Phuket Chinese tourists safe after storm waves sink boats off Phi Phi

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- National park officers have safely recovered 22 Chinese tourists stranded on Koh Mai Pai (Bamboo Island), northeast of Phi Phi Island, after their tour boat sank in rough seas east of Phuket earlier today (Jan 4).

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961886-phuket-chinese-tourists-safe-after-storm-waves-sink-boats-off-phi-phi/

 

Video: crazy driving as drunk woman drags motorcycle under pick-up for three kilometers

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- A video is doing the rounds of social media after a drunk woman driver hit a motorcycle and dragged the bike for three kilometers before stopping.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961919-video-crazy-driving-as-drunk-woman-drags-motorcycle-under-pick-up-for-three-kilometers/

 

Add teetering lampposts to the dangers of living in Pattaya!

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Herewith further evidence of the dangers of living in Pattaya!

 

PATTAYA: -- But fortunately there is a foreign tourist on hand to do the pointing just in case we were in any doubt about the mortal peril residents at the resort find themselves in, reports Manager Online.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961920-add-teetering-lampposts-to-the-dangers-of-living-in-pattaya/

 

Driver and passenger in miraculous escape in Klaeng tree smash

 

Picture: Daily News

 

RAYONG: -- A driver of a Honda City and his female passenger had a miraculous escape after hitting a tree in the central reservation on Sukhumvit Road in Klaeng, Rayong.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961921-driver-and-passenger-in-miraculous-escape-in-klaeng-tree-smash/

 

Rayong cop on big bike killed on way home to see mum and dad

 

Picture: Daily News

 

KORAT: -- A Rayong policeman was killed in Korat riding a 650 Honda CBR on his way home to Chaiyaphum to see his parents.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961922-rayong-cop-on-big-bike-killed-on-way-home-to-see-mum-and-dad/

 

Man steals his employer's 10 wheeler to take his girlfriend for a new year trip

 

Picture: Daily News

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- A crafty employee stole his Ayuthaya employer's ten wheel truck to take his girlfriend on a planned trip to Rayong.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961923-man-steals-his-employers-10-wheeler-to-take-his-girlfriend-for-a-new-year-trip/

 

Officials digging for carcasses at Hua Hin elephant park

 

Picture: Daily News

 

HUA HIN: -- Officials from the national parks department and the military used three backhoes to look for elephant carcasses at a well known Hua Hin elephant park on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961924-officials-digging-for-carcasses-at-hua-hin-elephant-park/

 

Baby boy found thrown out with the rubbish behind Bangkok market

 

Source: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Municipal trash collectors called police after they found the dead body of a new born baby boy in a pile of rubbish behind the Udom Suk market in Sukhumvit Road Soi 103.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961925-baby-boy-found-thrown-out-with-the-rubbish-behind-bangkok-market/

 

Food seller stabbed by "friend" in Ubon street attack

 

Picture: Daily News

 

UBON RATCHATHANI: -- A food seller in Ubon was stabbed in the side of the head by a man who thought he had reported him to police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961927-food-seller-stabbed-by-friend-in-ubon-street-attack/

 

Cabinet endorses new law to get tough on public transport and traffic offenders

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The cabinet on Wednesday approved a land traffic bill which will seek to require public transport such as buses to be fitted with safety belts for passengers and to empower transport officials to seize or suspend the driver’s licenses of motorists or to withhold the issuance of road tax permits in case motorists refuse to pay fines within 15 days after they were given traffic tickets.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961928-cabinet-endorses-new-law-to-get-tough-on-public-transport-and-traffic-offenders/

 

PM insists security protection for Ms Yingluck is meant for her safety

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has defended that security officials sent to follow former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra were meant to give her protection and to ensure her safety.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961929-pm-insists-security-protection-for-ms-yingluck-is-meant-for-her-safety/

 

PM vows to get tough especially with passenger vans within 3 months from now

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has vowed to get tough with public buses and passenger vans to make sure that they strictly abide by the laws within in the next three months from now before the Songkran long holidays when a lot of people are expected to travel to upcountry provinces again.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961930-pm-vows-to-get-tough-especially-with-passenger-vans-within-3-months-from-now/
 

 

FTD says claim of plastic rice in Thai pack rice sold in US is distorted

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Foreign Trade Department has asked the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society to block a video clip believed posted in the social media by an Asian community in the US claiming that Thai pack rice sold in the US market was adulterated with plastic grains.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961931-ftd-says-claim-of-plastic-rice-in-thai-pack-rice-sold-in-us-is-distorted/

 

PM says Dhammachayo will be arrested at the right timing

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said Wednesday that officials were waiting for the right timing to enter Wat Dhammakaya to arrest its former abbot, Phra Dhammachayo.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961932-pm-says-dhammachayo-will-be-arrested-at-the-right-timing/

