Phuket lifeguards warn 'rest before swimming' after Russian boy collapses on beach

The Phuket News

 

A lifeguard carries the Russian boy on the beach yesterday (June 18). Photo: Phuket Lifeguard Service

 

PHUKET: -- The chief of the Phuket Lifeguard Service has called for tourists to rest before heading to the beach after arriving on long flights after a 10-year-old Russian boy collapsed on the sand at Nai Thon Beach yesterday (June 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988508-phuket-lifeguards-warn-rest-before-swimming-after-russian-boy-collapses-on-beach/

 

Volunteer diver dies after installing artificial reef off Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Lakkhana Sakunphong, from Krabi, was rushed by to Chalong Pier, where Phuket rescue workers and medical staff were waiting for her. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police are hoping to confirm the cause of death of a 35-year-old volunteer diver who fainted soon after resurfacing from assisting in a government project to install an artificial reef at Racha Yai Island, south of Phuket, yesterday (June 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988512-volunteer-diver-dies-after-installing-artificial-reef-off-phuket/

 

Cause of Banmuang fire under scrutiny
By The Nation

 

Photo by Kornkamol Aksorndej

 

BANGKOK: -- Police are waiting for specialists to identify the cause of Monday morning’s fire at the disused headquarters of defunct newspaper Banmuang on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988514-cause-of-banmuang-fire-under-scrutiny/

 

Google tightens measures to remove extremist content on YouTube

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will implement more measures to identify and remove terrorist or violent extremist content on its video sharing platform YouTube, the company said in a blog post on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-tightens-measures-remove-extremist-content-youtube-2/22400/

Arrest warrant out for Somkiart as PAD case drags on
By The Nation

 

Chamlong Srimuang, former PAD leader, arrives at the Criminal Court Monday.

 

BANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Somkiart Pongpaibul, a former leader of the now-defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy, after he failed to show up to hear an Appeals Court ruling on the group’s 2008 invasion of Government House.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988515-arrest-warrant-out-for-somkiart-as-pad-case-drags-on/

 

Six troops killed, four injured in Pattani bomb attack
By The Nation

 

 

PATTANI: -- Six troops were killed and four others were injured when Muslim insurgents detonated a roadside bomb to ambush them Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988516-six-troops-killed-four-injured-in-pattani-bomb-attack/

 

Murdered youths may have stumbled on secret insurgency meeting: authorities
By Nakarin Chinnawornkomon
The Nation

 

PATTANI: -- An insurgent cell led by Sobri Jehheh is believed to be behind the shooting deaths of three youths who went to collect forest produce on Saturday and possibly stumbled on a clandestine, nefarious activity in Pattani's Yaring district, authorities said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988517-murdered-youths-may-have-stumbled-on-secret-insurgency-meeting-authorities/

 

Trang’s working elephants tested for illegal classification
By Khanitta Sitong
The Nation

 

TRANG -- Ten elephants in Trang were tested on Monday as part of a programme aimed at preventing wild elephants from being misclassified as domestic so their tusks can be sold.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988520-trang’s-working-elephants-tested-for-illegal-classification/

 

Apisak not deterred by opposition to windfall tax  
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong has pledged to go ahead with the windfall tax plan despite opposition from land developers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988523-apisak-not-deterred-by-opposition-to-windfall-tax/

 

Thai junta seeks to force temples to open their finances

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: Buddhist monks receive food from people while soldiers watch on outside Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military government will propose a law to force its tens of thousands of Buddhist temples to declare their finances, the head of the National Office of Buddhism told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988526-thai govt seeks-to-force-temples-to-open-their-finances/

 

Facebook uproar over theft of one-armed man’s all saving
By The Nation

 

Suchart Choomkung, photo from “Toon Thossapol Chaiyarit” Facebook page.

 

KRABI: -- Facebook users have demanded authorities take immediate action to help a one-armed man in Krabi province whose house was burglarised and Bt15,000 and Bt15,000 worth of valuables were stolen.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988527-facebook-uproar-over-theft-of-one-armed-man’s-all-saving/

 

Govt continues to tackle energy security problems

 

 

BANGKOK, 19 June 2017 (NNT) – The committee for strategic national administration has met to discuss solutions to various issues affecting the country’s energy security. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988531-thai-govt-continues-to-tackle-energy-security-problems/

Bangkok buses to finally get ticket machines. here’s how they work

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

A prototype Mangmoom card reader is displayed Thursday.

