Father shot by 19 year old youth - it was all over asking for a cigarette

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that Samut Songkhram police had charged a 19 year old man with attempted murder and weapons offences after a 45 year old man was shot and grievously injured in the Lat Yai area on Monday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168817-father-shot-by-19-year-old-youth-it-was-all-over-asking-for-a-cigarette/

 

Woman arrested for allegedly brutally murdering her father

By The Nation

 

 

A woman suspected of murdering her father and cutting off his genitals before fleeing the scene on June 16 was arrested while she walking on a street around 2.30am in Bangkok on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168821-woman-arrested-for-allegedly-brutally-murdering-her-father/

 

Thai road carnage: Monthly death toll already 616 - Year total well past 6,000

 

Image: Daily News

 

The death toll at the scene of accidents in Thailand in 2020 now stands at 6,313.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168822-thai-road-carnage-monthly-death-toll-already-616-year-total-well-past-6000/

 

HK ushers Thailand towards ‘new normal’ with anti-virus tech solutions

By The Nation

 

 

Hong Kong will share the technological innovations it used to keep Covid-19 at bay with Thailand in a series of webinars this month. The territory has been successful in containing Covid-19, with only about 1,100 cases to date and four deaths among a population of some 7.5 million.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168826-hk-ushers-thailand-towards-‘new-normal’-with-anti-virus-tech-solutions/

 

Thailand reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases for 23 consecutive days
 

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks at the BTS train after the government eased some protective measures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok , Thailand, June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday reported no new coronavirus infections or deaths, marking 23 successive days without a domestic transmission.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168828-thailand-reports-no-new-domestic-covid-19-cases-for-23-consecutive-days/

 

Insurance company honours B1mn payment for Phuket COVID-19 death

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana (centre, pink shirt) stands beside Phiyathida Taosritrakul as she receives the B1mn insurance claim payment at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (June 16). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The daughter of a 63-year-old woman who died from COVID-19 in Phuket in April has received B1 million from the insurance company that her mother had a COVID-19 health coverage with.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168832-insurance-company-honours-b1mn-payment-for-phuket-covid-19-death/

 

Domestic tourism schemes ‘to generate Bt70bn from Bt22.4bn budget’

By THE NATION

 

 

Three stimulus packages are expected to generate about Bt70 billion in spending by in-country tourists, said Tourism Council of Thailand president Chairat Trirattanajarasporn.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168845-domestic-tourism-schemes-‘to-generate-bt70bn-from-bt224bn-budget’/

 

BoI green-lights investment privileges for 5 mega projects

By THE NATION

 

Duangjai Asawachintachit

 

The Board of Investment (BoI) has approved investment privileges for five mega projects worth over Bt41.83 billion, in a bid to kick-start Thailand’s economic engines as the country emerges from lockdown.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168848-boi-green-lights-investment-privileges-for-5-mega-projects/

 

Whale shark's plea for help goes in vain

By The Nation

 

A video of a giant whale shark swimming towards a diving instructor while showing its tail that was tied by a rope has gone viral on the Internet.

 

The event took place near Koh Pha Ngan in Surat Thani province on June 13. A three-metre-long whale shark, that was injured by a rope tightening around its tail, swam to the diving instructor seeming to suggest that it needed help.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168849-video-whale-sharks-plea-for-help-goes-in-vain/

 

Mahout found dead with throat cut at Phuket elephant camp

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police at the elephant camp late yesterday (June 16). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A mahout was found with his throat cut by his own long knife at an elephant camp near Nai Thon Beach late yesterday afternoon (June 16). The relative who lived with the mahout believes that the man committed suicide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168852-mahout-found-dead-with-throat-cut-at-phuket-elephant-camp/

 

Phuket entrepreneurs offered loans to kick-start business

By The Nation

 

Pakkapong Taweepat

 

Local businesses in Phuket are being offered a financial kick-start as the holiday province prepares to welcome back tourists after months of Covid-19 lockdown.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168855-phuket-entrepreneurs-offered-loans-to-kick-start-business/

 

MRT operator makes tracks with Covid relief project

By The Nation

 

 

The operator of Bangkok’s Blue and Purple MRT lines has handed out over 100,000 face masks along with daily necessities, to relieve the impact of Covid-19 and ensure safety on its services.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168856-mrt-operator-makes-tracks-with-covid-relief-project/

 

Uni student hurls acid at former girlfriend for rejecting him

By The Nation

 

 

A student from a university in Songkhla was arrested on Wednesday (June 17) over charges of physical assault and possessing a fake gun after he splashed acid on his former girlfriend because she rejected him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168857-uni-student-hurls-acid-at-former-girlfriend-for-rejecting-him/

 

Longest skywalk into Betong’s sea of mist to open end of year

By The Nation

 

 

Yala’s Betong district is waiting eagerly for the opening of a new tourist attraction – a 61-metre skywalk that allows visitors to enjoy Ai Yerweng’s sea of mist from an altitude of over 600 metres.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168858-longest-skywalk-into-betong’s-sea-of-mist-to-open-end-of-year/

 

UN Praises Thailand’s Management of COVID-19 Threat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Due to the well-managed COVID-19 situation in Thailand, the kingdom has been receiving compliments from many countries as well as from the United Nations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168859-un-praises-thailand’s-management-of-covid-19-threat/

