"Tell the grandkids I love them": Final message from granddad killed in Thailand crash

 

A grandfather of four sent a final message saying 'tell the grandkids I love them' just an hour before he died in a tragic accident in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962313-tell-the-grandkids-i-love-them-final-message-from-granddad-killed-in-thailand-crash/

Video: Police chase Bangkok style - but was it worth it?

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK:-- A video is doing the rounds of Thai social media that shows a police chase and dramatic arrest in northern Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962329-video-police-chase-bangkok-style-but-was-it-worth-it/

 

After just one successful trip PM gives stamp of approval to Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry

 

Image: Manager

 

With just one successful test trip completed by the new Pattaya to Hua Hin ferry the prime minister has given his stamp of approval.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962324-good-oneover-the-top-as-usual/

 

Southern flood situation upgraded into Level 3 Public Disaster

 

 

As the flood situation in southern provinces is getting worse posing threat to lives and properties of the people, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda announced the upgrading of management of large-scale disaster to Level 3.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962342-southern-flood-situation-upgraded-into-level-3-public-disaster/

 

The “iPhone robber” deserves to be executed: Chuwit

 

 

Former Rak Prathet Thai party leader Chuwit Kamolvisit said Friday that the suspect who killed an airport ground staffer for his iPhone deserved to be executed because he is an incorrigibly habitual criminal.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962343-the-“iphone-robber”-deserves-to-be-executed-chuwit/

 

Android Nougat update now available to some Samsung Galaxy S7 users

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The Android Nougat is finally available on the Samsung Galaxy S7, well that is the good news, the bad news is that it is only available to some users.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/android-nougat-update-now-available-to-some-samsung-galaxy-s7-users/19208/

Phuket dive industry moves against police arrests, alleged shakedowns

The Phuket News

 

The Phuket dive industry is moving to counter police arrests for teaching tourists dive lessons in swimming pools, and allegations of ‘shakedowns’ for cash by police. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot / file
 

PHUKET: Key representatives from the Association of Thailand Underwater Sports (ATUS) today (Jan 6) met with the Acting Chief of the Phuket Employment Office to discuss action to be taken over the recent spate of arrests of dive instructors across the island.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962346-phuket-dive-industry-moves-against-police-arrests-alleged-shakedowns/

 

Man saw house flattened by flash flood

 

 

SURAT THANI:-- A man and his family narrowly escaped injuries with their pickup truck shortly before a strong flash flood cascading down from Khao Luang mountain flattened their house in Kanchanadit district of Surat Thani Friday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962347-man-saw-house-flattened-by-flash-flood/

 

BMTA notified to take delivery of first lot of NGV buses on Jan 9-10

 

 

Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has been notified to get ready to take delivery of the first lot of 290 NGV buses from Bestlin Group on January 9-10.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962348-bmta-notified-to-take-delivery-of-first-lot-of-ngv-buses-on-jan-9-10/

 

MRT board chooses BEM to operate Taopoon-Bang Sue extension

 

 

The board of Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT) has approved the use of a special method to hire Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company (BEM) to operate the one-kilometre long Taopoon-Bang Sue extension connecting Blue Line with the Purple Line from Taopoon to Bang Yai.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962349-mrt-board-chooses-bem-to-operate-taopoon-bang-sue-extension/

 

PM ‘feels’ pain of natural disaster, unrest in South

By THE NATION

 

 

PRIME Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha says he feels the pain of people living in the South who are facing so many problems such as the threat of natural disasters and unrest.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962350-pm-‘feels’-pain-of-natural-disaster-unrest-in-south/

 

REVEALED: Is this what the Samsung Galaxy S8 will look like?

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

There are big things expected of the Samsung Galaxy S8 after the disastrous exploding Note 7.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/revealed-is-this-what-the-samsung-galaxy-s8-will-look-like/19203/

Veteran operator joins Dentsu from TBWA

By THE NATION

 

Amornsak, left, with Narong, right. Dentsu Thailand bolsters leadership team with appointment of Narong as CEO.

 

DENTSU THAILAND, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has announced the appointment of Narong Tresuchon as chief executive officer, effective from last month.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962353-veteran-operator-joins-dentsu-from-tbwa/

 

Thai Habel sets sights on regional market for Altron TV

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN
THE NATION

 

Narindej Thaveesangpanich, deputy managing director of Thai Habel Industrial, showcases the company's Altron TV set.

