Video: It's all smiles as cop lets six students on two motorcycles do exercises instead of a fine - but the carnage continues

 

Picture: Daily News

 

It was a standard story seen many times in Thailand in recent years that is portrayed in the Thai press as a bit of a laugh.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208147-video-its-all-smiles-as-cop-lets-six-students-on-two-motorcycles-do-exercises-instead-of-a-fine-but-the-carnage-continues/

Thai Airways Confident in Its Rehabilitation Plan

 

 

BANGKOK, March 3 (TNA) – The management of Thai Airways International (THAI) is confident that its creditors will endorse its rehabilitation plan on May 12 and it will resume international flights especially to Europe. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208164-thai-airways-confident-in-its-rehabilitation-plan/

 

Thai Boxing Added to European Games 2023

 

 

BANGKOK, March 3 (TNA) – Muay Thai, Thailand’s national sport was added to the European Games 2023, according to Thai Koo Fah Facebook page.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208165-thai-boxing-added-to-european-games-2023/

 

Economy must come before politics in Thai Cabinet reshuffle, say experts

 

A man wearing a face mask walks past a closed restaurant in Bangkok on February 15, 2021, as Thailand records it worst economic performance in more than two decades. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

 

Business leaders and academics insist solving Thailand’s economic crisis must be the top priority in the upcoming Cabinet reshuffle.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208166-economy-must-come-before-politics-in-thai-cabinet-reshuffle-say-experts/

 

Finance Ministry Seeks More Fund for Co-payment Scheme

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Finance Ministry is preparing to seek the Cabinet’s approval for additional funding for the Rao Chana (We Win) scheme following the better than expected number of registrants.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208167-finance-ministry-seeks-more-fund-for-co-payment-scheme/

 

DRT Launches Phase 2 of Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are in talks on Phase 2 of Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan (M-MAP2).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208168-drt-launches-phase-2-of-bangkok’s-mass-rapid-transit-master-plan/

 

EEC Expects 300-billion-baht Investment This Year

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) has expected investment to triple to 300 billion baht this year as investment projects previously held by the coronavirus outbreak get pushed forward again.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208169-eec-expects-300-billion-baht-investment-this-year/

 

Myanmar suppression "like Tiananmen Square" as police shoot protesters, killing at least 9

 

Protesters wearing helmets shout slogans as they stand behind a barricade in Sanchaung, Yangon, Myanmar March 3, 2021, in this still image from a video obtained by Reuters. Video obtained by REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Myanmar security forces opened fire on protests against military rule on Wednesday killing nine people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighbouring countries called for restraint and offered to help Myanmar resolve the crisis.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208172-myanmar-suppression-like-tiananmen-square-as-police-shoot-protesters-killing-at-least-9/

 

Explosion at Dutch COVID-19 test centre appears intentional, police say

By Eva Plevier

 

 

BOVENKARSPEL, Netherlands (Reuters) - An explosive went off at a coronavirus testing centre north of Amsterdam before sunrise on Wednesday, shattering windows but causing no injuries in what police called an intentional attack.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208173-explosion-at-dutch-covid-19-test-centre-appears-intentional-police-say/

 

SoundCloud is about to revolutionize streaming payouts, launching user-centric royalties for 100,000 indie artists

BY TIM INGHAM

 

 

One of the most hotly-debated concepts in the modern music rights business is user-centric licensing. This model sees streaming royalties paid out based on individual subscriber behavior – with a percentage of each subscriber’s subscription fee being distributed only to the artists/labels they have individually listened to that month.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208174-soundcloud-is-about-to-revolutionize-streaming-payouts-launching-user-centric-royalties-for-100000-indie-artists/

 

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun explains why we’ll never love AI

By AMIT KATWALA

 

Getty Images / WIRED

 

Your visual cortex does two incredible things, thousands of times a second.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208175-kazuo-ishiguro’s-klara-and-the-sun-explains-why-we’ll-never-love-ai/

 

‘Stairway To Heaven’ at 50: The song that ushered in the era of the guitar hero

By Mark Beaumont

 

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on stage (Shutterstock)

 

When Jimmy Page strapped on a double-necked guitar at Belfast Ulster Hall on 5 March 1971, the audience no doubt thought they were about to be bombarded with twice the rock. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208176-‘stairway-to-heaven’-at-50-the-song-that-ushered-in-the-era-of-the-guitar-hero/

 

Pathum Thani COVID-19 cluster spread to 13 provinces, infects 676 people

 

 

The Pathum Thani COVID-19 cluster has, so far, infected 676 people across 13 provinces, as Thailand records 35 new cases today, according to Centre for Covid-19 Situation (CCSA) spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208177-pathum-thani-covid-19-cluster-spread-to-13-provinces-infects-676-people/

 

Doctor Allergic to COVID-19 Vaccine

 

 

BANGKOK, March 3 (TNA) – COVID-19 vaccine allergy was reported with a doctor who had been allergic to penicillin, according to the public health minister. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208178-doctor-allergic-to-covid-19-vaccine/

 

Songkran in Thailand to go ahead next month - with some water splashing

 

 

Songkran festivities are set to go ahead next month, providing activities comply with measures put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208185-songkran-in-thailand-to-go-ahead-next-month-with-some-water-splashing/

 

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