Obama bans future oil leases in much of Arctic, Atlantic

By KEVIN FREKING

 

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959575-obama-bans-future-oil-leases-in-much-of-arctic-atlantic/

 

Trump family drops access offered for charity donations

By JULIE BYKOWICZ

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's children may see his move to the White House as a way to raise money for their favorite causes.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959578-trump-family-drops-access-offered-for-charity-donations/

 

Massive fireworks market blast kills at least 26 in Mexico

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and PETER ORSI

 

TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959592-massive-fireworks-market-blast-kills-at-least-26-in-mexico/

 

Thailand to experience longest night on Dec 22

 

 

BANGKOK, 21 December 2016 (NNT) - The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) has indicated that Thailand will tomorrow (December 22, 2016) experience a Winter Solstice, or the longest night in the year. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959608-thailand-to-experience-longest-night-on-dec-22/

 

NCPO chief invokes Article 44 to issue new orders

 

BANGKOK, 21st December 2016 (NNT) - The Chief of the National Council for Peace and Order has invoked his special power under the interim Constitution to issue new orders. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959610-ncpo-chief-invokes-article-44-to-issue-new-orders/

 

SET opens up 4.04 to 1,515.69 /Bangkok Post

Security boosted at Turkish and Russian embassies after assassination in Ankara
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- POLICE have boosted security at the Russian and Turkish embassies in Bangkok after an off-duty Turkish policeman gunned down the Russian ambassador as he gave a speech at an exhibition in Ankara, the Turkish capital.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959611-security-boosted-at-turkish-and-russian-embassies-in-bangkok-after-assassination-in-ankara/

 

Dhammachayo to face more charges for encroachment of state lands in Phuket and Phang Nga

 

 

BANGKOK: -- As the controversial former abbot of Wat Dhammakaya, Phra Dhammachayo, is staying low profile and avoids  turning himself to the authorities to face charges, more charges for land encroachment in Phuket and Phang Nga provinces to build meditation centres are being prepared to filed against him.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959616-dhammachayo-to-face-more-charges-for-encroachment-of-state-lands-in-phuket-and-phang-nga/

 

Swiss man linked to 1MDB investigation released from Thai prison

REUTERS

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand on Tuesday freed from prison a Swiss man jailed for blackmail and attempted extortion in a case linked to a scandal over Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959622-swiss-man-linked-to-1mdb-investigation-released-from-thai-prison/

 

Phuket visa run van wipeout: 3 dead, 7 injured

Phuket News

 

At least two Russians are dead after the visa-run van slid off a bend and slammed into a house in Thap Put, Phang Nga, at 7:30am.

 

PHUKET: -- At least three people are dead and seven more are injured after a visa run van from Phuket slammed into house in Phang Nga this morning (Dec 21). 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959625-phuket-visa-run-van-wipeout-3-dead-7-injured/

 

Army chief vows to punish army personnel for lighting flares at Ranamangala stadium

 

BANGKOK: -- Army commander-in-chief Gen Chalermchai Sithisart vowed to punish the Army personnel if investigation confirmed that they were involved in lighting flares at the Ranamangala stadium during the football match between Thailand and Indonesia last Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959626-army-chief-vows-to-punish-army-personnel-for-lighting-flares-at-ranamangala-stadium/

 

Cabinet approves New Year traditional celebrations

 

BANGKOK, 21 December 2016 (NNT) - The Cabinet has approved a proposal to organize a traditional-Buddhist New Year celebration nationwide while Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha urged every sector to help lower road fatalities this year. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959630-cabinet-approves-new-year-traditional-celebrations/

 

Miracle escape as cop gets 10 minute CPR and lives!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- Foundation workers in Nakorn Sri Thammarat saved a policeman from certain death after his pick-up got submerged in flood waters in a creek.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959632-miracle-escape-as-cop-gets-10-minute-cpr-and-lives/

 

Turkey and Russia probe slaying of envoy in Ankara gallery

By SUZAN FRASER and ELENA BECATOROS

 

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Investigators from Turkey and Russia hunted for clues Tuesday in the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in Ankara.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959633-turkey-and-russia-probe-slaying-of-envoy-in-ankara-gallery/

 

"Grab Car" attack on passenger - Thai public ask what is better: Grab or regular taxi?

