Cannabis Extracts Face Stricter Controls Amid Regulatory Shift

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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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Family of four saved from drowning at Phuket beach

Chanida Summast

 

 

PHUKET:-- A family of four on holiday in Phuket were taken to hospital after lifeguards rescued them after they were found struggling in the water near rocks at Surin Beach yesterday (Aug 22).

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939183-family-of-four-saved-from-drowning-at-phuket-beach/

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More water in dams this year than last year

 

 

BANGKOK: -- There is more water in dams across the country this year than last year and the water will be enough for consumption and for farming to last through the next dry season, Irrigation Department director-general Suthep Noypairote assured on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939211-more-water-in-dams-this-year-than-last-year/

 

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Pai Daodin freed on bail and vows to carry on the fight for the right cause

 

 

KHON KAEN: -- Political activist Chatupat Boonpatthararaksa or better known as Pai Daodin was freed from Khon Kaen special penitentiary on Tuesday after the 23rd army circle military court granted him a bail with conditions that he must refrain from political activities and must not travel abroad.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939212-pai-daodin-freed-on-bail-and-vows-to-carry-on-the-fight-for-the-right-cause/
 

 

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First hearing of Erawan Shrine explosion adjourned until September 15

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The first hearing of the Ratchaprasong-Sathorn pier bomb blasts scheduled on Tuesday was adjourned until September 15 after an Uyghur-speaking interpreter jumped bail and is on the run with a court warrant issued for his arrest.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939213-first-hearing-of-erawan-shrine-explosion-adjourned-until-september-15/

 

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Mobile phone service providers reminded to refund pre-paid users upon the return of their SIMs

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission will inform all mobile phone service providers to refund their customers who use pre-paid SIMs and, later on, return their SIMs with the remaining unused phone fees, said Mr Takorn Tanthasit, secretary-general of the regulatory body, on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939214-mobile-phone-service-providers-reminded-to-refund-pre-paid-users-upon-the-return-of-their-sims/

 

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Military court rejects police request for re-arrest of Tesco Lotus’s arson suspect

 

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- The Nakhon Si Thammarat-based Military Court of the 41st army circle on Tuesday shot down the police request for an arrest warrant to be issued against recently-released suspected arsonist Sakkarin Karuhat.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939167-court-rejects-polices-warrant-on-southern-bombing-suspect/?do=findComment&comment=11078087

 

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Patong residents rally against runaway Phuket tour buses

The Phuket News

 

Residents living at the bottom of Patong Hill have had enough of runaway tour buses and trucks crashing through their neighbourhood, where the children play on the streets.

 

PHUKET: -- A runaway tour bus ramming into a temple perimeter wall in Patong last night has reinvigorated a group of local residents in their push for authorities to redress the problem.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939215-patong-residents-rally-against-runaway-phuket-tour-buses/

 

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Hotel Fire in Central Pattaya

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

 

PATTAYA: -- On the afternoon of August 23 the Pattaya Police and Fire Departments were called to a fire at a hotel on Second Road, central Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939216-hotel-fire-in-central-pattaya/

 

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Ferry to connect two vacation spots, Pattaya and Hua Hin

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Philip Roeland/Flickr

 

BANGKOK: -- The East-West Ferry, a proposed government project that will link to link Hua Hin to Pattaya, should be open for rides by 2020.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939217-ferry-to-connect-two-vacation-spots-pattaya-and-hua-hin/

 

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Thailand's tiger tourism expands despite raid on infamous tiger temple

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat | BANGKOK

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's tiger tourism business is booming and the captive tiger population is growing fast, experts say, more than two months after Thai wildlife authorities found scores of dead cubs while rescuing animals from the popular Tiger Temple.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939218-thailands-tiger-tourism-expands-despite-raid-on-infamous-tiger-temple/

 

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Car bomb blast outside hotel in Thailand leaves one dead and 29 injured

By Julian Robinson

 

PATTANI: -- A car bomb blast outside a hotel in Thailand has left one dead and 29 injured, it has emerged.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939219-car-bomb-blast-outside-hotel-in-thailand-leaves-one-dead-and-29-injured/

 

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Praewa completes her community service, 4 years after the court orders it

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

Orachorn ‘Praewa’ Thephasadin Na Ayudhya turns herself in at Metropolitan Police Office headquarters Jan. 5, 2011, in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — The woman from a wealthy family who previously failed to do a community service as a punishment for killing 9 people in a 2010 car crash told the court Tuesday she has finally completed the term.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939220-praewa-completes-her-community-service-4-years-after-the-court-orders-it/

 

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Reuters: Thai Q2 GDP growth higher than forecast, boosts up baht

 

  

