Public Health says it can’t compensate extra medical expenses for Erawan Shrine bombing victims

 

 

The spokesman, Dr Kiatiphum Wingchit, affirmed that the ministry could not pay compensation for injured victims after a group of victims petitioned the prime minister and the Justice Ministry for additional remedy reasoning that they still have to pay for medical bills by themselves, while no state agencies would come to assist them.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974278-public-health-says-it-can’t-compensate-extra-medical-expenses-for-erawan-shrine-bombing-victims/

Khon Kaen Airport improves services for Songkran

 

 

KHON KAEN, 20 March 2017 (NNT) – Staff at Khon Kaen Airport are encouraged to increase their service capacity for the public's travels during the Songkran holidays, prioritizing on passengers' safety and convenience. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974323-khon-kaen-airport-improves-services-for-songkran/

 

PM praises Thai boxer’s WBC victory

 

 

BANGKOK, 20March 2017 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has celebrated the victory of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, a Thai professional boxer who has won a winning title from WBC championship, urging the nation's youth to view him as a role model for success. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974325-pm-praises-thai-boxer’s-wbc-victory/

 

X-ray check on lorry reveals haul of meth tablets
By The Nation

 

 

LAMPANG: -- Police using an X-ray machine seized more than 1.1 million methamphetamine tablets hidden in a truck intercepted at a checkpoint on Highway 1 in Lampang’s Mae Prik district on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974328-x-ray-check-on-lorry-in-lampang-reveals-haul-of-meth-tablets/

 

Police chief says seized war weapons linked to Dhammakaya, red shirts
By The Nation

 

National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda displays a cache of weapons seized from nine locations in the Central and Northeast regions at a press conference at the Royal Thai Police headquarters

 

BANGKOK: -- National police chief Pol Gen Chaktip Chaijinda insisted on Sunday that the seizure of military-grade firearms was linked to moves at Dhammakaya Temple and red-shirt networks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974329-police-chief-says-seized-war-weapons-linked-to-dhammakaya-red-shirts/

 

UPDATE:

 

Ko Tee claims he was framed

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Ko Tee denied that the war weapons seized from his company in Pathum Thani did not belong to him, saying that he would have used them to stage attacks long time ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974329-police-chief-says-seized-war-weapons-linked-to-dhammakaya-red-shirts/?do=findComment&comment=11725164

 

UPDATE:

Fugitive red-shirt claims govt set up weapons raid 
By The Nation 

 

National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda displays a cache of weapons seized from nine locations in the Central and Northeast regions at a press conference at the Royal Thai Police headquarters yesterday.

 

Police chief says ‘Ko Tee’ sought to mobilise masses, planned violence and assassinations

 

BANGKOK: -- Fugitive red-shirt leader Wutthipong Kachathamkhun, alias Ko Tee, whose house was raided for weapons on Saturday, has defended himself through a YouTube-based radio programme suggesting that the raid was a government set-up.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974329-police-chief-says-seized-war-weapons-linked-to-dhammakaya-red-shirts/?do=findComment&comment=11725173

 

‘Piggy Bank’ turtle gets new operation as condition turns ‘very serious’
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A VETERINARIAN team from Chulalongkorn University yesterday performed an emergency operation on a sea turtle, which was saved weeks ago after an operation to extract hundreds of coins from her stomach.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974332-‘piggy-bank’-turtle-gets-new-operation-as-condition-turns-‘very-serious’/

 

Helping whiz kids at maths Olympics adds up to good fun
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- AT every academic Olympics are |liaison staff who take care of whiz kids from across the world behind the scenes.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974333-helping-whiz-kids-at-maths-olympics-adds-up-to-good-fun/

 

UPDATE:

 

Flood of cash gives reprieve for sick tuskers
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

Soraida

 

Plea by founder of friends of the asian elephant draws Bt20m in donations

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FUTURE of six sick elephants being treated as inpatients at the Friends of the Asian Elephant’s hospital looks much brighter after more than Bt20 million flooded into the foundation’s coffers over the past week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974175-public-support-pour-into-friends-of-asian-elephants-foundation-with-bt20m-donations-so-far/?do=findComment&comment=11725187

 

Experts make case for more people to be vaccinated against dengue
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THAI MEDICAL experts have highlighted the efficacy and safety of Thailand’s first dengue vaccine.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974334-thai-medical-experts-make-case-for-more-people-to-be-vaccinated-against-dengue/

 

OPINION

Thailand and Philippines: Twins separated at birth

KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN

 

BANGKOK: -- The best description of Thailand-Philippine friendship would be as twins separated at birth. Both countries are close allies of the US and each has their ups and downs. They fought side by side as members of the UN-led international forces in the Korean War. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974335-thailand-and-philippines-twins-separated-at-birth/

 

US-Bangla to fly to Bangkok from May

Star Business Report

 

DHAKA: -- US-Bangla Airlines will start flying to its sixth international destination -- Bangkok -- from May 3, according to a statement.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974336-us-bangla-to-fly-to-bangkok-from-may/

 

Slow Down Samui

 

 

KOH SAMUI: -- Thailand’s roads have the second highest death rate in the world behind war-torn Libya. Over 14,000 people died on Thai roads in 2012 according to a 2015 report by the World Health Organisation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974338-slow-down-samui/

Thousands of Landmines from Past Conflicts still Haunt Thai Villagers

 

SURIN – Everyday the villagers in this remote district which sits near the Thai-Cambodian border, face the possibility of being killed or maimed whenever they step out of their house.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974340-thousands-of-landmines-from-past-conflicts-still-haunt-thai-villagers/

 

What Thailand can learn from Mexico on energy reform
By   THEPCHAI YONG
THE NATION

 

The monument in Mexico City commemorating Mexico’s nationalization of the oil industry in 1938.

