Fireworks banned in Bangkok’s public parks during Loy Krathong

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Amazing Thai Tour

 

BANGKOK: -Loy Krathong this year will be celebrated without entertainment and fireworks as Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is toning down the festivities out of respect for the late HM King Bhumibol.

 

Full story:http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951686-fireworks-banned-in-bangkok’s-public-parks-during-loy-krathong/  

A suspected bomber admits he planted a bomb in Phuket’s Paradise market

 

 

One of the two suspected militants arrested by police for alleged involvement in the bombing and arson attacks in seven southern provinces during August 10-12 broke down into tears during police interrogation and reportedly confessed to committing the crime on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951684-a-suspected-bomber-admits-he-planted-a-bomb-in-phuket’s-paradise-market/

Police won praises from mourners for their performances

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police in Bangkok were given kudos by the majority of the people who went to pay tribute to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace for their performance in traffic management, providing security and other public services.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951707-police-won-praises-from-mourners-for-their-performances/

 

Three senior DSI officers moved to PM’s Office

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Three senior officers of the Department of Special Investigation have been abruptly transferred to the Prime Minister’s Office for inexplicable reasons.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951708-three-senior-dsi-officers-moved-to-pm’s-office/

 

CDC ponders capital punishment against politicians who sell political posts

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Politicians are warned that they will face harsher penalties, including death, under the charter-mandated organic laws being drafted if they try to topple constitutional monarchy system of administration or engage in the trading of political portfolios for profits.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951709-cdc-ponders-capital-punishment-against-politicians-who-sell-political-posts/
 

 

Airport Rail Link runs every 12 minutes during weekends

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Airport Rail Link has adjusted the timetables of the train service from the city to the Suvarnabhumi international airport and vice versa during the weekends to provide more convenience to passengers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951710-airport-rail-link-runs-every-12-minutes-during-weekends/

 

Water condition this year is much better than it was last year

 

 

BANGKOK: -- There are 8,800 million cubic metres more water in the country’s 34 big reservoirs than the previous year with 11 reservoirs reporting substantial amount of water and 11 reservoirs with just enough water, said Mr Sanchai Katevorachai, director-general of Royal Irrigation Department, on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951711-water-condition-this-year-is-much-better-than-it-was-last-year/

 

ATM bombed in Songkhla's Thepa district

 

 

SONGKHLA: -- Suspected militants bombed an ATM in Songkhla’s Thepa district and opened fire at security forces in Pattani province late Wednesday night in what was believed to be coordinated attacks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951712-atm-bombed-in-songkhlas-thepa-district/

 

17 people were rushed to hospital after eating food containing caustic soda

 

 

LAMPANG: -- Seventeen people were rushed to a hospital in Wang Nua district of Lampang on Wednesday after they ate food prepared by a cook who mistook caustic soda as salt and used it in preparing food to serve guests at a funeral rite.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951713-17-people-rushed-to-hospital-in-lampang-after-eating-food-containing-caustic-soda/

 

Government blocks and closes 700 improper URLs in October

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Cyber detectives have managed to block 200 URLs which are deemed insulting to the monarchy with the orders of the military junta and closed down 700 URLs with court orders throughout October, Deputy Prime Minister Prajin Juntong disclosed Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951714-thai-govt-blocks-and-closes-700-improper-urls-in-october/

 

Car Jumps Red Light, Kills One and Injures Three

 

 

CityNews – A car that ran a red light at the Susco Gas Station junction near Suan Dok Park, Suthep Road, crashed into a car and a motorbike, killing one and injuring three others.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951715-car-jumps-red-light-kills-one-and-injures-three-in-chiang-mai/

 

Legal team hopeful in Koh Tao murder appeal

By Nyan Lynn Aung  

 

File photo. 

 

SAMUI: -- Lawyers for two Myanmar nationals sentenced to death in Thailand are optimistic about a favourable appeal following a recent announcement from the presiding Thai court.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951716-legal-team-hopeful-in-koh-tao-murder-appeal/

 

3.6 Earthquake Shakes Mae Suay and Mae Lao Districts in Chiang Rai

 

CHIANG RAI – The Seismological Bureau of the Meteorological Department reported that a 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook Chiang Rai Province on Wednesday morning, the epicenter was about two kilometers underground in Mae Suay district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951716-legal-team-hopeful-in-koh-tao-murder-appeal/

 

UPDATE:

 

Reports emerge that Koh Tao murder appeal lawyers are hopeful of success

 

 

SAMUI: -- A report yesterday in the Myanmar Times suggests that the legal team of Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, the two men convicted of the murders of British Hannah Witheridge and David Miller are optimistic about a favourable appeal following a recent announcement from the presiding Thai Court.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951716-legal-team-hopeful-in-koh-tao-murder-appeal/?do=findComment&comment=11293105

 

Prosecutors to contest Jenphop's insanity defense

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

Jenphop Viraporn is ordained as a monk in a ceremony on May 9 at Wat Soontorn Thamtan in Bangkok. He left the monkhood several weeks later.

