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[QUIZ] 4 August - Album Covers From The 1970s
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PM Srettha vows no interference in MFP court ruling
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Thailand construction contract mismanagement leads to big loss
Gotta make hay while the sun shines. nobody expected the outgoing Prayut administration and its hangers-on to subsist solely on pensions and legitimate income -
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Tourists Safe After Going Missing In Tham Nam Thalu cave
Nam Talu Cave flash flood: Thai guide dead, 22 foreigners saved by Petch Petpailin Photo via Matichon Khao Sok National Park rangers and rescuers saved a Thai tour guide and 22 foreign tourists from a flash flood while they were exploring Nam Talu Cave in the southern province of Surat Thani. Another Thai tour guide was initially reported missing but was later found dead in the cave. National park rangers were alerted to the flash flood on the evening of Saturday, August 5, by a Thai tour guide. The guide believed the flash flood occurred due to heavy rain over the previous two days. The guide explained that rainwater surged down from the mountain forest and into the cave while he and another guide were leading the foreign tourists out. He and all the tourists managed to escape the flood but one guide was swept away. The ranger and rescue team rushed to the scene and took the tour guide and 22 foreigners to a nearby floating accommodation to rest. Two tourists, a 23 year old Dutch-English woman and a 19 year old Dutch woman, were injured in the incident. One had a knee wound, while the other had a sprained ankle. They were taken to Ban Ta Khun Hospital by boat. The rest of the tourists stayed overnight at the accommodation. Officers then launched a search for the missing tour guide, later identified as 37 year old Pongyot. They located him in the cave at approximately 3.20pm on Monday, August 7, but he had tragically drowned. It took officers over two hours to transport Pongyot’s body to Ban Takhun Hospital for an autopsy. Matichon reported a similar incident on October 13, 2007, when eight Thai and foreign tourists died in a comparable flash flood. Due to the past tragedy, the national park closes the Nam Talu Cave during the rainy season, between June and November. Tour guides and tourists are advised to plan their trips carefully and check weather conditions before entering the cave, even outside the rainy season. There is no report explaining how or why the Thai tour guides and tourists entered the cave despite the national park’s annual closure during the rainy season. Full story: The Thaiger 2024-08-07 - Cigna offers a variety of health insurance plans designed to meet the minimum requirement for medical treatment coverage, with benefits reaching up to THB 3 million. These plans are tailored to provide comprehensive healthcare solutions for expatriates, ensuring peace of mind and access to quality medical services. To explore the full range of Cigna's expat health insurance options and find a plan that suits your needs, click here for more information. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe -
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Health Advisory: Thai Milk Tea May Lead to Kidney Stones
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The Tim Walz thread.
What does this have to do with the Governor of Minnesota? If you don't know how state level governance in the US works you may want to sit this thread out.- 2
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Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be VP running mate
Can agree with you that November is still a long way. Can't agree with you that she is unlikeable when her electability and favourability polls are trending up. If she meet the Saudi King, it will be a meeting between Heads of State in a formal setting with no personal financial expectation weighing on her to overlook Saudi Arabia human rights violations.- 1
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[QUIZ:] 6 August - Gold Medals Winners So Far At Paris 2024.
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What is the tipping practice in Thailand ?
Believe it or not, many of the perfectly acceptable hotels in Thailand do not add service charge. IMO it's something they add to posh hotels because they know the muggins tourists will prefer it to trying to work out how much to tip the staff. -
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UK Government to Convene Emergency Cobra Meeting After Surge of Far-Right Violence
Who says I don't condemn it, you, with the rest of your master baiting....😂 Now come on, a grown man affected by forum supplied emijons.....😢 -
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Using an overseas Debit Card to minimise paying tax for those of us staying over 180 days
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COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns, amid summertime surge
Right now, without anything getting worse.... as reported and sourced elsewhere in this subforum: --US COVID deaths are running more than 400 per week and rising --England COVID deaths are running more than 200 per week and rising. --Taiwan COVID deaths are running about 100 per week. etc etc. Then add on top of that the uncertainty of what future / evolving variants of COVID may bring. As reported in the OP article: “I am concerned”, the top WHO COVID specialist said. “With such low [up-to-date vaccination] coverage and with such large circulation, if we were to have a variant that would be more severe, then the susceptibility of the at-risk populations to develop severe disease is huge,” Dr. Van Kerkhove warned. -
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Thai Police Commission Validates Decision to Dismiss Police General Surachate Hakpar
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced, on 7 August, that he will forward the order to dismiss Deputy National Police Chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn for royal endorsement. This follows the Police Virtue Protection Committee's decision yesterday affirming the legality of the order. When he was questioned about waiting for Pol Gen Surachate to appeal to the Administrative Court, Srettha emphasised that while Pol Gen Surachate has the right to appeal, the committee's decision requires moving forward with the royal endorsement request.
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