Bangkok bus blows past red light, smashes car (video)

By  Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

BANGKOK — A bus driver was fined 500 baht Wednesday for running a red light and crashing into another car.

 

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Non government graft buster proposes PM to give more power to NACC

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Anti Corruption Organisation of Thailand yesterday proposed the prime minister to empower the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to expand its authority to question civilians and seek direct information from international agencies to escalate investigation of bribery scandals that engaged the country.

 

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Closing in on the Killers

By Danny Boy -

 

  

Police release info regarding potential Killers in murder case

PATTAYA: -- Police are launching a manhunt for the killers in a murder case. A Briton and a South African man are now suspected of being involved with the murder of a British businessman in Chon Buri, a police source said.

 

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Thousands march demanding change to Australia Day, citing aboriginal injustices

 

Aboriginal protesters hold signs as they demonstrate outside the Victorian State Parliament on Australia Day in Melbourne, Australia, January 26, 2017. AAP/Alex Murray/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of Australians staged protest marches on Thursday demanding the date of Australia Day, Jan. 26, be changed as it celebrates the arrival of white settlement and the beginning of injustices suffered by the country's disadvantaged Aborigines.

 

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Marine experts: action needed to counter Phuket beach erosion

Phuket Gazette

 

          

Several trees have fallen at Nai Yang beach due to erosion. Photo: Phuket PR

 

PHUKET: -- Officers from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and experts from academia have suggested two ways to counter the issue of erosion on Phuket beaches. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965775-marine-experts-action-needed-to-counter-phuket-beach-erosion/

 

Wat Chalong thieves caught by Phuket locals

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The two men were caught by locals who proceeded to give them a beating. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Two thieves trying to steal phones from visitors to Wat Chalong yesterday felt the wrath of locals who took the matter into their own hands and attacked the two men leaving them with facial injuries.

 

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Painting of adult movie star Saori Hara rumored to be one of artworks stolen by Thai senior official

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A painting of Japanese porn star Saori Hara was rumored to be one of three paintings stolen from a Japanese hotel by  a Thai director-general who has since been arrested..

 

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Goggle eyed Thais spending longer watching video on mobile than any other nation

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Facebook Thailand have said that Thais are spending an average of 105 minutes a day watching video on their mobile phones.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/goggle-eyed-thais-spending-longer-watching-video-on-mobile-than-any-other-nation/19536/

Professional’ pickpockets beaten by Phuket locals

Winai Sarot

 

 

PHUKET:-- Two pickpockets were caught and beaten to a pulp by locals at Wat Chalong Fair last night.

 

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Phuket's Chalong Hospital slated to open in 2018

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

The hospital will be built where the old fresh market once stood and including where the Chalong Health Centre is now.

 

PHUKET:-- The Chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) has confirmed to The Phuket News today that construction of the new B105 million Chalong Hospital will be complete by end of next year (2018) and will be fully operational by January 2019.

 

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Memes go dank in response to transnational hotel painting caper

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Basement Karaoke / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — We may never know what beautiful paintings prompted a senior Thai bureaucrat to steal them during his stay at a hotel in Japan as alleged earlier this week. But we can certainly appreciate the flurry of memes that burst forth like colors on a canvas.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965823-memes-go-dank-in-response-to-transnational-hotel-painting-caper/

 

 

How to look rich and likeable: Thai girl goes viral with sarcastic guide

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Pantip

 

Have you ever rolled your eyes at Facebook friends who constantly post photos of their THB100,000 bags, fancy cocktails and sports cars? This just means that they didn’t do it right, so let this humorous tutorial show you how to brag about your wealth without looking pretentious.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965824-how-to-look-rich-and-likeable-thai-girl-goes-viral-with-sarcastic-guide/

 

 

Thailand firms on Facebook ad radar

By ASINA PORNWASIN
THE NATION

 

 

NETWORK EYES HIGH GROWTH POTENTIAL

 

FACEBOOK sees high growth potential for digital advertising in Thailand, which as part of Asia-Pacific is in the most active digital ad-spending region for the US social-media giant. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965825-thailand-firms-on-facebook-ad-radar/

 

No, Trump isn’t going to let Asians into the US without visa

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Reuters

 

The U.S. Embassy in Thailand shut down the rumor that the freshly inaugurated POTUS would spare citizens of Asian countries from visa applications.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965826-no-trump-isn’t-going-to-let-asians-into-the-us-without-visa/

 

Police Chief’s ‘advisory’ cash from booze company deemed totally legit

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Thai PBS

 

Just one day after giving Metropolitan Police Chief Sanit Mahathavorn and ThaiBev a week to explain why the official is accepting monthly payments for “advising” the giant booze company, the Royal Thai Police announced that Sanit isn’t breaking any police policies by taking a monthly handout from the country’s biggest alcohol company.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965828-police-chief’s-‘advisory’-cash-from-booze-company-deemed-totally-legit/

 

Finance Ministry mulls increasing old-age subsidy from 600 to 1,200-1,500 baht a month

 

 

The Finance Ministry is pondering increasing monthly subsidy for over 60 elderly people from 600 baht to 1,200-1,500 baht and to set up an old age fund with sin taxes from liquor, beer and tobacco, Mr Krisda Jinavijarana, director of Fiscal Policy Office, disclosed on Thursday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965831-finance-ministry-mulls-increasing-old-age-subsidy-from-600-to-1200-1500-baht-a-month/

 

Snatch and run suspect arrested in Phuket

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- A Phang Nga man was arrested on Tuesday for multiple thefts in the Wichit and Kathu areas earlier this month.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965832-snatch-and-run-suspect-arrested-in-phuket/

 

 

Thai woman complains about overpricing

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- A Thai woman took to Facebook to release her anger early this morning by publicly complaining about a meal she had in Patong the previous evening that was, according to her, overpriced.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965833-thai-woman-complains-about-overpricing/

 

Yingluck testifies to Central Administrative Court

 

 

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday testified to the Central Administrative Court in a case in which she petitioned for the scrapping of an executive order for her to pay the state 35.7 billion baht in compensation for the loss from the controversial rice pledging scheme that she was held accountable.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965835-yingluck-testifies-to-central-administrative-court/

 

 

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