Chon Buri man held for 'physically abusing' stepson

By The Nation

 

 

An "abusive" stepfather in Chon Buri has confessed to physically assaulting his 5-year-old stepson after the boy’s teacher leaked a photo and asked for help online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189471-chon-buri-man-held-for-physically-abusing-stepson/

 

Gambler accused of shooting two at massage parlour

By The Nation

 

 

A famous gambler was accused of shooting two people at a massage parlour in Bangkok’s Phasi Charoen district early on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189472-gambler-accused-of-shooting-two-at-massage-parlour-in-bangkok/

 

Tourism ministry comes out in defence of STV scheme

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A workshop conducted by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports featured a lower ranking official defending the ministry's actions on the subject of reopening the country to foreign tourism. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189473-tourism-ministry-comes-out-in-defence-of-stv-scheme/

 

Pattaya: Three spots to become "Landmarks" - Bali Hai "cruise terminal" mooted

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager quoted Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Khunpluem as saying that he was hurrying ahead with plans to create three "landmarks" in Pattaya as part of the Eastern Economic Corridor plan ordered by the government. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189474-pattaya-three-spots-to-become-landmarks-bali-hai-cruise-terminal-mooted/

 

Schoolgirl slapped for not standing up during national anthem

By The Nation

 

 

A 15-year-old schoolgirl was slapped in the face by a nationalist who got angry when the girl did not stand up for the national anthem at a train station in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189477-schoolgirl-slapped-for-not-standing-up-during-national-anthem/

 

As predicted on Thaivisa! "Fish with a face like a human" ends up in the cooking pot!

 

 

There were further developments yesterday after a fisherman called Prasert found a very unusual fish that came to be known as "the fish with a human face".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189479-as-predicted-on-thaivisa-fish-with-a-face-like-a-human-ends-up-in-the-cooking-pot/

 

Chiang Rai: Three illegal Chinese escape after bungled arrest

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Mae Sai police, immigration and the military acting on information received staked out a branch of Tesco Lotus on Pahonyothin Road in Mae Sai in Thailand's far north. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189481-chiang-rai-three-illegal-chinese-escape-after-bungled-arrest/

 

Almost 10% of candies, gum have harmful artificial colours: Medical Sciences Department

By THE NATION

 

 

Almost 10 per cent of candies and chewing gum contain exceeding amounts of artificial colours than those permitted by the Public Health Ministry, Department of Medical Sciences acting director-general Dr Supphakit Siriluck said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189483-almost-10-of-candies-gum-have-harmful-artificial-colours-medical-sciences-department/

 

Motorways/Expressways free for TWELVE days during long weekends in November/December

 

Picture:  Daily News

 

The highways department said that Route 7 from Bangkok to Pattaya and the Route 9 motorway from Bang Pa-In to Bang Plee plus the elevated section from Phrapradaeng to Bang Khun Thian would all be toll free during the recently created long weekend holidays next month and in December.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189485-motorwaysexpressways-free-for-twelve-days-during-long-weekends-in-novemberdecember/

 

12 Thais, one foreigner found positive in quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Wednesday reported 13 new cases in quarantine over a 24-hour period.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189487-12-thais-one-foreigner-found-positive-in-quarantine/

 

Raja 4 finally towed back to port – 2 months after capsizing

By The Nation

 

 

Two months after capsizing, the Raja 4 ferry has finally been recovered off Samui in the Gulf of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189489-raja-4-finally-towed-back-to-port-–-2-months-after-capsizing/

 

Baby killed, parents severely burned in Prachinburi trailer accident

By The Nation

 

 

A trailer truck flipped over due to a brake and engine malfunction in Prachinburi province early on Wednesday, killing a one-month-old infant and severely burning a man and his partner.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189510-baby-killed-parents-severely-burned-in-prachinburi-trailer-accident/

 

Cabinet extends state of emergency for Covid by another month

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet has agreed to extend the state of emergency to curb the Covid-19 pandemic by another month from the end of October, deputy government spokesperson Traisuree Taisaranakul said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189511-cabinet-extends-state-of-emergency-for-covid-by-another-month/

 

Floating lanterns can cause blackouts, explosions, warn electricity agencies

By THE NATION

 

 

Electricity authorities are calling on people to not launch floating lanterns near high-voltage power lines and substations during Loy Krathong, which will be marked nationwide on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189516-floating-lanterns-can-cause-blackouts-explosions-warn-electricity-agencies/

 

Rubber prices could hit Bt100 a kg

By THE NATION

 

 

The Rubber Authority of Thailand estimates that rubber prices could soon reach Bt100 per kg, significantly above the government’s guaranteed price, after many rubber producing nations reeled under floods while demand from China jumped due to the country's local governments promoting the use of small vehicles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189519-rubber-prices-could-hit-bt100-a-kg/

 

Dugong severely injured by boat propeller dies

By The Nation

 

 

Urgent attempts by veterinarians and Krabi’s Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park officials to save the life of a severely injured dugong have proved unsuccessful.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189520-dugong-severely-injured-by-boat-propeller-dies/

 

Popular Phi Phi reef area where karst collapsed sealed off for two years

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The area where the karst collapsed into the sea will remain sealed off for two years. Photo: DNP

 

