Teachers' Day in Thailand: Yet more violence meted out to female students

 

 

As national Teachers' Day was celebrated in Thailand yesterday a video posted online showed a teacher viciously attacking female students with a stick. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143772-teachers-day-in-thailand-yet-more-violence-meted-out-to-female-students/

 

BMA cracks down on illegal dumping of waste from neighbouring province

By THE NATION

 

Assawin (white shirt)

 

Bangkok is cracking down on illegal dumping of garbage transported from outside the city.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143774-bma-cracks-down-on-illegal-dumping-of-waste-from-neighbouring-province/

 

Pattaya: Yet more adverse effects on tourism - but a "beautiful" Walking Street future awaits

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

The head of the operators' association of Walking Street, South Pattaya, told Manager that proposed infrastructure work in the heart of the city's lightlife district will definitely have an adverse impact on tourism. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143776-pattaya-yet-more-adverse-effects on-tourism-but-a-beautiful-walking-street-future-awaits/

 

Phuket health chief issues advisory over haze, air quality

By The Phuket News

 

Haze hangs over Phuket Town this morning (Jan 17). Photo: Wichai Raksawong

 

PHUKET: Phuket health officials are advising people to wear masks as a precaution against the haze across Phuket today (Jan 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143778-phuket-health-chief-issues-advisory-over-haze-air-quality/

 

Video: Sacked! Drunk tour bus driver dismissed after angry mob attacks him in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A tour bus driver has been sacked by his company after he hit a taxi and a motorcycle while driving drunk in the Bangkapi area of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143780-video-sacked-drunk-tour-bus-driver-dismissed-after-angry-mob-attacks-him-in-bangkok/

Building bridges? MP proposes that one to Koh Samui be named "Chan O-cha Bridge"!

 

Picture: PPTV

 

A Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP from Nakhon Sri Thammarat has suggested that a bridge linking the mainland with Koh Samui should be named the "Chan O-cha Bridge" after Thai prime minister Prayut. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143784-building-bridges-mp-proposes-that-one-to-koh-samui-be-named-chan-o-cha-bridge/ 

 

Thailand faces a reality check

By Don Ross

 

 

BANGKOK, 17 January 2020:  Thailand is scaling back its tourism forecasts to around 5% ditching earlier optimism that eight to 10% increases were still possible in a country that is now one of the top destinations worldwide based on sheer arrival volume.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143800-thailand-faces-a-reality-check/

 

Another Chinese patient with new coronavirus quarantined

By The Nation

 

Dr Sukhum Karnchanapimai ( on the right )

 

Another Chinese tourist to Thailand has been quarantined after it was confirmed that he carried the latest Wuhan coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143801-another-chinese-patient-with-new-coronavirus-quarantined/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thailand finds second case of new Chinese virus, says no outbreak

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has found a second case of a new Chinese coronavirus, authorities said on Friday, as they ramped up checks on Chinese visitors, nearly a million of whom are expected for Lunar New Year holidays next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143801-another-chinese-patient-with-new-coronavirus-quarantined/?do=findComment&comment=14964843

 

World Bank lists steps for stalled Thailand to become high-income nation

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thai economy is projected to grow a modest 2.7 per cent this year thanks to recovering private consumption recovers and investment in large public infrastructure projects, the World Bank said in its “Thailand Economic Monitor” report released on Friday (January 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143803-world-bank-lists-steps-for-stalled-thailand-to-become-high-income-nation/

 

Dissolution of Future Forward 'will bring clash of generations'

By THE NATION

 

 

Future Forward Party (FWP) secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has warned of a clash of generations if the party were to be dissolved.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143804-dissolution-of-future-forward-will-bring-clash-of-generations/

 

Netizens slam govt for appointing MP facing charges as NACC member

By The Nation

 

Pareena Kraikup

 

The government has come under fire from Thai netizens over the appointment on Thursday (January 16) of Palang Pracharat member of Parliament Pareena Kraikup, who faces charges of allegedly encroaching on a natural forest reserve, as a commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143805-netizens-slam-govt-for-appointing-mp-facing-charges-as-nacc-member/

 

Satellite counts 126 fire hotspots nationwide – 957 in Cambodia

By The Nation

 

 

The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency has reported 126 hotspots across Thailand where fires are burning out of control and likely contributing to haze pollution.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143806-satellite-counts-126-fire-hotspots-nationwide-–-957-in-cambodia/

 

Freedom Beach vendors arrested

By The Phuket News

 

The raid at Freedom Beach was carried out yesterday (Jan 16). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Three food and drink vendors at Freedom Beach were arrested and handed over to the Karon Police to be prosecuted for encroaching on government land after a high-powered delegation of officails inspected the beach yesterday (Jan 16).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143807-freedom-beach-vendors-arrested/

 

Two alleged ringleaders of Thailand-based phone scam arrested in Japan

KYODO

 

Shimpei Hirata | KYODO

 

Two men believed to be ringleaders of a large-scale phone scam based in Thailand were arrested Thursday in Japan, bringing the total number of those arrested in the case to 28.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143809-two-alleged-ringleaders-of-thailand-based-phone-scam-arrested-in-japan/

 

Bids opened for U-tapao Airport project

By THE NATION

 

 

Three groups of companies remain in the bidding to develop U-tapao International Airport and Eastern Airport City, with envelopes containing their financial proposals formally opened on Friday (January 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143810-bids-opened-for-u-tapao-airport-project/

 

Get Army out of our woods, Sa Kaeo residents demand

By The Nation

 

 

