Fliers still facing long queues at Phuket Airport

Kongleaphy Keam

 

 

PHUKET:-- Three weeks after the official opening of the new international terminal at Phuket Airport, frustrated travellers are still putting up with long lines at the immigration counters due to a lack of essential equipment. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947638-fliers-still-facing-long-queues-at-phuket-airport/

Homeless man held under suspicion of killing three scavengers

 

 

BANGKOK: A homeless man has been arrested under suspicion that he was responsible for the killing of three scavengers in Pathum Thani province during October 4-6.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947661-homeless-man-held-under-suspicion-of-killing-three-scavengers/

 

Eastin Tan hotel charged with operating without a license

 

 

CHIANG MAI:-- Eastin Tan hotel in Chiang Mai which is reportedly owned by wellknown businessman Tan Pasakornnatee was on Friday charged with operating without a license.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947663-eastin-tan-hotel-charged-with-operating-without-a-license/

 

Pathum Thani to face rising water in Pasak river

 

 

BANGKOK:-- Pathum Thani province is bracing itself for the arrival of water mass discharged from Pasak Cholasit dam in Lop Buri through Klong Rapeepat.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947664-pathum-thani-to-face-rising-water-in-pasak-river/

 

Pump prices up tomorrow

 

 

BANGKOK:-- PTT Plc and Bangchak announced to increase the retail prices of all oil, effective 5am Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947665-pump-prices-up-tomorrow/

 

First traffic policewoman in three southernmost provinces

 

 

YALA:-- The strife-torn Deep South has recently had its first traffic policewoman on duty to direct traffic in Muang district of Yala province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947666-first-traffic-policewoman-in-three-southernmost-provinces/

 

Experts balk at General Surasak’s plan for a single Water Development Department

Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK:-- EXPERTS have mounted a wave of opposition against a plan to establish a single Water Development Department as they said it will |overlap with existing agencies and will not improve the country’s water management.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947667-experts-balk-at-general-surasak’s-plan-for-a-single-water-development-department/

 

Pros and cons expressed over new national research body

Chularat Saengpassa
The Nation

 

Concerns over cut in number of academics on board

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947668-pros-and-cons-expressed-over-new-national-research-body/

 

Some Article 44 edicts could become law

WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK:-- SOME orders issued by the junta chief under the interim charter’s Article 44 will likely be morphed into permanent legislation, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947671-some-article-44-edicts-could-become-law/

 

Hurricane Matthew's wild winds leaves hundreds dead in impoverished Haiti

Chris Cummins

 

 

Two days after Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti the scale of the disaster is only just emerging.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947672-hurricane-matthews-wild-winds-leaves-hundreds-dead-in-impoverished-haiti/

 

‘A very regrettable matter’: UKIP members face probe after bust-up

 

 

What we know

 

UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe and contender for the party’s leadership ‘collapsed’ after a dispute with fellow UKIP member Mike Hookem in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday (6 October).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947673-‘a-very-regrettable-matter’-ukip-members-face-probe-after-bust-up/

 

Russia gets permanent Syrian air base, ponders reopening Cuban and Vietnamese bases

Robert Hackwill

 

 

The Russian parliament has voted to ratify a treaty allowing Russian troops to stay in Syria indefinitely, and making the air base in Latakia permanent. It also confers diplomatic immunity status on military personnel.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947674-russia-gets-permanent-syrian-air-base-ponders-reopening-cuban-and-vietnamese-bases/

 

'Matthew is a very big and very bad beast' as Florida faces significant flooding

Chris Cummins

 

 

Hurricane Matthew is battering the Florida coastline with relentless wind and rain.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947675-matthew-is-a-very-big-and-very-bad-beast-as-florida-faces-significant-flooding/

 

Finland accuses Russia of probing its airspace, bomber flies south to Bilbao

Robert Hackwill

 

 

Finnish border guard services are investigating two suspected airspace incursions by Russian fighter-bombers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947676-finland-accuses-russia-of-probing-its-airspace-bomber-flies-south-to-bilbao/

 

Samui suffering sever water shortage, say officials

 

Image: Daily News

 

KOH SAMUI:-- While much of the central and northern parts of Thailand worry about flooding Koh Samui is suffering a severe shortage of water.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947677-samui-suffering-sever-water-shortage-say-officials/

 

 

 

Pathum slasher: Arrest warrant issued as police hunt "non-Thai"

 

Image: Thai News Agency

 

