Thaivisa Radio 1 and Radio 2 launches today

BANGKOK:-- Thaivisa is launching two new radio stations for expats and foreigners in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895607-thaivisa-launches-two-new-radio-stations/

Listen to Thaivisa Radio here: http://thaivisa.com/radio/

Doctors say HM the King has fever and feels tired



BANGKOK: -- His Majesty the King has fever, rapid breathing coupled with occasional rapid pulse rate and feel tired on Tuesday although blood tests show no sign of bacterial infection, according to the 20th statement from the Bureau of the Royal Household.

The King’s temperature today was measured at 38.1C and doctors have tried to find out whether the fever was caused by infection from bacteria or other microbes. However while waiting for the results of laboratorial tests doctors have administered anti-biotic medication intravenously on the King, said the statement.

X-ray films and computer X-ray of the chest, stomach and brain conducted on February 3 show no sign of infection and the infection at the right knee has improved. But echo cardiography examination shows infection at other joints, said the statement.

No trace of infection of the heart was found on February 7 but diastolic dysfunction of the heart was found and pressure of blood circulation system in the lung was higher than normal, according to the statement.

However, blood tests through biomarker show remaining traces of infection and doctors decided to provide the King with anti-septic medication intravenously. Oxygen was administered in conjunction with physical rehabilitation and mucus suction to prevent blocking of the windpipe, said the statement.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/151204


-- Thai PBS 2016-02-17

Northern provinces facing health affecting air quality

BANGKOK, 17 February 2016 (NNT) – Four provinces in the northern region are suffering from a health-risk concentrated airborne particulate (PM10) value reading, while authorities are working to disperse water into the atmosphere to bring down the particles and increase humidity in the attempt to control the situation, says DDPM.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895577-northern-thai-provinces-facing-health-affecting-air-quality/

Officials chop down rubber trees on encroached land in Dong Yai forest reserves

BANGKOK: -- A combined force of about 200 troops, local officials, defence volunteers and forestry officials engaged in an operation on Tuesday to fell rubber trees in about 1,000 rai of land in Dong Yai forest reserves.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895578-officials-chop-down-rubber-trees-on-encroached-land-in-dong-yai-forest-reserves/

General Paiboon: Somdet Chuang's vintage Mercedes was illegally imported



BANGKOK: -- One of the vintage cars in the personal collection of acting supreme patriarch Somdet Chuang was illegally imported, Justice Minister Paiboon Kumchaya disclosed Tuesday quoting a report from the Department of Special Investigation.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895579-general-paiboon-somdet-chuangs-vintage-mercedes-was-illegally-imported/

Nok Air's sacked pilot claims flight cancellation on Sunday stems from pilot shortage, not strike



BANGKOK: -- A sacked pilot of Nok Air airline complained today that he was unfairly dismissed and he said the cancellation of nine flights on Sunday did not entirely stem from pilots’ strike but from acute shortage of pilots.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895581-nok-airs-sacked-pilot-claims-flight-cancellation-on-sunday-stems-from-pilot-shortage-not-strike/

Gen Prawit: No one dares to seek Royal endorsement while there is still conflict



BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said today (Tuesday) that he believes no one dares to seek Royal endorsement for the appointment of Somdet Chuang as the new supreme patriarch while are still conflicting opinions about his appointment.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895582-gen-prawit-no-one-dares-to-seek-royal-endorsement-while-there-is-still-conflict/

Ministry of Public Health on alert for polio patients

BANGKOK, 17 February 2016 (NNT) – Department of Disease Control (DDC) Director General Amnuay Kajina said provincial health officials have been advised to implement intensive measures to prevent and control polio by vaccination to all children as soon as possible.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895583-thai-health-min-on-alert-for-polio-patients/

Airlines ordered to issue emergency risk management plan

BANGKOK, 17 February 2016 (NNT) – Passenger airlines in Thailand have been ordered to compile an emergency and risk management plan, while airlines with repeated flight cancellations may face the termination of their license, says the Minister of Transport.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895584-airlines-in-thailand-ordered-to-issue-emergency-risk-management-plan/

Nok Air criticized by Cabinet for allowing strike to affect passengers

BANGKOK, 17 February 2016 (NNT) – The government has strongly criticized Nok Air for its inefficient handling of the recent strike of pilots, causing passengers to be left stranded at the airport.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895585-nok-air-criticized-by-thai-cabinet-for-allowing-strike-to-affect-passengers/

PM emphasizes on Thailand's potential role as link to ASEAN community

BANGKOK, 17 February 2016 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha emphasized on Thailand's potential role as a link to all ASEAN member states.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895588-pm-emphasizes-on-thailands-potential-role-as-link-to-asean-community/

Court rejects call to revoke tennis association’s resolution



BANGKOK: -- The Nonthaburi provincial court on Tuesday rejected a petition for the court to revoke the resolution of the Lawn Tennis Association endorsing the election of the new president of the association.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895589-thai-court-rejects-call-to-revoke-tennis-associations-resolution/

My son would have died in Thailand without his girlfriend
by Jamie McKenzie


Owen Auskerry with girlfriend Janjira.
Image source: The Press and Journal

ABERDEEN: -- The mother of a young Orkney man who suffered a brain aneurysm in Thailand has credited his girlfriend for saving his life.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895590-british-mother-says-my-son-would-have-died-in-thailand-without-his-girlfriend/

Phuket school issues child kidnap warning
The Phuket News


Parents are urged to keep a close an eye on their children following reports of an alleged child abuction in Phuket Town. Photo: The Phuket News / file

