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Woman Fined For Calling 191 Dozens Of Times Daily - For 3 Years

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Lert Jaima, 60, with the phone she used to call 191 about 40 times a day.

 

CHIANG MAI — A woman was charged with causing a disturbance Monday by calling emergency services more than 1,000 times over the course of three years because she was lonely.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977891-woman-fined-for-calling-191-dozens-of-times-daily-for-3-years/

 

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Pet monkey caught up in drug case

By The Nation

 

 

Two little monkeys clung tightly to their owners, Kanchana An-ampol, 38, and Sakuna Suthipibul, 24, as the two women were arrested in possession of 470 amphetamine pills known as “yaba” and 6.8 grams of crystal meth at their rented room in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977888-pet-monkey-caught-up-in-drug-case/

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Pattaya woman in iPhone 7 "finders keepers" case intends to fight charges of theft

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- The Pattaya woman at the center of the most talked about case of recent weeks intends to fight and hire a lawyer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977907-pattaya-woman-in-iphone-7-finders-keepers-case-intends-to-fight charges-of-theft/

 

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Snake in the gaming shop video goes viral as stars of the show get five minutes of fame!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

ANG THONG: -- The guys at the center of the "snake in the gaming shop" video have become unwitting internet sensations!

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977909-snake-in-the-gaming-shop-video-goes-viral-as-stars-of-the-show-get five-minutes-of-fame/

 

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Redshirt lawyer calls on PM to reverse plans for pick-up seating ban

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A lawyer for the Pheu Thai party has said that the prime minister's directive to stop Thais travelling in the back of pick-up is "an unjustifiable use of his authority".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977910-redshirt-lawyer-calls-on-pm-to-reverse-plans-for-pick-up-seating-ban/

 

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Hauliers' association agree to truck ban on major Isaan roads during Songkran holidays

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

KORAT: -- The Korat land transport department has appealed to the North eastern truck drivers' association to request their members not to use roads throughout the Songkran period from the 11th to 17th of April.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977912-hauliers-association-agree-to-truck-ban-on-major-isaan-roads-during songkran-holidays/

 

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Police make arrest in murder of Lopburi "Phoo Yai Ban" - and it is the wife

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

LOPBURI: -- Police in Lopburi have made an arrest in the neck slashing murder of the son of a village elder in Tha Manao district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977913-police-make-arrest-in-murder-of-lopburi-phoo-yai-ban-and-it-is-the-wife/

 

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Emergency patients forced to pay for ‘free’ care
By Chularat Saengpassa
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- MORE THAN half of the 912 patients who sought the government’s much-advertised free emergency medical help between April 1 and 9 found themselves labelled “unqualified” at hospitals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977914-emergency-patients-forced-to-pay-for-‘free’-care/

 

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Article 44 order on Constitutional Court judges and Audit Commission is essential, Wissanu says
By The Nation

 

First page of the order enacted by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on April 5

 

BANGKOK: -- Government legal experts said on Monday that an Article 44 order on the selection of new Constitutional Court judges and members of the State Audit Commission (SAC) was essential – to get officers in charge while related organic laws are not yet available.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977915-article-44-order-on-constitutional-court-judges-and-audit-commission-is-essential-wissanu-says/

 

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Court dismisses Yingluck's request for injunction

The Nation

 

File photo : Yingluck Shinawatra

 

BANGKOK: -- The Central Administrative Court has dismissed former premier Yingluck Shinawatra’s petition for an injunction concerning a pending civil liability lawsuit in which the government is trying to seize her personal assets to partly pay for alleged financial damages resulting from her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977916-court-dismisses-yinglucks-request-for-injunction/

 

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Extended families now biggest group in society: UNFPA
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- EXTENDED FAMILIES have made a comeback, with multi-generational family units again forming the biggest group in Thai society.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977917-extended-families-now-biggest-group-in-society-unfpa/

 

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NSRA panel firm on media licensing system
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- MEDIA PERSONNEL are to be licensed and failure to register will result in penalties of up to two years in jail or a fine of up to Bt60,000, the media reform committee decided yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977918-nsra-panel-firm-on-media-licensing-system/

 

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Dugong numbers off Trang up again despite smaller seagrass areas
By Khanitta Sitong
The Nation

 

Officials and volunteers from Haad Chaomai National Park recently captured dugongs in the Koh Libong area in Trang to tag them, so that the rare mammals can be monitored via satellite for conservation efforts.