BANGKOK:-- Police north of Bangkok say they have identified a suspect in the brutal slayings of three homeless people.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947661-homeless-man-held-under-suspicion-of-killing-three-scavengers/

Highway road rage shooting: Vios owner says she lent her car to a relative

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK:-- The owner of the Vios car from which a person used a gun to shoot at a Vigo pick up truck on Wednesday has met with police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947678-highway-road-rage-shooting-vios-owner-says-she-lent-her-car-to-a-relative/

Thai teacher praised for teaching a life lesson with an error in her sums

 

Image: Sanook

 

The online world of social media has praised a teacher for her approach in teaching a valuable lesson to her primary students.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947679-thai-teacher-praised-for-teaching-a-life-lesson-with-an-error-in-her-sums/

Granddad Phaen says thanks for the donations: But that is enough now!

 

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A Thai grandfather who received a flood of money from the public after suffering theft has thanked all of the people who have helped him and his wife.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947680-granddad-phaen-says-thanks-for-the-donations-but-that-is-enough-now/

Juan Manuel Santos dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Colombians, past and present

 

 

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has dedicated his 2016 Nobel Peace Prize to the victims of, and those who have lived through, the 52-year conflict with FARC rebels.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947682-juan-manuel-santos-dedicates-nobel-peace-prize-to-colombians-past-and-present/

 

New Jersey train travelling at twice legal speed says crash inquiry

 

 

US investigators into the New Jersey train crash in Hoboken at the end of September that killed one person and injured more than 100 others say the train was travelling at twice the legal speed when the accident took place.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947683-new-jersey-train-travelling-at-twice-legal-speed-says-crash-inquiry/

 

Lost in frustration: Lesbos at boiling point over refugee limbo

 

 

The EU-Turkey deal signed in March to stop the flow of refugees into Europe has turned the Greek island of Lesbos into a floating detention centre.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947686-lost-in-frustration-lesbos-at-boiling-point-over-refugee-limbo/

 

Obama orders US economic sanctions on Myanmar lifted

MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday lifted U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Myanmar, the culmination of years of rapprochement that Obama has worked to facilitate.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947688-obama-orders-us-economic-sanctions-on-myanmar-lifted/

 

Trump's shocking crude comments on women leave him reeling

JULIE PACE, Associated Press
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump reeled Friday under revelations of shockingly crude comments he made about women, dangerously undermining the Republican's latest attempts to steady a presidential bid at risk of imploding.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947689-trumps-shocking-crude-comments-on-women-leave-him-reeling/

 

US blames Russia for hacking political sites

DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday blamed the Russian government for the hacking of political sites and accused Moscow of trying to interfere with the upcoming presidential election.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947691-us-blames-russia-for-hacking-political-sites/

 

Bt21m Hawaii trip ‘reasonable’, says OAG

JUTHATHIP LUCKSANAWONG,
JITTRAPORN SENAWONG
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK:-- THE OFFICE of the Auditor-General has found no irregularity involving Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan’s recent trip to Hawaii, Auditor-General Pisit Leelavachiropas said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947694-bt21m-hawaii-trip-‘reasonable’-says-oag/

 

JCB Southeast Asia appoints DKSH as new Thailand partner

THE NATION

 

BANGKOK:-- GLOBAL construction-equipment manufacturer JCB has announced the official appointment of DKSH as its market expansion services provider in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947718-jcb-southeast-asia-appoints-dksh-as-new-thailand-partner/

 

Sam Kong Underpass: Over and out - late fines set to breach B570mn, project engineer looking to leave Phuket 

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET: The completion of the Sam Kong Underpass later this month, more than 18 months beyond its original deadline, will not be marked by any ceremony – official or unofficial – with the lead project engineer overseeing the B834-million project vowing to leave Phuket.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947720-sam-kong-underpass-over-and-out-late-fines-set-to-breach-b570mn-project-engineer-looking-to-leave-phuket/

 

Nana blockade! Soi 3 sealed off as 200 police swoop and make arrests

 

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BANGKOK:-- Soi 3 in the Nana area of Sukhumvit Road was sealed off late last night as 200 police swooped on the area in a crime suppression drive.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947722-nana-blockade-soi-3-sealed-off-as-200-police-swoop-and-make-arrests/

 

Few new details as body in the freezer case enters second week

 

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BANGKOK:-- Police continue to remain tight lipped as the now infamous body in the freezer case enters its second week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947725-few-new-details-as-body-in-the-freezer-case-enters-second-week/