Jump to content

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 71
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted

CORONATION DAY
Crowds gather to honour King

The Nation

30232937-01_big.jpg?1399330555862

Visitors mass in Hua Hin to pay tribute to beloved monarch

HUA HIN: -- Thousands upon thousands of people, dressed in yellow, gathered at different locations to mark Coronation Day yesterday, with the biggest ceremony held in the resort town of Hua Hin, where His Majesty the King currently resides. Yesterday marked His Majesty's 64th year on the throne.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723950-hua-hin-crowds-gather-to-honour-king/

Posted

EDUCATION
Institute cans controversial U-Net test

Chuleeporn Aramnet
The Nation

No agency willing to use exam after public criticism

BANGKOK: -- The National Institute of Educational Testing Service (NIETS) board yesterday cancelled a pilot English language test under the University National Education Test (U-Net) for this year and indefinitely postponed all U-Net subjects for next year, on grounds that there are no users of U-Net scores.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723952-thai-institute-cans-controversial-u-net-test/

Posted

KAREN ACTIVIST
UN condemns disappearance of 'Billy'

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The disappearance of Karen activist "Billy" has prompted the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) to condemn the "pattern of killings and forced disappearances of environmental activists in Southeast Asia" and to urge authorities to conduct thorough and independent investigations.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723955-un-condemns-disappearance-of-karen-activist-billy/

Posted

ACCIDENT
Four women slip to their death at Kanchanaburi waterfall

The Nation

KANCHANABURI: -- A probe into the drowning of four Bangkok women at a waterfall in Kanchanaburi's Si Sawat district on Sunday has revealed theywere taking photos when they slipped into the water, losing their life vests in strong currents before being pulled into an underwater cave.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723956-four-women-slip-to-their-death-at-kanchanaburi-waterfall/

Posted

EDITORIAL
Asean must raise its voice over Thai crisis

The Nation

Our neighbours cannot stand by idly while our predicament damages regional integration

BANGKOK: -- The region's leaders must do more than just whisper among themselves when Thai delegates to the Asean summit in Nay Pyi Taw next weekend update them on our political conflict. The truth is that Thais need advice on how to solve their deadlocked crisis.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723957-asean-must-raise-its-voice-over-thai-crisis/

Posted

UPDATE:

Brunei's crackdown on gay sex riles Hollywood jet-set
Catherine A Traywick
Foreign Policy
Washington

30232887-01_big.jpg
The Sultan of Brunei announces the three-phase implementation of sharia law last week. The third phase will include a law against gay sex that carries the death penalty.

WASHINGTON: -- Typically, the imposition of sharia law in a distant land doesn't make much of a splash in Hollywood. But in the case of Brunei, a tiny, oil-rich country whose overseas investments include California landmarks like the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Bel Air, the imposition of a law mandating the death penalty for gay sex is riling Hollywood elites.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722642-brunei-announces-may-1-start-of-sharia-law-implementation/page-3?p=7780111#entry7780111

Posted

Arrest Warrant issued for British National following Jomtien Shooting

england-11.jpg

PATTAYA: -- Following the shooting of a 41 year old English resident of Pattaya on Sunday Night in Jomtien, Pattaya Police have announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for a British National who is thought to have conducted the shooting.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723960-arrest-warrant-issued-for-british-national-following-jomtien-shooting/

Posted

1.2 Million Baht Police Raid at South Pattaya IT Center

copy-3.jpg

PATTAYA: -- Fifty Officers from the Police Region 2 Intellectual Property Rights Unit conducted a raid of the Tuk Com IT Center on the South Pattaya Road on Monday evening and seized an estimated 1.2 Million Baht’s worth of counterfeit goods and arrested 26 people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723964-12-million-baht-police-raid-at-south-pattaya-it-center/

Posted

Man 'accidentally' shoots 2 at rally site
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A Nakhon Si Thammarat man, arrested for shooting and slightly wounding two women at a People's Army to Overthrow the Thaksin Regime rally on Sunday night, claimed his gun went off accidentally, Nang Lerng police investigator Pol Lt-Colonel Anurak Pimpa said yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723967-bangkok-man-accidentally-shoots-2-at-rally-site/

Posted

Forest flood hits 100 homes in Lampang
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Hours of heavy downpours on Sunday night caused a forest flood in Lampang's Muang district early yesterday, affecting 100 homes.

The flood, caused by heavy rains in Chaeson Nation Park mountains, also damaged a local bridge, swept away villagers' fowls and inundated hundreds of rai of farmland. Officials yesterday dispatch aid to affected residents and survey damage in three villages - Ban Kha Thung Jo, Ban Kha Klang and Ban Kha Luang.

nationlogo.jpg
-- The Nation 2014-05-06

Posted

Outgoing SET president suggests goals for future of Thai bourse
Erich Parpart,
Somluck Srimalee
The Nation

30232916-01_big.jpg
Charamporn: The bourse would today open a system for derivatives trading and clearing that would support the market value rising by as much as 10 times from the current level.

BANGKOK: -- As he prepares to step down at the end of this month as president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Charamporn Jotikasthira has outlined a broad range of goals for the bourse in the future.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723969-outgoing-set-president-suggests-goals-for-future-of-thai-bourse/

Posted

Chart Thai Pattana Party adviser says political reformation cannot breach the Constitution

BANGKOK, 6 May 2014 (NNT) - A Chart Thai Pattana Party adviser has suggested that all sides should come together to set up guidelines for political reformation without breaching the Constitution, adding that an election on 20 July is the best way forward.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723973-chart-thai-pattana-adviser-political-reformation-cannot-breach-the-constitution/

Posted

DCA plans to expand regional airports

BANGKOK, 6 May 2014, (NNT) - The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) plans to invest a billion baht in upgrading the old and constructing new regional airports under its supervision, as part of its preparation for the expansion of domestic routes after the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community next year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723999-thailands-dca-plans-to-expand-regional-airports/

Posted

PM to testify to Constitutional Court at 9:30 am

Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will defend herself in the Constitutional Court in the case of National Security Council chief transfer at 9:30 am Tuesday.


nationlogo.jpg
-- The Nation 2014-05-06

Posted

Deadly clashes in Ukraine as troops push toward rebel-held city
C.J. Chivers and Noah Sneider

Slaviansk, Ukraine: Ukrainian security forces and anti-government rebels clashed on the edges of this rebel-controlled city on Monday as the acting president, Oleksandr V. Turchynov, said roadblocks were being set up around Ukraine's capital, Kiev, because of fears of disturbances or violence during an emotionally charged holiday later in the week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/724003-deadly-clashes-in-ukraine-as-troops-push-toward-rebel-held-city/

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.




×
×
  • Create New...