Thailand Live Tuesday 16 Aug 2016

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Thaivisa Photography Competition (August 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/935139-thaivisa-photography-competition-august-2016/

 

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British tourists rescued after getting lost in Koh Chang forest

 

Image: Thairath

 

KOH CHANG:-- Two British tourists have been rescued after spending almost 24 hours lost in dense woodland on Koh Chang.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937815-british-tourists-rescued-after-getting-lost-in-koh-chang-forest/

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4 killed and three injured in a head-on collision between a van and a pickup truck

 

 

Four people were killed and three others seriously injured in a fatal collision involving one passenger van and a pickup truck on a road in Sabayoi district of Songkhla on Sunday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937824-4-killed-and-three-injured-in-a-head-on-collision-between-a-van-and-a-pickup-truck/

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NESDB: Bombings will not impact on GDP

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The recent spate of bombing and arson attacks in seven southern provinces are unlikely to impact on Thailand’s growth rate or GDP which is anticipated to register at 3.3 percent for the whole of this year, said Mr Paramethi Wimonsiri, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board, on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937843-nesdb-bombings-will-not-impact-on-gdp/

 

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Bad weather may cause the army helicopter to crash

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Severe weather condition might have caused the UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter to lose its balance and to crash onto the ground in Chiang Mai’s Doi Inthanon, said Lt-Gen Somsak Nilbancherdkul, commander of the 3rd army region, told the Press on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937677-chopper-with-a-general-on-board-lost-contact-with-control-tower/?do=findComment&comment=11053897

 

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Military court rejects bail for 11 alleged charter distorters

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- The Chiang Mai military court has rejected bail for the mayor of Chiang Mai provincial administration organization and ten other suspects charged with distributing mails allegedly distorting the content of the draft constitution.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937850-chiang-mai-military-court-rejects-bail-for-11-alleged-charter-distorters/

 

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Patong rallies for bomb awareness as silence falls on Phuket bomber search

The Phuket News

 

Hundreds of Patong staff and residents joined the parade on Bangla Rd today (Aug 15). Photo: PEBA

 

PHUKET: As a nationwide manhunt apparently continues for the suspects who planted bombs that detonated throughout Southern Thailand on Friday (Aug 12), police have fallen silent on the hunt for the suspects who planted the two bombs in Patong.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937852-patong-rallies-for-bomb-awareness-as-silence-falls-on-phuket-bomber-search/

 

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Light rail plans approved for submission to ministry

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

The multi-billion-baht light rail project plans are ready to be presented to the Ministry of Transport. Photo: Chutharat Plerin

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada met with private and public sector officials at Phuket Provincial Hall today, where the multi-billion-baht light rail project plans were finally agreed upon. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937853-phuket-light-rail-plans-approved-for-submission-to-ministry/

 

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Fuel prices up on Tuesday

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PTT Plc and Bangchak have announced to increase the retail price of all kinds of oil, effective 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

 

The prices of Petrol 95, gasohol 91, gasohol 95 and E20 will go up by 60 satang/litre.

 

While E85 price will be increased by 40 satang/litre.

 

And diesel price will be 50 satang higher.

 

Therefore, pump prices at retail stations in Bangkok and nearby province will be as follows:

 

Petrol 95          30.86 baht
Gasohol 95      23.75 baht
Gasohol 91      23.48 baht
E20                  21.24 baht
E85                  17.29 baht
Diesel              23.29 baht

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/176261-2/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-08-16

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Thai police probing bombing link to southern violence 

 

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities said Monday they are investigating whether bombings last week at several popular tourist destinations were related to long-term separatist violence in the country's far south, backing away from assertions that partisan politics were behind them.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937855-thai-police-probing-bombing-link-to-southern-violence /

 

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Thai bombings draw attention to forgotten war in south 
TODD PITMAN, Associated Press

 

BANGKOK (AP) — It happens with horrifying frequency in southern Thailand, a country much of the world associates with pristine beaches and alluring, sapphire blue seas: a bomb goes off. Victims are maimed or killed. Security forces comb through blood-spattered wreckage and debris.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937856-thai-bombings-draw-attention-to-forgotten-war-in-south /

 

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Tourists on Koh Samui island warned of box jellyfish

  

SURAT THANI, 16 August 2016, (NNT) - Tourists and other people on Koh Samui island have been warned of box jellyfish after many had been injured by their poison earlier this month. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937857-tourists-on-koh-samui-island-warned-of-box-jellyfish/

 

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Hua Hin scrambles to revive tourism after bombings over weekend

 

  

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, 16 August 2016 (NNT) – Hua Hin Municipality plans to revive tourist industry in the seaside resort city and install additional CCTVs to cover all public areas. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937858-hua-hin-scrambles-to-revive-tourism-after-bombings-over-weekend/

 

