Thailand Live Sunday 19 Apr 2015

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Phuket lifeguard contracts approved
Tanyaluk Sakoot

Phuket lifeguards will hopefully be back on the beaches by next month.

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong finally approved the contracts for lifeguards to return to the beaches on Thursday (April 16). There have been no lifeguards on duty since March 27.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....racts-approved/

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Cabbie who ran over cop, shot dead couple 'confesses'
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- A taxi driver, who ran over a traffic policeman, stole his gun and shot dead a middle-aged couple in Nonthaburi's Bang Yai district on Friday, surrendered to police yesterday reportedly out of fear that he would be killed while on the run.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818405-cabbie-who-ran-over-cop-shot-dead-couple-confesses/

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Education transfers 'to help probes into graft'
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: - -Officials moved faced complaints, but were not necessarily corrupt, govt says

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818406-education-transfers-to-help-probes-into-graft/

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NATION ANALYSIS
Govt 'cleaning house' in corrupt education sector
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- The sudden transfers of high-ranking Education Ministry officials has not raised the eyebrows of ministry officials.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818407-govt-cleaning-house-in-corrupt-education-sector/

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UFUN woman surrenders to police
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- Six of 12 suspects now in custody over 'fraudulent' scheme

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818408-ufun-woman-surrenders-to-police/

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PM intends to pursue Pak Bara seaport project
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Pak Bara deep-seaport project in Satun seems to have been revived after Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha made a commitment to pursue it under his administration's plan to launch a number of mega-investment projects.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818409-pm-intends-to-pursue-pak-bara-seaport-project/

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Surat Thani tightens permission for mining explosives, devices
The Sunday Nation

SURAT THANI: -- PROVINCIAL authorities in Surat Thani have put on hold requests for the purchase and sale of six items and chemicals used to make explosives for the mining industry - in a bid to prevent future bomb attacks.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818411-surat-thani-tightens-permission-for-mining-explosives-devices/

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UPDATE:

Monk disrobed for theft of heads from four corpses
The Nation

UDON THANI: -- A Buddhist monk in Udon Thani province was disrobed in order to face criminal charges, along with two layman accomplices, for allegedly stealing and chopping off the heads of four corpses. Two of the corpses were from Ban None Sa cemetery in Prachak Sinlapakhom district and other two from Ban Chiang Haew cemetery in Kumphawapi district.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/817996-two-corpses-stolen-from-graveyard/page-3#entry9318274

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NRC to debate rewritten version of draft charter
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- The latest draft of the new constitution presented to the National Reform Council (NRC) contains some adjustments, including a requirement that party-list MP candidates could only be elected if they received more votes than the "No" vote - people who did not cast a ballot for anyone.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818412-nrc-to-debate-rewritten-version-of-draft-charter/

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EDITORIAL
National interest must be at the core of defence policies
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Junta leaders must not allow a bruised ego to dictate changes in defence procurements

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818413-national-interest-must-be-at-the-core-of-defence-policies/

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Gov't overhauls service system, getting rid of corruption and business barriers

BANGKOK, 18 April 2015 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has commended the work of the “One Stop Service Center for Business” which claims to have helped eliminate barriers in doing business and chances for bribery and corruption by government officials.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818414-govt-overhauls-service-system-getting-rid-of-corruption-and-business-barriers/

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Former Thai Airways boss Chatrachai dies
The Nation April

BANGKOK: -- THAI Airways International's former president Chatrachai Bunya-Ananta died Saturday of an intravenous infection. He was 82.

Chatrachai was a towering figure in the country's civil aviation during his heyday. Serving as THAI's vice president for marketing for 14 years from 1972, he was credited with making the national carrier one of the most admired airlines in the world in the 1980s.

Chatrachai became the airline's executive vice president in 1986, and later its president - the first civilian to assume the post - as his predecessors all came from the Royal Thai Air Force. He retired from the national airline in 1992.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Former-Thai-Airways-boss-Chatrachai-dies-30258274.html

-- The Nation 2015-04-18

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The committee of economic ministers is pushing for the Thai central bank to consider a financial-easing policy. The committee, chaired by PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, is hoping that the policy will bolster the export sector.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818397-thai-government-pushes-for-money-easing-policy/

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Stock photo of an M16

A tambon administration organization (TAO) secretary was injured in a gun attack Thursday morning in Narathiwat. The incident took place just outside Tanyonglimor TAO offices in the Rangae district.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818396-tao-worker-in-narathiwat-injured-in-a-gun-attack/

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UPDATE:

BANGKOK: -- Police have caught another suspect in a transnational Ponzi scheme while she was trying to flee the country.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818408-ufun-woman-surrenders-to-police/#entry9318324

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More than 200,000 people who were born in Thailand without citizenship will now be included in the stateless healthcare scheme. The cabinet approved the request made by the Ministry of Public Health on Thursday after public health officials presented the proposal during a meeting on economic affairs