BANGKOK, 24 August 2016 (NNT) - Thailand's economy grew higher than expected in 2016's second quarter, thanks to solid government expenditure and tourist industry, Reuters reported. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939221-reuters-thai-q2-gdp-growth-higher-than-forecast-boosts-up-baht/

 

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Travel Daily News: Thailand formulating strategy to boost tourist industry and confidence following bombing incidents

 

  

ATHENS, 24 August 2016 (NNT) - Travel Daily News, a Greek travel magazine, reported that a Situation Monitoring Center in Thailand has been opened to ensure that the latest information be provided from the Tourism Authority of Thailand's local and overseas offices. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939222-travel-daily-news-thailand-formulating-strategy-to-boost-tourist-industry-and-confidence-following-bombing-incidents/

 

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea military says North Korea has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

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Obama visits Louisiana flood victims

 

 

BATON ROUGE: -- The US president said people living in the state of Louisiana have had their lives upended by devastating flooding.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939224-obama-visits-louisiana-flood-victims/

 

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Turks flee border town after ISIL attack from Syria

 

 

KARKAMIS: -- Turkey has told people living in a flashpoint border area with Syria to flee after it was hit by mortars fired by ISIL militants.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939225-turks-flee-border-town-after-isil-attack-from-syria/

 

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Greece wants to give asylum seekers the right to work

 

 

ATHENS: -- The Greek migration minister has asked the European Union to speed up the relocation of refugees from Greece to other member states.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939226-greece-wants-to-give-asylum-seekers-the-right-to-work/

 

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Can comeback kid Sarkozy really win in 2017?

 

 

PARIS: -- It came as no great surprise to the French when their hyperactive former leader Nicolas Sarkozy announced he was going to run for the presidency again.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939227-can-comeback-kid-sarkozy-really-win-in-2017/

 

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India: Doctors remove 40 knives from police officer’s stomach

 

 

AMRITSAR: -- Forty knives have been surgically removed from the stomach of a police officer in northern India. Why he swallowed them remains unclear.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939228-india-doctors-remove-40-knives-from-police-officer’s-stomach/

 

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Alice Cooper for the White House!

 

 

NEW YORK: -- “I wanna be elected!” Alice Cooper belts out in one of his best-known songs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939229-alice-cooper-for-the-white-house/

 

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Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with her at State

By STEPHEN BRAUN and EILEEN SULLIVAN

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It's an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939230-many-donors-to-clinton-foundation-met-with-her-at-state/

 

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Trump aides covertly fought freeing of Ukraine prisoner

By JEFF HORWITZ and CHAD DAY

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than three years, lobbyist Jim Slattery worked in Washington to secure the release in Ukraine of the imprisoned political rival of the country's then-president. He said the work was sometimes harder than expected.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939231-trump-aides-covertly-fought-freeing-of-ukraine-prisoner/

 

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Prisoner not seen publicly since 2002 at Gitmo hearing

By ROBERT BURNS

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first high-profile al-Qaida terror suspect captured after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 appeared Tuesday at a U.S. government hearing called to determine whether he should remain in detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939232-prisoner-not-seen-publicly-since-2002-at-gitmo-hearing/

 

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Arresting people for medicinal ganja use - like "arresting a mother for stealing baby milk for a hungry child", police say

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Crime suppression police  commenting on the use of medicinal ganja have likened arresting users to prosecuting women for wanting to feed their babies at any cost.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939233-arresting-people-for-medicinal-ganja-use-like-arresting-a-mother-for-stealing-baby-milk-for-a-hungry-child-police-say/

 

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The clean up of Thailand's hanging wires - more of a headache than first thought!

 

Image: Daily News 

 

BANGKOK: -- Network companies and cable operators trying to solve the problem of Thailand's terrible tangle of hanging wires have come to a clear conclusion - putting the wires up in the first place was difficult - untangling and clearing up the mess is an absolute nightmare!

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939234-the-clean-up-of-thailands-hanging-wires-more-of-a-headache-than-first-thought/

 

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Thais angry after Asian tourists seen posing with protected marine life - but the penalty can only be a fine

 

Image: Thairath

 

KOH CHANG: -- Tourism officials national park officials are seeking action after two Asian tourist posed with protected marine species on a Facebook page.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939235-thais-angry-after-asian-tourists-seen-posing-with-protected-marine-life-but-the-penalty-can-only-be-a-fine/

 

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Why you shouldn't play Pokémon Go on a motorbike

 

Image: Daily News

 

NONG KHAI: -- It is a picture that should remind everyone of the folly of looking at a mobile phone while driving.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939236-why-you-shouldnt-play-pokémon-go-on-a-motorbike/

 

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Thai man arrested after widow bit his tongue off in rape attempt

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested a north eastern man after a 51 year old widow bit his tongue off during a rape attempt in her house.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939238-thai-man-arrested-after-widow-bit-his-tongue-off-in-rape-attempt/