Many provinces continue to donate to people in South

 

BANGKOK, 23 January 2017 (NNT) - Many provinces in the upper part of Thailand have sent food and necessary supplies to the flood-affected southern provinces. 

In Khon Kaen, military officers and volunteers on Sunday put donated items totaling 20 tons into a freight train of the State Railway of Thailand. The donations will be given to people in the South. 

Si Sa Ket province gave 16 tons of rice, instant noodles, dry food and drinking water to the provincial agricultural department in the flood-hit Nahon Si Thammarat. More than 2.1 million baht in donation from Si Sa Ket will be given to the government to help people in the South. 

In Phrae, many organizations have continuously arranged activities to receive donations for the flood-affected people. The province will continue to receive donations until the flooding situation in the South is resolved.

 

-- nnt 2017-01-23

Households face at least 350 baht/month for garbage collection and disposal

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A new cleanliness law has come into force since its publication in the Royal Gazette on January 15 under which each household will have to pay garbage collection and disposal fees.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965095-households-face-at-least-350-bahtmonth-for-garbage-collection-and-disposal/

 

Heavy rains lash 5 southern provinces

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Five southern provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat continue to experience heavy and very heavy rains today (Sunday) until Wednesday, the Meteorological Department reported on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965096-heavy-rains-lash-5-southern-provinces/

 

Most people have confidence in PM to bring about reconciliation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Super Poll Research Centre polled the opinions of 1,266 people of different occupations and professions across the country during January 10-21.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965097-most-people-have-confidence-in-pm-prayut-to-bring-about-reconciliation/

 

Body believed to be missing Japanese found

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The body of a man suspected to be that of a missing Japanese tourist was plucked from a klong in Bang Kor Laem district on Sunday by rescue workers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965098-body-believed-to-be-missing-japanese-found/

 

King’s postcards on sale for charity

 

 

His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has graciously donated his postcard drawings to be printed as New Year’s postcards for sale to raise fund for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s merit makings and for southern flood victims.

 

The postcards also contain the King’s well wishes and philosophy about how to life a happy life.

 

The postcards are now available on sale at 90 baht for a set of four cards at the Golden Place shops, the court officials’ 904 shop and Sooksamran bike shop on Sukhothai road and all Nai In bookshops as of January 23.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/kings-postcards-sale-charity/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-01-23

UDD ready to sign MoU on reconciliation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is ready to sign the government’s proposed Memorandum of Understanding on Reconciliation provided that the content of the document is based on the principles of justice and equality, said UDD chairman Jatuporn Promphan.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965099-udd-ready-to-sign-mou-on-reconciliation/

 

Phuket Airport scrambles to improve services

 

 

PHUKET, 23 January 2017 (NNT) – The government spokesman has disclosed that Phuket Airport is scrambling to improve its in-line screening system to reduce waiting time for passengers. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965100-phuket-airport-scrambles-to-improve-services/

 

PM says reform, reconciliation require public participation

 

BANGKOK, 23 January 2017 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked all sides to take part in national reform and reconciliation for the maximum benefit of the whole population. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965101-pm-prayut-says-reform-reconciliation-require-public-participation/

 

NHC to pursue traditional medicine

 

 

NONTHABURI, 23 January 2017 (NNT) - The National Health Commission (NHC) has agreed on the third national strategy for the development of traditional medicines. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965103-nhc-to-pursue-traditional-medicine/

 

TNSC: Thai currency to depreciate against US dollar this year

 

 

BANGKOK, 23 January 2017 (NNT) – The Thai National Shippers’ Council believes that the Thai currency could touch 37 baht per US dollar by the end of this year as a result of Donald Trump’s economic policies. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965104-tnsc-thai-currency-to-depreciate-against-us-dollar-this-year/

 

Phuket-bound Jetstar flight 3K535 turns back to Singapore

 

SINGAPORE: A Jetstar plane bound for Phuket turned back 25 minutes into the flight on Sunday afternoon (Jan 22), after experiencing a ventilation issue.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965105-phuket-bound-jetstar-flight-3k535-turns-back-to-singapore/

 

British police used a Taser on a black man they thought was a robber. He was their race-relations adviser

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

The Washington Post

 

BRISTOL: -- Judah Adunbi has spent the greater part of a decade trying to improve relations between police in southwestern England and the members of his Afro-Caribbean community.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965106-british-police-used-a-taser-on-a-black-man-they-thought-was-a-robber-he-was-their-race-relations-adviser/

 

UPDATE:

 

Body tentatively identified as that of Japanese tourist, 21
By The Nation

 

 

The parents and officials at police station Pai district Mae Hong Son province.

 

BANGKOK: -- POLICE HAVE FOUND a body believed to be that of a 21-year-old Japanese tourist who had been reported missing. The parents of Sonam Tsuboi, 21, will attempt to identify the remains today.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965098-body-believed-to-be-missing-japanese-found/?do=findComment&comment=11548979

 

Flood victims in South resort to living on rafts
By The Nation

 

Children play on a flooded road above Pattani dam’s spillway in the province’s Yarang district yesterday. For weeks, the South has been badly affected by flooding. Charoon Thongnual

 

SURAT THANI: -- IN THE FACE of weeks-long flooding, many victims in Surat Thani province have chosen to live on rafts so that they can stay close to their flooded houses.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965107-flood-victims-in-south-resort-to-living-on-rafts/

 

Govt stakes legacy on 4.0
By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN
THE NATION

 