 

PM’s Office minister Suwit tipped to head secretariat for reforms

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister’s Office Minister Suwit Maesinsee was tipped to head a secretariat’s office for reconciliation reform committee and the strategic committee, government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961933-pm’s-office-minister-suwit-tipped-to-head-secretariat-for-reforms/

 

Body of one of the two drowned tourists found in reservoir

 

 

KANCHANABURI: -- Rescue and search team found the body of one of the two tourists – a father and son – who went missing after they went fishing in the reservoir of Srinagarind dam in Kanchanaburi’s Srisawat district since December 31.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961934-body-of-one-of-the-two-drowned-tourists-found-in-reservoir/

 

South-bound trains disrupted by heavy flooding in Nakhon Si Thammarat

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The State Railway of Thailand has announced changes of the train services to southern provinces on Thursday due to heavy flooding in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961935-south-bound-trains-disrupted-by-heavy-flooding-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

No alcohol found in body of van driver in horrific crash

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: JS100

 

CHONBURI: -- No traces of alcohol were found in the body of the 64-year-old van driver who was involved in the car crash that killed 25 people on Chonburi Road on Monday, Royal Thai Police Hospital announced this afternoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961937-no-alcohol-found-in-body-of-van-driver-in-horrific-crash/

 

Prayut rejects elections campaigns in current environment, leaving door open to delay
By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Prayut

 

BANGKOK: -- WHILE NOT ruling out a postponement of the general election until next year, after a member of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) raised doubts about the issue, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday the current atmosphere was not suitable for election campaigns.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961938-prayut-rejects-elections-campaigns-in-current-environment-leaving-door-open-to-delay/

 

Holiday road-death toll soars despite authorities’ crackdown
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- DESPITE TOUGHER action against law-breaking motorists, including the Army’s seizure of drunk drivers’ vehicles, the road toll during the New Year holiday remains higher compared to the previous year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961940-holiday-road-death-toll-soars-despite-authorities’-crackdown/

 

Employers now required to pay compensation to retiring staff
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CABINET yesterday approved an amendment to the Labour Protection Act, which requires employers to provide compensation to retiring workers, assistant minister to the Prime Minister’s Office Kobsak Phutrakul said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961942-employers-now-required-to-pay-compensation-to-retiring-staff/

 

Rubber-stamp NLA will rebound on junta  
By Attayuth Bootsripoom 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Late last year, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) swiftly passed amendment bills to two important laws, setting the stage for repercussions in 2017.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961943-rubber-stamp-nla-will-rebound-on-junta/

 

TAT targets 34m visitors
By SUCHAT SRITAMA 
THE NATION 

 

BANGKOK:  -- THE TOURISM Authority of Thailand has announced its targets for the year, aiming for overall income of Bt2.77 trillion from 34.3 million foreign visitors and 154 million domestic trips.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961944-tat-targets-34m-visitors/

 

Prayut spells out new structures for reform
By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Prayut

 

Elaborate set of agencies for reconciliation, national strategy

 

BANGKOK: -- RECONCILIATION WILL be the junta government’s main thrust again this year, along with the national strategy and reforms, said Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961946-prayut-spells-out-new-structures-for-reform/

 

UPDATE:

 

PM apologises for officers following Yingluck
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday admitted that undercover officers had followed former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra during her New Year holiday and apologised if they intruded on her privacy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961929-pm-insists-security-protection-for-ms-yingluck-is-meant-for-her-safety/?do=findComment&comment=11488928

 

Government expands cover for stem-cell treatments
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- GOVERNMENT healthcare has been extended to cover more stem-cell transplant patients, Social Security Office (SSO) chief Dr Suradech Waleeitthikul said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961948-government-expands-cover-for-stem-cell-treatments/

 

French farmer on trial for transporting migrants across French-Italian border

 

 

NICE: -- A French farmer has gone on trial in Nice, charged with illegally transporting migrants across the French-Italian border, within France, and with helping them to find residence in France.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961920-add-teetering-lampposts-to-the-dangers-of-living-in-pattaya/

 

Saving Obamacare: the US president pleads for his legacy

Catherine Hardy

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- US President Barack Obama has urged fellow Democrats to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961954-saving-obamacare-the-us-president-pleads-for-his-legacy/

 

More than 100 injured in rail accident in New York

 

 

NEW YORK: -- A train derailed in Brooklyn’s busy Atlantic Terminal in New York during rush hour on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961957-more-than-100-injured-in-rail-accident-in-new-york/

 

German authorities detain 26-year-old Tunisian in connection with Berlin attack

 

 

BERLIN: -- German authorities have taken a 26-year old Tunisian into custody in connection with December’s deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961958-german-authorities-detain-26-year-old-tunisian-in-connection-with-berlin-attack/