Thaivisa Photography Competition (July 2016)

Enter the Thaivisa Photography Competition where you can win a two night stay at the luxury Palm Grove Resort in Pattaya, worth an estimated 10,000 Baht.

Submit your photos here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/928582-thaivisa-photography-competition-july-2016/

Aussie tourist makes a "wai" as bad as his cycling on Doi Suthep!


Image: Thairath

CHIANG MAI: -- The case of the Aussie tourist and his mates who recklessly rode their bikes up Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai has been concluded.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932808-aussie-tourist-makes-a-wai-as-bad-as-his-cycling-on-doi-suthep/

Pol Lt-Gen Sanit: Police have evidence to charge Ying Kai of human trafficking



THAILAND:-- Police are confident they have enough evidence to seek courts arrest of Ying Kai on charge of human trafficking, said Pol Lt-Gen Sanit Mahathavorn, acting metropolitan police commissioner, on Tuesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932850-pol-lt-gen-sanit-police-have-evidence-to-charge-ying-kai-of-human-trafficking/

Ministry of Public Health urges parents to save their children from the risk of drowning

BANGKOK, 20 July 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has urged parents to save their children from the risk of drowning, after statistics on drownings among children under the age of 15, totaled over 10,000 in the past decade.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932895-thai-public-health-min-urges-parents-to-save-their-children-from-the-risk-of-drowning/

MOPH urges people to stop drinking alcohol during Buddhist Lent

BANGKOK, 20 July 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is inviting people across the country to stop drinking alcohol during the Buddhist Lent period.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932896-moph-urges-people-to-stop-drinking-alcohol-during-buddhist-lent/

National police chief urges police to expedite reform

BANGKOK, 20 July 2016 (NNT) - Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaichinda has urged all police units to reform their organizations. The chiefs of the units who do not implement the police’s reform plan will be transferred or face disciplinary probe.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932897-national-thai-police-chief-urges-police-to-expedite-reform/

Authorities in pursuit of youths suspected of destroying voters’ name list

BANGKOK, 20 July 2016 (NNT) – The government has revealed that responsible officials are working to identify a group of teenagers, who are alleged of tearing a name list of people eligible to vote in the upcoming public referendum on the draft charter.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932898-thai-authorities-in-pursuit-of-youths-suspected-of-destroying-voters-name-list/

Labor Min to survey available jobs amid rising demand for workers

BANGKOK, 20 July 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Labor is ready to conduct a new survey on job vacancies after acknowledging that employers are in need of more workers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932899-thai-labor-min-to-survey-available-jobs-amid-rising-demand-for-workers/

Two Pickpockets Arrested, One Still on the Run
by CityNews



CityNews – Between July 2 and July 3, there were many reports of several pickpockets working around Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. After extensive investigation, police this week arrested one Vietnamese man and a Cambodian Man in connection to the thefts.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932900-two-pickpockets-arrested-one-still-on-the-run/

UPDATE:

Floods run rampant across southern Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub


Floodwaters swept along the streets of southern Patong after heavy rain this morning (July 19). Photo: Kathu Civil Defense Volunteers

PHUKET: -- Flash floods wreaked havoc across southern Phuket, with floodwaters reaching up to a metre deep in Karon and deluges sweeping along the streets at the south end of Patong this morning (July 19).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932868-karon-hit-with-historic-floods/#entry10977564

Naka Noi land dispute settled, as Land Department Gen revokes ownership
Phuket Gazette


Land Department officials visit the disputed land on Naka Noi. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- The Land Department has concluded a Naka Noi land ownership dispute by revoking land ownership documents held by Six Mountain Company Co Ltd.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932901-naka-noi-land-dispute-settled-as-land-department-gen-revokes-ownership/

Thailand and Pakistan may sign Free Trade Agreement this year
BY LARRY BANKS



BANGKOK: -- Thailand and Pakistan are in the midst of talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which is expected to be signed by the end of this year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932903-thailand-and-pakistan-may-sign-free-trade-agreement-this-year/

HOLIDAY DEATH Brit tourist dies in Bangkok hospital after being stranded for TWO MONTHS while her family struggled to pay £36k medical bill
And now they might not even be able to bring her body home
BY KATHRYN CAIN


Kathryn Williamson died in Thailand while her sisters Elizabeth Phillips and Tracey Blythe were trying to raise money to cover her medical bills

BANGKOK: -- A BRITISH woman has died in a Bangkok hospital after becoming trapped in Thailand when her family couldn’t afford to pay her £36,000 medical bills.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932904-brit-dies-in-bangkok-hospital-after-being-stranded-for-2-month-while-family-struggled-to-pay-bill/

Post-coup purges in Turkey hit teachers, deans, school workers



ANKARA: -- The round of purges continues in Turkey, as the government vows to root out supporters of the exiled cleric it blames for Friday’s attempted coup.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932907-post-coup-purges-in-turkey-hit-teachers-deans-school-workers/