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The Thai public are debating what is better - regular taxi services or those called via applications.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959634-grab-car-attack-on-passenger-thai-public-ask-what-is-better-grab-or-regular-taxi/

 

British tourist has safe stolen from Pattaya guesthouse

By Digital Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 2am, on the morning of December 21, Pattaya police received reports of a robbery at the Sweetheart Bar Guesthouse on Soi Buakao in the center of Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959635-british-tourist-has-safe-stolen-from-pattaya-guesthouse/

 

Indian robbed in 50,000 ladyboy snatch

By Digital Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 3am, on the morning of December 21, Pattaya police were called to Walking Street after reports of a robbery.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959636-indian-robbed-in-50000-ladyboy-snatch/

 

15 foreign tourists injured in Surat Thani bus crash

 

 

SURAT THAI: -- Fifteen foreign tourists, were injured when the chartered bus they travelled from Bangkok to Surat Thani went off the highway, flipped over and overturned before dawn Wednesday in Thachana district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959638-15-foreign-tourists-injured-in-surat-thani-bus-crash/

 

Police affirm all at fault in Sukhumvit building collapse will face justice

 

BANGKOK, 21 December 2016 (NNT) – The commander of the Metropolitan Police has affirmed that all at fault in the collapse of a building in Sukhumvit Soi 87 will face justice. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959643-police-affirm-all-at-fault-in-sukhumvit-building-collapse-will-face-justice/

 

UPDATE:

 

Two Russian and an Asian tourists died in van crash in Phang Nga

 

 

PHUKET: -- Two Russian and an Asian tourists were killed and seven others seriously injured when a passenger van crashed into house on the highway from Phuket to Satun early this morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959625-phuket-visa-run-van-wipeout-3-dead-7-injured/?do=findComment&comment=11443685

 

Blind man in custody for fatal Bangkok stabbing

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested a blind man in the fatally stabbing and wounding of three others after an argument over loud music in northern Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959645-blind-man-in-custody-for-fatal-bangkok-stabbing/

 

UPDATE:

 

Three foreigners killed in early morning visa run van crash

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

Rescue workers sort through the carnage. Photo: Phang Nga Rescue Team

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959625-phuket-visa-run-van-wipeout-3-dead-7-injured/?do=findComment&comment=11443748

 

Video: Thai student draws praise after helping injured dog at Songkhla intersection

 

Picture: Thairath

 

SONGKHLA: -- A Thai student in school uniform has drawn praise from the Thai public after CCTV showed her helping a fatally injured dog at a busy intersection in the south of Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959654-video-thai-student-draws-praise-after-helping-injured-dog-at-songkhla-intersection/

 

Famous police doctor fugitive rumored arrested in Myanmar

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A police doctor involved in a high profile case that captivated the Thai public in 2011 is thought to have finally been captured after hiding in Myanmar.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959655-famous-police-doctor-fugitive-rumored-arrested-in-myanmar/

 

Gunfire Reported In Ekkamai After Truck Plows Through Checkpoint

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

Photo: @FM91trafficpro / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — Police were pursuing a truck which reportedly ran a police checkpoint in front of a Big C store in the Ekkamai area, plowing through dozens of cars Wednesday afternoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959656-gunfire-reported-in-ekkamai-after-truck-plows-through-checkpoint/

 

"Thailand's biggest loan shark" raided by DSI

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A large raiding party of DSI officers, soldiers, police and justice department officials raided several properties belonging to Wichai Panngam yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959659-thailands-biggest-loan-shark-raided-by-dsi/

 

A girl has gone online to warn people about habitual use of the pain killer Tramadol

 

Source: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- She said that her boyfriend could hardly walk after getting addicted to the medication that is known as "Ya Khiaw Leuang" (the green and yellow drug) in Thai.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959664-a-girl-has-gone-online-to-warn-people-about-habitual-use-of-the-pain-killer-tramadol/

 

Thailand seeks to develop military production facilities with China

By Thanarith Satrusayang | BANGKOK

 

Thailand and China are in talks about building military production facilities in Thailand, a Thai defense ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, the latest sign of warming relations between China and America's oldest ally in Asia.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959672-thailand-seeks-to-develop-military-production-facilities-with-china/

 

UPDATE:

 

Truck crashes into 20 cars on Ekkamai Road to escape checkpoint

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Screenshot: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A six-wheeler crashed into several cars on Ekkamai Road at around 1pm today. It was reported that the driver was attempting to escape a police checkpoint when he crashed into  multiple vehicles.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959656-gunfire-reported-in-ekkamai-after-truck-plows-through-checkpoint/?do=findComment&comment=11444364

 

American found with slashed neck in Phuket rental room

Phuket Gazette

 

         

The man's body had deep cuts around the neck. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- An American man was found dead, with deep slashes to his neck, at a rental room in Rawai about 7pm last night. Police suspect he may have taken his own life but have not ruled out other possibilities. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959677-american-found-with-slashed-neck-in-phuket-rental-room/