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INUNDATION

No major flood this year: experts

Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation 

 

Dogs belonging to villagers in Ayutthaya’s Sena district are distressed after being stranded in their owners’ homes due to the area being affected by flooding since September 24. Photo By ChalineeThirasupa

 

Situation is very different from 2011, with concern still of possible drought

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946468-no-major-flood-this-year-thai-experts/

 

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Vessels warned to navigate slowly in rivers and klongs in six provinces

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Marine Department has issued a warning to all vessels travelling in rivers and klongs in Bangkok and five central provinces to reduce their speed and to stay in the middle of the waterways in order not to cause damages to riverside houses.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946470-vessels-warned-to-navigate-slowly-in-rivers-and-klongs-in-six-provinces/

 

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Security step-up for flood-affected villagers taking refuge on roadsides in Ayutthaya

 

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- The Ayutthaya provincial police chief has ordered a step-up of security for rural villagers who have escaped flooding to take refuge on the roadsides and irrigation canal banks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946471-security-step-up-for-flood-affected-villagers-taking-refuge-on-roadsides-in-ayutthaya/

 

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Super Poll shows 57.5 percent agree with Senate choosing premiership candidate

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The majority of the people polled by Super Poll agree with the proposal that the House and the Senate should jointly nominate an outsider candidate for the premiership post if the House representatives cannot agree themselves a candidate from the party’s lists of candidates, according to the findings of the Super Poll Research Office released on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946472-super-poll-shows-575-percent-agree-with-senate-choosing-premiership-candidate/

 

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Chao Phraya Dam discharge level reduced

The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- OFFICIALS have lowered the amount of water being discharged from Chao Phraya Dam after upstream flooding decreased despite predictions of more rain across the country this week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946473-chao-phraya-dam-discharge-level-reduced/

 

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Civil service plan ‘risky for health schemes’

Chularat Saengpassa
The Nation 

 

 

A solution is needed to reduce civil servants’ medical expenses: NLA whip

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FINANCE Ministry's plan to buy healthcare insurance for civil servants and their family members threatens to take a toll on beneficiaries of other health schemes across the country. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946474-civil-service-plan-‘risky-for-health-schemes’/

 

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Govt refuses to discuss Bt21m bill for charter flight to security meet in Hawaii

THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE government has refused to comment on the almost Bt21 million for Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and his team to travel to Hawaii for the Asean-US Defence Ministers’ meeting on the weekend - a cost that includes the hiring of a charter flight.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946475-govt-refuses-to-discuss-bt21m-bill-for-charter-flight-to-security-meet-in-hawaii/

 

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Huge official headache: backlog of 4.25m Sor Khor 1 deeds

PIYAPORN WONGRUANG
THE NATION 

 

BANGKOK: -- ABOUT 4.25 MILLION land possession documents, or Sor Khor 1, used as a proof for the issuance of land-deed documents have not yet been stamped and approved by the Lands Department’s clearance system, the department revealed recently.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946476-huge-official-headache-backlog-of-425m-sor-khor-1-deeds/

 

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Pink Line monorail might be a bad investment: Samart

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE PLANNED Pink Line monorail project might be not worth investing in due to a lack of passengers, and could follow the same fate as the recently opened and underused Purple Line, a transport expert has warned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946477-pink-line-monorail-might-be-a-bad-investment-samart/

 

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Two major parties ‘unlikely to join forces to block non-elected PM’

THE SUNDAY NATION

 

IT is unlikely the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties will join forces to form a coalition to prevent an “outsider” prime minister, an analyst said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946478-two-major-parties-‘unlikely-to-join-forces-to-block-non-elected-pm’/

 

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Chinese Man Robbed by Ladyboys on First Visit to Pattaya. Not coming back

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

  

PATTAYA: -- At 9.30pm, on the evening of October 1, Pattaya Police received reports of a robbery on Second Road, outside the Grand Sole Hotel.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946479-chinese-man-robbed-by-ladyboys-on-first-visit-to-pattaya-not-coming-back/

 

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Phuket TAT chief unshaken about copycat ‘Vegetarian Festivals’

The Phuket News

 

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket office Chief Anoma Vongyai remains confident that the 'alternative' vegetarian festivals will have no adverse effect on the cultural or commercial attraction of the Phuket home-grown celebration.

