RT@RichardBarrow: 12:30pm Victory Monument already closed to traffic #BikeForMom - RT @ToniGlassHeart: อนุสาวรีย์ชัยฯ ปิดการจราจร แล้ว http://t.co/GFs3Vvt49u

RT@RichardBarrow: Map showing road closures in #Bangkok today for #BikeForMom. Leave extra early if your’e flying from Don Mueang http://t.co/Rop6DE4EGL

Suan Dusit Poll says most people want the cabinet to be reshuffled

BANGKOK: -- Over 60 percent of the people support cabinet reshuffle with the majority of them wanting Finance Minister Sommai Phasee to be replaced by somebody else.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848792-suan-dusit-poll-says-most-people-want-the-cabinet-to-be-reshuffled/

Bikers prepare for historic “Bike for Mom” launch

BANGKOK: -- Tens of thousands of bikers in blue T-shirts who earlier registered to join the “Bike for Mom” ride in Bangkok have converged at the Royal Plaza waiting for the arrival of HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn who is to lead the ride which will take the bikers to Bangkhen district band back to the starting point.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848720-tourists-crossing-the-border-to-see-bike-for-mom/?p=9740641#entry9740641

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Swiss tourist drowns at Phuket beach

BANGKOK: -- A 71-year-old Swiss man drowned at the Naiharn Beach in Phuket's Mueang district Sunday morning, police reported.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848746-drowned-swiss-man-at-nai-harn-beach-fourth-phuket-drowning-victim-in-four-days/?p=9740700#entry9740700

RT@PKinbangkok: Warning! Police: For safety sake, no selfies allowed while riding in the #BikeForMom event. https://t.co/8Zx1RMxEA0

RT@ThailandFanClub: Long neck hill tribe taking part in #BikeForMom in Mae Hong Son today (Credit @news1005fm) http://t.co/DYhGjnJh0d #Thailand

RT@Ryn_writes: The Crown Prince and his daughter HRH Bajrakitiyabha have arrived at the Royal Plaza. #BikeForMom https://t.co/4xSxwH6fGp

RT@ThaipbsEngNews: The Crown Prince leads cyclists from the starting point at th Royal Plaza in #BikeForMom event. http://t.co/3ho3DR7fC2

RT@ReutersIndia: Indonesian aircraft with 54 people on board missing in Papua region - state search and rescue agency

RT@RT_com: BREAKING: Indonesian airplane with 54 on board missing in Papua region - officials http://t.co/zsZGeKUmHL http://t.co/lmyqzQUYw4

Indonesian aircraft with 54 on board missing in Papua region: Officials

JAKARTA: An Indonesian domestic passenger aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday (Aug 16) in the remote eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848834-indonesian-aircraft-with-54-on-board-missing-in-papua-region-officials/

Guinness World Records expects result by 7 p.m.

BANGKOK, 16 August 2015 (NNT) -The Guinness Book of World Records today set up its operating center inside the 1st Infantry Battalion, the 1st Infantry Regiment of the King's Own Body Guard, ready to count the number of cyclists attending the “Bike For Mom” campaign.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848720-tourists-crossing-the-border-to-see-bike-for-mom/?p=9741117#entry9741117

RT@RT_com: BREAKING UPDATE: 54 dead as Indonesian plane crashes into mountain - airline source http://t.co/zsZGeKUmHL#Papua http://t.co/4iJioCCjBz

Paiboon shrugs off Thaksin's charter jibes
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- It's not surprising that Thaksin Shinawatra is critical of the charter draft because he doesn't stand to gain from it, Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) member Paiboon Nititawan said Sunday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848848-paiboon-shrugs-off-thaksins-charter-jibes/

to continue:

Thailand Live Monday 17 Aug 2015

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848904-thailand-live-monday-17-aug-2015/