Thaivisa.com launches own Hotel Booking service

 

 

Travel within Thailand has never been cheaper from buses, trains to domestic flights, and with so much to see and do throughout the country there really is no excuse for not exploring Thailand more.  

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966607-thaivisacom-launches-own-hotel-booking-service/

 

Two civilian 'advisers' joined controversial hawaii trip

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

An undated file photo of Prawit Wongsuwan and his entourage in Hawaii. Image: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Two names stand out from a list made public Monday of who joined a deputy junta leader’s entourage on a taxpayer-funded trip to Hawaii last year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966582-two-civilian-advisers-joined-controversial-hawaii-trip/

Seven Europeans fall victim to Filipino card scam in Pattaya

 

Picture: Facebook

 

PATTAYA: -- Pattaya police raided a house in Sukhumvit Road yesterday where they arrested a Filipino gang of card sharps.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966609-seven-europeans-fall-victim-to-filipino-card-scam-in-pattaya/

 

Budget airlines increase fares after government fuel hike

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Three low cost airlines have announced they will be increasing prices after the government announced changes in levies on aircraft fuel.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966610-budget-airlines-increase-fares-after-government-fuel-hike/

 

Horror smash on Chonburi motorway but foreign father and son survive

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHONBURI: -- A foreign man and his four year old son survived a horrific smash on the Chonburi motorway yesterday evening.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966611-horror-smash-on-chonburi-motorway-but-foreign-father-and-son-survive/

 

Honda recall a quarter of a million cars for airbag repairs

 

Picture: Manager online

 

BANGKOK: -- Honda (Thailand) have announced a recall of more than 259,000 cars that need changes made to their airbags on the front  passenger side.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966612-honda-thailand-recall-a-quarter-of-a-million-cars-for-airbag-repairs/

 

3 policemen given 8-11 months jailterm for shooting at five students

 

 

PHITSANULOKE: -- Three Phitsanuloke police officers who opened fire at a group of five university students travelling in a sedan and then assaulted some of them were found guilty of battery charges and sentenced to 8-11 months imprisonment by the Phitsanuloke provincial court on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966613-3-thai-police-officers-given-8-11-months-jailterm-for-shooting-at-five-students/

 

Supreme Court invited to discuss criminal procedure amendment with CDC

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Representatives of the Supreme Court will be invited for discussion on February 6 with the Constitution Drafting Committee regarding criminal procedure to be applicable to political office holders in case they escape court trial or refuse to show up in court.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966614-supreme-court-invited-to-discuss-criminal-procedure-amendment-with-cdc/

 

Disciplinary probe to proceed despite Supat’s resignation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Disciplinary investigation into the conduct of Mr Supat Sa-nguandeekul, deputy director-general of Intellectual Property Department, will proceed even if the embattled senior official resigns from civil service.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966615-disciplinary-probe-to-proceed-despite-supat’s-resignation/

 

UPDATE:

 

Supat claims he was drunk but will resign from government service

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Director-General of Intellectual Property Supat Sa-nguandeekul claimed he was under the influence of alcohol when stole three cheap paintings worth 15,000 yen from a hotel in Kyoto and said he would resign from government service to show his responsibility.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966585-senior-official-resigns-after-saying-that-drinking-caused-him-to-steal-paintings/?do=findComment&comment=11579141

 

NLA to probe CCTV procurement deals

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Legislative Assembly will set up a fact-finding committee to look into an allegation from the US Justice Department that there was corruption in the parliament’s procurement of CCTV systems about a decade ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966616-nla-to-probe-cctv-procurement-deals/

 

Phuket raid clears illegal rubber plantations from national park

The Phuket News

 

The officers cut down rubber trees illegally planted across more than 73 rai within Sirinath National Park. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A team of about 100 officers, accompanied by soldiers and police, moved in and cleared illegally planted rubber trees covering 73 rai in Sirinath National Park yesterday (Jan 30).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966617-phuket-raid-clears-illegal-rubber-plantations-from-national-park/

 

Urban Singer Ken-Y Arrested in Thailand

by Suzette Fernandez

 

The singer reached out his family via social media: "I want to tell you to keep your faith, this confusion will be fixed very soon."

 

BANGKOK: --  Urban singer Ken-Y was arrested in Thailand, Billboard has learned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966618-urban-singer-ken-y-arrested-in-thailand/

 

Govt touts benefits of new loan law
By Ketkan Boonpen,
Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong
The Nation

 

 

But concerns voiced on whether it breaches people’s rights

 

BANGKOK: -- MANY benefits – including better efficiency and a higher rate of loan repayment – would come from implementation of the new Student Loan Fund (SLF) Act 2017, Education Ministry permanent secretary Chaiyapruek Serirak said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966619-govt-touts-benefits-of-new-loan-law/

 

Public should look at detail of anti-forest
By Piyaporn Wongruang
Sakda Samerpob
The Nation

 

National Parks chief Thanya Netithammakul, standing left, leads park officials nationwide via a teleconference to make a pledge to counter corruption and adhere to the department’s pursuit of accountability and transparency.

 

BANGKOK: -- GOVERNMENT CHIEFS including Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday urged the public to look at the detail of proposals by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) for tackling forest encroachment, saying it has merely tried to correct wrongs and not legalise wrongdoings including by resort owners.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966621-public-should-look-at-detail-of-anti-forest-policies/

 

Kanit turns down offer to sit on PM’s reconciliation committee
By Wasamon Audjarint
Kanittha Theppajorn
Wattana Kamchoo
The Nation

 

Kanit

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FORMER chairman of the 2010 government-appointed Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT) has rejected the offer to sit on the Prayut government’s reconciliation preparation committee.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966623-kanit-turns-down-offer-to-sit-on-pm’s-reconciliation-committee/

 

DSI drops probe into missing Karen activist
By Piyanuch Thamnukasetchai
The Nation

 

Billy

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has decided to drop the case of a Karen activist who went missing under suspicious circumstances almost three years ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966624-dsi-drops-probe-into-missing-karen-activist/

 

FDA to limit use of colistin to curb drug resistance
By The Nation

 

An example of the antibiotics for animal use that do not carry a drug registration number on the label.