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818393-cabinet-approves-measure-to-include-200000-stateless-in-healthcare-scheme/

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Hua Hin will hold public hearing on new City Planning Draft on Apr 22

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, 18 April 2015 (NNT) – The city of Hua Hin, a famous tourist district of Prachuap Khiri Khan, will hold a public hearing on the draft of its newly-designed city plan on April 22 at 9.30 a.m. at Hua Hin School.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818418-hua-hin-will-hold-public-hearing-on-new-city-planning-draft-on-apr-22/

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EC will demonstrate how to vote in “OPEN-list System”

BANGKOK, 18 April 2015 (NNT) - Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) is to hold a demonstration on how to vote in the “OPEN-list System” as well as the vote counting process sometime after May, Election Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn revealed today.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818420-ec-will-demonstrate-how-to-vote-in-open-list-system/

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Justice Minister hands PM list of civil servants suspected of corruption

BANGKOK, 18 April 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed different ministries to launch investigations into scandals involving their civil servants allegedly involved in corruption.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818422-justice-minister-hands-pm-list-of-civil-servants-suspected-of-corruption/

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Islamic State blamed for Afghan suicide bombing killing 35
By LYNNE O'DONNELL and RAHIM FAIEZ

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber attacked a line of people waiting outside a bank Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 35 and wounding 125 in an assault the country's president blamed on the Islamic State group.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818424-islamic-state-blamed-for-afghan-suicide-bombing-killing-35/

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Ringo Starr, Green Day, Bill Withers enter Rock Hall of Fame
By TOM WITHERS

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is welcoming its newest class, featuring a Beatle, three punks from California and a guitar god from Texas.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818426-ringo-starr-green-day-bill-withers-enter-rock-hall-of-fame/

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Finance officials see rising risks to economic recovery
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and HARRY DUNPHY

WASHINGTON (AP) — World finance officials said Saturday they see a number of threats on the horizon for a global economy still clawing back from the deepest recession in seven decades, and a potential Greek debt default presents the most immediate risk.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818427-finance-officials-see-rising-risks-to-economic-recovery/

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Nakhon Phanom:- Nakhon Phanom may be a rather little-known border town. But today, it has much to offer to tourists.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818421-nakhon-phanom-introduces-mekon-river-cruise/

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Samut Prakan: – A drunken man tried to remove his foreskin and ended up almost cutting off his penis, police and emergency workers said.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818423-self-performed-circumcision-goes-wrong/

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Thunderstorms warned for this week

BANGKOK: -- The Meteorological Department Sunday warned that thunderstorms will hit several northern, northeastern, central and eastern provinces from Tuesday to Friday.

The department explained that a strong high-pressure mass from China will move down to cover the upper part of Thailand, which has very high temperature, resulting in the expected thunderstorms and hail storms.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Thunderstorms-warned-this-week-30258275.html

-- The Nation 2015-04-19

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Announcement of the Royal Household Bureau on HRH the Princess Maha Chakri’s Visit to Japan

BANGKOK, 19 April 2015 (NNT) - Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will be visiting Japan from April 18-25, 2015, according to the Bureau of the Royal Household.

The statement said that while in Japan the Princess Maha Chakri will receive honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Tokyo and Soka University in Tokyo. Her Royal Highness will also observe activities of various institutes related to science and technology, namely the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences at Kyoto University, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Faculty of Science of the University of Tokyo, the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex at the Tokai Campus.

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is scheduled to leave for Japan on Saturday, April 18, at11.30 p.m. and will return to Thailand on April 25, at 4.50 a.m.

-- NNT 2015-04-19

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Prachinburi seminar held to seek input on reform of Thai medicine

PRACHINBURI, 19 April 2015 (NNT) – A seminar was held in Prachinburi by the National Reform Council to seek input on the reform of Thai medicine.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818474-prachinburi-seminar-held-to-seek-input-on-reform-of-thai-medicine/

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PM Prayut stresses government determination to solve human trafficking problem

BANGKOK, 19 April 2015 (NNT) - The Prime Minister has assured that the government is genuinely determined to solve the problem of human trafficking in Thailand.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818474-prachinburi-seminar-held-to-seek-input-on-reform-of-thai-medicine/

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RT @RichardBarrow: Today's Silom Walking Street has been cancelled. It will be back on 26 April งดงานสีลมถนนคนเดิน อาทิตย์ 19 เมษายน http://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/589586353718886401/photo/1

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Flipped Jet Ski Left Chinese Tourists Stranded in Sea

By Khaosod Eng.

CHONBURI - Two Chinese tourists were stranded in the sea off the resort town of Pattaya for five hours after their jet ski flipped over yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818434-chinese-couple-rescued-from-broken-down-jet-ski-in-pattaya-bay/#entry9319167