 

BANGKOK: -- AS HAS BEEN done for almost 80 years, Mexico last Saturday commemorated the so-called “Oil Expropriation Day”, a national holiday marking the nationalisation of the Mexican oil industry by the government of President Lazaro Cardenas in 1938. But this year’s celebration was particularly at odds with the energy reform that is taking hold in the oil-rich country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974341-what-thailand-can-learn-from-mexico-on-energy-reform/

 

Armed With $11 Billion, Thailand Oil Giants Hunt for Investments

by Supunnabul Suwannakij and Dan Murtaugh

 

- PTT E&P focusing on Southeast Asian fields, LNG projects

- Company and parent hold almost $11 billion cash, securities

 

BANGKOK: -- The Asian energy companies sitting on the largest horde of cash outside China are ready to put it to use.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974342-armed-with-11-billion-thailand-oil-giants-hunt-for-investments/

 

White House to offer balanced budget plan by mid-May - Mulvaney

 

U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney (R) listens as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with members of the Republican Study Committee at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A detailed version of President Donald Trump's budget to be released in May will lay out plans to eventually erase U.S. deficits, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974343-white-house-to-offer-balanced-budget-plan-by-mid-may-mulvaney/

 

Republicans revamp U.S. health bill, boost benefits to older Americans

By Susan Cornwell and Valerie Volcovici

 

U.S. President Donald Trump waves with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) after attending a Friends of Ireland reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and to add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974344-republicans-revamp-us-health-bill-boost-benefits-to-older-americans/

 

U.S. lawmakers say no proof of claims Trump Tower bugged

By Emily Stephenson and Caren Bohan

REUTERS

 

From left, Trump Towers I, II and III are shown in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, U.S. March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers from both parties said on Sunday they had seen no proof to support the claim by Republican President Donald Trump that his predecessor Barack Obama had wiretapped him last year, adding pressure on Trump to explain or back off his repeated assertion.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974345-us-lawmakers-say-no-proof-of-claims-trump-tower-bugged/

 

Left-leaning alliance could oust Merkel's conservatives in German state

By Michelle Martin

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech at the demographic summit in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

 

SAARBRUECKEN, Germany (Reuters) - When voters head to the polls in the German state of Saarland later this month, they are likely to deliver an upset to Chancellor Angela Merkel that could be a foretaste of September's national election.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974346-left-leaning-alliance-could-oust-merkels-conservatives-in-german-state/

 

Deputy director of Britain's MI5 to head GCHQ spy agency - report

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - People sit at computers in the 24 hour Operations Room inside GCHQ, Cheltenham in Cheltenham, November 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ben Birchall/Pool/File Photo - RTX31GRD

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The deputy director-general of Britain's internal security service is to become the new head of intelligence eavesdropping service GCHQ, the Sunday Times newspaper reported without citing the source of its information.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974347-deputy-director-of-britains-mi5-to-head-gchq-spy-agency-report/

 

Somali security forces that freed pirated ship say NATO must do more

By Abdiqani Hassan

REUTERS

 

Maritime police are seen aboard oil tanker Aris-13, which was released by pirates, as it sails to dock on the shores of the Gulf of Aden in the city of Bosasso, northern Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Abdiqani Hassan

 

BOSASSO (Reuters) - Somali officials whose forces freed a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew said on Sunday that NATO ships must do more to prevent the illegal fishing that locals say sparked the latest attack.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974348-somali-security-forces-that-freed-pirated-ship-say-nato-must-do-more/

 

North Korea's Kim 'acting very, very badly'- Trump

REUTERS

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched the ground jet test of a Korean-style high-thrust engine newly developed by the Academy of the National Defence Science in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on March 19, 2017. KCNA/via Reuters

 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he was "acting very, very badly."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974349-north-koreas-kim-acting-very-very-badly-trump/

 

UAE summons Swiss ambassador over UN Bahrain statement

REUTERS

 

RIYADH/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates summoned the Swiss ambassador on Sunday to denounce a statement Switzerland made to the United Nations Human Rights Council the week prior criticizing fellow Gulf state Bahrain's human rights record.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974350-uae-summons-swiss-ambassador-over-un-bahrain-statement/

 

Macron holds edge in French election race ahead of first debate

REUTERS

 

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, attends a meeting in Reims, France March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron remains favourite to win France's turbulent presidential election race, a poll showed on Sunday, on the eve of a first televised debate which could allow embattled conservative Francois Fillon to get back in contention.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974351-macron-holds-edge-in-french-election-race-ahead-of-first-debate/

 

Fire breaks out at Fortune Town shopping mall
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A fire broke out at the Fortune Town shopping mall Bangkok’s Din Daeng district Monday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974364-fire-breaks-out-at-fortune-town-shopping-mall-in-bangkok/

 

More stains on Pattaya's reputation as filthy water ruins a day at the sea

 

Picture: 77Jowo

 

PATTAYA: -- Filthy water is ruining a day at the seaside for tourists visiting Wong Amat beach in North Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974368-more-stains-on-pattayas-reputation-as-filthy-water-ruins-a-day-at-the-sea/

 

Video: Security guard beats woman colleague - but no man lifts a finger to help

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A video on Facebook has caused netizens to condemn a man who attacked a woman - and the other men who failed to help her.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974371-video-security-guard-beats-woman-colleague-but-no-man-lifts-a-finger-to-help/

 

Unknown human remains washed up on beach in Rayong

 

Picture: Daily News

 

RAYONG: -- Locals called police to some rocks at Laem Charoen Beach, Rayong, on Sunday when human remains were found.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974374-unknown-human-remains-washed-up-on-beach-in-rayong/