Top Thai Scrabble players disappointed at 2016 world championships

 

LILLE: -- Top Thai Scrabble players who competed at the MSI World Scrabble Championships in Lille, France, were left disappointed after a week of competition playing the world’s favorite word game.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941270-top-thai-scrabble-players-disappointed-at-2016-world-championships/

 

Calais blockade: Protest to target migrant Jungle camp

 

CALAIS: -- A road blockade around Calais is due to assemble later to protest about the French port's migrant camp in a move set to disrupt travellers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941281-calais-blockade-protest-to-target-migrant-jungle-camp/

 

EgyptAir drama: Passenger detained after storming pilots cockpit

Staff writer and APNews Corp Australia Network

 

CAIRO: -- EGYPTAIR says a passenger has been detained after storming the pilot’s cockpit on a flight carrying 150 passengers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941288-egyptair-drama-passenger-detained-after-storming-pilots-cockpit/

 

Australian teen jailed over Islamic State-inspired plot 

 

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A teenager who plotted to run over and behead a police officer as part of an Islamic State group-inspired attack on an Australian Veterans' Day ceremony has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941295-australian-teen-jailed-over-islamic-state-inspired-plot /

 

Balcony fall. Drunk man survives

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 6am on the morning on September 4, the police and Sawang Boriboon medics were called to an apartment complex on Soi 12, Pattaya Klang, after a man had fallen from a balcony.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941297-pattaya-balcony-fall-drunk-man-survives/

 

Lawmakers likely to do what they do best: the bare minimum

By ANDREW TAYLOR

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers return to Washington this week for an abbreviated election-season session in which they will likely do what they do best: the bare minimum.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941299-us-lawmakers-likely-to-do-what-they-do-best-the-bare-minimum/

 

UPDATE:

 

New wave of anti-China activists set for Hong Kong vote win 
KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press

 

HONG KONG (AP) — A new wave of anti-China activists appeared headed for victory in Hong Kong's most crucial elections since the handover from Britain in 1997, setting the stage for a fresh round of political confrontations over Beijing's control of the city.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941266-hong-kong-holds-first-major-vote-since-pro-democracy-protests/?do=findComment&comment=11116934

 

OHEC empowered to ensure tertiary programs meet standards

 

  

BANGKOK, 5 September 2016 (NNT)-The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has empowered the Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC) to investigate universities to see whether their academic programs are verified before they enroll students. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941303-ohec-empowered-to-ensure-tertiary-programs-meet-standards/

 

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BOT keeping a close watch on high-risk instruments

ACHARA DEBOONME
THE NATION

 

BOT Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob expresses his concerns about

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Bank of Thailand is fixing its attention on some instruments that have gained popularity in light of the low interest-rate environment, but have the potential to disrupt the stability of the financial system.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941306-bot-keeping-a-close-watch-on-high-risk-instruments/

 

Free boat travel service on Phadung Krungkasem canal to boost tourism begins today

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today began the free 5-km long boat service from Hua Lampong railway station to Thewet pier to boost tourism and to serve as another alternative to travel to avoid traffic jams on roads.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941307-free-boat-travel-service-on-phadung-krungkasem-canal-to-boost-tourism-begins-today/

 

UPDATE:

 

Two new Zika virus cases found in Chiang Mai

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Public health officials have confirmed two new Zika virus cases in Sansai district of Chiang Mai province, raising total Zika cases to 11 so far.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940925-chiang-mai-reports-2-more-zika-cases/?do=findComment&comment=11117143

 

Rare focus on little-known Laos as it hosts major summit 
VIJAY JOSHI, Associated Press

 

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — The light was fading over Vientiane on a cool December evening when a Jeep was stopped at a traffic light. CCTV video later showed the occupant of the car being pulled out and taken away in a pickup truck, never to be seen again.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941313-rare-focus-on-little-known-laos-as-it-hosts-major-summit /

 

Work to bring overhead ugly cables underground starts

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Effort to beautify the capital is now progressing with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) beginning dredging tunnels to remove it's overhead power cables underground.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941314-work-to-bring-overhead-ugly-cables-underground-starts-in-bangkok/

 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Seoul says North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles off east coast in show of force timed to G-20 summit in China.