IOC to ‘explore’ banning Russia from Rio Games



LAUSANNE: -- The International Olympic Committee has delayed a decision on whether to ban Russia from next month’s Rio Games over accusations of doping.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932911-ioc-to-explore-banning-russia-from-rio-games/

Muslims mourn their dead after Bastille Day truck attack in Nice



"A four-year-old boy has died...It is his first time in a mosque and he entered in a coffin"

NICE: -- All 84 people killed in the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice have now been identified.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932912-muslims-mourn-their-dead-after-bastille-day-truck-attack-in-nice/

No apologies: Boris Johnson holds first press conference with Kerry



WASHINGTON: -- The UK’s new foreign secretary had a veritable grilling at his first press conference alongside his US counterpart John Kerry. Boris Johnson deflected questions over undiplomatic utterings and emphasised the serious work he has to do, starting with Syria.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932913-no-apologies-boris-johnson-holds-first-press-conference-with-kerry/

Radicalisation the key ISIL strategy
By Chris Cummins | With AGENCIES



PARIS: -- Politicians in the West along with security services, the business community and the general public feel ever more under threat.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932914-radicalisation-the-key-isil-strategy/

Turkey ups pressure on Greece to extradite soldiers who fled there after failed coup



ANKARA: -- Turkey says eight of its soldiers who fled to Greece after Friday’s attempted coup are “traitors” who must be handed back.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932915-turkey-ups-pressure-on-greece-to-extradite-soldiers-who-fled-there-after-failed-coup/

German train attacker vowed 'revenge on the infidels'
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, DAVID RISING and CHRISTOPH NOELTING

WUERZBURG, Germany (AP) — A 17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker vowing "revenge on these infidels" went on an ax-and-knife rampage on a train in southern Germany, wounding five people before being shot and killed by police — an attack that German authorities conceded Tuesday was almost impossible to prevent.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932916-german-train-attacker-vowed-revenge-on-the-infidels/

Police break up skirmishes among demonstrators in Cleveland
By MICHAEL HILL and MARK GILLISPIE

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police broke up scuffles between groups of demonstrators a few blocks from the Republican National Convention as crowds in the hundreds gathered Tuesday afternoon. There was no immediate word on any arrests or injuries.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932917-police-break-up-skirmishes-among-demonstrators-in-cleveland/

Clinton: First day of Republican convention 'surreal'
By KEN THOMAS

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hillary Clinton dismissed the first day of the Republican National Convention as a "surreal" experience on Tuesday, comparing the gathering led by Republican Donald Trump to the classic fantasy film "The Wizard of Oz."

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932918-clinton-first-day-of-republican-convention-surreal/

Republican Party formally nominates Trump for president

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932698-republican-convention-day-1-security-melania-and-marines/page-6?p=10977665#entry10977665

Fox News chief Roger Ailes denies harassing Megyn Kelly
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Roger Ailes denied Tuesday that the embattled Fox News Channel chief executive sexually harassed network star Megyn Kelly.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932921-fox-news-chief-roger-ailes-denies-harassing-megyn-kelly/

UPDATE:

Fox News boss Roger Ailes 'in talks on his departure'

NEW YORK: -- Fox News Channel boss Roger Ailes is negotiating his departure from the network, according to US media reports.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932921-fox-news-chief-roger-ailes-denies-harassing-megyn-kelly/#entry10977713

Republican Convention Day 2: Damage control



CLEVELAND: -- Day two of the Republican National Convention has been largely overshadowed by Melania Trump’s speech, and how much it borrowed from Michelle Obama’s own first lady pitch years earlier.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932931-republican-convention-day-2-damage-control/

UPDATE:

Donald Trump officially secures Republican presidential nomination

CLEVELAND: -- Donald Trump has won the Republican Party’s nomination to contest the next presidential election on November 8.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932698-republican-convention-day-1-security-melania-and-marines/page-6?p=10977970#entry10977970

Plagiarism charges mar Melania Trump's moment
By ERICA WERNER and JILL COLVIN

CLEVELAND (AP) — This was to have been Melania Trump's moment, her first real introduction to American voters who'd seen her by her husband's side for months but had barely heard her speak.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932940-plagiarism-charges-mar-melania-trumps-moment/

Trump triumphs as GOP nominee, completing stunning climb
By JULIE PACE

CLEVELAND (AP) — United for a night, Republicans nominated Donald Trump Tuesday as their presidential standard-bearer, capping the billionaire businessman's stunning takeover of the GOP and propelling him into a November faceoff with Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932942-trump-triumphs-as-gop-nominee-completing-stunning-climb/

No, it's not Thailand anymore: The world's new party destinations
By Ben Groundwater

Koh Pha-Ngan has been done. Unfortunately the Thai island that hosts the world-famous Full Moon Parties was long ago swamped by tourist tack, turning it from what used to be a spontaneous

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/932948-no-its-not-thailand-anymore-the-worlds-new-party-destinations/