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Forensic experts sought to help probe train robbery case



BANGKOK: -- The State Railway of Thailand has asked for help from forensic science experts to look for traces of drugs which were suspected to be used against passengers of a night sleeper car which was robbed as the sleeper train was running between Surat Thani province and Hat Yai early this week.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/749555-forensic-experts-sought-to-help-probe-thai-train-robbery-case/

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Thai Immigration issues new police order 327/2557 effective August 29, 2014

A New Police Order For Extensions is Effective August 29th

Thai immigration Bueau posted the changes in notices on their website on July 29th.Thaivisa.com has arranged for a translation of the documents for our members (comments by Thaivisa’s UbonJoe).

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/749918-thai-immigration-issues-new-police-order-3272557-effective-august-29-2014/

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A slow-burning global emergency
Jim Pollard
The Nation


A Cambodian boy is tested for malaria at a clinic along the Thai-Cambodian border.

Thailand is playing a key role in countering a major threat to public health - growing resistance to the most effective drug to counter malaria

BANGKOK: -- News that resistance to the anti-malaria drug artemisinin has spread across mainland Southeast Asia is a slow-burning global emergency, according to Bangkok-based malaria expert Nick White.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/751149-malaria-a-slow-burning-global-emergency/

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Young girl survives 9 years after abandoned by ghost-fearing parents
By Coconuts Bangkok


Photo: MCOT

BANGKOK: -- Nine years ago the Ngogsuk family received the terrifying news. According to a local shaman, they were haunted by a rampaging, flesh-devouring ghost. The family hastily fled their village in rural Ubon Ratchathani. But not all of them. They chose to abandon their 3-year-old daughter.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753314-young-girl-survives-9-years-after-abandoned-by-ghost-fearing-parents-ubon-ratchathani/page-3

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Immigration Bureau told to be flexible with 'visa runners'

BANGKOK: -- The military has told the Immigration Bureau to be flexible with "visa runners", junta chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said Friday.

The runners can register with the bureau, which will find a sustainable resolution to the problem, he said in his weekly televised programme last night.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/754033-immigration-bureau-told-to-be-flexible-with-visa-runners/?utm_source=newsletter-20140822-2142&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

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Tough new crackdown on alcohol promotions in Thailand

• No more "beer girls"
  
• Health warnings on all alcohol products
  
• No old bottles of wines or beer can be used to decorate a business
  
• No happy hours promotions
  
• Promoting alcohol through word of mouth is also illegal
  
• No alcohol logos are allowed on glasses, ashtrays and other paraphernalia
  
• Punishments of up to six months in jail for various offences
  
• All promotion of alcoholic consumption is illegal
  

CHIANG MAI: -- The Government has warned that it intends to enforce harsh measures regulating the advertising and promotion of alcohol, in a move that will affect thousands of businesses throughout the country.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/755046-tough-new-crackdown-on-alcohol-promotions-in-thailand/?utm_source=newsletter-20140826-1843&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

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Provincial Red Cross Chapter of Songkhla invites public to donate blood



SONGKHLA, 15 September 2014 (NNT) - The Provincial Red Cross Chapter of Songkhla together with Songkhla hospital, Hat Yai Hospital, and Songklanakarin Hospital is inviting the public to donate blood as current blood supply is not enough for the demand.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760432-thailand-live-monday-15-sep-2014/page-2#entry8387942

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Train services resume in deep South
By Digital Content



NARATHIWAT, Sept 15 -- Train services which were temporarily suspended Friday due to insurgent bomb damaged track resumed early today, railway officials said.

They said the first passenger train resumed service at 6.30am, leaving Sungai Kolok station for Surat Thani amid tight security provided by police and security volunteers along the rail route.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760549-train-services-resume-in-deep-south/

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http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/761856-thailand-live-saturday-20-sep-2014/#entry8410676

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New Forum Introduction.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/197-home-country-forum/

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58-year-old maimed father seeks adopter for 12-year-old girl

BANGKOK: -- A 58-year-old father, whose both legs have amputated following a road accident, urgently called for kindhearted people to adopt his 12-year-old daughter, fearing he would be jailed soon.

Chaliew Sonklin, a resident of Angthong's Pamok district, said he had unwittingly bought a flag pole that police said had been stolen.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/762777-58-year-old-maimed-thai-father-seeks-adopter-for-12-year-old-girl/

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Last total lunar eclipse of the year will occur over Thailand 8th Oct.

