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School Bus Fire Claims Multiple Lives and Injures Young Students in Rangsit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jwqzzw986o Twenty children dead after Thailand school bus fire https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/school-bus-catches-fire-thailand-with-44-people-board-2024-10-01/ School bus fire in Thailand kills at least 23 https://japantoday.com/category/world/school-bus-fire-in-thailand-kills-at-least-23 School bus fire in Thailand kills at least 23 https://www.manilastandard.net/news/314504892/field-trip-turns-tragic-in-thailand-school-bus-fire.html Field trip turns tragic in Thailand school bus fire https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world-news/800568/multiple-deaths-in-school-bus-fire-in-thailand/en Multiple deaths in school bus fire in Thailand https://thesun.my/world/school-bus-catches-fire-in-thailand-25-feared-dead-AE13066053 https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/thai-police-arrest-driver-and-work-to-identify-victims-of-school-bus-fire-that-killed/article_40e083e9-c9f1-5d74-999a-29d81c47298a.html Thai police arrest driver and work to identify victims of school bus fire that killed 23 This is only a tiny overview of the news today. I have a tip for the THAI GOVERNMENT: Why don't the THAI GOVERNMENT convert the place of the accident to a SANCTUARY? And ask "La Lita" to visit this sanctuary and write a song about it? Dozens of tourist guaranteed. That's what you want, or not? Think of all that money that will be generated. -
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From idol to outcast: Thaksin devotee switches allegiances
Complete rubbish. They were true supporters until Thaksin jumped into bed with the enemy; the "military dinosaurs." He sold out and he sold out big time. A complete and and utter self-serving rshole who disregarded his supporter base and did what he said he'd never do. PTP are finished and this will be evidenced at the next election if the "military dinosaurs" don't step in before that with their tanks. -
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Meloni's Crackdown on Protests Sparks Fears of Growing Repression in Italy
The concern is Meloni has previously demonstrated neo fascist leaning.. The legislation makes sense so long as it will not be leveraged in the future for repressive authoritarian actions. It's a fine line to tread with examples in the not so distant history where the fine line has been thoroughly erased. -
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Fun & games at Bangkok Airport
I've checked in 2 to 3 hours early and never had a boarding pass at bkk that didn't have a gate listed. Im in and out 2 or 3 times a year. Its regular occurrence in Qatar to not have a gate listed though but thats more a result of all the construction going on there. Maybe its just your airline. I don't think Code Sharing has anything to do with the gate. That's assigned by the airport to the actual carrier aircraft. -
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Hurricane heinous acts
Indeed,,,but do you think 80 million will vote for him? PH -
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Fun & games at Bangkok Airport
yes .... and that's because if a passenger checks in prior to normal gate allocation time then it won't be shown on the boarding pass. -
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Bank of Thailand Intervenes to Manage Baht's Exchange Rate
The reserves are held in lots of different currencies and gold etc etc but are accounted for in USD. That means the value of the reserves changes in line with the exchange rates. So I wouldn't get too hung up on the headline figure which can change for several reasons.. -
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Elon Musk: Trump as the ‘Only Way’ to Preserve U.S. Democracy, Says Billionaire
Please provide your answer to my reply! -
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Field trips don’t hurt students, poorly-maintained transport does : PM
It is apathy towards the lack of safety that's is the problem with this country, nobody cares !! lives are cheap ! -
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Bank of Thailand Intervenes to Manage Baht's Exchange Rate
BOT's intervention to lower THB. It means the cental bank sold their currency THB in the currency market. Does anyone ever know the rough amount they actually sold? According to yesterday's BKK Post, amount of Thailand's Foreign Exchange Reserve in August this year was:$262 billion. Bangkok Post - Central bank intervenes in baht's exchange rate That is one of the reasons behind strong Bahts. Regarding foreign exchange reserve, This kingdom is ranked 15th of the world(in July 31 this year). US was the No.13. -
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From idol to outcast: Thaksin devotee switches allegiances
As long as they support PT Thaksin’s legacy lives on If they are true supporters they will see that Khun Thaksin is playing the long game. Get back by all means then wrest control and lastly purge the military dinosaurs. -
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Your Two Months Rental Deposit
I don't know how common it is, but some farang landlords who rent out through AirBnB in Pattaya do keep the deposit as a scam. It works like this: The landlord will make a big thing of offering a discount on the monthly rent, but then keep the deposit to make up for the discount. Say 15,000/month is the "going rate" for a six-month rental of an apartment of a certain size/standard in a certain area. To attract renters, the landlord will cut the monthly rent to 13,000/month. However, he gets back the discount plus 1,000 baht by keeping the deposit. On a one-month rental, the landlord could slash the rent all the way to 10,000/month and earn a much higher margin by keeping the 10,0000 deposit. Scumbag landlords know farang tourists who are in Thailand for one to six months aren't going to take the matter to court, especially since they haven't really lost that much. The renter ends up paying what would be the normal going rate. When I lived in Pattaya, I knew of a farang landlord who'd done this for years. He finally got in trouble because an irate former tenant reported him to the immigration police for working without a permit. You don't need a work permit to rent out apartments and can do it on a retirement visa, but it has to be entirely passive. The farang owner can't actively advertise, handle or manage the apartment rental unless he has a work permit. -
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Fun & games at Bangkok Airport
If you check in early often the gate is not known in which case you need to look at the (scarce) info boards at a later time. We checked in more than two hours before and there was no gate on the boarding pass. It was Bangkok Airways btw code-shared with at least three other (non-Thai) airlines -
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Hurricane heinous acts
If you only knew the whole story that goes on , that forum rules forbid members to talk about. If you only knew!
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