Medical certificates now mandatory for driving licenses and new car purchases in Thailand

 

 

 

Anyone applying for a driving license in Thailand will soon need to submit a medical certificate in order to prove they do not have any underlying health conditions which may impair their ability to drive.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205848-medical-certificates-now-mandatory-for-driving-licenses-and-new-car-purchases-in-thailand/

Phuket Town police chase wipeout lands officer in hospital, Myanmar man with kratom charge

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 30-year-old Myanmar construction worker has been charged with possession of kratom after he refused to stop for a police patrol, leading to a chase in Phuket Town this morning (Feb 12) that saw both himself and the police officers in pursuit wipe out.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205867-phuket-town-police-chase-wipeout-lands-officer-in-hospital-myanmar-man-with-kratom-charge/

 

Trump lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic witch hunt

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan

 

David Schoen, defense attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to a reporter as he traverses the underground subway system during Day Three of Trump's impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday said Democrats had provided no evidence the former president incited last month's deadly U.S. Capitol riot and had used his second impeachment trial to settle political scores.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205869-trump-lawyers-portray-impeachment-trial-as-democratic-witch-hunt/

 

U.N. rights envoy, U.S. urge sanctions against Myanmar junta

By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge

 

Demonstrators protest in front of Russian embassy against the military coup and demand for the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to consider imposing sanctions and arms embargoes as a U.N. rights body adopted a resolution calling for Aung San Suu Kyi's release.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205870-un-rights-envoy-us-urge-sanctions-against-myanmar-junta/

 

Philippines' Duterte tells U.S. 'you have to pay' if it wants to keep troop deal

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a speech in Quezon City, Philippines, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday the United States must pay if it wants to keep a two-decade-old troop deployment agreement with his country that is central to U.S. strategy in Asia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205871-philippines-duterte-tells-us-you-have-to-pay-if-it-wants-to-keep-troop-deal/

 

Australian Open forges ahead despite Melbourne lockdown

 

 

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2021 General view of Serbia's Novak Djokovic among empty seats during his third round match against Taylor Fritz of the U.S. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - After playing in front of limited crowds in a boisterous atmosphere in Melbourne, players will return to the 'new normal' from Saturday as an eerie silence will descend on the Australian Open with fans barred for the next five days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205872-australian-open-forges-ahead-despite-melbourne-lockdown/

 

Draghi forms new Italian government, names politicians, technocrats as ministers

By Crispian Balmer and Gavin Jones

 

Incoming Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks to the media after meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Italy, February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool

 

ROME (Reuters) - Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, took charge of Italy's new government on Friday, and unveiled a cabinet that mixed unaffiliated technocrats with politicians from across his broad coalition.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205874-draghi-forms-new-italian-government-names-politicians-technocrats-as-ministers/

 

U.S. CDC recommends schools reopen with masks and rigid health protocols

By Gabriella Borter and Jarrett Renshaw

 

FILE PHOTO: English Language Program teacher Marlon Henriquez and bilingual teacher at Pilsen Community Academy Daniela Lugo prepare for a car caravan of supporters of the Chicago Teachers Union, as negotiations with Chicago Public Schools continue over a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety plan agreement in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar/File Photo/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued new guidance for U.S. schools to reopen, recommending universal mask-wearing and physical distancing as key COVID-19 mitigation strategies to get children back in the classroom quickly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205875-us-cdc-recommends-schools-reopen-with-masks-and-rigid-health-protocols/

 

WHO says all hypotheses still open in probe into virus origins

By Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) speaks during the opening of the 148th session of the Executive Board on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2021. Christopher Black/WHO/Handout via REUTERS

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - All hypotheses are still open in the World Health Organization's search for the origins of COVID-19, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing on Friday

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205876-who-says-all-hypotheses-still-open-in-probe-into-virus-origins/

 

Amazon sues New York attorney general to preempt COVID-19 lawsuit

By Jeffrey Dastin

 