PHUKET: -- A school in Phuket Town has issued a warning about an alleged attempted child abduction in front of the school by a man driving a white van.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895591-phuket-school-issues-child-kidnap-warning/

Cashing in on trash: Cosmetics seized from travelers at airport turn up in online sale
By Coconuts Bangkok


Cosmetics bottles, believed to be items confiscated from travelers at airport checkpoints. Photo: Pantip

BANGKOK: -- Airports of Thailand (AOT) said today it would investigate how an online shop obtained cosmetics bottles, believed to be items confiscated from travelers at airport checkpoints, and sold them at cheap prices.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895592-cosmetics-seized-from-travelers-at-thai-airport-checkpoints-turn-up-in-online-sale/

UPDATE:

Transport Minister Issues Nok Air a Yellow Card
BY JACOB MASLOW



BANGKOK: -- Nok Air has been issued a warning by the government, and the airline may lose its license if passengers continue to be affected by its problems.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895585-nok-air-criticized-by-thai-cabinet-for-allowing-strike-to-affect-passengers/#entry10430135

Europe launches Sentinel-3A satellite to help track global warming



PLESETSK: -- Europe has launched a satellite it is hoped will help predict climate change patterns as well as improve everyday weather forecasting.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895593-europe-launches-sentinel-3a-satellite-to-help-track-global-warming/

Schengen: the beginning of the end? Austria to begin tighter border checks



VIENNA: -- Austria has announced it will introduce quotas to limit the incoming flow of migrants.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895595-schengen-the-beginning-of-the-end-austria-to-begin-tighter-border-checks/

UN pays tribute after death of 'memorable' ex-chief Boutros-Ghali
By Alasdair Sandford

NEW YORK: -- The former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died in Cairo at the age of 93. He had recently been admitted into hospital.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895596-un-pays-tribute-after-death-of-memorable-ex-chief-boutros-ghali/

Potentially groundbreaking cancer therapy has 'extraordinary' results



LONDON: -- Scientists say tests of a potentially groundbreaking new cancer therapy have had “extraordinary” results.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895597-potentially-groundbreaking-cancer-therapy-has-extraordinary-results/

Germany: Train controller admits responsibility for Bad Aibling crash



MUNICH: -- A train area controller has admitted responsibility for a rail crash near Bad Aibling, Bavaria, which killed 11 men, aged 24-59, and wounded dozens more.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895598-germany-train-controller-admits-responsibility-for-bad-aibling-crash/

Eagles of Death Metal performing first solo Paris gig since Bataclan attack

"Maybe until nobody has guns, everybody has to have them. Because I don't want to see anything like this ever happen again."

PARIS: -- Amid heavy security and with dozens of psychologists present, tonight (February 16) Eagles of Death Metal are playing their first solo gig in Paris since last November’s terror attacks.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895600-eagles-of-death-metal-performing-first-solo-paris-gig-since-bataclan-attack/

IS faces budget crunch, cutting perks and trimming salaries
By LORI HINNANT, ZEINA KARAM and SUSANNAH GEORGE

BEIRUT (AP) — Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market American dollars, and is now releasing detainees for a price of $500 a person.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895601-is-faces-budget-crunch-cutting-perks-and-trimming-salaries/

Obama: No excuse for GOP not to vote on a court nominee
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that Republicans have no constitutional grounds to refuse to vote on a Supreme Court nominee, and he challenged his political foes in the Senate to rise above the "venom and rancor" that has paralyzed judicial nominations.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895602-obama-no-excuse-for-gop-not-to-vote-on-a-court-nominee/

Graphic photos begin 'Grim Sleeper' serial killing trial
By AMANDA LEE MYERS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Their bodies were dumped in alleys and garbage bins in South Los Angeles, some naked, some covered with mattresses and trash. Most had been shot in the chest after some type of sexual contact, others strangled.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895605-us-graphic-photos-begin-grim-sleeper-serial-killing-trial/

Obama, SE Asian leaders seek resolution to maritime disputes
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MATTHEW PENNINGTON

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama and the leaders of Southeast Asia called Tuesday for peaceful resolution of the region's maritime disputes as they concluded a summit in California.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895608-obama-se-asian-leaders-seek-resolution-to-maritime-disputes/

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate has been executed for killing a Dallas-area store clerk during a 1990 robbery.

Joko meets Vietnam PM to discuss delimitation of EEZ in US visit



JAKARTA: -- Indonesia's President Joko Widodo discussed issues pertaining to the delimitation of the country's Exclusive Economic Zone with Vietnam during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in California on Monday, according to The Jakarta Globe.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895636-joko-meets-vietnam-pm-to-discuss-delimitation-of-eez-in-us-visit/

Jakarta seals off red light district to stamp out prostitution



JAKARTA: -- The Jakarta Administration government has started to crack down on prostitution and gambling activities in the infamous red-light Kalijodo of North Jakarta by prohibiting outsiders to enter the area on Tuesday, reported The Jakarta Globe.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895637-jakarta-seals-off-red-light-district-to-stamp-out-prostitution/

M’sian armed forces not involved in Saudi-led campaign in Yemen: Defence Minister



KUALA LUMPUR: -- Malaysia's Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein reiterated on Monday that there had been no involvement by the Malaysian armed forces in any Saudi-led military campaign against insurgency in Yemen as reported on social media, New Straits Times reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895640-malaysian-armed-forces-not-involved-in-saudi-led-campaign-in-yemen/