THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 7 Feb 2017

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Video of farang waiter working at Bangkok restaurant goes viral

 

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BANGKOK: -- A video of western man serving customers at a restaurant in Bangkok’s Chinatown has gone viral.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967497-video-of-farang-waiter-working-at-bangkok-restaurant-goes-viral/

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Prayut plays down fortune teller’s grim prediction

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Monday that he would be unable to do anything if his horoscope was not promising, as had been predicted by a well-known fortune teller.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967526-prayut-plays-down-fortune-teller’s-grim-prediction/

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LPG price goes up Tuesday by 0.67 baht/kg

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Starting on Tuesday, the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking will be increased 0.67 baht per kilogramme or ten baht increase for a gas cylinder of 15 kgs, said Deputy Commerce Minister Sonthirat Sonthichirawong on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967565-lpg-price-goes-up-tuesday-by-067-bahtkg/

 

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Anti-alcohol activists urge stricter state control of bar businesses on Valentine’s Day

 

BANGKOK, 7th February 2017 (NNT) – Anti-alcohol activists are urging authorities to enforce laws on retail establishments serving alcoholic beverages on Valentine's Day. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967566-anti-alcohol-activists-urge-stricter-state-control-of-bar-businesses-on-valentine’s-day/

 

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Minister of Tourism and Sports opens new Thailand privilege card project

 

BANGKOK, 7 February 2017 (NNT) – The Minister of Tourism and Sports presided over the opening of the new Thailand privilege card project aimed at increasing sales to 400 million this year. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967567-tourism-minister-korpkarn-opens-new-thailand-privilege-card-project/

 

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Ministry of Commerce says Trump administration economic policies will not directly impact Thailand

 

BANGKOK, 7 February 2017 (NNT) – A Ministry of Commerce study on the impacts of the Trump Administration’s economic policies on Thailand has indicated no direct affects on the Kingdom for the time being except for an opportunity posed by the United State’s possible downsizing of trade with China and Mexico. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967568-ministry-of-commerce-says-trump-administration-economic-policies-will-not-directly-impact-thailand/

 

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Digital Ministry to turn Thailand into regional digital center

 

BANGKOK, 7 February 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has resolved to turn Thailand into the region’s digital center over the next 2 years under the Thailand 4.0 agenda. 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967569-digital-ministry-to-turn-thailand-into-regional-digital-center/

 

 

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Nakhon Si Thammarat residents told not to use water from klongs and river

 

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- People in Muang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat have been told to refrain from using water in natural waterways after officials of the Pollution Control Department have found the water is heavily contaminated with fecal coliform bacteria (FCB) which is unfit for consumption.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967570-nakhon-si-thammarat-residents-told-not-to-use-water-from-klongs-and-river/

 

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Newly-amended charter ready to be sent to HM the King

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The new Constitution which was approved in a referendum last year is now ready to be submitted to His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun for endorsement after the completion of amendments on provisions regarding the Monarchy as wished by the King.

 

President of the National Legislative Assembly and a member of the special panel tasked with amending the new charter, Mr Pornpetch Wichitcholachai said Monday that Deputy Prime Minister Wisanu Krea-ngarm would be responsible for clarifying the amendments after a meeting of the panel within this week.

 

He said that the office of the secretary-general of the cabinet would decide when the amended charter would be submitted to the Palace and whether or not this could be done within February 18.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/newly-amended-charter-ready-sent-hm-king/

 

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Bhikkhunis petition NHRC for their recognition

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A former member of the National Reform Assembly Mr Paiboon Nititawan on Monday asked the National Human Rights Commission to propose the government to amend the monastic act to allow women to be ordained as female Buddhist monks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967571-bhikkhunis-petition-nhrc-for-their-recognition/

 

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Popular UK Comic Gina Yashere plays Bangkok on Sunday

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Gina Yashere/Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- Gina Yashere, a Nigerian-British comic that’s been featured on the BBC, Comedy Central, The Conan O’Brien Show and The Tonight Show, plays Sunday at Comedy Club Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967572-popular-uk-comic-gina-yashere-plays-bangkok-on-sunday/

 

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Thai treasury reserves down 85% since coup

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha promotes the junta-backed Prompt Pay system on Aug. 9 at Government House in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — The Finance Minister insisted Monday the military government is not running out of money despite having burned through most of the reserves in place when it seized power.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967574-thai-treasury-reserves-down-85-since-coup/
 

 

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Lawsuit looms over airport strike

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Sirote Duangratana, director of Suvarnabhumi Airport, said the Airports of Thailand (AOT), which operates Bangkok’s main airport, is considering filing a lawsuit against Asia Security Management Co (ASM) and claiming compensation over disruption caused by a labour strike.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967575-lawsuit-looms-over-airport-strike/

 

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Residents at HIV home in Roi Et survive on donations after death of senior monk
By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
THE NATION

 

 

ROI ET: -- AT THEIR small shelter in Roi Et province, people living with HIV have cared for one another until their last breath.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967576-residents-at-hiv-home-in-roi-et-survive-on-donations-after-death-of-senior-monk/

 

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Teachers seek retrial after 2009 fatal shooting of colleague
By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai
The Nation

 

 

NONG KHAI: -- FOUR FORMER teachers, who have served 22 months in jail for concealing evidence after the shooting death of another teacher in 2009, have petitioned the Justice Ministry for help in seeking a retrial.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967577-teachers-seek-retrial-after-2009-fatal-shooting-of-colleague/

 

