Uber to support driver partners facing legal action from authorities 
By Jintana Panyaarvudh
The Nation

 

Amy Kunrojpanya, director of policy and communications for Uber in Asia Pacific.

 

BANGKOK: -- Uber has vowed to help to its driver partners in Thailand if they face legal action from authorities. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974914-uber-to-support-driver-partners-facing-legal-action-from-authorities/

 

EC commissioners to plead right to survive at NLA meeting 
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Election Commission (EC) will today discuss with the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) the right of the EC commissioners to stay in their roles.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974915-ec-commissioners-to-plead-right-to-survive-at-nla-meeting/

 

Security intensified following London attack

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai police have intensified security measures following the terror attack in London in which five people killed and many others injured, said deputy police spokesman Pol Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974918-security-intensified-following-london-attack/

 

Google allows users to share their locations in mapping app

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS

 

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Wednesday that it will revamp its popular maps app to allow users to share their locations, in order to boost engagement on a product of increasing strategic importance to the search giant.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-allows-users-to-share-their-locations-in-mapping-app/20543/

LinkedIn tries to hook more users with business news section

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – LinkedIn on Wednesday plans to launch a section on its network dedicated to business news, seeking to draw users onto the service more frequently to read and talk about current events, company officials said.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/linkedin-tries-to-hook-more-users-with-business-news-section/20546/

SET opens up 4.83 to 1,571.49 /Bangkok Post

Committee formed to discuss power plants with Southerners
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has set up a committee to promote public understanding about the planned construction of several power plants in the South.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974919-committee-formed-to-discuss-power-plants-with-southerners/

 

PM confirms Thai Navy to get three Chinese submarines

March 23, 2017 09:52 
By The Nation
 

BANGKOK: -- It’s finally Chinese submarines for Thailand. But the government had to pay for only two and the third one was “a free gift”, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha revealed at his weekly press briefing yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974920-pm-prayut-confirms-thai-navy-to-get-three-chinese-submarines/

 

Thaksin lawyer says no grounds for new Thai tax claim

REUTERS

 

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on as he speaks to Reuters during an interview in Singapore February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A lawyer for ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday there were no grounds for a new tax claim against him over the sale of shares in a telecoms company over a decade ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974921-thaksin-lawyer-says-no-grounds-for-new-thai-tax-claim/

 

Key U.S. Democrat cites 'profound doubt' about Intelligence panel Trump probe

REUTERS

 

House Intelligence Committee ranking Democrat Adam Schiff (D-CA) reacts to Committee Chairman Devin Nunes statements about surveillance of U.S. President Trump and his staff as well as his visit to the White House, as Schiff holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday that actions by the committee's chairman cast "profound doubt" on its ability to conduct a reliable investigation of potential ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974923-key-us-democrat-cites-profound-doubt-about-intelligence-panel-trump-probe/

 

PWA assures no significant documents damaged by fire

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Provincial Water Authority (PWA) today dismissed ongoing speculation that the fire this week at its head office had destroyed significant documents that involved corruption that the Office of the Auditor-General is investigating.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974924-provincial-water-authority-assures-no-significant-documents-damaged-by-fire/

 

Most workers want a new job: survey
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Most Thai employees are looking for a new job, a survey by JobThai.com has revealed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974926-most-thai-workers-want-a-new-job-survey/

 

Large vessels banned from fishing during spawning season

Phuket Gazette

 

          

Experts say that protecting young fish is essential, because it can help replenish fish stocks to later be harvested by the fishing industry. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Large fishing vessels will be banned from working in the southern Andaman Sea during the spawning season, from April 1 to June 30, the Fisheries Department announced yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974927-large-vessels-banned-from-fishing-during-spawning-season/

 

Storm in a Thai teacup - woman goes to the police over pump attendants who can't open filler cap

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- The world of Thai social media is abuzz after a Thai woman was filmed arguing with pump attendants at a gas station in Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974930-storm-in-a-thai-teacup-woman-goes-to-the-police-over-pump-attendants who-cant-open-filler-cap/

 

Video: Just another day on the Thai roads! Traffic stops to see 'Win' vs Taxi fight

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Traffic came to a standstill in Bangkok when a motorcycle taxi rider and a taxi driver settled an argument in the middle of the road.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974932-video-just-another-day-on-the-thai-roads-traffic-stops-to-see-win vs-taxi-fight/

 

Sunken South Korean ferry slowly emerges three years after disaster

By Ju-min Park

REUTERS

 

The sunken ferry Sewol is raised during its salvage operations on the sea off Jindo, South Korea, in this handout picture provided by West Regional Headquarters Korea Coast Guard and released by Yonhap on March 23, 2017. West Regional Headquarters Korea Coast Guard/Yonhap via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them children on a school trip, slowly emerged from a grey sea on Thursday, a sombre reminder of a tragedy that traumatised the country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974934-sunken-south-korean-ferry-slowly-emerges-three-years-after-disaster/

 

France's Macron seen winning presidential vote - poll

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) - Centrist Emmanuel Macron is projected to come out on top in the first round of France's presidential election next month ahead of far-right leader Marine Le Pen before going on to win in a runoff, a Harris Interactive poll showed on Thursday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974944-frances-macron-seen-winning-presidential-vote-poll/

 

Hawaii lawmaker resigns from Republican Party to join Democrats

By Steve Gorman

REUTERS

 

U.S. Representative Beth Fukumoto is shown in this undated handout photo in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., provided March 22, 2017. Courtesy of Hawaii State Capitol/Handout via REUTERS

 

REUTERS - Hawaii lawmaker Beth Fukumoto, ousted last month as Republican leader of the state's House of Representatives after publicly criticizing President Donald Trump, resigned on Wednesday from her party to seek membership as a Democrat.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974945-hawaii-lawmaker-resigns-from-republican-party-to-join-democrats/

 

Video: Two Thai trucks - are they in love.... or just annoying!