FILE PHOTO: An Amazon truck exits the company's JFK8 distribution center in Staten Island, New York, U.S. November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid./File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Friday sued New York's attorney general to stop the state from filing its own lawsuit over the online retailer's early response to COVID-19, including its firing of activist Christian Smalls.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205877-amazon-sues-new-york-attorney-general-to-preempt-covid-19-lawsuit/

 

Pattaya: A reminder weed is still illegal in Thailand - 36 arrested at drugs parties

 

Image: Naewna

 

Huay Yai police led by their chief Pol Col Apichanon Wattanawarangkoon raided two pool villas in Moo 7 where there were drinks and drug parties going on yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205881-pattaya-a-reminder-weed-is-still-illegal-in-thailand-36-arrested-at-drugs-parties/

 

COVID-19 vaccine is our last chance, say Phuket business leader

 

 

Image: PPTV36

 

A Phuket tourism leader has told the government that local organisations need to be able to procure vaccines against Covid themselves.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205886-covid-19-vaccine-is-our-last-chance-say-phuket-business-leader/

 

Thai man's last selfie near Nong Khai skywalk - friend told him not to

 

Image: Daily News

 

Sangkhom police in the area of the Skywalk scenic viewing platform in Nong Khai in Thailand's north east were called after a 56 year old Thai tourist plunged to his death.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205887-thai-mans-last-selfie-near-nong-khai-skywalk-friend-told-him-not-to/

 

Phuket tourism economy expert warns plunging incomes may soon fall under poverty line

By Chutharat Plerin

 

More than 600 people queued for food at a handout organised by disciples of the Yuan Phueng Temple and volunteers of the Russian-expat supported Thailand Help group beside the Karon Health Centre late last month. Photo: Chalat Cheepsattayakorn / Thailand Help

 

PHUKET: A leading Phuket tourism economy expert has warned that plunging incomes from tourism in the coming months could easily see Phuket’s tourism income per capita pushed below the provincial poverty line.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205888-phuket-tourism-economy-expert-warns-plunging-incomes-may-soon-fall-under-poverty-line/

 

Koh Samui: Malaysian fraudster who made off with 10 million baht was on overstay too

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

The weekly briefing of Thailand's Immigration Bureau fronted by chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang had only one case of note to report.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205890-koh-samui-malaysian-fraudster-who-made-off-with-10-million-baht-was-on-overstay-too/

 

Two Thais arrested working for online gambling websites in Bang Saen

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Thailand's immigration police - continuing the crackdown on illegal gambling - announced the arrest of two Thai men at a room in Bang Saen, Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205893-two-thais-arrested-working-for-online-gambling-websites-in-bang-saen/

 

Mains water supply outage to affect Chalong, Rawai

By The Phuket News

 

Mains water supplied to areas via Chalong Circle will be offline this coming Wednesday (Feb 17). Image: PWA

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be shut off in parts of Chalang and Rawai, near Chalong Circle, this coming Wednesday (Feb 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205894-mains-water-supply-outage-to-affect-chalong-rawai/

 

Underground naturally carbonated water is not potable unless treated

 

 

Thailand’s Department of Underground Water Resources has warned against drinking the naturally carbonated water which is flowing from an underground source, like the geyser currently rising from a rice field in Laokwan district of the western province of Kanchanaburi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205895-underground-naturally-carbonated-water-is-not-potable-unless-treated/

 

 

 

Inside the electrifying rise of Bitcoin

 

 

The soaring price of Bitcoin is making headlines around the globe following news that electric-car maker Tesla, one of the world’s largest auto firms by market valuation, has invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205897-inside-the-electrifying-rise-of-bitcoin/

 

Thailand Road Carnage: Pick-up driver dead after plowing into house, power pole and roti stand

 

 

Image: Pattaya Update News

 