Eastern gorilla gets added to critically endangered list

By CALEB JONES

 

HONOLULU (AP) — The world's largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report released Sunday at the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941316-eastern-gorilla-gets-added-to-critically-endangered-list/

 

Suu Kyi calls on peace conference participants not to dwell on the past

 

 

NAYPYITAW: -- State counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi encouraged participants of the 21st Century Panglong peace conference not to dwell on the past, but to “look into the future with courage,” The Irrawaddy Online reported on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941318-suu-kyi-calls-on-peace-conference-participants-not-to-dwell-on-the-past/

 

PM Lee proposes legal changes to ensure minorities of having their presidents

 

 

SINGAPORE: -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has hinted of proposed legal change that guarantees ethnic minorities are elected president from time to time, according to Straits Times Online on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941320-singapore-pm-lee-proposes-legal-changes-to-ensure-minorities-of-having-their-presidents/

Australian counterculture icon Richard Neville dies at 74 

 

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Julie Clarke Neville says her Australian author and social commentator husband Richard Neville who was best known as founder of the 1960s counterculture magazine Oz has died. He was 74.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941322-australian-counterculture-icon-richard-neville-dies-at-74 /

 

Disabled man dies after jump from Phuket Hotel

The Phuket News

 

Emergency workers treat the man for severe injuries at the scene. Photo: Ekkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A handicapped man died in hospital yesterday (Sep 4) as a result of severe injuries sustained after jumping from the fourth floor of a hotel on Saiyuan Rd in Rawai on Saturday afternoon (Sep 3).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941325-disabled-man-dies-after-jump-from-phuket-hotel/

 

Mayor in Chiang Rai shot dead by lone gunman 

 

 

CHIANG RAI: -- The mayor of Pa Ngiew Tambon municipality in Wiang Papao district of Chiang Rai was shot dead while he was dining in front of his house last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941329-mayor-in-chiang-rai-shot-dead-by-lone-gunman /

 

Justice minister slams doctor for saying DSI officers murdered suspect

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

Officials on Wednesday lead media on a tour of the detention room at DSI headquarters where the agency claimed Thawatchai Anukul hanged himself the day earlier.

 

BANGKOK — The head of the Justice Ministry said Sunday that a hospital director discredited law enforcement by blaming investigators for the death of a suspect in custody last week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941333-justice-minister-slams-doctor-for-saying-dsi-officers-murdered-suspect/

 

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

An arson fire burns at the Lee Mart Super Wholesale on Aug. 12 in Trang province. No one was hurt but it caused damage estimated at over 100 million baht. Photo: Matichon

 

PATTANI — One of five suspects sought in connection with last month’s attacks was reportedly being held Monday by the military in the Deep South.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941334-military-holds-first-suspect-arrested-for-august-attacks/

 

Phuket driver charged for fatal collision after running red light

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Watthana Eakbuth, 57, was legally turning right when he was struck by the CRV. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police have charged the 40-year-old driver of a Honda CRV who ran a red light in front of Baan Chalong School, on Chao Fa West Rd, on Saturday (Sept 3), inflicting fatal injuries on a motorbike driver who was legally turning right across the CRV’s southbound lane.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941335-phuket-driver-charged-for-fatal-collision-after-running-red-light/

 

Chiang Mai province to store water as rainfall increases

 

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CHIANG MAI, 5 September 2016 (NNT) –The Director of the Chiang Mai Irrigation Project is ensuring data and management initiatives are applied to water management in Chiang Mai province. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941338-chiang-mai-province-to-store-water-as-rainfall-increases/

 

PM meets Chinese president on sidelines of G20 summit

 

  

HANGZHOU, 5 August 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has met with China’s president on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit now taking place in Hangzhou of the People’s Republic of China. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941339-pm-meets-chinese-president-on-sidelines-of-g20-summit/

 

Government to sell off tapioca stock

  

BANGKOK, 5 August 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce has stepped up work to sell of the government’s stock of tapioca, which has ballooned to over 340,000 tons and is now costing the state more than 50 million baht to store monthly. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941344-thai-government-to-sell-off-tapioca-stock/

 

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian state media: At least four separate bombs explode in different Syrian cities, casualties still undetermined.

BMA eyes two new underground parking sites

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is studying details of its plan to build underground car parks under two public parks after the initial plan to build one at Sanam Luang has been aborted, a deputy BMA governor said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941351-bma-eyes-two-new-underground-parking-sites/

 

Dane remains imprisoned in Thailand

by Maria Jønsson 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Danish Peter Jensen, who has been imprisoned in Thailand since November 2014, remains incarcerated. A case that the 50-year-old Dane has already won in two instances is still in the Thai legal system blocking for him to get back to Denmark.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941353-dane-remains-imprisoned-in-thailand/