Pattaya: "Please don't shoot my mum!" - killer ignores daughter's plea then shoots self

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Huay Yai police and Sawang Boriboon rescue services called to a house in Khao Mai Kaew sub-district of Banglamung found a 38 year old woman dead in a bedroom. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147143-pattaya-please-dont-shoot-my-mum-killer-ignores-daughters-plea-then-shoots-self/

 

Watch your kids! Boy, 6, found with construction toy in his intestines

 

Thai caption: He swallowed metal parts

Picture: Sanook

 

Doctors at Ratchaphruek Hospital in Khon Kaen met to discuss the case of a six year old boy who was brought into the hospital in the night in January suffering from stomach pains.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147144-watch-your-kids-boy-6-found-with-construction-toy-in-his-intestines/

 

GPO to increase hand sanitizer supplies, face mask makers to hike production

By THE NATION

 

 

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has decided to increase supplies of alcohol hand gels to 700,000 bottles per day for 60 millilitre size and 900,000 bottles per day for 450ml.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147145-gpo-to-increase-hand-sanitizer-supplies-face-mask-makers-to-hike-production/

 

"Big Biker" decapitated on road trip with friends in Lampang

 

Thai caption: Decapitation on Big Bike

Picture: Sanook

 

The gruesome reality of what can happen in motorcycle accidents was explained in full gory detail on the Sanook news site. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147147-big-biker-decapitated-on-road-trip with-friends-in-lampang/

 

Foreigners warned! Stay away from my "Ghost Tower" skyscraper!

 

Thai caption:  A problem building

Picture: Sanook

 

A famous architect and building owner has warned foreign and Thai thrillseekers to stay away from his problem building.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147149-foreigners-warned-stay-away-from-my-ghost-tower-skyscraper/

 

Unidentified foreigner killed after falling from Pattaya condo

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

An unidentified foreigner has died after falling from a condominium in central Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147151-unidentified-foreigner-killed-after-falling-from-pattaya-condo/

 

Truck's gas tank explodes in Thai sugar cane field - three vehicles incinerated, 5 people burned

 

Thai caption: Truck gas tank explodes. Three vehicles engulfed in flames, 5 hurt. 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Five people with burns were taken to Wichianburi Hospital in Phetchabun province after a truck-trailer's gas tank exploded in the middle of a sugar cane field. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147153-trucks-gas-tank-explodes-in-thai-sugar-cane-field-three-vehicles-incinerated-5-people-burned/

Pattaya disco: Patrons (and staff) set to be sent home if they are "too hot"

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

A senior executive at Hollywood Disco in Pattaya told Sophon Cable TV that his business had invested in a swanky new thermometer to check on the temperature of patrons. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147156-pattaya-disco-patrons-and-staff-set-to-be-sent-home-if-they-are-too-hot/

 

January inflation highest in last eight months

By THE NATION

 

 

The consumer price index representing the cost of inflation stood at 102.78 points in January, 1.05 per cent more than in December and the highest in eight months, Pimchanok Wonkorporn, director of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, reported this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147157-january-inflation-highest-in-last-eight-months/

 

Luxury liners drop anchor: Excitement as more than 3,000 Germans descend on Samui

 

Thai caption: Excitement! 3,000 tourists descend on Samui

Picture: Manager

 

Manager reported that two luxury cruise liners arriving from Singapore dropped anchor at Nathon Bay on Koh Samui on Wednesday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147159-luxury-liners-drop-anchor-excitement-as-more-than-3000-germans-descend-on-samui/

 

New turtle nest found at Mai Khao Beach

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

Officers from the Phuket Marine National Park Operation Center 2 digging to discover the turtle nest this morning (Feb 7). Photo: Phuket Marine National Park Operation Center 2

 

PHUKET: Officers at the Phuket Marine National Park Operation Center 2 have confirmed reports of a new leatherback turtle nest on Mai Khao beach this morning (Feb 7).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147165-new-turtle-nest-found-at-mai-khao-beach/

 

Phitsanulok bats still a star attraction despite virus fears

By THE NATION

 

 

Local people and tourists visiting Noen Maprang district in Phitsanulok province to see one of its main attractions, crowds of bats in a cave, seem to be unfazed by the new coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147168-phitsanulok-bats-still-a-star-attraction-despite-virus-fears/

 

Children used to smuggle un-milled rice from Cambodia into Thailand

 

 

Eight people were arrested Thursday night for hiring children to smuggle sacks of un-milled rice from Cambodia into Thailand in the eastern border province of Sa Kaew.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147170-children-used-to-smuggle-un-milled-rice-from-cambodia-into-thailand/

 

Farangs who don’t wear face masks should be kicked out of Thailand says health minister

 

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Any ‘farangs’ who do not wear face masks should be kicked out of the country, that’s according to Thailand’s health minister, Anutin Charnvirakul.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147187-farangs-who-don’t-wear-face-masks-should-be-kicked-out-of-thailand-says-health-minister/

 

Ubon reservoir improvements part of drought-fighting strategy

By The Nation

 

 

The government has earmarked Bt420 million to improve the Nong Chang Yai Reservoir in Ubon Ratchathani’s Sam Sip district amid worsening drought.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147190-ubon-reservoir-improvements-part-of-drought-fighting-strategy/

 

Airport tractor operator killed while towing jet

By THE NATION

 

 

The driver of a tow tractor at Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport was killed on Friday (February 7) when a passenger jet ran into the vehicle.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147192-airport-tractor-operator-killed-while-towing-jet/

 

Finding source of new coronavirus critical to control situation, say medical experts

By The Nation

 