PHUKET: The area around where a large section of a karst in Phang Nga Bay collapsed, sending some 30,000 tonnes of rock onto a popular coral reef below, will remain sealed off for safety for at least two years, Chief of the Hat Noppharat Thara – Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, Prayoon Phongphan, told The Phuket News today (Oct 28).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189521-popular-phi-phi-reef-area-where-karst-collapsed-sealed-off-for-two-years/

 

Progressive Movement ready to fight EC right to the end, says Piyabutr

By THE NATION

 

 

The Progressive Movement announced on Wednesday that it is ready to fight the charges the Election Commission (EC) has filed against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, former leader of the now-defunct Future Forward Party (FWP), and 15 party executives.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189525-progressive-movement-ready-to-fight-ec-right-to-the-end-says-piyabutr/

 

Cabinet gives initial nod to letting passengers off cruise ships

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle guidelines for foreigners to disembark cruise liners under the Special Tourist Visa programme, deputy government spokesperson Traisuree Taisaranakul said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189539-cabinet-gives-initial-nod-to-letting-passengers-off-cruise-ships/

 

THAI transforms old life vests, slide rafts into fashionable handbags

By The Nation

 

THAI launches "Re-Life Collection" of handbags and totes made from old life vests and slide rafts.

 

Thai Airways International (THAI) has turned old life vests and slide rafts into the “Re-Life Collection” of limited-edition totes and handbags.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189540-thai-transforms-old-life-vests-slide-rafts-into-fashionable-handbags/

 

Rattanakosin residents hear back from MRTA about expropriated land

By The Nation

 

 

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has responded to complaints from residents of a historic Bangkok neighbourhood who say they have not been compensated for land expropriated to build a mass transit line.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189541-rattanakosin-residents-hear-back-from-mrta-about-expropriated-land/

 

U.S., Vietnam sign $500 million deal to form 'Pork Consortium'

By Khanh Vu

 

FILE PHOTO: A sculpture of a pig is seen in downtown Smithfield, Virginia, U.S. October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Polansek

 

HANOI (Reuters) - The Vietnam Trade Alliance, a grouping of buyers and producers, signed a pact on Wednesday to buy up to $500 million worth of American pork over three years, the U.S. embassy in Hanoi said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189542-us-vietnam-sign-500-million-deal-to-form-pork-consortium/

 

Pompeo to make stop in Vietnam during Asia tour - Vietnam government

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks to board an aircraft to leave for Maldives, in Colombo, Sri Lanka October 28, 2020. Eranga Jayawardena/Pool via REUTERS

 

HANOI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Vietnam on Thursday and Friday during his Asia tour, the Vietnamese government said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189544-pompeo-to-make-stop-in-vietnam-during-asia-tour-vietnam-government/

 

Typhoon Molave lashes Vietnam coast, 26 fishermen missing

By Phuong Nguyen

 

General view as Typhoon Molave sweeps through Hoi An, Vietnam October 28, 2020 in this still image taken from social media video. Loic Diels via REUTERS

 

HANOI (Reuters) - At least 26 fishermen were missing at sea as one of the strongest typhoons in two decades tore into Vietnam's central coastline on Wednesday, uprooting trees and forcing hundreds of thousands into shelter.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189546-typhoon-molave-lashes-vietnam-coast-26-fishermen-missing/

Young and non-white Britons likelier to lose jobs after furlough

By David Milliken

 

Passengers are seen looking out of a pod of the London Eye wheel, with the British Union flag flying on the Houses of Parliament behind, in London, Britain, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Twice as many young and non-white British workers have lost their jobs after going on furlough compared with the average, largely because they are more likely to work in sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, a study showed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189548-young-and-non-white-britons-likelier-to-lose-jobs-after-furlough/

 

Turkey to take legal, diplomatic steps against French caricature of Erdogan

 

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 14, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday it will take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which officials called a "disgusting effort" to "spread its cultural racism and hatred".

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189549-turkey-to-take-legal-diplomatic-steps-against-french-caricature-of-erdogan/

 

Vaccines, not spy planes: U.S. misfires in Southeast Asia

By Tom Allard

 

FILE PHOTO: A man works in a laboratory of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - For months, by Zoom calls and then by jet, Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asia's biggest country is struggling to control. This month, their campaign paid off.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189551-vaccines-not-spy-planes-us-misfires-in-southeast-asia/

 

Singapore sees local jobless rate peaking this year

 

FILE PHOTO: Office workers wearing protective face masks walk in Singapore's central business district, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore, August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore expects its local unemployment rate to peak in the second half of this year but remain high in 2021 as the city-state plots a slow recovery from its coronavirus slump.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189552-singapore-sees-local-jobless-rate-peaking-this-year/

 

Heavy rain for much of Thailand in next 24 hours as Molave approaches

 

 

Powerful Typhoon Molave is expected to weaken into a tropical storm when it hits Thailand’s northeast later today. It will bring widespread heavy and isolated very heavy rainfall to several northeastern, eastern and southern provinces today and tomorrow, according to the Thai Meteorological Department this morning (Wednesday).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189553-heavy-rain-for-much-of-thailand-in-next-24-hours-as-molave-approaches/

 

9.4-Billion-Baht Spending Expected in Loy Krathong

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 28 (TNA) — The Center for Economic and Business Forecasting (CEBF) of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce expects people to spend only 9.4 billion baht in this Loy Krathong festival, the lowest amount in nine years.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189554-94-billion-baht-spending-expected-in-loy-krathong/