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Higher pilot retirement age urged

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Legislative Assembly transport committee has proposed that the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) ask the relevant state agencies to revise rules to raise the retirement age of pilots to 65 years as part of the effort to solve the shortage of pilots.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983858-higher-pilot-retirement-age-urged/

 

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Polls suggest parliamentary majority within reach for France's Macron

By Michel Rose and Brian Love

 

French President Emmanuel Macron reacts after a meeting and family photo with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission at the Elysee Place in Paris, France May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A parliamentary majority looks to be within reach for centrist French President Emmanuel Macron in next month's parliamentary election, opinion polls indicated on Thursday, as his cross-partisan government held its first meeting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983860-polls-suggest-parliamentary-majority-within-reach-for frances-macron/

 

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Japan cabinet approves bill to allow emperor to abdicate

By Elaine Lies

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Emperor Akihito waves to well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial Palace to mark his 82nd birthday in Tokyo, Japan, December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved a bill on Friday that would allow Emperor Akihito to step down, paving the way for the first abdication by a Japanese emperor in nearly two centuries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983865-emperor-akihito-japans-government-approves-abdication-bill/

 

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Four Chiang Mai schools closed due to flooding downtown
By The Nation

 

The Prince Royal's School is flooded Friday morning but the school is not closed.

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Overnight rains in Chiang Mai province caused flooding in the Muang district early Friday, prompting four schools to close for a day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983870-four-chiang-mai-schools-closed-due-to-flooding-downtown/

 

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Three arrested in Trang after raid of house yields 4 million meth pills
By The Nation

 

TRANG: -- Narcotics suppression police raided a house in Trang late Thursday night and seized approximately 4 million methamphetamine pills and took three persons into custody.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983872-three-arrested-in-trang-after-raid-of-house-yields-4-million-meth-pills/

 

 

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Ten schools closed, 1,000 families affected as Loei River in spate

By The Nation

 

LOEI: -- The Loei River in Loei province burst its banks, inundating communities in Muang district late Thursday night, affecting some 1,000 families and prompting 10 schools to be closed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983873-ten-schools-closed-1000-families-affected-as-loei-river-in-spate/

 

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Commerce Ministry hopeful rice prices will rise

 

BANGKOK, 19 May 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce is optimistic about this year’s rice prices, recommending growers maintain quality and for all relevant agencies to work to reduce overhead costs for farmers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983874-thai-commerce-ministry-hopeful-rice-prices-will-rise/

 

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American missionary wanted for kidnapping own children

 

 

PATTAYA:-- Police have issued an arrest warrant for an American missionary who allegedly had his latest Thai love kidnap his three children from their mothers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983875-american-missionary-wanted-for-kidnapping-own-children/

 

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Chonburi releases wasps to combat coconut maggots

 

 

PATTAYA:-- Agriculture officials will release more than 100,000 wasps over the next month to control a rapidly spreading maggot infestation threatening the entire coconut tree crop in Banglamung District.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983877-chonburi-releases-wasps-to-combat-coconut-maggots/

 

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Halted beach refill work zone becomes haven for thieves

 

 

PATTAYA:-- A blocked-off portion of Pattaya Beach has become a haven for homeless people and a base for petty thieves, beach chair vendors claim.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983879-halted-beach-refill-work-zone-becomes-haven-for-thieves/

 

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Pattaya revives failed Bali Hai marina project

 

 

PATTAYA:--The 735-million-baht marina, built in phases between 2008 and 2013, has never opened due to repeated problems and funding shortages. Abandoned by both the city and its builder Ping Joint Venture Ltd., the small-boat harbor began to deteriorate and took critical damage from tropical depression Vamco is 2015.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983881-pattaya-revives-failed-bali-hai-marina-project/

 

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Property owners told to fence off vacant land

 

 

PATTAYA:-- Pattaya has ordered owners of open land to fence off their property and erect signs to block them from becoming illegal trash dumps.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983882-property-owners-told-to-fence-off-vacant-land/

 

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Finance Ministry opposes NLA proposal to hike VAT rate

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Finance Ministry is wary of the impact on the economy from the hike in value-added tax (VAT) proposed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and plans to oppose it.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983885-thai-finance-ministry-opposes-nla-proposal-to-hike-vat-rate/

 

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Patong counterfeit goods crackdown nets 10,000 items, valued at B20mn

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Officers say they arrested 10 ‘alien suspects’ and seized more than 10,000 items with a street value of more than B20 million. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Officials who carried out a series of raids in the tourist-popular Patong Beach area have reported in a matter of hours to have seized more than 10,000 illegal trademark items with a an estimated street value of more than B20 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983888-patong-counterfeit-goods-crackdown-nets-10000-items-valued-at-b20mn/

 

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Fortune-teller sleeping on footpath run over and killed 

By The Nation

 