 

Picture: Manager Online (Ten wheelers get up close and personal....)

 

BANGKOK: -- Dash cam footage has been posted on Facebook that shows two large Thai trucks hogging both lanes of a two lane road.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974946-video-two-thai-trucks-are-they-in-love-or-just-annoying/

 

Metro police close down Facebook page selling stolen cars

 

BANGKOK, 23 March 2017 (NNT) - The Metro Police Bureau has arrested a group of people, who sold stolen cars via a Facebook page, and confiscated 19 vehicles. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974947-bangkok-metro-police-close-down-facebook-page-selling-stolen-cars/

 

Met office: Severe summer storms to hit Thailand from Friday

 

Picture: Tnews

 

BANGKOK: -- The Thai Metrological Office has warned that severe summer storms will hit Thailand from this Friday until next Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974949-met-office-severe-summer-storms-to-hit-thailand-from-friday/

 

Phuket court hands suspended sentence to Aussie tourist Keating for jet-ski death

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Thomas Keating exits Phuket Provincial Court this morning. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- Thomas Keating, the Australian tourist charged with the death of his girlfriend in a jet-ski collision off Phuket last month, has been handed down as two-year suspended jail sentence and fined B5,000 for reckless driving causing death.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974951-aussie-who-accidentally-killed-girlfriend-in-phuket-jet-ski-tragedy-learns-fate-in-thai-court/

Out-of-control pickup ploughs into four vehicles in Phuket, two people injured

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The motorbike Ms Vassana and her 16-year-old brother were travelling on. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The driver of a motorbike and her passenger were seriously injured last night when an out-of-control pickup truck ploughed into their and other vehicles off Thepkrasattri Rd.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974957-out-of-control-pickup-ploughs-into-four-vehicles-in-phuket-two-people-injured/

 

Phuket gunman in Patong tuk-tuk boss slaying hits ‘most wanted’ list

The Phuket News

 

MAIN PHOTO: Col Chalermchai Hernsawat, Deputy Chief of the Kathu Police. INSET: The arrest warrant for Porjet Sukwanli.

 

PHUKET: -- Police in Phuket have added Porjet “Po” Sukwanli, the alleged hitman and the last remaining suspect wanted for the slaying of Patong Tuk-Tuk Club President Sakol Srisompotch last year, has been added to the Royal Thai Police list of most-wanted gunmen.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974958-phuket-gunman-in-patong-tuk-tuk-boss-slaying-hits-‘most-wanted’-list/

 

New traffic law with severer penalties is now in force

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Drivers failing to pay traffic ticket fines will now face severer penalties under a new regulation issued under Section 44 of the interim constitution.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974962-new-traffic-law-with-severer-penalties is-now-in-force/

 

UPDATE:

 

Stepped-up security after London terror attack

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Security was tightened at foreign embassies, consulates, significant government offices, airports, bus terminals, leading commercial and shopping areas, and tourist spots, following terror attack in London.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974918-security-intensified-in-thailand-following-london-attack/?do=findComment&comment=11735081

 

Thai woman says she was raped by Malaysian Immigration Officer 

 

Malacca - A Thai woman claimed she was raped by an immigration officer and forced to perform oral sex on him at the Machap Umboo detention centre in Alor Gajah, earlier this month.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974971-thai-woman-says-she-was-raped-by-malaysian-immigration-officer/

First Soi 38 closed, soon there’ll be no street food in Thong Lor, Ekkamai or Phra Khanong either

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: killerturnip/Flickr

 

BANGKOK: -- The government has directed all street food vendors to halt sales on a popular section of Upper Sukhumvit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974974-first-soi-38-closed-soon-there’ll-be-no-street-food-in-thong-lor-ekkamai-or-phra-khanong-either/

 

More channels on the move as AIS announce new HBO package deal

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Mobile provider AIS has announced a new deal that will bring consumers in Thailand more content than ever on their phones and tablets

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/more-channels-on-the-move-as-ais-announce-new-hbo-package-deal/20549/

Democrat Sathit slams Pheu Thai over call to scrap reconciliation panels
By The Nation

 

File photo: Sathit Pitutecha, deputy leader of the Democrat Party.

 

BANGKOK: -- A Democrat politician claims the Pheu Thai Party is trying to discredit the government after the party’s former coalition leader called for the dissolution of the reconciliation committees.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974981-democrat-sathit-slams-pheu-thai-over-call-to-scrap-reconciliation-panels/