Tow them all, Bangkok gov suggests for sidewalk scofflaws

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A truck is towed from in front of a court on Ratchadapisek Road on Oct. 21, 2013, the first day of a heavily promoted crackdown on illegal parking by Bangkok authorities. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Bangkok’s governor is proposing a tenfold increase in fines and impounding vehicles for using the capital’s sidewalks.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966407-tow-them-all-bangkok-gov-suggests-for-sidewalk-scofflaws/

 

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1,000 passed police cadets test with some 50 alleged cheaters among them

 

 

Metropolitan Police Bureau has announced the police cadets’ entrance examination with 1,000 candidates having passed the text and an addition of 141 put on reserve list.

 

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Minivans out minibuses in! Face of the future of Thai travel revealed

 

Image from Facebook James PapaSierra

 

BANGKOK: -- The face of future travel in Thailand has been revealed on a Facebook page.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966430-minivans-out-minibuses-in-face-of-the-future-of-thai-travel-revealed/

 

Viral "Kind hearted Thai Video" just a fake as millions conned

 

Photo: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Millions of Thai people were conned into believing that an act of kindness by a Thai man was the real thing.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966431-viral-kind-hearted-thai-video-just-a-fake-as-millions-conned/

 

Technician's leg blown off as air-con explodes

 

Photo: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A technician repairing an air-conditioner at a Thai hotel had his leg blown off in an explosion yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966433-technicians-leg-blown-off-as-air-con-explodes/

 

American arrested on charges of sex with a minor in Udon after being caught at home with 17 year old

 

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UDON THANI: -- An American citizen of Korean extraction was arrested in Udon Thani on charges of having sex with a minor.

 

Full story:http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966434-american-arrested-on-charges-of-sex-with-a-minor-in-udon-after-being caught-at-home-with-17-year-old/

 

Pattaya - Hua Hin ferry latest: Just 999 baht per trip!

 

Photo: Facebook

 

PATTAYA: -- It has been reported that the fare for the new ferry across the gulf will be just 999 baht for an economy seat.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966435-pattaya-hua-hin-ferry-latest-just-999-baht-per-trip/

 

New measure to deal with Student Loan Fund debtors

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Students who took out loans from the government’s Student Loan Fund and are now employed in government service or in private sector will, from now on, will have their monthly pay deducted at a certain amount by their employers and returned to the Fund through the Revenue Department.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966437-new-measure-to-deal-with-student-loan-fund-debtors/

 

Media reform panel determined to press for new media bill

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The media reform committee of the National Reform Steering Assembly remains unbowed to pressure from media organizations and will press ahead with a new media bill that seeks to establish a media council to regulate media professionals and to promote their professional ethics.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966438-media-reform-panel-determined-to-press-for-new-media-bill/

 

Hit-and-run driver surrenders and apologises

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A hit-and-run driver who killed a road sweeper in suburban Bangkok on Sunday morning turned himself in to police at Kanna Yao district police and admitted that he had gulped seven drinks before driving and didn’t realize he had hit the sweeper.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966439-hit-and-run-driver-surrenders-and-apologises/

 

Banks’ NPLs last year upped 40 billion baht to 382 billion baht

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Non-performing loans for commercial and state-owned banks for the year 2016 have increased by about 40 billion baht to 382 billion baht for the entire banking system, representing an increase of 11 percent compared to the NPLs of the year before.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966440-banks’-npls-last-year-upped-40-billion-baht-to-382-billion-baht/

 

Phuket road rage incident leads to alleged threats of murder

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

The two women report the incident to police. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police are on the hunt for two men who are alleged to have threatened to murder two Thai females following a road rage incident in Thalang earlier today (Jan 30).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966441-phuket-road-rage-incident-leads-to-alleged-threats-of-murder/

 

Australian DJ, Jake Mastroianni Transfered to Bangkwan Prison aka the Bangkok Hilton

 

BANGKOK -26 year-old Jake Mastroianni an Australian DJ facing two life jail sentences in Thailand for possession of 61 tablets of ecstasy has been transferred to Bangkwan prison aka the Bangkok Hilton where prisoners on death row are also held.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966442-australian-dj-jake-mastroianni-transfered-to-bangkwan-prison-aka-the-bangkok-hilton/

 

UK concerned about giving data on Rolls-Royce bribes: Prayut
By The Nation

 

Prayut

 

BANGKOK: -- The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has expressed concern about providing official documents on Rolls-Royce bribery cases to Thai authorities due to differences in the two countries’ legal systems, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966444-uk-concerned-about-giving-data-on-rolls-royce-bribes-prayut/

 

NLA to probe bribery over Parliament CCTV
By PRAPASRI OSATANON
THE NATION

 

Surachai

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Legislative Assembly (NLA) will investigate fresh bribery allegations concerning the CCTV camera installation project at Parliament House over 10 years ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966445-nla-to-probe-bribery-over-parliament-cctv/

 

CDC proposes independent panel to reform education
By The Nation

 

Meechai

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CONSTITUTION Drafting Committee (CDC) is trying to ensure the country realises educational reform from a fresh perspective by recommending the establishment of an independent panel, CDC Meechai Ruchuphan chairman said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966446-cdc-proposes-independent-panel-to-reform-education/

