British singers Church, Ferguson snub Trump inauguration

By Estelle Shirbon and Jonathan Allen

REUTERS

 

British singer Charlotte Church arrives at a division of the High Court, in central London, February 27, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/File Photo

 

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - British singers Charlotte Church and Rebecca Ferguson have rejected invitations from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's team to perform at his inauguration next week, they said in separate statements on Tuesday.

 

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Ministry of Commerce to establish over 12,000 more Noo Nit shops

 

BANGKOK, 11 January 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce has resolved to add over 12,000 of its ready-made meal outlets across the nation this year. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963089-ministry-of-commerce-to-establish-over-12000-more-noo-nit-shops/

 

Officials unable to save dolphin rescued off Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The dolphin was rescued off the shore of Bon Island off Rawai Beach. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Officials were unable to save a striped dolphin that was rescued from the shore of Bon Island yesterday (Jan 10) and official from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.(DMCR) told The Phuket News.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963100-officials-unable-to-save-dolphin-rescued-off-phuket/

 

Internet is hunting for man who gave Udon Thani ducks yantra tattoo

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: 1132 Udoncity Hotline/Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- Udon Thani netizens are enraged after a vandal drew yantra tattoos on their city’s famous rubber ducks with a marker.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963109-internet-is-hunting-for-man-who-gave-udon-thani-ducks-yantra-tattoo/

 

Netflix users targeted in new phishing scam designed to steal credit card data

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Netflix users are being targeted by a new phishing scam, designed to trick them into handing over their login credentials and credit card details.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/netflix-users-targeted-in-new-phishing-scam-designed-to-steal-credit-card-data/19281/

One million rai of rubber plantations damaged in southern flooding

 

 

The current flooding in the southern provinces has damaged about one million rai of rubber plantations estimated at a cost of about 40 billion baht with Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phatthalung being the worst hit.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963131-one-million-rai-of-rubber-plantations-damaged-in-southern-flooding/

 

Former Miss Thailand to open international school for her daughter

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Nui Sujira/Instagram

 

Everyone wants the best school for their kids. Miss Thailand 2001 Sujira “Nui” Arunpipat decided to skip shopping around for the best school for her child and just open one instead.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963132-former-miss-thailand-to-open-international-school-for-her-daughter/

 

 

Russia likely main topic in Trump's first news conference since election

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., January 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump will use his first news conference in nearly six months on Wednesday to lay out a plan to separate himself from his business empire to try to erase questions about potential conflicts of interest, but Russia is likely to take centre stage.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963145-russia-likely-main-topic-in-trumps-first-news-conference-since-election/

 

Chiang Mai struck by 94 minor tremors in one month

 

 

Chiang Mai was hit by 94 minor quakes measuring from 4 magnitude on the Richter scale to 1 magnitude in the past one month, but there is a 5 percent chance that the northern capital may be struck by a stronger tremor of up to 5.5 magnitude within a cycle of 17 years.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963022-chiang-mai-rocked-by-40-earthquake-today/?do=findComment&comment=11511170

 

Residents spot giant escaped zoo crocodile 'Nadia' in flood

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

A file photo of Nadia. Photo: Manager Online

 

This afternoon, locals of of flooded Nakhon Si Thammarat said they spotted a giant crocodile in the floodwaters suspected to be “Nadia,” the 5-meter-long croc that supposedly escaped from the zoo.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963041-nadia-the-giant-croc-terrorizing-southern-thai-town/?do=findComment&comment=11511183

 

Chinese national dead in Phuket after motorbike crash

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- One man died while another was injured following a motorbike crash in Karon early this morning.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963146-chinese-national-dead-in-phuket-after-motorbike-crash/

 

Phuket pickup crash brings live power cables down in Karon

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Police have confirmed there have been no fatalities after a pickup truck slammed into a power pylon on the Karon beach road today (Jan 11), instigating a cascade that brought down live power cables onto at least one other vehicle and the road.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963147-phuket-pickup-crash-brings-live-power-cables-down-in-karon/

 

 

Hong Kong Tourist Robbed By Bad 'Good Samaritan'

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Police on Wednesday question Thanpisit Onraksa, seated, at Chachoengsao City Police Station.

 

CHACHOENGSAO — A Thai man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of posing as a tourism official to rob a lost tourist seeking help in Chachoengsao province last week.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963148-hong-kong-tourist-robbed-by-bad-good-samaritan/

 

Teens are ‘Thailand’s toughest ad audience’

By The Nation

 

GENERATION Z – people aged 16-19 – are increasingly relevant to brands as a barometer to gauge future advertising trends, a new study finds.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963149-teens-are-‘thailand’s-toughest-ad-audience’/

 

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