PM’s Office Minister Suvit Maesincee

 

PM’S OFFICE MINISTER UNVEILS AMBITIOUS PLATFORM OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL GOALS BUT EDUCATION NOT KEY PART OF STATED AGENDA

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965108-thai-govt-stakes-legacy-on-40/

 

Political parties to be invited for discussions on reconciliation
By PRAPASRI OSATHANON 
THE NATION

 

SEVERAL groups – including political parties – will be invited for talks on reconciliation next month, said Peerasak Porjit, vice president of the National Legislative Assembly yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965109-political-parties-to-be-invited-for-discussions-on-reconciliation/

 

Higher education ‘stuck in outdated mode’ despite ‘4.0 era’: lecturer
By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
THE NATION

 

Dr Supot Hannongbua

 

BANGKOK: -- MOST PARTS of the higher education sector are stuck in an outdated 1.2 version, even as the ambitious Thailand 4.0 serves as a future benchmark, a prominent university lecturer has said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965110-higher-education-‘stuck-in-outdated-mode’-despite-‘40-era’-lecturer/

 

Doubts voiced over complex Super-Committee
By WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION

 

Suvit

 

HUGE STRUCTURE WILL FOCUS ON TASKS THAT COULD GO TO EXISTING AGENCIES

 

BANGKOK: -- THE JUNTA government’s freshly established Super-Committee, overseeing a range of issues from reforms to reconciliation, plus long-term national strategy, claims it will not only integrate administration work, but also try to achieve a “rounded democratisation” with a new society – dubbed Thailand 4.0 – as its first and foremost goal.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965111-doubts-voiced-over-complex-super-committee/

 

Foreign language training for Thai tourist guides
By THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports are working with the Bureau of the Royal Household to organise foreign-language training for tour guides to assist the high volume of international tourists visiting the Grand Palace and the Temple of Emerald Buddha.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965112-foreign-language-training-for-thai-tourist-guides/

 

Trade officers prepare for Trump era
By PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- AMID concern over the impact on Thailand’s export growth of so-called “Trumponomics” under the new US president and the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote, Thai trade officers from 63 posts in 47 countries will attend a meeting in Bangkok on February 22 that has been called by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965113-thai-trade-officers-prepare-for-trump-era/

 

British missile test malfunctioned last year off U.S. coast - Sunday Times

REUTERS
 

LONDON (Reuters) - A test firing of an unarmed British nuclear Trident missile from a submarine off the coast of Florida malfunctioned last June, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965114-british-missile-test-malfunctioned-last-year-off-us-coast-sunday-times/

 

Edited January 23, 20179 yr by ubonjoe

Green light for hundreds of housing units in East Jerusalem settlements

Seamus Kearney

 

 

JERUSALEM: -- The green light has been given for the construction of more than 560 housing units in three East Jerusalem settlements.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965115-green-light-for-hundreds-of-housing-units-in-east-jerusalem-settlements/

 

White House press secretary blasts media over Trump inauguration crowd

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- The row over how many people actually attended Donald Trump’s inauguration has escalated after new White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer rounded on journalists, accusing them of fake reporting.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965116-white-house-press-secretary-blasts-media-over-trump-inauguration-crowd/

 

Italy avalanche: rescue crews battle worsening weather to find survivors

 

 

ROME: -- Despite worsening weather conditions, rescue teams in central Italy say they haven’t given up hope of finding more survivors from a hotel which was completely buried by an avalanche.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965117-italy-avalanche-rescue-crews-battle-worsening-weather-to-find-survivors/ 

 

France politics: Benoit Hamon ahead of Manual Valls in first round socialist presidential primary

 

 

PARIS: -- Results from France’s first round socialist presidential primary show Benoit Hamon in front of the country’s former Prime Minister Manual Valls.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965118-france-politics-benoit-hamon-ahead-of-manual-valls-in-first-round-socialist-presidential-primary/

 

The Gambia awaits new era after ex-ruler Jammeh flies into exile

 

 

BANJUL: -- A new political era awaits The Gambia hours after the country’s authoritarian ruler Yahya Jammeh flew into exile.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965119-the-gambia-awaits-new-era-after-ex-ruler-jammeh-flies-into-exile/

 

White House says media delegitimizing Trump, won't 'take it'

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump hands Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) an executive order that directs agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare, after signing it in the Oval Office in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2017. Also pictured is White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter (C). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media "tooth and nail" over what officials see as unfair attacks on President Donald Trump, setting a tone that could ratchet up a traditionally adversarial relationship to a new level of rancor.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965120-white-house-says-media-delegitimizing-trump-wont-take-it/

 

Germany must ready for turbulent times under Trump - foreign minister

REUTERS

 

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during a media conference at the San Carlos palace in Bogota, Colombia, January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany must brace itself for turbulent times under U.S. President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday, adding that free trade and trans-Atlantic cooperation to fight extremism and terrorism were key for Berlin.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965121-germany-must-ready-for-turbulent-times-under-trump-foreign-minister/
 

 

U.S. in 'beginning stages' of talks on Jerusalem embassy move -spokesman

By Warren Strobel and Matt Spetalnick

REUTERS

 

Press Secretary Sean Spicer delivers a statement at the press briefing room of the White House in Washington U.S., January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Sunday that it is only in the early stages of talks to fulfill President Donald Trump's pledge to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an action that would likely spark anger in the Arab world.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965123-us-in-beginning-stages-of-talks-on-jerusalem-embassy-move-spokesman/