Digital economy development bill voted down by NLA

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Legislative Assembly on Thursday voted down the assembly’s scrutiny committee’s amended digital development bill regarding the qualifications of the resources persons in the digital board.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951916-digital-economy-development-bill-voted-down-by-thailands-nla/

 

RTP instructs police in all areas to prepare measures for Loy Krathong festival

  

BANGKOK, 4 November 2016 (NNT) - The Royal Thai Police (RTP) instructed police officers to ensure the public's safety and facilitate traffic during 2016 Loy Krathong festival. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951917-rtp-instructs-police-in-all-areas-to-prepare-measures-for-loy-krathong-festival/

 

Transport ministry and Energy Ministry study ways to reduce the energy consumption of transport sector

 

  

BANGKOK, 4 November 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Energy will be studying approaches to reduce energy consumption in the transport sector to promote environmental conservation, in accordance with a United Nations' (UN) campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951918-govt-ministries-study-ways-to-reduce-energy-consumption-of-transport-sector/

 

Authorities: Woman 'chained up like a dog' inside container

 

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A woman who had been reported missing along with her boyfriend in late August was found "chained up like a dog" inside a storage container, a South Carolina sheriff said Thursday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951920-us-police-woman-chained-up-like-a-dog-inside-container/
 

 

Turkey: pro-Kurdish HDP leaders 'arrested in counter-terrorism probe'

 

 

ANKARA: -- Turkish police have detained the co-leaders of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP party as part of an ongoing counter-terrorism investigation, security officials say.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951925-turkey-pro-kurdish-hdp-leaders-arrested-in-counter-terrorism-probe/

 

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - US Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Alabama inmate convicted of 1982 murder-for-hire

Thailand and Australia hold joint military training

  

CHONBURI, 4 November 2016 (NNT) -The Thai and Australian armies have begun a joint military training exercise in Chonburi. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951928-thailand-and-australia-hold-joint-military-training-exercise-in-chonburi/

 

New Bangkok governor to announce ‘more practical’ policies

 

  

BANGKOK, 4 November 2016 (NNT) – The new governor of Bangkok is set to announce new governance policies with an emphasis on practicality, while driving forward the sidewalk regulation campaigns. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951929-new-bangkok-governor-to-announce-more-practical-policies/

 

Catch Beach Club to reopen in Phuket

Matt Pond

 

The announcement was made on Catch Beach Club's Facebook page along with this image. Photo: Catch Beach Club/Facebook

 

PHUKET: -- The island’s original beach club, Catch, announced yesterday in a Facebook post that it will reopen on December 24 on the site of the existing Bliss Beach Club on Bang Tao Beach.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951930-catch-beach-club-to-reopen-in-phuket/

 

Alabama scheduled to execute man in '82 murder-for-hire 
KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press

 

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man convicted of the 1982 shooting death of a woman's husband in a murder-for-hire arrangement was set to be executed Thursday evening.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951932-alabama-scheduled-to-execute-man-in-82-murder-for-hire /

 

 

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Five Phuket homes destroyed by fire

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The fire was said to have started by a lit candle falling onto a bed in one of the homes. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Five homes in Mai Khao were completely destroyed last night (Nov 3) by a fire which police were told was caused by a lit candle falling onto a bed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951933-five-phuket-homes-destroyed-by-fire/

 

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Police to beef up security as Loy  Krathong festival is to be celebrated November 14

 

 

BANGKOK: -- As the 30-day mourning period is to end November 13, the Royal Thai Police yesterday issued instructions for police across the country to tighten security and prepare to ensure the people celebrate the upcoming Loy Krathong festival with safety and convenience.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951917-rtp-instructs-police-in-all-areas-to-prepare-measures-for-loy-krathong-festival/?do=findComment&comment=11296854

 

Boats cleared ahead of army’s march onto Bali Hai Pier

 

PATTAYA:-- As promised, the army descended onto Bali Hai Pier Tuesday, ensuring speedboat owners moved their trailered watercraft as ordered and overseeing the start of a massive cleanup and renovation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951937-boats-cleared-ahead-of-army’s-march-onto-bali-hai-pier/

 

‘Dangerous’ Russian ex-con captured in Pattaya

 

PATTAYA:--A convicted Russian fraudster and drug dealer was arrested in Pattaya and deported.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951939-‘dangerous’-russian-ex-con-captured-in-pattaya/

 

Thepprasit Road powers up

 

PATTAYA:-- The Provincial Electricity Authority replaced high-voltage wires on Thep­prasit Road to meet the area’s increased demand for power.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951941-thepprasit-road-powers-up/

 

Nong Nooch rescues orphaned elephant

 