Fifty residents of Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo filed a letter of complaint at the Parliament Building on Thursday (January 16) over the Army’s request to continue using Royal Forest Department woodland there for another 30 years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143813-get-army-out-of-our-woods-sa-kaeo-residents-demand/

 

World Bank cuts Thailand 2020 GDP growth outlook to 2.7%

by Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: A girl walks past a Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit System) construction site in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The World Bank on Friday cut its estimate for Thailand’s economic growth to 2.7% this year, but that is faster than last year’s pace as private consumption recovers and investment increases due to the launch of large infrastructure projects.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143803-world-bank-lists-steps-for-stalled-thailand-to-become-high-income-nation/?do=findComment&comment=14965436

 

Govt urged to leverage technology in pollution fight

By The Nation

 

 

In the age of digital technology with Thais owning an average of two mobile phones each, it is time for the government to leverage technology for public benefits, said Suchatvee Suwansawat, President of the Council of Engineers Thailand, on Thursday (January 16). 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143819-govt-urged-to-leverage-technology-in-pollution-fight/

 

Germany's other migration wave: the pensioner exodus

By Stoyan Nenov, Thomas Escritt

 

Waldemar Hackstaetter and his wife Hildegard pose for a picture in front of their house in the village of Sirakovo, Bulgaria, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

 

SIRAKOVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) - As retirement neared a decade ago, German butcher Waldemar Hackstaetter took stock of his finances and concluded he and wife Hildegard couldn’t afford to remain in their home country.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143820-germanys-other-migration-wave-the-pensioner-exodus/

 

Khamenei says Iran's strikes at U.S. targets show 'hand of God'

By Parisa Hafezi

 

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during Friday prayers in Tehran September 14, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a Friday prayers sermon that Iran’s missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq showed it had divine support in delivering a “slap on the face” to a world power.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143825-khamenei-says-irans-strikes-at-us-targets-show-hand-of-god/

 

China posts weakest growth in 29 years as trade war bites, but ends 2019 on better note

By Stella Qiu, Kevin Yao

 

A girl runs past a man as he smokes in Beijing's central business area, China January 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States, and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143829-china-posts-weakest-growth-in-29-years-as-trade-war-bites-but-ends-2019-on-better-note/

 

'We can't wait': Maldives desperate for funds as islands risk going under

By Alasdair Pal, Devjyot Ghoshal

 

FILE PHOTO: An areal view shows a resort island in the Maldives December 14, 2009. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File Photo

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The tropical Maldives may lose entire islands unless it can quickly access cheap financing to fight the impact of climate change, its foreign minister said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143830-we-cant-wait-maldives-desperate-for-funds-as-islands-risk-going-under/

 

Australia's bushfire-stricken east welcomes drenching rain

By Lidia Kelly

 

FILE PHOTO: A buggy pulls people, sliding around in the mud, as they celebrate the rainfall in Winton, Queensland, Australia January 15, 2020 in this still image taken from social media video. Teonie Dwyer via REUTERS

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Intense thunderstorms with heavy rains dampened bushfires on Australia east coast on Friday and brought relief to farmers in three states battling a drought which has left much of the country tinder dry.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143831-australias-bushfire-stricken-east-welcomes-drenching-rain/

 

Kuwaiti man arrested in Bangkok for rape of Danish woman in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

The arrest of the Kuwaiti man was announced in Bangkok today (Jan 17). Photo: Immigration Bureau

 

PHUKET:-- A Kuwaiti man wanted for the rape of a Danish woman in Patong has been arrested in Bangkok, the Immigration Bureau announced today (Jan 17).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143832-kuwaiti-man-arrested-in-bangkok-for-rape-of-danish-woman-in-phuket/

 

Korn bares vision ahead of forming new party 

By The Nation

 

Korn Chatikavanij

 

Korn Chatikavanij revealed after resigning from the Democrat Party that he no longer had enough time to manage the party amid the changing political landscape and he preferred to reach his goal out of it.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143833-korn-bares-vision-ahead-of-forming-new-party/

 

Ubol Ratana Dam at lowest level in 40 years

By THE NATION

 

 

Ubol Ratana Dam in Khon Kaen province was at 19 per cent of capacity on Friday (January 17) with 472 million cubic metres in the reservoir – its lowest level in 40 years.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143834-ubol-ratana-dam-at-lowest-level-in-40-years/

 

Wendy Williams apologises for mocking Joaquin Phoenix's 'Cleft Palate'

By Sarah Young

 

Williams came under fire for mocking Joaquin Phoenix's 'cleft palate' (YouTube) 

 

Wendy Williams has publicly apologised after she was criticised for mocking Joaquin Phoenix’s cleft palate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143835-wendy-williams-apologises-for-mocking-joaquin-phoenixs-cleft-palate/

 

Just Mercy review: in another year, and another film, Jamie Foxx would have walked off with an Oscar

By Tim Robey

 

Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan in Just Mercy

 

Michael B. Jordan launched his acting career playing a tragic street kid called Wallace, murdered when he becomes an informant, in Season One of HBO's The Wire.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143837-just-mercy-review-in-another-year-and-another-film-jamie-foxx-would-have-walked-off-with-an-oscar/

 

Eminem criticised for lyric about bomb at Ariana Grande gig

By Mark Savage

 

The lyric appears on the star's 11th album, Music To Get Murdered By, which was released on Friday / GETTY IMAGES

 

Eminem has been called "disgusting" and "pathetic" after rapping about the Manchester Arena bomb attack, which killed 22 people in 2017.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143838-eminem-criticised-for-lyric-about-bomb-at-ariana-grande-gig/