 

Five ‘who posed as delivery men’ arrested for theft of motorcycles
By Jessada Chantharak
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- POLICE HAVE arrested five alleged members of a motorcycle theft gang who disguised themselves as newspaper delivery men to steal motorbikes in Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966447-five-‘who-posed-as-delivery-men’-arrested-for-theft-of-motorcycles/

 

Complicated reconciliation scheme vs simple TRUTHS

 

Prayut

 

BANGKOK: -- The stalled effort for national reconciliation has been kick-started once again as we enter what is supposed to be the last year of the coup-installed regime.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966448-complicated-reconciliation-scheme-vs-simple-truths/

 

Decision due in Green Line extension dispute
By Tanatpong Kongsai,
Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong,
Sasithorn Ongdee
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Council will tomorrow decide whether to pay for an extension of the BTS Skytrain, known as the Green Line.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966449-decision-due-in-green-line-extension-dispute/

 

UK: More than a million sign petition for Trump state visit to be cancelled

 

 

LONDON: -- A royal invitation for Donald Trump to pay a state visit to Britain must be withdrawn says a petition on parliament’s website that has gathered well over a million signatures.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966450-uk-more-than-a-million-sign-petition-for-trump-state-visit-to-be-cancelled/

 

Schulz: “a stronger Europe means a stronger Germany”

Catherine Hardy

 

 

BERLIN: -- The man nominated to lead Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats into the country’s upcoming election met the press in Berlin on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966451-schulz-“a-stronger-europe-means-a-stronger-germany”/

 

Iraqis erase traces of ISIL in east Mosul with a coat of paint

 

 

MOSUL: -- The signs of two and half years of so-called Islamic State rule remain, even if the militants have retreated from eastern Mosul. Murals depicting ISIL fighters were painted on walls across the city.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966452-iraqis-erase-traces-of-isil-in-east-mosul-with-a-coat-of-paint/

 

Russia raises concerns by ramping up its Arctic presence

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- Could this be the start of an Arctic arms race?

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966453-russia-raises-concerns-by-ramping-up-its-arctic-presence/

 

Washington state to sue over travel ban, pressures on Trump grow

By Dan Levine

 

White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds up documents comparing the makeup of the National Security Council (NSC) in the Trump and Obama administrations during his press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

(Reuters) - Pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump grew on Monday over his order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, as the state of Washington announced a legal challenge and former President Barack Obama took a swipe at his successor.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966455-washington-state-to-sue-over-travel-ban-pressures-on-trump-grow/

 

U.S. Democrats set bills seeking to overturn Trump travel ban

REUTERS

 

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas speaks about military issues and his military service at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators tried to force a vote on a bill to rescind President Donald Trump's order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations on Monday, but were blocked by a Republican lawmaker.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966456-us-democrats-set-bills-seeking-to-overturn-trump-travel-ban/

 

Quebec mosque suspect charged with murdering six people - court

By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny

REUTERS

 

Alexandre Bissonnette, a suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque, is seen in a Facebook posting. Facebook/Handout via REUTERS

 

QUEBEC CITY/TORONTO (Reuters) - A French-Canadian university student was the sole suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque and was charged with the premeditated murder of six people, Canadian authorities said on Monday, in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called "a terrorist attack."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966457-quebec-mosque-suspect-charged-with-murdering-six-people-court/

 

Ban sparks panic among refugees awaiting urgent medical care in U.S.

By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg

REUTERS

 

Syrian Refugee Jihad Alkhaled speaks to a reporter beside his son Mohammad, who suffers from Ewing Sarcoma and would need expensive chemotherapy sessions, in their home in Amman, Jordan, January 29, 2017. REUTERS Video News

 

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, (Reuters) - Al Ameen, a 33-year-old Iraqi refugee with hemophilia A, a genetic disorder that prevents proper blood clotting, has been living in Jordan awaiting medical care in the United States for two years. His condition is so advanced, his doctors have told him, that only a handful of facilities in the world can treat him.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966458-ban-sparks-panic-among-refugees-awaiting-urgent-medical-care-in-us/

 

U.S. school shootings linked to unemployment - university study

By Timothy Mclaughlin

REUTERS

 

An aerial view of Sandy Hook elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, is pictured in this evidence photo released by the Connecticut State Police, December 27, 2013. REUTERS/Connecticut State Police/Handout via Reuters

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - School shootings in the United States rise as the economy slows and unemployment increases, according to a university study published on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966459-us-school-shootings-linked-to-unemployment-university-study/

 

Goldman CEO takes lead on Wall St. in slamming Trump travel ban

By Olivia Oran

REUTERS

 

CEO Lloyd Blankfein told employees that Goldman Sachs does not support President Trump's immigration curbs against certain Muslim countries. Fred Katayama reports.

 

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein became the first major Wall Street leader to speak out against President Donald Trump's order to halt arrivals from several Muslim-majority countries.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966461-goldman-ceo-takes-lead-on-wall-st-in-slamming-trump-travel-ban/

 

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush released from hospital

By Laila Kearney

REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was discharged from a Houston hospital on Monday after being treated for pneumonia, his spokesman said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966462-former-us-president-george-hw bush-released-from-hospital/