 

PHUKET: -- As the Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2016 gets underway today (Oct 1), another version of the “Vegetarian Festival” to be held over the same nine days will begin in the Chinatown Yaowarat district in Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946480-phuket-tat-chief-unshaken-about-copycat-‘vegetarian-festivals’/

 

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Burmese enter their third year in prison for the Koh Tao murders

 

 

SAMUI: -- Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin, the two Burmese men convicted for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Koh Tao in 2014 are facing their third year behind bars at the notorious Bangkwang Central Prison, AKA The Bangkok Hilton.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946481-burmese-enter-their-third-year-in-prison-for-the-koh-tao-murders/

 

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Suvarnabhumi Airport welcomes Chinese visitors for “Golden Week”

 

  

SAMUT PRAKAN, 3 October 2016 (NNT) - Suvarnabhumi International Airport launched a campaign on the weekend to welcome Chinese visitors during “Golden Week” which is China’s national holiday running from October 1 to October 7. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946482-suvarnabhumi-airport-welcomes-chinese-visitors-for-“golden-week”/

 

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EC plays down rumor of internal conflict

 

  

BANGKOK, 3 October 2016 (NNT) - Amid an ongoing rumor about conflicts within the electoral body, an election commissioner has come out to dismiss the claim. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946483-ec-plays-down-rumor-of-internal-conflict/

 

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Poisonous jellyfish affects Samui's tourism

  

SAMUI, 3 September 2016 (NNT) - Vendors on the Lamai beach in Ko Samui district have reported lower sales after poisonous jellyfish were found in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946484-poisonous-jellyfish-affects-samuis-tourism/

 

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Hungary referendum on EU migrant quotas invalid, less than 50% turnout

 

 

BUDAPEST: -- The majority have rejected EU migrant quotas, but the turnout wasn’t high enough to pass the 50% threshold to make it valid.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946485-hungary-referendum-on-eu-migrant-quotas-invalid-less-than-50-turnout/

 

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Trump offends again

 

 

NEW YORK: -- The New York Times has published tax documents which suggest Donald Trump filed a massive 916 million dollar loss in 1995 – suggesting he could have earnt 50 million tax free for the next 18 years.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946486-trump-offends-again/

 

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Colombians reject a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24% voting against /BBC

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UK PM May sets Brexit trigger deadline for March 2017

Joanna Gill

 

 

LONDON: -- Breaking up is hard to do, but UK prime minister Theresa May has announced a March 2017 deadline to start the process of leaving the EU.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946487-uk-pm-may-sets-brexit-trigger-deadline-for-march-2017/

 

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Aleppo’s main hospital on rebel side bombed again

 

 

ALEPPO: -- Russian warplanes and their Syrian government allies battered rebel-held areas in and around Aleppo on Saturday, and rebels and aid workers accused them of destroying one of the city’s main hospitals and killing at least two patients.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946488-aleppo’s-main-hospital-on-rebel-side-bombed-again/

 

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52 confirmed dead in stampede at Ethiopia religious event

By ELIAS MESERET

 

BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (AP) — Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religious festival, witnesses said. The Oromia regional government confirmed the death toll at 52.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946489-52-confirmed-dead-in-stampede-at-ethiopia-religious-event/

 

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Uncertainty over Philippine president alarms investors

By TERESA CEROJANO

 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody anti-drug war and his foul-mouthed outbursts in defense of the campaign have unnerved foreign investors in one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946490-uncertainty-over-philippine-president-alarms-investors/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Britain will launch Brexit by April , prime minister says

By DANICA KIRKA

 

LONDON (AP) — Britain will begin the formal process of leaving the European Union by the end of March, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, seeking to ease concern about the nation's future and the threat of reduced foreign investment and the weakening of the economy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946487-uk-pm-may-sets-brexit-trigger-deadline-for-march-2017/

 

 

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4 students from same high school are found dead in a month 
FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press
CLAUDIA TORRENS, Associated Press

 

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — The school year in one suburban New York community has started with funerals, fear and frustration.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946491-4-students-from-same-us-high-school-are-found-dead-in-a-month /

 

 

 

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Clinton could put away Trump by carrying North Carolina

By THOMAS BEAUMONT

 

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican Donald Trump can do little to stop Democrat Hillary Clinton from winning the presidency if she carries North Carolina, where their close race reflects the national liabilities of both candidates.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946492-clinton-could-put-away-trump-by-carrying-north-carolina/

 

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Powerful Hurricane Matthew threatens Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba

By DAVID MCFADDEN

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew moved slowly over the Caribbean on Sunday following a track that authorities warned could trigger devastation in parts of Haiti.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946493-powerful-hurricane-matthew-threatens-haiti-jamaica-cuba/

 

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Russian Plays Vigilante in Hot Pursuit but Hits Another Bike

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

  

BANGKOK: -- At 12.30am, in the early hours of October 2, Pattaya police were informed of a snatch and grab in Naklua.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946495-russian-plays-vigilante-in-hot-pursuit-but-hits-another-bike/

 

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Colombia's accord deal seems headed to defeat 
JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press

 

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's peace deal with leftist rebels seemed headed to defeat as votes against the accord held a razor-thin edge in a national referendum Sunday, less than a week after it was signed in front of an audience of heads of states.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946496-colombias-accord-deal-seems-headed-to-defeat /

 

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SURVEY:

 

Is Immigration becoming too intrusive? 

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946250-survey-is-immigration-becoming-too-intrusive/