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Still no leads on fake bombs in Krabi

Phuket Gazette

 

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Police said the 'device' was nothing more than wires connected to batteries and was intended to scare passersby. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

KRABI: Two devices, similar in design to the ones used in last month’s bombings, were found in Krabi Town last week. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941500-still-no-leads-on-fake-bombs-in-krabi/

 

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Thai monk tells story behind viral photos of elephants ‘making merit’ (PHOTOS)

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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BANGKOK: -- Photos of elephants kneeling and putting their offerings into a monk’s alms bowl went viral this week as the public questioned whether these unbelievable shots are legit. Yesterday, the Thai monk in the photo was identified and he told a story behind the photos.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941501-thai-monk-tells-story-behind-viral-photos-of-elephants-‘making-merit’ /

 

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Yellowshirt leader Sondhi jailed 20 years for fraud

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

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Sondhi Limthongkul leaves the courtroom Aug. 7, 2014 after the Court of Appeals upheld his conviction for fraud.

 

BANGKOK — Years of legal maneuvering ended with one-time Yellowshirt leader Sondhi Limthongkul sent directly to prison Tuesday morning

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941503-yellowshirt-leader-sondhi-jailed-20-years-for-fraud/

 

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'INHUMANE ATTACK'

Father, daughter killed in Narathiwat school blast

The Nation 

 

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BY NationPhoto

 

NARATHIWAT: -- A Muslim father taking his five-year-old daughter to school in Narathiwat were killed along with her when Muslim insurgents detonated a homemade bomb hidden in a garbage bin in front of the school Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941481-two-killed-and-eight-injured-in-bomb-attack-in-narathiwat/?do=findComment&comment=11121097

 

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Philippine president regrets 'son of a bitch' remark 
VIJAY JOSHI, Associated Press

 

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday over his "son of a bitch" remark while referring to President Barack Obama, in a rare display of contrition by a politician whose wide arc of profanities has unabashedly targeted world figures including the pope and the U.N. chief.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941524-philippine-president-regrets-son-of-a-bitch-remark /

 

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Final figures of loss from rice pledging scheme are to be sent to Finance Ministry

 

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BANGKOK: -- The committee tasked with considering the civil liability of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for the loss from her government’s controversial rice pledging scheme has already come up with the final figures of the loss.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941529-final-figures-of-loss-from-rice-pledging-scheme-are-to-be-sent-to-finance-ministry/

 

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Phuket court defers hearing on sea gypsy fight for ancestral land

The Phuket News

 

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The Phuket Provincial Court has deferred a key hearing in the dispute over land at the Rawai sea gypsy village until April next year.

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Provincial Court has deferred hearing a claim to 12 rai of land in the sea gypsy village in Rawai until in April next year in a case that will likely define whether the entire village will have to be relocated from its age-old home on the Rawai beachfront.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941530-phuket-court-defers-hearing-on-sea-gypsy-fight-for-ancestral-land/

 

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Tied up and beaten: Pantippers trade tales of harrowing discipline

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

   

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Rescue workers on March 16 show caning marks on a 4-year-old girl’s body who was reportedly beaten by her stepfather and mother in Pathum Thani province.

 

BANGKOK — Tied to a tree and beaten unconscious. Slapped in the skull so hard an ear is partially sliced off. Forced to inhale smoke from a pot of hot coals mixed with spices.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941532-tied-up-and-beaten-pantippers-trade-tales-of-harrowing-discipline/

 

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Koh Phangan airport could open to next year to cater to full moon party revelers

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

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Photo: Roslyn/Flickr

 

KOH PHANGAN: -- If everything goes according to plan (which it probably won’t), the Koh Phangan airport could be open by the end of 2017, after being pushed back from a 2014 projected opening.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941535-koh-phangan-airport-could-open-to-next-year-to-cater-to-full-moon-party-revelers/

 

 

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Paralyzed American fall victim responsive after spine surgery

Phuket Gazette

 

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Tourist police greeted Mr Gavios as he arrived at Phuket International Airport on the way to see his daughter, who is recovering in Phuket after falling off a cliff in Krabi. Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

KRABI: An American teacher who was critically injured when she fell down a 45-meter-high cliff at Railay Bay in Krabi is conscious and responsive after being rescued on Friday, but still cannot move her legs. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941542-paralyzed-american-fall-victim-responsive-after-spine-surgery/

 

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Prayut invites Jack Ma to build e-commerce system for Thai SMEs

The Nation

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged Alibaba Group CEO Jack Yun Ma to help develop e-commerce system for Thai SMEs so that they can sell their products online, Deputy Government Spokesman Major-General Werachon Sukondhapatipak said Tuesday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941498-alibaba-group-ceo-meets-with-pm-prayut/?do=findComment&comment=11122218

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Phuket Governor confirms route for B5bn, 12-lane airport expressway

Darawan Naknakhon

 

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Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada today confirmed that the Highways Department has decided on the route the planned B5.5 billion airport expressway will take. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada today confirmed that the Highways Department has decided on the route the planned 12-lane expressway from Koh Kaew to Phuket International Airport costing B5.5 billion will take.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941579-phuket-governor-confirms-route-for-b5bn-12-lane-airport-expressway/

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Cabinet Oks Golden Route monorail project

 

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The cabinet on Tuesday approved in principle the Golden Route monorail project from Thonburi electric train station to Klongsarn district office-Prachathipok to facilitate the travelling of people in Thonburi side of the capital and to link up with the mass transit system.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941584-cabinet-oks-golden-route-monorail-project/

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CTH Cable TV ordered to pay 20,000 baht in fine each day

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BANGKOK:-- CTH Cable TV Company has been ordered by the Broadcasting Board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to pay fines amounting to 20,000 baht a day starting August 28 until the cable TV service provider fulfils the board’s order for it to refund its clients.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941588-cth-cable-tv-ordered-to-pay-20000-baht-in-fine-each-day/

 

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