 

BANGKOK — Prosecutors will ask the court to dismiss Jenphop Viraporn’s claim he is mentally unfit to stand trial for double vehicular manslaughter, a lawyer for one of the victims’ families said Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951718-ayutthaya-high-speed-crash-prosecutors-to-contest-jenphops-insanity-defense/

 

As development cannibalizes Chinatown, French artist preserves pieces

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

A room inside an abandoned building where artist Francois Langella found objects to be used in a forthcoming exhibition. Photo: Francois Langella / Courtesy

 

BANGKOK — See the speed of change as years of development are compressed into a month in a room full of discarded materials.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951719-as-development-cannibalizes-bangkoks-chinatown-french-artist-preserves-pieces/

 

Time to face harsh market realities of rice growing
By Attayuth Bootsripoom 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The falling price of paddy has placed Thai rice farmers in real distress. Their produce is now fetching just Bt5,000 to Bt6,000 per tonne – or Bt5-Bt6 for each kilogram of rice – which is far lower than   their investment costs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951721-time-to-face-harsh-market-realities-of-rice-growing/

 

NSC to integrate security efforts
By NATTAPHAT PHROMKAEW 
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Security Council (NSC) has agreed to cooperate with other security agencies in a move to integrate intelligence data, especially in relation to security threats and counter measures.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951722-nsc-to-integrate-security-efforts/

 

Critics flay govt rice policy
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM, 
PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI 
THE NATION

 

 

Amid raft of measures to stop paddy prices from falling, academics warn they will not help farmers

 

BANGKOK: -- THE GOVERNMENT’S rescue package with its “granary-pledging scheme” will not help rice farmers or substantially lift rice prices, academics have warned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951723-critics-flay-govt-rice-policy/

 

Govt begins buying up rice paddy to help farmers amid slump in prices
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- GOVERNMENT agencies have begun implementing measures aimed at helping rice farmers sell their produce amid declining paddy prices.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951725-govt-begins-buying-up-rice-paddy-to-help-farmers-amid-slump-in-prices/

 

Free-to-air TVs eye greater flexibility in programming after November 14 
By   WATCHIRANONT THONGTEP 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- ALL FREE-TO-AIR TV broadcasters are preparing to resume normal programming as well as paid commercials with full colour on November 14, after getting a green light from the government on Tuesday for revised media guidelines during the national mourning period. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951727-free-to-air-tvs-eye-greater-flexibility-in-programming-after-november-14/

 

UPDATE:

 

Troops aid Phetchaburi flood victims
By THE NATION

 

 

PHETCHABURI: -- THE ARMY YESTERDAY mobilised some 300 troops to help flood victims in Phetchaburi’s Muang and Ban Laem districts move their belongings to higher locations.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951687-man-rescued-from-sunken-car-in-phetchabun-after-ignoring-flood-warning/?do=findComment&comment=11293158

 

French authorities remove minors from shipping containers in Calais

Seamus Kearney

 

 

CALAIS: -- Temporary accommodation in shipping containers has come to an end for hundreds of minors in Calais.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951729-french-authorities-remove-minors-from-shipping-containers-in-calais/

 

Amnesty shocked to find it’s been locked out of Moscow office

Seamus Kearney

 

 

MOSCOW: -- Amnesty International is sending out an SOS over the closing down of its office in Moscow.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951730-amnesty-shocked-to-find-it’s-been-locked-out-of-moscow-office/

 

Russian Foreign Minister says other countries are 'sabotaging' Syria peace talks

 

 

ATHENS: -- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused other countries involved in Syrian peace talks of ‘sabotaging’ the process by backing extremist groups.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951731-russian-foreign-minister-says-other-countries-are-sabotaging-syria-peace-talks/

 

Bad news for Zuma as corruption watchdog recommends official inquiry

 

 

PRETORIA: -- A further blow has been dealt to the embattled South African President.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951732-bad-news-for-zuma-as-corruption-watchdog-recommends-official-inquiry/

 

Obama worries black vote is not solid enough for Clinton

By BILL BARROW and DARLENE SUPERVILLE

 

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama twice generated a historic wave of African-American support on his way to the White House, but worries now the black vote "is not as solid as it needs to be" for Hillary Clinton.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951733-obama-worries-black-vote-is-not-solid-enough-for-clinton/

 

Trump campaigning in stretch like it all depends on Florida

By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN LEMIRE

 

MIAMI (AP) — With the turbulent White House race scrambled in new directions, Donald Trump is campaigning like it all hinges on one all-too-familiar swing state: Florida.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951734-trump-campaigning-in-stretch-like-it-all-depends-on-florida/

 

Iraqi forces consolidate their gains in eastern Mosul

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

 

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi special forces mopping up in territory seized in eastern Mosul killed eight Islamic State militants Wednesday as residents fled to safety from nearby areas and men shaved the beards they were forced to grow while the extremists were in control.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951735-iraqi-forces-consolidate-their-gains-in-eastern-mosul/

 

Federal Reserve keeps borrowing costs unchanged

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- As expected, the Federal Reserve’s policymakers kept interest rates unchanged at their latest meeting and reinforced expectations for higher borrowing costs in December.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951737-us-federal-reserve-keeps-borrowing-costs-unchanged/