Harte

 

Former Canadian military reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews poses in an undated picture provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada August 28, 2019. Picture provided August 28, 2019. RCMP Manitoba/Handout via REUTERS

 

GREENBELT, Md. (Reuters) - Three suspected members of a neo-Nazi group appeared in a Maryland court on Thursday to face federal charges after the FBI arrested them for carrying an assault rifle and planning to incite violence at a gun-rights rally in Virginia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143735-alleged-neo-nazis-caught-with-assault-rifle-charged-ahead-of-virginia-gun-rally/

 

Head on smash in Buriram: Family wiped out

 

PIcture: Daily News

 

Five people died including parents and their two children when two pick-ups collided in Buriram yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143736-head-on-smash-in-buriram-family-wiped-out/

 

Cool mornings in the North, isolated rains forecast for many parts of Thailand

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Friday (January 17) that the high-pressure system remains over the Northeast and the South China Sea while the westerly trough at high altitude still blows cold air from the Himalayas to the North and the upper Northeast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143738-cool-mornings-in-the-north-isolated-rains-forecast-for-many-parts-of-thailand/

 

Authority approves Bt110,000 compensation in “Lunlabelle” case

By THE NATION

 

 

The Ministry of Justice has agreed to pay compensation and legal expenses to victims and defendants in several criminal cases, totalling Bt667,979, including the high-profile “Lunlabelle” case.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143740-authority-approves-bt110000-compensation-in-“lunlabelle”-case/

 

Another victim of "Sia Ice - Metal Box" found in pond, say police

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police in Bangkok believe they have found another victim of the wealthy killer known as "Sia Ice - Metal Box" in Thai. In looks like they have a serial killer on their hands. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143749-another-victim-of-sia-ice-metal-box-found-in-pond-say-police/

Dangerous Thailand! Tourists injured after collapse at Khao Yai resort

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Several tourists were injured after a rope structure attached to a resort room in Khao Yai collapsed sending them spiralling to the ground below. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143750-dangerous-thailand-tourists-injured-after-collapse-at-khao-yai-resort/

 

Putting the smile back in LOS! Airport security goes the extra mile for Indian in a hurry

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported that netizens were full of praise for an airport security guard after he clambered along a glass roof to retrieve a phone that had been dropped by an Indian tourist. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143755-putting-the-smile back-in-los-airport-security-goes-the-extra-mile-for-indian-in-a-hurry/

 

Thai woman: I was nearly barbecued at 5 am!

 

Thai caption: Let that be a warning...

Picture: Daily News

 

A Thai woman went on Facebook to recount her experience after awaking in the early hours of the morning to find a power bank charging her spare phone battery was on fire at the foot of the bed. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143757-thai-woman-i-was-nearly-barbecued-at-5-am/

 

Deadly land dispute in Vietnam sparks crackdown on 'critical' social media

By Rina Chandran

 

 

 

Bystanders wait with their mobile phones for the motorcade of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to pass by, ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RC1606886420

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A deadly land dispute in Vietnam has led to a crackdown on social media posts, a sign of growing heavy-handedness by authorities as rising demand for land spurs more conflicts across the country, analysts and human rights activists said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143766-deadly-land-dispute-in-vietnam-sparks-crackdown-on-critical-social-media/

 

Thai man doing land survey stumbles across live grenade next to cassava field

 

Thai caption: Grenade ready to explode!

 

Police were called to an area next to a cassava field in Bo Win, Chonburi after a man doing a land survey came across a hand grenade. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143769-thai-man-doing-land-survey-stumbles across-live-grenade-next-to-cassava-field/