 

TRANG: -- THE NUMBER of dugongs in the sea off Trang has risen to a decade high of 169, according to a recent survey of the “sea cow” population by the Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Centre.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977919-dugong-numbers-off-trang-up-again-despite-smaller-seagrass-areas/

 

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Nationwide crime crackdown before Songkran

 

 

BANGKOK: -- About 5,000 criminal and drug suspects have been rounded up by police of First Region Provincial Police Bureau since March 31 as part of the police’s nationwide crime crackdown ahead of the Songkran festival.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977920-nationwide-crime-crackdown-before-songkran/

 

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OPINION

Thailand 4.0 and the future of work 
By Maurizio Bussi, Sameer Khatiwada 
Special to The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The world of work is undergoing big changes of unprecedented speed and scale. Thailand, like other Southeast Asian countries, must face the challenges posed by these transformations head on. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977921-thailand-40-and-the-future-of-work/

 

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Tambon and village heads fight reforms
By THE NATION

 

 

NRSA Proposal calls for local officials to face elections, serve a maximum of five years in office

 

BANGKOK: -- TAMBON CHIEFS and village heads yesterday gathered at city halls in major provinces to protest a proposal by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) to reduce their terms in office as part of a push to reform local administrations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977826-kamnan-and-village-headmen-oppose-local-administration-reform/?do=findComment&comment=11787645

 

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Gunman slays teacher, wounds two students, kills self in California classroom

By Olga Grigoryants

REUTERS

 

San Bernardino Police say at least two adults were killed and two others, possibly children, were struck by gunfire at Northpark Elementary School in San Bernardino, California. Colette Luke reports.

 

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) - A man opened fire with a pistol in a special education classroom at a Southern California elementary school on Monday, fatally shooting the teacher and wounding two students before killing himself, police and school officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977922-gunman-slays-teacher-wounds-two-students-kills-self-in-california-classroom/

 

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Trump's pick Gorsuch sworn in, restoring top court's conservative tilt

By Lawrence Hurley

REUTERS

 

Judge Neil Gorsuch (L) is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court by Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (R) , as U.S. President Donald J. Trump (C) watches with Louise Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump reveled in the biggest political victory of his presidency at a White House ceremony on Monday in which his Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch was sworn in, poised to make an instant impact on a court once again dominated by conservatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977923-trumps-pick-gorsuch-sworn-in-restoring-top-courts-conservative-tilt/

 

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May, Trump agree Russia should break ties with Assad - UK PM's office

REUTERS

 

File photo: U.S. President Donald Trump walks with British Prime Minister Theresa May after their meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke on Monday to U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed that "a window of opportunity" now exists to persuade Russia to break ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, May's office said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977924-may-trump-agree-russia-should-break-ties-with-assad-uk-pms-office/

 

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G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria's Assad

By Crispian Balmer and Steve Scherer

REUTERS

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Italy's Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano and E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini attend a ceremony at the Sant'Anna di Stazzema memorial, dedicated to the victims of the massacre committed in the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema by the Nazis in 1944 during World War II, Italy April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

 

LUCCA, Italy (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977925-g7-ministers-look-to-persuade-russia-to-abandon-syrias-assad/

 

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Officer on leave after dragging United Airlines passenger off plane

By Alana Wise

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - Two ground crew members walk past a United Airlines airplane as it sits at a gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An aviation security officer who dragged a passenger off of an overbooked United Airlines flight to make room for employees has been placed on leave, Chicago authorities said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977926-officer-on-leave-after-dragging-united-airlines-passenger-off-plane/

