George Osborne to edit London's Evening Standard newspaper

 

 

George Osborne prepares to speak at a news conference in central London, Britain June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Pohle/Pool

 

George Osborne, who lost his job as British Chancellor after the EU referendum in June, was appointed editor of London's Evening Standard, the newspaper's owner Evgeny Lebedev said on Friday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974074-george-osborne-to-edit-londons-evening-standard-newspaper/

One week to go: Walking Street more like Hell Zone than Happy Zone as man attacked

 

Image: Siamchon News

 

Walking Street in Pattaya is more like Hell Zone a week before the area is officially designated as the resort's first "Happy Zone".

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974092-one-week-to-go-walking-street-more-like-hell-zone-than-happy-zone-as-man-attacked/

 

Double headed calf set to become Krabi cash cow!

 

Image: Sanook

 

Most people have heard of the term two head of cattle - in Krabi yesterday they experienced the two headed calf.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974093-double-headed-calf-set-to-become-krabi-cash-cow/

 

Only in Thailand? Contractor demolishes bridge but there are no warning lights

 

Image: Thai rath

 

Three vehicles ended up the creek in Chonburi yesterday because a contractor who demolished a bridge failed to put in any warning lights.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974096-only-in-thailand-contractor-demolishes-bridge-but-there-are-no-warning-lights/

 

More  carnage as many passengers injured in overturned Bangkok minivan

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported there were many passengers injured when a minivan overturned on the Viphawadee Rangsit Road at 10 am yesterday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974098-more-carnage-as-many-passengers-injured-in-overturned-bangkok-minivan/

 

British born English teacher swaps school life for orange robes to learn more about Thai Buddhism

 

Image: 77 Jowo

 

A British man who has lived in Thailand for three years has decided to become a Thai monk during the school holidays.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974099-british-born-english-teacher-swaps-school-life-for-orange-robes-to-learn-more-about-thai-buddhism/

 

PM urges Panthongtae to prepare to testify in Court

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Friday told the son of ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra to be prepared to testify in court over tax collection of his father’s controversial sale of Shin Corp in 2006.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974100-pm-urges-panthongtae-to-prepare-to-testify-in-court/

 

Suthep insists on reforms before poll

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

 

Former PDRF head says no problem if election delayed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974101-suthep-insists-on-reforms-before-poll/

 

Repairs set to start on Thai-Belgian Bridge

By TANATPONG KONGSAI
THE NATION

 

 

AUTHORITIES are urging motorists to avoid the Thai-Belgian Bridge as several lanes will be closed during major repair work from Monday until May 15, after a fire late last month.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974102-repairs-set-to-start-on-thai-belgian-bridge/

 

Article 44 should be axed and civilians tried in normal courts, Amnesty International says

By Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

The United Nations Human Rights Committee's session in Geneva

 

CANCELLING Article 44 in the interim charter, passing the torture and enforced disappearance bill and transferring civilian cases from the military court to normal courts were among proposals included in Amnesty International’s report on rights in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974103-article-44-should-be-axed-and-civilians-tried-in-normal-courts-amnesty-international-says/

 

Detained student activist appears for exam in detention centre

By The Nation

 

 

Student activist Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpatraraksa on Friday sat for exams on computer knowledge and skills, the final test before getting his bachelor’s degree in laws from Khon Kaen University, in a detention centre in the province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974105-detained-student-activist-appears-for-exam-in-detention-centre/

 

Japan offers alternative funding model for innovators

By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN
THE NATION

 

THAILAND should consider adopting a Japanese model called Hometown Investment Trust Fund (HTITF) to promote small business start-ups, according to Naoyuki Yoshino, dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974106-japan-offers-alternative-funding-model-for-innovators/

 

Actress ‘Patt’ insists that she earned ‘every baht’

By ANGSUMA SRIDOKKHAM
THE NATION

 

 

ACTRESS Napapa “Patt” Tantrakul insisted yesterday that every baht she made had legitimate origins and nothing to do with the alleged money-laundering that police have accused her husband of committing.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974108-actress-‘patt’-insists-that-she-earned-‘every-baht’/

 

Three more Thai universities join Times Higher Education list

By THE NATION

 

 

THREE THAI UNIVERSITIES have entered the prestigious Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings for the first time this year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974109-three-more-thai-universities-join-times-higher-education-list/

 

25 public hospitals nominated for emergency patients referral scheme

By The Nation

 

 

The Emergency Medical Committee will designate 25 public hospitals in Bangkok and nearby provinces to accept referral patients from Bangkok private hospitals at the end of the first 72 hours of emergency medical treatment, while patients upcountry will be referred to provincial hospitals.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974110-25-public-hospitals-nominated-for-emergency-patients-referral-scheme/

 

No let-up in the search for Dhammachayo, says minister

By THE NATION

 