 

The new coronavirus outbreak, called 2019-nCoV, has shaken up the world raising questions as to when it is going to be controlled. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147196-finding-source-of-new-coronavirus-critical-to-control-situation-say-medical-experts/

 

Prosecutors postpone indictment of Thanathorn over the Pathumwan skywalk flash mob

 

 

The public prosecutors have delayed a decision, until March 17th, over whether indict Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and four other individuals for their alleged role in staging the flash mob on Pathumwan skywalk, in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Gallery, on December 14th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147198-prosecutors-postpone-indictment-of-thanathorn-over-the-pathumwan-skywalk-flash-mob/

 

Change in evaluation criteria bumps number of suspected virus cases to 615

By The Nation

 

 

Dr Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoen, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Friday (February 7) there were now 615 people in Thailand suspected of carrying the 2019-nCoV coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147201-change-in-evaluation-criteria-bumps-number-of-suspected-virus-cases-to-615/

 

Bangkok vocational schools coach citizens on masks, hand gel

By The Nation

 

Aswin Kwanmuang in black.

 

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang paid a visit to a Metropolitan Administration vocational training school on Friday (February 7) to watch protective facemasks being made and alcohol-based hand sanitising gel being properly used.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147205-bangkok-vocational-schools-coach-citizens-on-masks-hand-gel/

 

UPDATE:

 

Anutin steamed as farang turn down facemasks

By The Nation

 

Anutin Charnvirakul

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul got a little miffed at Western tourists this week when several rebuffed the protective facemasks that he was personally distributing on a Bangkok street.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147187-farangs-who-don’t-wear-face-masks-should-be-kicked-out-of-thailand-says-health-minister/?do=findComment&comment=15034870

 

Thailand praised for progress in fishery reform

By THE NATION

 

 

Fifteen supermarkets and buyers in the US, UK and EU have sent a letter to Chalermchai Sreeon, Minister of Agricultural and Cooperatives, as well as the Royal Thai embassies abroad, praising Thailand for its progress in reforming the fishery industry and rectifying key pieces of legislation which have resulted in positive developments in its fishing practices.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147226-thailand-praised-for-progress-in-fishery-reform/

 

‘Save the sea’ message wins Thais a third snow-sculpture triumph

By The Nation

 

Photo credit - Hokkaidofanclub Facebook page

 

A carved and chiselled sculpture of a pair of a human hand holding turtles has won a three-man Thai team the grand prize at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan – its third straight championship there and ninth award overall.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147230-‘save-the-sea’-message-wins-thais-a-third-snow-sculpture-triumph/

 

See rare ruffed lemurs at Songkhla Zoo

By THE NATION

 

 

Songkhla Zoo will have a pair of black and white ruffed lemurs on public view starting on Saturday (February 8), its director Chalermwut Kasetsomboon says.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147232-see-rare-ruffed-lemurs-at-songkhla-zoo/

 

Turkish tourist acquitted as Patong ladyboy death ruled ‘accidental’

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

Aphinyo Kaewkhaw fell to his death from the seventh-floor of a Patong hotel on Jan 7. His death was ruled as accidental by police and the suspect linked to the case, a Turkish man, has been cleared of any charges. Photo: Aphinyo Kaewkhaw Facebook.

 

PHUKET:-- The Turkish tourist that was being held as a suspect in the death of a Phuket ladyboy who fell from a seventh-floor hotel balcony in Patong has been cleared of any charges.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147234-turkish-tourist-acquitted-as-patong-ladyboy-death-ruled-‘accidental’/

 

China scientists identify pangolin as possible coronavirus host

 

FILE PHOTO: A man holds a pangolin at a wild animal rescue center in Cuc Phuong, outside Hanoi, Vietnam September 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kham

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal traffic of pangolins, the world’s only scaly mammals, which are prized in Asia for food and medicine, Chinese researchers said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147235-china-scientists-identify-pangolin-as-possible-coronavirus-host/

 

Australia celebrates as heavy rains dampen huge bushfires

By Byron Kaye, Renju Jose

 

Reuters

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Much of Australia’s wildfire-ravaged east coast was drenched on Friday by the biggest rainfall in almost 20 years, dousing some of the most dangerous blazes and providing welcome relief to farmers battling an extended drought.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147236-australia-celebrates-as-heavy-rains-dampen-huge-bushfires/

 

Exclusive: 'Shock and awe' has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says

By Tom Allard, Karen Lema

 

Drug rehab patients gather for a head count at the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the blood-soaked war on drugs in the Philippines – 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147238-exclusive-shock-and-awe-has-failed-in-philippines-drug-war-enforcement-chief-says/

 

Amid hydropower boom, Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam

By Kay Johnson and Panu Wongcha-um

 

An artistic rendering of the proposed 1400 MW Luang Prabang hydropower dam on the Mekong River in Laos is seen in this undated handout obtained by Reuters, February 5, 2020. Mekong River Commission and Government of Laos/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. MANDATORY CREDIT

 

LUANG PRABANG, Laos (Reuters) - On a wide bank of the Mekong River, yellow markers and visits by surveyors show preparations underway to build Laos' third and largest dam on Southeast Asia's most vital waterway.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147240-amid-hydropower-boom-laos-streams-ahead-on-latest-mekong-dam/

 

Face mask, hand gel, medical alcohol on sales at government venues 

By The Nation

 

 

People lined up to receive queue card for buying medical items to ward off coronavirus infection at Government House and the government’s complaint centre on Friday morning (February 7). 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147241-face-mask-hand-gel-medical-alcohol-on-sales-at-government-venues/