 

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China tops 2016 global executions, U.S. sees lowest number in decades

By Venus Wu and Pak Yiu

REUTERS

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China was the world's top executioner last year, while the United States put to death fewer people than it has in more than two decades, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977927-china-tops-2016-global-executions-us-sees-lowest-number-in-decades/

 

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Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzers for work on Trump, Putin

By Daniel Trotta

 

Photojournalist Daniel Berehulak, facing camera, embraces Michelle McNally, the assistant editor and director of photography of The New York Times, during announcement of the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes in The Times newsroom in New York, U.S., April 10, 2017. Berehulak won for photographs that provided a haunting portrait of a violent anti-drug campaign in the Philippines. Sam Hodgson/Courtesy The New York Times/Handout via REUTERS

 

L-R, East Bay Times reporters Matthias Gafni, Thomas Peele, Harry Harris, Erin Baldassari and David Debolt react as they learn of their Pulitzer Prize win for breaking news at their office in downtown Oakland, California, U.S., April 10, 2017. The staff of the East Bay Times won journalism's highest honor for their coverage of the tragic Ghost Ship warehouse fire which killed 36 people in December 2016. Jane Tyska/Courtesy Bay Area News Group via REUTERS

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pulitzer Prizes on Monday honoured The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin's covert power grab, praising their probing of powerful people despite a hostile climate for the news media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977928-washington-post-ny-times-win-pulitzers-for-work-on-trump-putin/

 

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Trump administration open to additional strikes on Syria - White House

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which U.S. Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. Ford Williams/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if its government uses chemical weapons again or deploys barrel bombs in the country, the White House said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977929-trump-administration-open-to-additional-strikes-on-syria-white-house/

 

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Malala receives highest U.N. honour to promote girls education

REUTERS

 

Malala Yousafzai attends a ceremony with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres after being selected a United Nations messenger of peace in New York, NY, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a U.N. Messenger of Peace on Monday to promote girls education, more than four years after a Taliban gunman shot her in the head on her school bus in 2012.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977930-malala-receives-highest-un-honour-to-promote-girls-education/

 

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Berlusconi 'saves' Easter lambs, angering Italy's meat lobby

REUTERS

 

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) holds and hugs a lamb as he poses with Michela Vittoria Brambilla, animal right activist and member of parliament for Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, in this undated photo released by the Italian League in Defence of Animals and the Environment. Maurizio Calzari/Lega Italiana Difesa Animali e Ambiente/Handout via Reuters

 

ROME (Reuters) - Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has infuriated Italy's meat industry by joining a vegetarian campaign and "adopting" five lambs that would have been butchered for Easter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977931-berlusconi-saves-easter-lambs-angering-italys-meat-lobby/

 

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'Beg-packers': White tourists who beg in southeast Asia

Maisarah Abu Samah, Louise K.

The Observers

Locals have been shocked to see white tourists begging in the streets of Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore to raise money for their travels. While some just see it as bizarre, others are outraged by it, calling it an "orientalist fantasy".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977942-beg-packers-white-tourists-who-beg-in-southeast-asia/

 

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Web needs rethink to stop “nasty” ideas spreading, says its creator

BY REUTERS

 

World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) – The World Wide Web needs a complete rethink to prevent spying and the spread of “nasty, mean ideas” on social media websites, its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, said on Monday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/web-needs-rethink-to-stop-nasty-ideas-spreading-says-its-creator/20926/

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Retired police officer dies in Chon Buri house fire

The Nation

 

CHONBURI: -- A retired police officer died of smoke inhalation when a fire broke out at his house in Chon Buri’s Mueang district late Monday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977945-retired-police-officer-dies-in-chon-buri-house-fire/

 

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His Majesty grants Bt40 million to help southern flood victims
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- His Majesty the King has granted to the government Bt40 million from the proceeds of the sale of greeting cards drawn by him and a diary designed by him to help flood victims in southern provinces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977947-his-majesty-grants-bt40-million-to-help-southern-flood-victims/