PRAE: -- A fortune-teller dozing in his usual spot on the sidewalk in front of a Phrae market was run over and killed early Friday morning by a pickup truck whose driver had lost control.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983894-fortune-teller-sleeping-on-footpath-run-over-and-killed /

 

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Nonthaburi official arrested for alleged sex with minor

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A Nonthaburi tambon official has been charged in connection with the Mae Hong Son forced-prostitution scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983895-nonthaburi-official-arrested-for-alleged-sex-with-minor/

 

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Monsoon rains ravage several provinces in upper region

 

 

BANGKOK: -- More rains are expected this weekend in the country’s northeastern and eastern regions while rainfall will decrease today in the northern and central region after being ravaged by floods and storms early this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983897-monsoon-rains-ravage-several-thai-provinces-in-upper-region/

 

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Video: Shocking violence as spurned lover empties gun into ex at her work desk

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHANTABURI: -- A jealous Thai man burst into a downtown finance office and shot his ex girlfriend six times as she worked at her desk.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983898-video-shocking-violence-as-spurned-lover-empties-gun-into-ex-at-her-work-desk/

 

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Video: "Policeman" driving brand new Mercedes-Benz flees without paying for his gas

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A man thought to be a policeman has been caught on CCTV at a PTT gas station driving off without paying for his fuel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983903-video-policeman-driving-brand-new-mercedes-benz-flees-without paying-for-his-gas/

 

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Young primary teacher shot as she goes home at Chainat school

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHAINAT: -- A 25 year old primary school teacher was shot twice in the back of the head as she walked out of a Chainat school on her way home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983906-young-primary-teacher-shot-as-she-goes-home-at-chainat-school/

 

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Police investigating as "fortune teller lady boy" found dead in Ramkhahaeng room

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Hua Mark police were called to a room in a block in Ramkhamhaeng Soi 60/2 after residents had failed to see a lady boy fortune teller for several days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983907-police-investigating-as-fortune-teller-lady-boy-found-dead-in ramkhahaeng-room/

 

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Justice Ministry’s temp staff hangs in the balance

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Justice Ministry is scrambling to maintain the positions of 2,777 temporary employees who face termination at the end of this fiscal year due to an evaporated state fund.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983908-thai-justice-ministry’s-temp-staff-hangs-in-the-balance/

 

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No plan to hike VAT rate, says Somkid

By The Nation

 

File photo: Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak shakes hand with a robot at the TrueBusiness Forum 2017 “ Smart Thailand 4.0 at Siam Paragon Thursday.

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Friday that the proposal to increase value-added tax (VAT) was an old one and the public should not worry about it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983885-thai-finance-ministry-opposes-nla-proposal-to-hike-vat-rate/?do=findComment&comment=11902342

 

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Pathum Thani cyclist, 58, killed by ‘speeding’ car 

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A 58-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by a university student’s allegedly speeding luxury car in Pathum Thani on Friday morning. There was no immediate report of any charges being laid.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983909-pathum-thani-cyclist-58-killed-by-‘speeding’-car/

 

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Chief of Cherng Talay local authority orders removal of PVC pipes from Phuket beach

The Phuket News

 

The pipes, marking what a restaurant owner believed to be the boundary of his land, have since been removed. Photo: Dean Lambert

 

PHUKET: -- A number of blue PVC pipes which had been pummelled into the sand at Bang Tao Beach last Saturday have been removed following orders from Chief of the Cherng Talay local authority to officials from Thalang Municipality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983912-chief-of-cherng-talay-local-authority-orders-removal-of-pvc-pipes-from-phuket-beach/

 

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Wild elephant flees injured after being struck by van

By The Nation

 

 

RAYONG: -- A wild elephant struck by a van transporting junior students along a Rayong road Friday morning might have been severely injured. It’s being tracked in Khao Wong National Park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983913-wild-elephant-flees-injured-after-being-struck-by-van/

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Army to adapt strategy to handle southern insurgency

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Army commander-in-chief Gen Chalermchai Sithisart voiced concern over the violence in the deep south as southern militants have turned to civilian targets in their terror attacks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983914-thai-army-to-adapt-strategy-to-handle-southern-insurgency/

 

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Foreign-looking man sets himself alight at Iranian Embassy in Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A man believed to be a foreigner doused himself in gasoline before setting himself on fire today in front of Iranian Embassy in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983918-foreign-looking-man-sets-himself-alight-at-iranian-embassy-in-bangkok/

 

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Police set up barriers at Ratchaprasong on 7th anniversary of crackdown

By Khaosod English

 

  

Public areas are cordoned off around Ratchaprasong Intersection on Friday afternoon.

 

BANGKOK — Police cordoned off public spaces at Ratchaprasong Intersection on Friday, the seventh anniversary of a crackdown which ended two months of street unrest that left nearly 100 head, mostly civilians.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983919-police-set-up-barriers-at-ratchaprasong-on-7th-anniversary-of-crackdown/