PATTAYA:-- Nong Nooch Tropical Garden is nursing back to health a baby elephant abandoned in the wild by its mother

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951942-nong-nooch-rescues-orphaned-elephant/

 

British Nationals Caught Shoplifting in Family Mart

By Digital Admin -

 

  

PATTAYA: -- At 12.30am, on the morning of November 4, staff at a Family Mart on Soi Buakhao, central Pattaya, were alerted to suspicious activity in the store.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951943-british-nationals-caught-shoplifting-in-family-mart/

 

Farmers to get 46 billion baht soft loans to delay rice selling

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bank for Agriculture band Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) says it has set aside over 46 billion baht soft loan to extend to farmers to delay the selling of their paddy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951945-farmers-to-get-46-billion-baht-soft-loans-to-delay-rice-selling/

 

Huawei unveils stunning supersized Mate 9 smartphone

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Chinese tech giant Huawei has taken the wraps of its most powerful smartphone to date, the Huawei Mate 9.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/huawei-unveils-stunning-supersized-mate-9-smartphone/18347/#prettyPhoto

Something wrong with Filipinos: Senator Trillanes

 

 

MANILA: -- Philippines Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has called on Filipinos to open their eyes and to be discerning a leader who repeatedly breaks in his words, The Philippines Inquirer Online reported on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951950-something-wrong-with-filipinos-senator-trillanes/

 

TOT tasked with village scheme
By  JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION 

Deputy Prime Minister Prajin Juntong

 

BANGKOK: -- THE GOVERNMENT has revised the procurement method of the National Internet Broadband for Villages project by allowing the Digital Economy and Society Ministry to transfer the Bt15-billion budget to TOT to ensure Internet broadband connectivity for 24,700 villages within a couple of years. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951953-tot-tasked-with-village-scheme/

 

Life returns to Rong Klua border market

 

ARANYAPRATHET: -- Hustle and bustle is back at the large Rong Klua border market in Aranyaprathet today when thousands of Cambodian traders returning to the market with large amount of second hand winter coats to sell to Thai shoppers flicking to the border market looking for cheap clothes as now the country is entering the cold season.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951954-life-returns-to-rong-klua-border-market/

 

Hat Yai continues on high security alert as terror grips far south

 

Picture: Daily News

 

HAT YAI: -- The city of Hat Yai continues to be on the highest terror alert as fears mount that the city will be targeted after attacks on three provinces on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951956-hat-yai-continues-on-high-security-alert-as-terror-grips-far-south/

 

Rogue monk nabbed: The only thing that wasn't orange was his urine - that was purple

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

LAMPHUN: -- A monk high on Ya Ba caught racing across the north last night was apprehended in his orange robes at a checkpoint.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951957-rogue-monk-nabbed-the-only-thing-that-wasnt-orange-was-his-urine-that-was-purple/

 

Four foreigners arrested for theft

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

The suspects were apprehended in Hua Hin. Photo: Suchat Hankij

 

HUA HIN: Four foreigners were arrested in Hua Hin on Wednesday for breaking into a car and stealing 188,000 baht in cash in Surat Thani on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951960-four-foreigners-arrested-in-hua-hin/

 

As Zimbabwe tries new currency, skeptics reach for the old

By FARAI MUTSAKA

 

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's 100-trillion-dollar bill, a relic of economic ruin, has been an international joke and an online collector's item for years. But this banknote (14 zeros, if anyone is counting) is getting a warmer embrace from Zimbabweans than a new local currency the government is introducing this month.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951962-as-zimbabwe-tries-new-currency-skeptics-reach-for-the-old/

 

 

Man didn't die from police beating, says Bangkok police chief

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The chief of Bangkok's police has said that injuries sustained by a man in a gambling raid on Wednesday were not enough to kill him.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951967-man-didnt-die-from-police-beating-says-bangkok-police-chief/

 

Some Republicans are discussing their plans for President Clinton — starting with impeachment

By Mike DeBonis

The Washington Post

 

WASHINGTON: -- Senior Republican lawmakers are openly discussing the prospect of impeaching Hillary Clinton should she win the presidency, a stark indication that partisan warfare over her tenure as secretary of state will not end on Election Day.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951969-some-republicans-are-discussing-their-plans-for-president-clinton-—-starting-with-impeachment/

 

Maxim model busted for stealing THB9,500 dress at Emporium; also tested positive for drugs

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Manager/ Maxim

 

BANGKOK: -- A Maxim model was arrested yesterday for stealing a pricy dress from Emporium shopping mall, before the police found out that she also tested positive for drugs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951971-maxim-model-busted-for-stealing-thb9500-dress-at-emporium-also-tested-positive-for-drugs/