 

BANGKOK: -- FOOD and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have announced controls on the drug colistin after reports that farmers in Nakhon Pathom and Suphan Buri have been feeding it to pigs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966625-fda-to-limit-use-of-colistin-to-curb-drug-resistance/

 

5 protesters ordered to pay Bt95m for building shutdown
By Kesinee Tangkhiao 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CIVIL COURT has ordered five protest leaders to pay Bt95 million in compensation to a building owner for the 2014 occupation of the PTT headquarters and the Energy Ministry during the “Bangkok Shutdown”.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966626-5-“bangkok-shutdown”-protesters-ordered-to-pay-bt95m-for-building-shutdown/

 

UPDATE:

 

Panadda tops Cabinet rich list
By Natthaphat Phromkaew
The Nation

 

Panadda

 

BANGKOK: -- DEPUTY education minister ML Panadda Diskul is the richest cabinet minister in the new Cabinet, according to declarations revealed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966527-nacc-discloses-assets-of-prayut-cabinet/

 

More households to receive Bt690 digital TV coupons from NBTC 
By  WATCHIRANONT THONGTEP
THE NATION 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE BROADCASTING regulator is planning to distribute another batch of 3.98 million Bt690 coupons towards the purchase of digital television receivers. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966627-more-households-to-receive-bt690-digital-tv-coupons-from-nbtc /

 

'Blackshirt' suspects acquitted by court - then returned to jail

By  Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Then-police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang hands a microphone on Sept. 11, 2014, to four of five people accused of being ‘Men in Black’ militants during 2010 political unrest in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — When a court on Tuesday told two men and a woman they were cleared of charges they shot at security forces during a political unrest seven years ago, they probably expect to walk free.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966628-blackshirt-suspects-acquitted-by-court-then-returned-to-jail/

 

Some nations affected by U.S. immigration order may stay on list - official

By Julia Edwards Ainsley

REUTERS

 

An international traveler arrives after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nationals from the seven Muslim-majority countries temporarily blocked from entering the United States by President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration may be barred indefinitely, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966629-some-nations-affected-by-us-immigration-order-may-stay-on-list-official/

 

Senate Democrats delay committee votes on Sessions, Mnuchin, Price

By Susan Cornwell and David Lawder

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Treasury secretary in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday postponed votes on several of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, citing their responsibility to do a "thorough vetting," while Republicans accused them of unreasonable delays in considering the picks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966630-senate democrats delay-committee-votes-on-sessions-mnuchin-price/

 

Austrian coalition deal includes ban on Muslim face veils

REUTERS

 

Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern (L) and Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner address a news conference after a cabinet meeting in Vienna,Austria, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria plans to ban the Muslim face veil in public places, the centrist coalition government said on Monday as it announced a package of policies aimed at countering the growing appeal of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966631-austrian-coalition-deal-includes-ban-on-muslim-face-veils/

 

Challenges to Trump's immigration orders spread to more U.S. states

By Scott Malone and Dan Levine

REUTERS

 

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (2nd R) announces the state will join a lawsuit, along with plaintiffs Oxfam President Ray Offenheiser (L) and University of Massachusetts President Martin Meehan (3rd L), challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Legal challenges to President Donald Trump's first moves on immigration spread on Tuesday, with three states suing over his executive order banning travel into the United States by citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966632-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-orders-spread-to-more-us-states/

 

Exclusive: Trump's travel ban polarizes America - Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Chris Kahn

REUTERS

 

Activists march to protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban in Portland, Oregon, U.S. January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are sharply divided over President Donald Trump's order to temporarily block U.S. entry for all refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries, with slightly more approving the measure than disapproving, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966633-exclusive-trumps-travel-ban-polarizes-america-reutersipsos-poll/

 

Germany refuses Turkish demand for access to imagery from campaign against Islamic State

REUTERS

 

German Tornado jets are pictured on the ground at the air base in Incirlik, Turkey, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has ruled out giving Turkey unfiltered access to imagery gathered by Tornado fighter jets operating out of Incirlik air base in southern Turkey as part of the broader fight against Islamic State militants, the Defence Ministry said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966634-germany-refuses-turkish-demand-for-access-to-imagery-from-campaign-against-islamic-state/

 

Israel says will build 3,000 new homes in West Bank settlements

REUTERS

 

A general view shows the Jewish settlers' outpost of Amona (front) and the Palestinian village of Silwad in the background, in the West Bank November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 3,000 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the third such declaration in eleven days since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966636-israel-says-will-build-3000-new-homes-in-west-bank-settlements/

 

LGBT advocates scared, despite White House words on equality

By Laila Kearney and Daniel Trotta

REUTERS

 

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds up a rainbow flag with "LGBTs for TRUMP" written on it at a campaign rally in Greeley, Colorado, U.S. October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advocates said on Tuesday they were bracing for a Trump administration rollback of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, despite a White House statement vowing to uphold protection for LGBT people in the workplace.U.S. President Donald Trump will continue to enforce a 2014 executive order by his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, barring discrimination against LGBT people working for federal contractors, the White House said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966639-lgbt-advocates-scared-despite-white-house-words-on-equality/