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Phuket officials suspend licence for companies hiring illegal guides
Phuket Gazette

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Mr Santi headed the crackdown on illegal tour guides working in Phuket. Photo: MOTS

PHUKET: -- Officers arrested six illegal tour guides in Phuket on Wednesday and suspended the business licences for the companies that hired them.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888446-five-illegal-tour-guides-arrested-in-phuket/#entry10338389

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Bush will take some family help, but avoid over reliance
HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press

HAMPTON, New Hampshire (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says that while his brother will join him on the campaign trail and his mother stars in a new ad, he remains wary of leaning on his famous family as he seeks to become its third president.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888686-jeb-bush-will-take-some-family-help-but-avoid-over-reliance/

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Aid airdrops to Syria's besieged are called too dangerous
CARA ANNA, Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent question arose: Why not drop food and other needed supplies by air?

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888694-aid-airdrops-to-syrias-besieged-are-called-too-dangerous/

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Govt Investigates Reports of ISIS in Deep South
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

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Security forces investigate the site of a bomb attack Jan. 12 in Narathiwat province.

BANGKOK — Reports of Islamic State activity in the Deep South are being investigated, junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha said Thursday, stressing that there is no evidence yet of the group’s presence.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888564-pm-probes-into-is-activities-in-thailand-underway/#entry10338733

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Ace Condo case still in hands of Phuket public prosecutor
Saroj Kueprasertkij

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Complainants against the Ace 1 Condo project in Patong pose for a photo during a protest at Phuket Provincial Hall last year. Photo: The Phuket News / file

PHUKET: -- Despite stating back in November last year that the Ace Condo legal case would be passed to Phuket Provincial Court within a month, the papers are still in the hands of the public prosecutor tasked with dealing with it.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888718-ace-condo-case-still-in-hands-of-phuket-public-prosecutor/

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'Subtle British humour': Russia's icy reaction to the Litvinenko report

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"You can put that down to subtle British humour, when an open public inquiry hangs on classified information from unnamed intelligence services and is based on prolific use of the words 'possibly' and 'probably.'"

LONDON: -- Russia has reacted to Sir Robert Owen’s report on Alexander Litvinenko’s death with an iciness comparable to a winter’s morning in Moscow.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888720-subtle-british-humour-russias-icy-reaction-to-the-litvinenko-report/

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Lively trade reported at Thai-Cambodian border after arrival of AEC

CHANTHABURI, 22 January 2016 (NNT) - According to the provincial tourism association of Chanthaburi, the Ban Laem Market on the Thai-Cambodian border was able to generate 8 billion baht in terms of trade and tourism since the formation of the AEC.


The Border Tourism & Trade Association of Chanthaburi made the report during its recent annual meeting also attended by government officials and the private sector in the province.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888723-lively-trade-reported-at-thai-cambodian-border-after-arrival-of-aec/

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Disabled Rights Group Weighs New Suit Over BTS Stations
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

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BANGKOK — A disabled rights group is weighing renewed legal action against City Hall and the BTS Skytrain operator after they failed to comply with a court order to make all stations accessible to passengers with disabilities.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888560-bangkoks-bts-stations-remain-inaccessible-to-disabled-a-year-after-landmark-ruling/#entry10338933

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Lost wallet experiment: Farang tests Thai honesty in hidden camera prank (VIDEO)
By Coconuts Bangkok

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Do Thais return lost wallets when a farang suggests they should split the money?

BANGKOK: -- In the classic lost wallet experiment, a farang prankster has tested how many Thais do the right thing when he suggests they should split the money from a wallet found on the ground.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888737-lost-wallet-experiment-farang-tests-thai-honesty-in-hidden-camera-prank-video/

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