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Immigration report arrest of gang smuggling illegal workers in from Cambodia

 

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Picture: Naew Na

 

Immigration Bureau chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang announced the arrest of three Thai men who were taking money to transport illegal Cambodian workers into and out of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195984-immigration-report-arrest-of-gang-smuggling-illegal-workers-in-from-cambodia/

 

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Signed for his killer, 40 years on John Lennon album is up for auction

By Richard Chang

 

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The Imagine mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park is pictured on the 40th anniversary of John Lennon's death in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The album signed by John Lennon for his assassin 40 years ago is up for auction in New York, as his widow and former Beatles band mates on Tuesday paid tribute to him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195987-signed-for-his-killer-40-years-on-john-lennon-album-is-up-for-auction/

 

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Does this really happen in Thailand!? - U-turn antics in Udon draw netizens' ire

 

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Thai media posed a question in their headline about whether this sort of thing really happens in Thailand after a Facebook video post apparently showed a pick-up driver mounting the central reservation in Udon Thani making a U-turn. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195990-does-this-really-happen-in-thailand-u-turn-antics-in-udon-draw-netizens-ire/

 

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Patong blaze destroys unused beach mats, umbrella store

By The Phuket News

 

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The building was engulfed by flames when firefighters arrived. Photo: DDPM-Patong

 

PHUKET: No people were injured in a fire that broke out at a building being used to store unused beach mats and umbrellas in Patong last night (Dec 8), officials have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195992-patong-blaze-destroys-unused-beach-mats-umbrella-store/

 

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Southern Thailand: Half a billion baht damage, 4,000 house damaged, 19 deaths in serious flooding

 

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Thai media 77kaoded reported that 18 districts of Nakhon Sri Thammarat remained flooded after the devastating storms that hit the area last week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195996-southern-thailand-half-a-billion-baht-damage-4000-house-damaged-19-deaths-in-serious-flooding/

 

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Cabinet okays further discount on fees for entrepreneurs registering online

By THE NATION

 

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The Cabinet has approved a further discount on registration fees – from 30 per cent to 50 per cent – for entrepreneurs who wish to register online to become juristic persons in a bid to attract both foreign and local investors to establish their businesses in the kingdom, government deputy spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195998-thai-cabinet-okays-further-discount-on-fees-for-entrepreneurs-registering-online/

 

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Gang confesses to abducting Chinese man for Bt15-million ransom

By The Nation

 

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A gang which abducted a Chinese man were nabbed on Tuesday and confessed that they had kidnapped him for Bt15-million ransom because of a conflict over the budget for constructing a building.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195960-gang-in-custody-after-chinese-woman-abducted-for-ransom-in-busy-bangkok-soi-popular-with-expats/?do=findComment&comment=16067068

 

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Public Health Minister - No second outbreak of COVID-19 in Thailand

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, insists that COVID-19 cases in Thailand can still be traced, and this is not a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195880-anutin-dismisses-rumour-of-epidemic-backs-plan-to-sue-illegal-border-crossers/?do=findComment&comment=16067096

 

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Doi Inthanon visitor faces legal action for scratched out message

By The Nation

 

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Doi Inthanon National Park’s chief is taking legal action against a tourist who scratched out the message “it’s our love” on a wall inside the park, damaging the growth of moss and lichen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196017-doi-inthanon-visitor-faces-legal-action-for-scratched-out-message/

 

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Cabbies seek to participate in ‘Let’s Go Halves’ scheme

By The Nation

 

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The taxi cooperatives network wrote to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday asking that taxi drivers be allowed to participate in the “Khon La Khrueng” (Let's Go Halves) subsidised shopping scheme.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196019-cabbies-seek-to-participate-in-‘let’s-go-halves’-scheme/

 

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Suvarnabhumi Airport waives Zone C parking fees for long holiday

By The Nation

 

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Suvarnabhumi Airport has exempted fees at its long-term car park at Zone C from Wednesday until 5pm on December 14, airport general manager Wing Commander Suthirawat Suwannawat said after the Cabinet approved a long holiday this week to compensate for Father’s Day as well as stimulate domestic tourism.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196029-suvarnabhumi-airport-waives-zone-c-parking-fees-for-long-holiday/

 

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Man dies as motorbike hits roadside concrete post

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Rescue workers at the scene this morning (Dec 9). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 28-year-old man died after his motorbike hit a roadside concrete post on the road from Baan Pru Sam Phran to Thepkrasattri Rd in Thalang this morning (Dec 9).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196033-man-dies-as-motorbike-hits-roadside-concrete-post/

 

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Municipalities open to receive donations for flood victims

By The Phuket News

 

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A small convoy carrying donated essential goods rolled out from Phuket City Police Station yesterday, bound for the flood-stricken provinces in the South. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Municipalities and tambon administrative organisations (OrBorTor) across Phuket are now receiving donations to help provide relief to victims of the floods in Nakhon Sri Thammarat and other southern provinces.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196048-municipalities-open-to-receive-donations-for-flood-victims/

 

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Tesco's Asia deal paves way for 5 billion pound shareholder windfall

By James Davey

 

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FILE PHOTO: A woman pushes a shopping cart as she walks past a Tesco supermarket in Hatfield, Britain October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Shareholders in Tesco can look forward to a 5 billion pound ($6.7 billion) windfall in the new year after the group said it would complete a $10.6 billion sale of its Asian businesses to Thailand's CP Group next week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196050-tescos-asia-deal-paves-way-for-5-billion-pound-shareholder-windfall/

 

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Philippine casino-resorts to offer online gambling for Filipino high rollers

 

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FILE PHOTO: A casino dealer collects chips at a roulette table inside Solaire Casino in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine high rollers will soon be allowed to place bets in the comfort of their own homes after the gaming regulator allowed integrated resort casinos to offer online gambling to partially recoup billions of dollars of lost revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196052-philippine-casino-resorts-to-offer-online-gambling-for-filipino-high-rollers/

 

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Berlin: Staatsballett's first black female dancer accuses it of racism

By Kate Connolly

 

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Chloé Lopes Gomes, a French citizen, joined Berlin’s principal ballet company in 2018. Photograph: @pickledthoughtz

 

The first black female dancer at Berlin’s principal ballet company has accused the institution of racial harassment, claiming she was repeatedly told she did not fit in because of her skin colour.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196055-berlin-staatsballetts-first-black-female-dancer-accuses-it-of-racism/

 

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Meryl Streep is the most underrated actor in Hollywood – seriously

By Adam White

 

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‘Streep’s apparent greatness is now treated as so inevitable, so unremarkable, so boring, that it has taken her full circle' (Evening Standard/Getty Images)

 

As she collected her third Oscar in 2012, Meryl Streep guessed what everyone was thinking.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196057-meryl-streep-is-the-most-underrated-actor-in-hollywood-–-seriously/

 

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