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Phuket hospital hits back over UK claims they put money first after tourist's motorbike accident

 

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PHUKET: -- The hospital in Phuket that is treating UK resident Jake Tobin has hit back at claims from his mother printed in the UK press that they refused treatment until payment was guaranteed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982733-phuket-hospital-hits-back-over-uk-claims-they-put-money-first-after tourists-motorbike-accident/

 

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Govt gets tough with Facebook over pages with 'dubious content'
By Jirapan Boonnoon,
Jittraporn Senwong
The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- Thai authorities will summon representatives of social media giant Facebook if it fails by Tuesday morning to block access to 131 web pages that are deemed illegal, mainly due to content aimed at duping people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982747-govt-gets-tough-with-facebook-over-pages-with-dubious-content/

 

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Maybe another reason to avoid Red Bull! - Australian expert says it can give you a heart attack

 

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BANGKOK: -- Reports coming out of Australia and reported in the UK press claim that consuming two cans of "Red Bull" energy drink could give certain people a heart attack.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982748-maybe-another-reason-to-avoid-red-bull-australian-expert-says-it can-give-you-a-heart-attack/

 

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Italian students meet officials as part of observation of Thai street food

 

BANGKOK, 12 May 2017 (NNT) – The government has affirmed its intention to organize sidewalks, presenting its new approach to Street Food to a delegation of Italian students visiting Thailand to learn about its status as one of the world’s premier destinations for street side cuisine. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982749-italian-students-meet-officials-as-part-of-observation-of-thai-street-food/

 

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Obese macaque cleared of tumor, handed strict diet
By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- An obese long-tailed macaque from Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thien district has been placed on a strict diet after medical tests showed its abnormally large abdomen was not due to a malignant tumour, as had been suspected.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982752-obese-macaque-lung-ou-an”-cleared-of-tumor-handed-strict-diet/

 

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Chinese investors seek Belt and Road partners in Thailand
By The Nation

 

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Vincent Lo

 

A Hong Kong-Shanghai joint infrastructure investment delegation visited Bangkok this week to discuss cooperation and investment opportunities driven by growing intra-regional cooperation in Asia, especially under China's Belt and Road Initiative.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982756-chinese-investors-seek-belt-and-road-partners-in-thailand/

 

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Thailand's new king watches as sacred oxen predict good harvest

REUTERS

 

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Thai officials dressed in traditional costumes feed oxen during the annual royal ploughing ceremony during the annual royal ploughing ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn attended an annual ploughing ceremony on Friday where sacred oxen predicted a bountiful harvest, auguring well for the world's second largest rice exporter's hopes of selling more this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982760-thailands-new-king-watches-as-sacred-oxen-predict-good-harvest/

 
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Karaoke owner behind bars after 16-month battle against trafficking charges

 

Paranisa Chainapanitku is picked up by police at her Chalermprakiat Soi 19 home.

 

PATTAYA:--A well-connected Pattaya karaoke club owner who has battled human trafficking charges for more than a year is now behind bars, but vowing to continue her battle against police she claimed defamed and framed her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982759-karaoke-owner-behind-bars-after-16-month-battle-against-trafficking-charges/

 

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Phuket sea gypsies agree to vacate tin-shack homes

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The two sea sypsy families will vacate their tin-shack homes. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- After losing a seven-year legal battle, two sea gypsy families will vacate their tin-clad shacks at the sea gypsy village in Rawai so their homes can be demolished by court order.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982770-phuket-sea-gypsies-agree-to-vacate-tin-shack-homes/

 

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One injured in single-vehicle Phuket crash

Phuket Gazette 

 

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 The victim crashed his pick-up truck into an electric pole on the side of the road in Mai Khao. Photo: Winai Sarot

 

PHUKET: -- A 51-year-old man was injured after he crashed his pick-up truck into an electric pole on the side of the road in Mai Khao yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982771-one-injured-in-single-vehicle-phuket-crash/

 

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Phuket scion blames guard for fight, suspicious of motives

The Phuket News

 

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Chana Thavornwongwong.

 

PHUKET: -- Chana Thavornwongwong, the 57-year-old Phuket scion accused of attacking a security guard in the car park of his company’s offices in Phuket Town late last month, has gone public with his own version of events of the incident.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982778-phuket-scion-blames-guard-for-fight-suspicious-of-motives/

 

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Germany says will tell U.S. at G7 that the world needs its leadership

REUTERS

 

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FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble attends a lower house of parliament Bundestag session in Berlin, Germany, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

 

BARI, Italy (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday he would tell the U.S. Treasury Secretary that the world needs the United States' leadership.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982791-germany-says-will-tell-us-at-g7-that-the-world-needs-its-leadership/

 

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Company land under investigation after hundreds of trees destroyed

Phuket Gazette 

 

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Hundreds of trees on a 100-rai tract of land were cut down in Koh Lanta Nai. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

KRABI: -- A walled, 100-rai tract of land on Koh Lanta Noi is under investigation after the title holders ordered that hundreds of trees be cut down.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982792-company-land-under-investigation-after-hundreds-of-trees-destroyed/

 

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