 

Security Council considers Emergency Decree alternative

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Health and security agencies will consider enforcing existing laws instead of the Emergency Decree for COVID-19 control, after the end of the State of Emergency, while the general public is constantly reminded to continue taking precautionary measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168861-security-council-considers-emergency-decree-alternative/

 

Young Polish woman stranded in Phrae forest retreat since February

By The Nation

 

 

Generous locals in Phrae have come the rescue of an 18-year-old Polish woman who has been stranded in the northern province since February.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168869-young-polish-woman-stranded-in-phrae-forest-retreat-since-february/

 

Rape victim, sister under protection as accused family member set free

By The Nation

 

 

Authorities in Suphanburi have given shelter to a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by seven relatives after the sister of the victim said the suspects threatened them for exposing the crime.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168872-rape-victim-sister-under-protection-as-accused-family-member-set-free/

 

ThaiChana app to soon facilitate group check-in

By The Nation

 

 

More than 27 million people have signed up for the ThaiChana platform, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society said while assuring users that their personal information would be protected.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168873-thaichana-app-to-soon-facilitate-group-check-in/

 

Jetliner restaurant taxis for take-off in Korat

By The Nation

 

 

A Nakhon Ratchasima entrepreneur has turned an Airbus A330-300 jetliner into a restaurant, hoping that his new business will soar after being grounded by lockdown.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168875-jetliner-restaurant-taxis-for-take-off-in-korat/

 

Beijing extends movement curbs to contain resurgent coronavirus

By Stella Qiu and Cate Cadell

 

A traveler wearing protective gear walks with luggage at the departure hall of Beijing Capital International Airport after scores of domestic flights in and out of the Chinese capital were cancelled following the new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital cancelled scores of flights, shut schools and blocked off some neighbourhoods as it ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168877-beijing-extends-movement-curbs-to-contain-resurgent-coronavirus/

 

'Best news so far': UK hails steroid treatment for coronavirus

 

A pharmacist displays a box of Dexamethasone at the Erasme Hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister on Wednesday hailed the use of a steroid called dexamethasone for treating coronavirus patients as the best news so far of the outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168878-best-news-so-far-uk-hails-steroid-treatment-for-coronavirus/

 

Bangkok on track for more green spaces with park on old train line

By Rina Chandran

 

A new park, built on an abandoned elevated train track, is set to open later this month in Bangkok, Thailand. June 11, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new park in Thailand's capital - built on an abandoned train track - can be a model for turning the city's other unused spaces into much-needed green areas to boost well-being and mitigate climate-change impacts, urban experts said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168880-bangkok-on-track-for-more-green-spaces-with-park-on-old-train-line/

 

Order for Phuket Governor to transfer finally in effect

By The Phuket News

 

The order for Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana, pictured here at an event at the Phuket Vocational College yesterday, was finally published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette today (June 17) – but marked as effective from June 15. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- The order for Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana to transfer out of the province became official today (June 17) as it has now been published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168881-order-for-phuket-governor-to-transfer-finally-in-effect/

 

Mahidol’s early childhood centre tries out pre-school classes under the new normal

By The Nation

 

 

Mahidol University’s Early Childhood Development Centre opened its doors on Wednesday (June 17) to 30 pre-schoolers to try out childcare under Covid-19 conditions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168882-mahidol’s-early-childhood-centre-tries-out-pre-school-classes-under-the-new-normal/

 

Exclusive: Amid Brexit impasse, Germany urges no-deal preparations - document

By Andreas Rinke

 

FILE PHOTO: European Union and British flags flutter in front of a chancellery ahead of a visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May in Berlin, Germany, April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government is urging other EU states to prepare for a no deal Brexit, according an internal document that casts doubt on Britain’s optimism over chances of an early agreement on its future ties with the bloc.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168883-exclusive-amid-brexit-impasse-germany-urges-no-deal-preparations-document/

 

Top Gear's Paddy McGuinness 'fine' after Lamborghini skid

 

Paddy McGuinness filming Top Gear in Borneo in 2019

 

Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness has said he is "totally fine" after skidding a supercar off the road while filming in North Yorkshire.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168886-top-gears-paddy-mcguinness-fine-after-lamborghini-skid/

 

Eminem Shares List Of Rappers He Considers The Greatest Of All Time

By JAKE MASSEY

 

 

Twitter is awash with people sharing their views on the best films/footballers/sandwiches of all time, often founded on next to no expertise.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168889-eminem-shares-list-of-rappers-he-considers-the-greatest-of-all-time/

 

Batman Forever turns 25-years-old

By Sean P. Aune

 

 

June has always been a big month for Batman films hitting theaters.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168891-batman-forever-turns-25-years-old/

 

Semi-trailer wipes out, overturns on Phuket’s busiest road

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The 18-wheeler wiped out trees and street lamps, before overturning and spilling its load of wood panels across Thepkrasattri Rd. Photo: Tha Chatchai Police

 

PHUKET:-- Southbound traffic on Thepkrasattri Rd was blocked for three hours earlier today (June 17) after an 18-wheeled truck overturned and spilled wood panels across the island’s busiest road.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168901-semi-trailer-wipes-out-overturns-on-phuket’s-busiest-road/