Phone operators warned over mandatory SIM registration



Govt warning to phone operators: make sure your customers are registered or face losing your telecoms license.

The secretary general of the National Broadcasting and Telecoms Commission (NBTC) has strongly urged Thailand’s leading telecoms operators to do more in order to ensure customers comply with the requirement to register their prepaid SIM cards.

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21 dead, 26 missing after Myanmar ferry sinks

Yangon, Myanmar | AFP |

YANGON: -- A passenger ferry has sunk off the coast of western Myanmar leaving at least 21 people dead and 26 missing, police said Saturday.

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Land Transport Department set to overhaul truck rest areas countrywide

BANGKOK, 15 March 2015 (NNT) – The Department of Land Transports is preparing to revamp all truck rest areas across the country to improve road safety and the land transport system.

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RT @ChadapornLin: 90% sale at Central Pinklao before it closes for a renovation is causing major traffic jams every day

Thai authorities order release of gorilla after 20 years caged in Bangkok mall zoo
By Samantha Hawley

BANGKOK: -- It has taken three decades, but a campaign to free wild animals including a female gorilla from the rooftop of an old Bangkok mall is gaining momentum in Thailand.

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Suvarnabhumi voted 47th among world’s best 50 airports

BANGKOK: -- Singapore Changi Airport again was voted the world's best airport for the third year running in the annual SkyTrax World Airport Awards 2015 announced Wednesday in Paris. Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi was also among the list of 50 best airports.

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Pak Moon protesters turn to ancient rituals to save rivers

BANGKOK: -- Pak Moon villagers today performed a ritual ceremony in Khong Chiem district of Ubon Ratchathani province in what they said was to save the rivers from devastation by dam constructions.

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China agrees to buy Thai rice & rubber

BANGKOK, 14 March 2015 (NNT) - China has agreed to by rice and rubber from Thailand, Commerce Minister Chatchai Sarikalya said.

According to Gen Chatchai, China has agreed to buy two million tons of rice and 300,000 tons of ribbed smoked sheet rubber (RSS3) and block rubber (STR 20) through the government-to-government system.

Regarding the rice export, the pricing of goods will be based on the world market mechanism. Beijing will also be responsible for the transport of the rice purchased. A quality control team will be set up to ensure that the shipments meet the required standards.

The rubber trade will be assigned to the Rubber Estate Organization. Goods destined for Beijing must be those produced from November 2014 onwards and will be shipped monthly.

The Ministry of Commerce will try to talk Beijing into buying another one million tons of rice in the next round of talks to be held in China in May.

-- NNT 2015-03-14

Prayut says US disallows him to travel to the states

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said he is not permitted to travel to the United States.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808635-prayut-says-us-disallows-him-to-travel-to-the-states/

Prayut pledges to solve lottery overpricing in six months

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged to solve the lottery overpricing in six months, while at the same time calming the public not to worry about the land and building tax bill.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808639-prayut-pledges-to-solve-lottery-overpricing-in-six-months/

Police Detain Activist on Anti-Coup Walk

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK – An anti-coup march that was supposed to last three days ended an hour after it began this morning when police intervened and detained one of the organizers.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808640-police-detain-activist-on-anti-coup-walk/

Phuket construction worker found dead after 'debt collecting' fight

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Phuket construction worker found dead after 'debt collecting' fight

PHUKET: A man who was found battered and deceased in a Phuket apartment room this morning most likely perished from injuries he allegedly sustained from a fight over a debt owed to him, police said.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808648-phuket-construction-worker-found-dead-after-debt-collecting-fight/

CICOT holds Halal workshop for southern border provinces

SONGKHLA, 14 March 2015 (NNT) – The Central Islamic Council of Thailand (CICOT) today held a workshop on Halal food for muslim leaders and Halal food entrepreneurs in the southern border provinces with PM’s Office Minister officiating over the event.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808660-cicot-holds-halal-workshop-for-southern-border-provinces/

Thai-Japanese Prime Ministers discuss cooperation in rail and agriculture

SENDAI, 14 March 2015 (NNT) – The Prime Ministers of Thailand and Japan held talks today on the cooperation in railroad development and agriculture trade, during the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808661-thai-japanese-prime-ministers-discuss-cooperation-in-rail-and-agriculture/

Expatitis in Thailand, Is Your Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

Many of the Westerners who come to Thailand to live and work come here with unrealistic expectations.

Many have been here on holiday and expect that life in Thailand will be totally free of frowns.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808684-expatitis-in-thailand-is-your-glass-half-empty-or-half-full/

Krabi:- The first Chinese tourist was fined Saturday for breaking the rule against washing feet and sandals in wash basins at the Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park in Krabi.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808692-first-chinese-tourist-fined-for-breaking-wash-basin-rule/

Phuket:- Two Chinese tourists got their lost wallet with several credit cards, ID cards and some cash back after a deputy school director found it in a toilet room in Phuket.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808733-two-chinese-tourists-get-wallet-back/

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