 

THAI HABEL Industrial Co, a manufacturer of television sets, plans to make its flagship brand Altron one of the best-known brands in Indochina within five years.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962354-thai-habel-sets-sights-on-regional-market-for-altron-tv/

 

Thaivivat’s chief leads innovation in the non-life insurance sector

By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN
THE NATION

 

JIRAPHANT Asvatanakul, president and chief executive officer of Thaivivat Insurance, has spearheaded the drive for innovation in the non-life insurance industry.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962355-thaivivat’s-chief-leads-innovation-in-the-non-life-insurance-sector/

 

Tourists rescued as floods hit Nakhon Si Thammarat

By The Nation

 

 

POLICE yesterday rescued five tourists from a flood-hit resort in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962356-tourists-rescued-as-floods-hit-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

Several dead and wounded in US airport shooting

Catherine Hardy

 

 

At least five people have been killed in a shooting at an airport in the United States.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962357-several-dead-and-wounded-in-us-airport-shooting/

 

Japan recalls South Korean ambassador over 'comfort women' statue

 

 

Japan has temporarily recalled its ambassador to South Korea over this statue commemorating Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for the Japanese in World War II.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962358-japan-recalls-south-korean-ambassador-over-comfort-women-statue/

 

Turkey's tourism industry takes a hit amid security concerns

Joanna Gill

 

 

The streets of Istanbul, normally full of tourists, have seen a dramatic drop in foreign visitors.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962359-turkeys-tourism-industry-takes-a-hit-amid-security-concerns/

 

Nigerian army finds another Chibok schoolgirl taken by Boko Haram

 

 

Nigerian soldiers have found a schoolgirl who was one of more than 200 pupils kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962360-nigerian-army-finds-another-chibok-schoolgirl-taken-by-boko-haram/

 

 

Video: Samui flooding brings misery - but not to these two farang tourists

 

Image: Sanook

 

KOH SAMUI:-- Two western tourists enjoyed themselves in the flooded streets of Koh Samui yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962328-video-samui-flooding-brings-misery-but-not-to-these-two-farang-tourists/

 

Another prison riot claims lives in Brazil

Catherine Hardy

 

 

At least 33 inmates have been killed in the latest prison riot in the Amazon region of Brazil.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962361-another-prison-riot-claims-lives-in-brazil/

 

Turkish police arrest 18 people linked to Izmir attack

 

 

As mourners gathered to pay tribute to the victims of a car bombing and shootout in Izmir, Turkish police announced the arrest of 18 people in connection with the attack.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962362-turkish-police-arrest-18-people-linked-to-izmir-attack/

 

American tourist falls to his death at Uthai Thani waterfall

 

Image: Thairath

 

An American man his died after falling to his death  in Uthai Thani province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962368-american-tourist-falls-to-his-death-at-uthai-thani-waterfall/

 

Taxi driver dumps Thai woman on roadside so he can pick up foreign tourists

 

 

BANGKOK:-- A Thai woman claims a she was kicked out a taxi so the driver could pick up a family of foreign tourists.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962374-taxi-driver-dumps-thai-woman-on-roadside-so-he-can-pick-up-foreign-tourists/

 

Pair accused of murder had lengthy crime records: police

By Donrawee Sudphum,
Charoonroj Tiewpaingarm
The Nation

 

Two suspected robbers, one wearing a helmet and the other in blue T-shirt behind him, re-enact their alleged crime at the mouth of a small soi in Lat Phrao district in Bangkok yesterday.

 

Two men charged in stabbing death met in jail and carried out series of thefts

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962375-pair-accused-of-murder-had-lengthy-crime-records-police/

 

At least 15,000 vans could be taken off the roads

By Natthapat Phromkaew,
Pongpat Traipipat
The Nation

 

 

AS MANY as 15,163 inter-provincial passenger vans on fixed routes could be taken off Thailand’s roads by 2019 because they are not appropriate for public transportation, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krue-Ngam said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962376-at-least-15000-vans-could-be-taken-off-the-roads/

 

Election may be held 19 months after constitution is activated

By The Nation

 

Deputy PM Wissanu.

 

IT COULD take up to 19 months after the new constitution takes affect before the next general election will be held, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962377-election-may-be-held-19-months-after-constitution-is-activated/

 

Reconciliation recommendation to be tabled next month

By The Nation

 

Seri

 

The chairman of the political reform committee under the National Reform Steering Assembly said the panel would finish drafting the reconciliation recommendation in February before tabling it to the NRSA meeting for approval.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962379-reconciliation-recommendation-to-be-tabled-next-month/

 

Easier appeals for convicted politicians under new rules

By The Nation

 

Athikom

 

POLITICIANS CONVICTED by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders will be able to appeal court verdicts more easily after a new constitution is implemented, a senior judicial official said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962380-easier-appeals-for-convicted-politicians-under-new-rules/