Koh Jan, Chonburi, police and rescue services were called after a pick-up with Bangkok plates plowed into a house, snapped a power pole and demolished a roti stand at the local market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205898-thailand-road-carnage-pick-up-driver-dead-after-plowing-into-house-power-pole-and-roti-stand/

 

Thailand reports another fall in new COVID-19 cases

 

 

Image: Reuters

 

Thailand reported 126 new coronavirus cases on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205909-thailand-reports-another-fall-in-new-covid-19-cases/

 

Asian drug lords likely producing precursor chemicals in Golden Triangle

 

 

Image: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Crime syndicates in Asia’s drug-producing Golden Triangle region have likely begun producing ingredients to manufacture methamphetamine, enabling them to avoid restrictions on importing precursors such as pseudoephedrine and ephedrine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205912-asian-drug-lords-likely-producing-precursor-chemicals-in-golden-triangle/

 

Deadline today for neighboring countries migrant workers registration

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Migrant workers from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos have until the end of the day to register online for their legal work and residency permit. The Ministry of Labour says so far more than 540,000 applications have been submitted.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205913-deadline-today-for-neighboring-countries-migrant-workers-registration/

 

Pattaya: The New Walking Street - so much more than just cable burying, says mayor

 

 

Image: Sophon Cable TV

 

An upbeat Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem in Pattaya has said that the work being done on Walking Street is so much more than just cable burying.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205929-pattaya-the-new-walking-street-so-much-more-than-just-cable-burying-says-mayor/

 

 

Covid vaccination priority: Tourism industry will have to wait until there are sufficient doses

 

 

Image: Bangkok Business News

 

A leading figure in the fight against Covid-19 has stated where the priorities lie when it comes to vaccination. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205930-covid-vaccination-priority-tourism-industry-will-have-to-wait-until-there-are-sufficient-doses/

 

Best case scenario still dire for Thailand's tourism industry - worse case sees only TWO million foreign visitors in 2021

 

Image: TNN

 

TNN in what they called was an exclusive feature stated what everyone knows and a little that was new.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205931-best-case-scenario-still-dire-for-thailands-tourism-industry-worse-case-sees-only-two-million-foreign-visitors-in-2021/

 

Student's hair hacked off! Sack the teacher don't expel the student

 

 

Image: Sanook

 

Netizens in Thailand questioned the morality and ethics of Thai teachers after a social media post got onliners in a haircut lather. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205933-students-hair-hacked-off-sack-the-teacher-dont-expel-the-student/

 

'I know I failed': Justin Timberlake apologizes to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson

 

 

Singer Britney Spears and boyfriend singer Justin Timberlake of NSYNC at the 2002 NBA All-Star game at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Pennsylvania U.S. February 10, 2002. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer/File Picture

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Justin Timberlake on Friday issued a public apology to his former girlfriend Britney Spears and singer Janet Jackson, saying he had failed them in the past.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205935-i-know-i-failed-justin-timberlake-apologizes-to-britney-spears-and-janet-jackson/

 

'Love Story' stars Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal honored on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

 

 

Actor Ryan O'Neal attends the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 2012 Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles, California October 27, 2012. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, who starred as the ill-fated young couple in the 1970 romantic drama "Love Story," were honored just ahead of Valentine's Day on Friday with stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205936-love-story-stars-ali-macgraw-ryan-oneal-honored-on-hollywoods-walk-of-fame/

 

The show must go on, but COVID-19 and animal ban threaten French circuses

 

 

William Kerwich, owner of the Royal Circus and President of the Circus and Shows Animals Union, poses with a lion at the circus home base in Senas as circus shows remained shut as part of COVID-19 restrictions measures to fight the coronavirus disease outbreak in France, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

SENAS, France (Reuters) - William Kerwich hasn't performed a circus show since March. Instead, his family's travelling circus has been parked on a plot of land in southern France, his lions and tigers confined to their pens and his main tent packed up.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205937-the-show-must-go-on-but-covid-19-and-animal-ban-threaten-french-circuses/