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3 police and celebrities linked to Lao drug lord
By Supachai Petchthewee,
Kornkamol Aksorndej
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- AT LEAST three policemen are facing investigation after being recognised in photos alongside alleged Lao drug lord Xaysana Keopimpha.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967579-3-police-and-celebrities-linked-to-lao-drug-lord/

 

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Prayut hits out at media ‘self-control’ failure
By The Nation

 

Prayut

 

PM CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT RESEARCH INTO HOW OTHER COUNTRIES REGULATE JOURNALISTS

 

BANGKOK: -- ACCUSING THE media of failing on its promise of “self-control”, the government will study laws in different democratic countries to see how the media is regulated, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967522-prayuth-trash-talks-reporters-for-asking-about-toxic-landfill/?do=findComment&comment=11597259

 

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Serious lessons from an official’s small-scale theft
By Chularat Saengpassa
 

Suphat

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai society has never run out of campaigns to promote good morality. But how many people are really there to protect morality and crack down on bad examples?

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967580-serious-lessons-from-an-official’s-small-scale-theft/

 

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Anti-graft body to study proposal to waive criminal action for people forced to pay bribes
By Natapat Promkaew
The Nation

 

Prayut

 

BANGKOK: -- A PROPOSAL to waive criminal offences against bribe givers who provide useful information on graft to officials will be tabled at the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)’s meeting next week, NACC secretary-general Sansern Poljiek said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967581-anti-graft-body-to-study-proposal-to-waive-criminal-action-for-people-forced-to-pay-bribes/

 

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Big drugs consignment seized in flood-hit South
By The Nation

 

 

SURAT THANI: -- Police seized 298,000 “yaba” pills with a street value of Bt60 million in Surat Thani’s Phuphin district from a gang that took advantage of the recent flood chaos in the South to smuggle illicit drugs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967582-big-drugs-consignment-seized-in-flood-hit-south/

 

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Jomsap saga ‘shows need for more thorough inquiries’
By PIYANUCH TAMNUKASETCHAI
THE NATION

 

 

NAKHON PHANOM: -- POLICE need to lift their investigation standards to a higher level, a senior cop admitted yesterday after a meeting with the Justice Ministry over the retrial for Jomsap Saenmuangkhot, the former teacher jailed for a fatal hit-and-run accident.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967583-jomsap-saga-‘shows-need-for-more-thorough-inquiries’/

 

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British Speaker opposes letting Trump address parliament

By William James and Kylie MacLellan

REUTERS

 

John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons listens as Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto delivers an address to members of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group at the Houses of Parliament in London, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament said on Monday he would not support any plans for U.S. President Donald Trump to address parliament during a state visit planned for later this year, citing Trump's temporary immigration ban as a factor.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967587-uk-speaker-opposes-trump-address-to-mps/

 

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Legal deadline approaches for Trump's travel ban

By Dustin Volz

REUTERS

 

With help from immigration lawyers, Yemeni brothers Tareq and Ammar Aziz were allowed entry into the the United States on Monday, two weeks after being denied entry by President Donald Trump's immigration order on January 28. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - National security veterans, major U.S. technology companies and law enforcement officials from more than a dozen states backed a legal effort against President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban, the most controversial policy of his two-week old administration.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967588-legal-deadline-approaches-for-trumps-travel-ban/

 

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Israel legalises settler homes on private Palestinian land

By Maayan Lubell

REUTERS

 

Israeli lawmakers attend a vote on a bill at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, a measure that has drawn international concern.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967589-israel-legalises-settler-homes-on-private-palestinian-land/

 

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Trump summit with Japan's Abe to include round of golf

By David Brunnstrom

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump applauses as a marching band performs while he arrives at Trump International Golf club to watch the Super Bowl LI between New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will play a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida this week and said he will make sure the Japanese leader is his partner in the game, rather than a competitor.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967590-trump-summit-with-japans-abe-to-include-round-of-golf/

 

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Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX oppose Trump immigration order

REUTERS

 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) sits beside Senior Counselor to the President Steve Bannon (L) as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a strategy and policy forum with chief executives of major U.S. companies at the White House in Washington February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Tesla Inc <TSLA.O> and SpaceX on Monday joined a legal brief filed by businesses opposed to President Donald Trump's order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, according to a court filing.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967591-elon-musks-tesla-and-spacex-oppose-trump-immigration-order/

 

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White House confident it will 'prevail' on travel ban

REUTERS

 

White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House is confident that it will prevail in a legal back-and-forth over President Donald Trump's executive order to prevent travellers from seven countries entering the United States, spokesman Sean Spicer said on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967592-white-house-confident-it-will-prevail-on-travel-ban/

 

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U.S. House passes bill requiring warrants to search old emails

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to require law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warrant before seeking old emails from technology companies, a win for privacy advocates fearful the Trump administration may work to expand government surveillance powers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967593-us-house-passes-bill-requiring-warrants-to-search-old-emails/

 

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U.S. could grant final permit for Dakota pipeline as soon as Friday - government lawyer

By Valerie Volcovici

REUTERS

 

Demonstrators protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, outside the Mizuho Bank in New York, U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army secretary could make a decision on the final permit needed to complete the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline as soon as Friday, the government's lawyer told a Washington, D.C., court on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967594-us-could-grant-final-permit-for-dakota-pipeline-as-soon-as-friday-government-lawyer/

 

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German coalition parties agree to tighten security after truck attack

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany's "grand coalition" have agreed to tighten security measures after the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market, including tougher steps to deport migrants seen as security risks, officials said on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967596-german-coalition-parties-agree-to-tighten-security-after-truck-attack/