 

BANGKOK — Steely conductors rattling coin collectors and palming torn paper tickets may not be long for Bangkok’s buses.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988535-bangkok-buses-to-finally-get-ticket-machines-here’s-how-they-work/

 

Bangkok struggles to protect slum dwellers as floods worsen

By Thin Lei Win

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Phrom Samrit, a squatter settlement along a major canal in Bangkok, most of the 300 households live cheek by jowl and have become used to floods after living next to water all their lives. But now their resilience is being chipped away, says Adirak Sangnut, the slum's elected leader.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988537-bangkok-struggles-to-protect-slum-dwellers-as-floods-worsen/

 

Suthep’s no-election call won’t hurt reconciliation: Army chief
By The Nation

 

General Chalermchai Sutthisart, commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army

 

BANGKOK: --  The Army chief on Monday shrugged off a remark by pro-junta veteran politician Suthep Thaugsuban, who claims that the country is not ready for an election any time soon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988539-suthep’s-no-election-call-won’t-hurt-reconciliation-army-chief/

 

Four foreign inmates break out of Bali jail using tunnel

 

DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian police have launched a search for four foreign inmates, who escaped from an overcrowded prison on the resort island of Bali by crawling through a narrow tunnel dug under the walls, authorities said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988540-four-foreign-inmates-break-out-of bali-jail-using-tunnel/

 

The new Microsoft Modern Keyboard could make passwords a thing of the past

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The new Microsoft Modern Keyboard means you will never have to type a password again.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-modern-keyboard/22404/

Sansiri optimistic about Khon Kaen real estate market
By The Nation

 

 

KHON KAEN: -- Property firm Sansiri says it has sold 80 per cent of its Bt2.1 billion Base Height Mittraphap-Khon Kaen condominium project, thanks largely to the government investing more in infrastructure projects in the province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988543-sansiri-optimistic-about-khon-kaen-real-estate-market/

 

 

The Exonerated to be Reprised

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – On Thursday, March 9th 2017 the curtain rose at Kad Theater (Kad Suan Kaew) for the opening performance of The Gate Theater Group production of “The Exonerated” written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen and directed by Gate founder Stephan Turner.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988562-the-exonerated-to-be-reprised/

 

TAT Press Trip to Wiang Haeng, Chiang Dao and Mae Ai

by Tus Werayutwattana

 

 

CityNews – Chiang Mai Provincial Office of Tourism and Sports invited medias to explore travelling tracks along borders in Wiang Haeng, Chiang Dao and Mae Ai district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988563-tat-press-trip-to-wiang-haeng-chiang-dao-and-mae-ai/

 

Samsung’s new invisible TV doubles up as a picture frame

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Samsung have launched a TV that doubles up as a picture frame and doesn’t need turning off.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsungs-new-invisible-tv-doubles-picture-frame/22408/

Airport Rail Link To Install Barriers After Pregnant Woman's Death

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Rossarin Plianla, 30, in an image held over the scene of her death Monday at Airport Rail Link Ban Thap Chang.

 

BANGKOK — The operator of Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link system said all stations will be upgraded with security barriers after a train killed a pregnant woman who fell onto the tracks Monday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988567-airport-rail-link-to-install-barriers-after-pregnant-womans-death/

 

BMA calls meeting on construction safety after spate of accidents

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is hosting a meeting on construction safety standards with related agencies following a series of accidents recently.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988569-bma-calls-meeting-on-construction-safety-after-spate-of-accidents/

 

Woman fell 'too close to train' for driver to stop in time, says Airport Rail Link operator

By The Nation

 

 

The acting managing director of SRT Electrified Train Co said the woman who was crushed to death at the Airport Rail Link’s Bang Thap Chang station on Monday had fallen onto the track too close to an oncoming train for the driver to stop in time.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988570-woman-fell-too-close-to-train-for-driver-to-stop-in-time-says-airport-rail-link-operator/

 

Fatal shooting accused seeks legal aid from Justice Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

A 50-year-old engineer who has admitted shooting a teenager to death in a car-parking dispute, has asked for legal aid from the Justice Ministry, deputy permanent secretary Dusadee Arayawuth said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988571-fatal-shooting-accused-seeks-legal-aid-from-justice-ministry/

 

Presumed death toll in London tower blaze rises to 79

 

Members of the emergency services work inside burnt out remains of the Grenfell apartment tower in North Kensington, London, Britain, June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

 

London police said 79 people were dead or missing presumed dead after a devastating tower block blaze last week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988572-presumed-death-toll-in-london-tower-blaze-rises-to-79/

 

Phuket police nab, charge man selling drugs to teenagers

Kritsada Muenghawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- A man from Sukhothai has been apprehended and charged with selling drugs to teenagers in Phuket. The arrest of Nawareuk Lekam, 35, was announced yesterday by Capt Amphon Samorthai of the border patrol police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988574-phuket-police-nab-charge-man-selling-drugs-to-teenagers/

 

Protection areas to be set up following death of dugong in Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Officials assist the badly injured dugong. Photo: Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park

 

PHUKET:-- An official from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC) has stated that protected areas will be introduced for dudongs following the death of one of the animals at the PMBC this morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988575-protection-areas-to-be-set-up-following-death-of-dugong-in-phuket/

 

Exporters urged to adopt hedging strategy when baht is strong

By The Nation

 

The Commerce Ministry suggested on Monday that the private sector should hedge against future volatility in the baht at a time when the Thai currency remains strong

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988580-exporters-urged-to-adopt-hedging-strategy-when-baht-is-strong/