BANGKOK, 1 October 2014 (NNT) – A total lunar eclipse will take place on October 8 and be visible across Thailand. After this, the next total lunar eclipse is forecast for April 4, 2015.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764805-thailand-live-wednesday-1-oct-2014/#entry8464003

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NASA Space Exhibition to be held in Bangkok, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia



Bangkok, 30 September, 2014 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is lending its full support to Central Pattana, Thaicom and BEC Tero Entertainment to stage the ‘NASA Space Exhibition’ in Bangkok from 1 December, 2014, to 1 February, 2015. This is the first time that this type of event is being held in the Southeast Asian region.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764851-nasa-space-exhibition-to-be-held-in-bangkok-the-first-of-its-kind-in-se-asia/

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Thai Immigration boss warns of fake extension stamps

Immigration Bureau Commissioner Police Lieutenant General Sakda Chuenpakdee

BANGKOK:-- Today Police Lieutenant General Sakda Chuenpakdee, the Commissioner of The Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau, has through Police Colonel Voravat Amornvivat, Deputy Commander of Investigations, requestedThaivisa.com to give the following warning to all foreigners in Thailand:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/765498-thai-immigration-boss-warns-of-fake-extension-stamps/#

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Southern and eastern provinces told to brace for heavy rains during the weekend

BANGKOK: -- Several southern and eastern coastal provinces were warned today to brace for heavy rains, possible flash floods and mudslides from tomorrow (Saturday) until Tuesday as a result of monsoon.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/765629-thailand-live-saturday-4-oct-2014/#entry8480698

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Work permit, visa proposals get positive response
Erich Parpart
The Nation

• Procedures to be improved for foreign investors
• two-year visa for teachers
• online 90 day reporting
• improved procedure for work permit application

BANGKOK: -- The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking has given an update on its proposals to amend the country's visa and work-permit regulations, which it says have received a positive response - with some areas already having been fixed by government agencies.

Issara Wongkusolkij, president of the JSCCIB and chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, yesterday said the main amendment to the work-permit regulations proposed to the government concerned the separation of regulations for unskilled immigrant workers and foreign investors, in order to provide more support for investors, alongside the improvement of various business and foreign visas.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/766600-thai-work-permit-visa-proposals-get-positive-response/?utm_source=newsletter-20141008-0733&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

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Don't miss the rare “Blood Moon” lunar eclipse tonight



BANGKOK: -- Sky watchers around the globe are waiting to watch the extremely rare cosmic sight when the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun are to happen simultaneously tonight.

On this rare cosmic sight, the sun and moon are exactly 180 degrees apart in the sky. In a perfect alignment like this, such an observation would seem impossible. This event is what celestial geometry says cannot happen.

But thanks to Earth’s atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction. This allows people on Earth to see the sun for several extra minutes before it actually has risen and the moon for several extra minutes after it has actually set.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/766627-dont-miss-the-rare-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-tonight-thailand/

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Hornbills in South face rampant poaching and extinction

BANGKOK: -- Hornbill is a protected bird species but they are being hunted rampantly in South Thailand where authorities are now concerned it could face extinction if no effective measure is out to protect them.

It is protected bird species defined by CITES as being endangered whereas its sale and trading are prohibited worldwide.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/767514-hornbills-in-south-face-rampant-poaching-and-extinction/

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Police nab drug lord in South
MONTHIEN INTHAKET
THE NATION



BANGKOK: -- Police finally caught up with Nipon Chamroen, an alleged drug lord and hired gun in the South after tailing him for several years.

His assets worth Bt25 million were seized, including Bt1.1 million in cash, a fleet of cars and 54 rai of land.

Permpong Chavalit, secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board, said yesterday that agents had been following the alleged criminal activities of Nipon since 2010, including robbery, debt-collecting and murder-for-hire.

The police investigation also found evidence that Nipon obtained illicit drugs from the North and delivered them to pushers in Songkhla, Satun, Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani provinces.

On October 9, Songkhla police nabbed 10 of his alleged accomplices, seized 20,070 yaba pills and 538 grams of "ice" along with weapons and ammunition, he said.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/770663-thai-police-nab-drug-lord-in-south/

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Releasing floating lanterns near airports may be punishable by death

BANGKOK, 5 November 2014 (NNT) - The Thai police gave a serious warning to the public that anybody found to be releasing floating lanterns or aiming laser beams into the sky near airports during the Loy Krathong Festival is susceptible to face the death penalty or lifetime imprisonment.

According to Acting Provincial Police Chief Region 1 Pol. Maj. Gen. Amnuay Nimmano, such action is deemed very dangerous to the safety of aircraft and is a violation of the Act on Certain Offenses Against Air Navigation B.E. 2521 (1978).

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774028-releasing-floating-lanterns-near-thai-airports-may-be-punishable-by-death/

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LABOUR UNION
Union wants Labour Ministry to keep out foreign helicopter pilots
SUCHAT SRITAMA
THE NATION


Saran

BANGKOK: -- The Helicopter Pilot Labour Union is seeking help from the Labour Ministry to revise the Alien Working Act to preserve jobs for locals.

"The [Civil Aviation] department has revised some conditions and allowed foreign pilots to work in Thailand, which violates the regulation that reserves such work for locals. This has caused many local pilots to lose their jobs," Saran Siripoonphol, president of the union, said yesterday.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779402-union-wants-thai-labour-ministry-to-keep-out-foreign-helicopter-pilots/