Bomb threats: Police commandos out in force at Central Lat Prao

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Police commandos and local officers were out in force at Central Lat Prao yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948356-bomb-threats-police-commandos-out-in-force-at-central-lat-prao/
 

 

Phone thief arrested at Swampy faces jail

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested a 33 year old Kanchanaburi man who was stealing tourists' mobile phones at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948357-phone-thief-arrested-at-suvarnabhumi-airport-faces-jail/

 

Ninety year old Thai gran puts youth to shame when it comes to yoga!

 

Image: Manager Online

 

SATUN: -- A ninety year old woman is putting people a quarter her age to shame in her practice of yoga.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948358-ninety-year-old-thai-gran-puts-youth-to-shame-when-it-comes-to-yoga/

 

Police arrest law student for dealing in Ya Ba on Facebook and LINE

 

Lang Suan. File photo

 

LANG SUAN: -- Police in Lang Suan in the south of Thailand have arrested a second year law student for selling drugs including Ya Ba.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948359-police-arrest-law-student-for-dealing-in-ya-ba-on-facebook-and-line/

 

Man found guilty of mailing cyanide that killed Englishman 

 

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man charged with mailing cyanide to a suicidal man in England, leading to his death, has been found guilty by a federal jury.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948364-man-found-guilty-of-mailing-cyanide-that-killed-englishman /

 

'The game is over': Italy halts Rome bid for 2024 Olympics

By ANDREW DAMPF

 

ROME (AP) — Italy suspended Rome's bid for the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, forced to pull the plug because of the staunch opposition of the city's mayor.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948367-the-game-is-over-italy-halts-rome-bid-for-2024-olympics/

 

Iran hanging: Fears for child bride Zeinab Sekaanvand

 

LONDON: -- Human rights activists say a 22-year-old woman whose execution was delayed while she was pregnant could be hanged within days in Iran.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948371-iran-hanging-fears-for-child-bride-zeinab-sekaanvand/

 

US start-up Geofeedia 'allowed police to track protesters'

 

NEW YORK: -- Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have revoked access to their data to an analytics firm accused of selling information that allowed US police to track activists and protesters.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948372-us-start-up-geofeedia-allowed-police-to-track-protesters/

 

Girls Engaged in Prostitution and Drug Use as168 Spa Raided

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 6.30pm, on the afternoon of October 11, Banglamung police received shocking reports that a Spa, located on Soi Chalermprakiet, was really offering sexual services.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948375-girls-engaged-in-prostitution-and-drug-use-as168-spa-raided/

 

It's all in a day's work for honest Phuket cabbie!

 

Image: Thairath

 

PHUKET: -- An Arab tourist and his wife were truly thankful to a Phuket cabbie on Monday night.

 

He turned up at Karon police station with a bag containing passports and 300,000 baht worth of dollars that they had left in his taxi, reports Thairath.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948377-its-all-in-a-days-work-for-honest-phuket-cabbie/

 

 

THAILAND MOBILE SUMMIT 2016
‘Everything Mobile’

 

 

Bangkok, Thailand – Bangkok Entrepreneurs has announced the details of the next conference ‘Thailand Mobile Summit 2016’ which will be held on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 at Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, Bangkok. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948380-thailand-mobile-summit-2016-‘everything-mobile’/

 

Dutch man arrested in Thailand for murder in Switzerland

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A 39 year old man from the Netherlands was arrested in Thailand on Tuesday on a charge of committing murder in Switzerland earlier in the year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948382-dutch-man-arrested-in-thailand-for-murder-in-switzerland/

 

Top of the Gulf Regatta takes Silver for “Best Amateur Sports Event of the Year in Thailand” at 2016 Asian Sports Industry Awards

 

 

Mr. Scott Finsten, Harbour Master, Ocean Marina Yacht Club (left), and Dr Tirachai Pipitsupaphol, Managing Director, Ocean Property (right) with their Silver award for “Best Amateur Sports Event of the Year in Thailand” at the 2016 Asian Sports Industry Awards (SPIA Asia).