 

THE GOVERNMENT is not backing down in its efforts to arrest Phra Dhammachayo, despite its month-long failure to locate the former abbot under the sweeping powers of Article 44.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974111-no-let-up-in-the-search-for-dhammachayo-says-minister/

 

In first Trump-Merkel meeting, awkward body language and a quip

By Jeff Mason and Andreas Rinke

 

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel started awkwardly on Friday and ended even more oddly, with a quip by Trump about wiretapping that left the German leader visibly bewildered.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974113-in-first-trump-merkel-meeting-awkward-body-language-and-a-quip/

 

Secret Service says laptop stolen from agent's car in New York

 

The Trump Tower logo is pictured in New York, U.S., May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service said on Friday a laptop was stolen from an agent's car in New York City but that such agency-issued computers contain multiple layers of security and are not permitted to contain classified information.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974114-secret-service-says-laptop-stolen-from-agents-car-in-new-york/

 

Pentagon denies striking mosque in Syria, says it killed al Qaeda militants

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

 

A front loader removes rubble from a damaged mosque after an airstrike on the rebel-held village of al-Jina, Aleppo province in northwest Syria March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Friday denied accusations by a Syrian rebel group that the United States had targeted a mosque in Syria and, in a rare move, showed an aerial image to illustrate the mosque was intact and the building destroyed was in fact across the street.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974116-pentagon-denies-striking-mosque-in-syria-says-it-killed-al-qaeda-militants/

 

Samsung Galaxy S8 will let you make payments with your face

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Facial-recognition technology will be available for mobile payments on the new Samsung Galaxy S8, according to a new report.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-will-let-you-make-payments-with-your-face/20440/

MRT probes the fall of a lifting frame

 

 

Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority (MRT) has launched an investigation to determine how a lifting frame at the construction site of the electric train project fell on two cars and whether the contractor has strictly complied with safety standard.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974122-mrt-probes-the-fall-of-a-lifting-frame/

 

Police and insurers team up to keep traffic flowing after crash

 

 

Thai police joined forces with the Thai General Insurance Association to launch a project aimed at reducing traffic congestion in Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974123-police-and-insurers-team-up-to-keep-traffic-flowing-after-crash/

 

Songkhla’s oldest woman dies at age of 120

 

 

Songkhla’s oldest resident, Mrs Teep Damdaeng, died peacefully at the age of 120 years at her home in Hat Yai district on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974124-songkhla’s-oldest-woman-dies-at-age-of-120/

 

Former finance minister Korn insists there is basis to claim tax from Thaksin

 

 

Former finance minister Korn Chatikavanich said in his Facebook page on Friday that there was legal basis for the government to demand capital gains tax from the shares deal between Shin Corp and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974125-former-finance-minister-korn-insists-there-is-basis-to-claim-tax-from-thaksin/

 

PM wants Shin Corp tax issue to be settled in court

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha reaffirmed on Friday that the capital gains tax issue regarding the sale of the Shinawatra family’s stakes in Shin Corp to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings in 2006 should be settled in the court of law.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974125-former-finance-minister-korn-insists-there-is-basis-to-claim-tax-from-thaksin/

 

Sino-Portuguese style hotel planned for Patong Beach

By THE NATION

 

Pobchai Jivavisitnon, owner and managing director of Novotel Phuket Resort and Novotel Phuket Vintage Park.

 

THE JIVAVISITNON family has announced a new luxury hotel on Patong Beach, its third hotel property in Phuket.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974130-sino-portuguese-style-hotel-planned-for-patong-beach/

 

Developer outlines vision for future shopping complexes

By THE NATION

 

CHRISTIAN OLOFSSON, managing director of SF Development Co.

 

CHRISTIAN OLOFSSON, managing director of SF Development Co, operator of Megabangna shopping mall in Bangkok, has revealed his philosophy for how shopping centres in Thailand should be developed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974131-developer-outlines-vision-for-future-shopping-complexes/

 

SEC to gain more power in disputes

By THE NATION

 

File photo : Apisak

 

FINANCE Minister Apisak Tantivorawong will propose to the Cabinet that the powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission be increased so that it can dismiss listed companies’ shareholders and directors involved in internal conflicts that damage the business’ ability to function properly.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974134-sec-to-gain-more-power-in-disputes/

 

PM orders tax law overhaul

By THE NATION

 

 

Key goal will be simpler system, and to reduce discretion of revenue dept head.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974136-pm-orders-tax-law-overhaul/

 

Bad news for Spotify users: Listening to your favourite music is about to get expensive

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A new report from the Financial Times claims that Spotify users who do not pay for the service will be blocked from listening to some of the new music on the platform.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/bad-news-for-spotify-users-listening-to-your-favourite-music-is-about-to-get-expensive/20443/