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Police launches “DARE” project to fight drugs and save environment

 

  

BANGKOK, 16 August 2016 (NNT) - The Royal Thai Police has initiated a campaign to combat drug abuse and save the environment. The campaign was also launched to honor Her Majesty the Queen. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937860-police-launches-“dare”-project-to-fight-drugs-and-save-environment/

 

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Warnings of heavy rains issued to 30 provinces

 

BANGKOK, 16 August 2016 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has cautioned residents in 30 provinces around the country of dangers from heavy rains during this week. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937861-warnings-of-heavy-rains-issued-to-30-thai-provinces/

 

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Several dead in air strike on MSF hospital in Yemen

 

 

SADAA: -- A Saudi-led coalition airstrike has hit a hospital in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 and wounding 19, according to Médecins Sans Frontières.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937865-several-dead-in-air-strike-on-msf-hospital-in-yemen/

 

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Fatal earthquake hits Andean villages in southern Peru

 

 

AREQUIPA: -- A fatal earthquake has hit the Caylloma province in the copper-producing region of Arequipa in southern Peru.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937866-fatal-earthquake-hits-andean-villages-in-southern-peru/

 

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Trump’s campaign chief linked to Kyiv cash scandal

 

 

NEW YORK: -- Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau say secret documents link Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, to $12.7m in ‘off the books payments’ from the party of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937867-trump’s-campaign-chief-linked-to-kyiv-cash-scandal/

 

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Former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson dies after being tasered by police

 

 

LONDON: -- Former English premier league striker Dalian Atkinson has died after being shot with a taser by police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937868-former-aston-villa-striker-dalian-atkinson-dies-after-being-tasered-by-police/

 

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Battle for Mosul: Kurdish forces capture dozen villages from ISIL

 

 

MOSUL: -- Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq say they have made major gains near Mosul, capturing a dozen villages from ISIL.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937869-battle-for-mosul-kurdish-forces-capture-dozen-villages-from-isil/

 

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More mass arrests in Turkey as police raid Istanbul law courts

 

 

ISTANBUL: -- Turkish police have raided offices at three Istanbul courts after arrest warrants were issued for 173 judicial staff.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937870-more-mass-arrests-in-turkey-as-police-raid-istanbul-law-courts/

 

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ISIL tactics on exporting terror abroad

 

 

LONDON: -- Since the restoration of the caliphate on June 29, 2014 under the rule of the self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the so-called Islamic state called on foreign jihadists to take their terror campaign to countries outside the Caliphate.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937871-isil-tactics-on-exporting-terror-abroad/

 

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Biden: Trump is 'thoroughly unqualified' for presidency

By KEN THOMAS

 

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden assailed Donald Trump's ability to lead America at home and abroad on Monday, branding him as indifferent to the needs of Americans in his first campaign appearance with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937872-biden-trump-is-thoroughly-unqualified-for-presidency/

 

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Trump calls for 'extreme vetting' of immigration applicants

By JILL COLVIN and JULIE PACE

 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump called Monday for "extreme" ideological vetting of immigrants seeking admission to the United States, vowing to significantly overhaul the country's screening process and block those who sympathize with extremist groups or don't embrace American values.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937873-trump-calls-for-extreme-vetting-of-immigration-applicants/

 

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Obama urges Dems to campaign aggressively for Clinton

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

 

CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Democrats to campaign aggressively for the next 80 days for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937874-obama-urges-dems-to-campaign-aggressively-for-clinton/

 

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Rude tuk-tuk driver gives himself up - apologizes for damaging the image of tourism in Chiang Mai

 

Image: Daily News

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A rude tuk-tuk driver in Chiang Mai caught on video raising his foot and showing his middle finger has turned himself in to police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937875-rude-tuk-tuk-driver-gives-himself-up-apologizes-for-damaging-the-image-of-tourism-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Girl found near woods after attempted rape

 

Image: Daily News 

 

SADAO: -- An 18 year old girl was found near some woods on the Thai Malaysia border after an attempted rape.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937876-girl-found-near-woods-after-attempted-rape/

 

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French tourists injured as bus flips on way to Cha-Am

 

Image: Thairath

 

CHA-AM: -- Some 32 French tourists were injured when a tour bus travelling from Bangkok to Cha-Am hit the central reservation and flipped on its side.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937877-french-tourists-injured-as-bus-flips-on-way-to-cha-am/

 

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Distressed man ends it all at Chao Praya bridge

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A Bangkok man whose wife and child had left him ended it all by jumping into the Chao Praya river yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937879-distressed-man-ends-it-all-at-chao-praya-bridge/

 

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Violence after boxing match leaves two Burmese wounded

 

Image: Thairath

 

MAE SOT: -- Violence among supporters spilled over after a boxing match in Mae Sot in the north west of Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937880-violence-after-boxing-match-leaves-two-burmese-wounded/