 

PATTAYA, Thailand – Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina won Silver in the category “Best Amateur Sports Event of the Year in Thailand” at the recent Asian Sports Industry Awards (SPIA Asia 2016), beating out strong competition from around the country and a record number of 208 entries across 17 categories.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948385-top-of-the-gulf-regatta-takes-silver-for-“best-amateur-sports-event of-the-year-in-thailand”/

 

Bent second hand car dealership busted in Bangkok

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Crime Suppression Police have announced the arrest of a woman who was running a bent second hand car dealership in the Ram Intra area of Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948387-bent-second-hand-car-dealership-busted-in-bangkok/

 

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Australian report warns of possible damaging cyberattacks 
ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press

 

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Extremist groups could have the capabilities to launch damaging cyberattacks on Australia within three years, a government report on the nation's cybersecurity said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948388-australian-report-warns-of-possible-damaging-cyberattacks /

 

Deadly gun attack on a Shiite shrine in Kabul

Chris Cummins

 

 

KABUL: -- Three gunmen in military uniforms have attacked a Shiite shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948390-deadly-gun-attack-on-a-shiite-shrine-in-kabul/

 

UPDATE:

 

Police confirm full charges for drunk hit-and-run cop

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Sub Lt Thanom Haesathit caused outrage among Phang Nga Town locals after leaving six people injured when he ploughed his pickup truck into them while drunk at the wheel. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHANG NGA: -- The police officer who injured six people in a drunk-driving multiple hit-and-run in Phang Nga last month will face full charges, Phang Nga Police have confirmed to The Phuket News.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945724-phang-nga-police-officer-charged-with-drunk-driving/?do=findComment&comment=11236208

 

Cause of mass stingray deaths not yet established

 

 

SAMUT SONGKRAM: -- As local authorities have not yet established the actual cause of the mass death of freshwater stingrays in the Mae Klong river, but most local residents strongly believe waste water discharged by factories near the river caused the mass death.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948392-cause-of-mass-stingray-deaths-not-yet-established/

 

UN urges restraint in Myanmar's Rakhine state after violence 
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special adviser on Myanmar called on civilians in troubled Rakhine state on Tuesday to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from responding to recent fighting that led to the deaths of security personnel as well as civilians.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948394-un-urges-restraint-in-myanmars-rakhine-state-after-violence /

 

Microsoft unveil their office of the future in Thailand – there’s no where to sit

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Microsoft have unveiled their office of the future concept in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-unveil-their-office-of-the-future-in-thailand-theres-no-where-to-sit/18021/

Ex-PM Cameron reveals his next job

 

LONDON: -- David Cameron has revealed his first new role after quitting political life will be to lead an expansion of the National Citizen Service for teenagers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948396-ex-pm-cameron-reveals-his-next-job/

 

US election: Obama urges Republicans to shun Trump

 

GREENSBORO, North Carolina: -- US President Barack Obama has urged senior Republicans to formally withdraw their endorsement of Donald Trump as their presidential candidate.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948398-us-election-obama-urges-republicans-to-shun-trump/

 

Thailand and South Korean expected to revive bilateral trades

  

BANGKOK, 12 October 2016 (NNT) - Thailand is looking to revive trade with South Korea. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948399-thailand-and-south-korean-expected-to-revive-bilateral-trades/

 

Pound completes worst four-day performance since Brexit vote

Phillip Inman

 

Bank of England official said he expected further fall driven by referendum result and UK’s trade deficit with rest of world

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946890-pound-drops-to-lowest-level-since-1985 /?do=findComment&comment=11236307

 

Pattaya traffic turns into chaos after heavy downpour flooded roads

 

 

PATTAYA: -- Predawn thunderstorm today dumped heavy rains on Pattaya for two hours, submerging several roads and paralyzing traffic on adjacent areas including the Sukhumvit highway from South Pattaya to Pattaya Sai 3.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948402-pattaya-traffic-turns-into-chaos-after-heavy-downpour-flooded-roads/

 

Kim Kardashian West sues over claims she faked robbery

 

LOS ANGELES: -- US reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is suing a celebrity gossip website for claiming that she faked being the victim of a robbery in Paris last week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948404-kim-kardashian-west-sues-over-claims-she-faked-robbery/

 

UK 'may still have to pay into EU even after Brexit'

By Nicholas WattNewsnight political editor

 

LONDON: -- Whitehall officials believe the UK may need to make big payments to the EU to secure preferential trading terms after Brexit, BBC Newsnight has learned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948406-uk-may-still-have-to-pay-into-eu-even-after-brexit/

 

Narcotic suppression police to cancel Laota press conference today

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Narcotics Suppression Bureau today cancelled its scheduled press conference on the arrest in Chiang Mai of a major drug trafficking gang in Bangkok after the suspects denied the drug charges.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948305-alleged-major-drug-trafficker-laota-arrested/?do=findComment&comment=11236392

 

The Thaiger Roars - Phuket 102.75 FM

 

 

The media scene in Phuket is heating up with the start of a new FM radio station.

 

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948408-the-thaiger-roars-phuket-10275-fm/