Vendors grumble as Jomtien Beach overhaul moves into Dongtan

 

 

PATTAYA:--Jomtien Beach vendors are complaining their low season is about to get a lot worse as the 600-million-baht shoreline renovation project moves into Dongtan Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989198-vendors-grumble-as-jomtien-beach-overhaul-moves-into-dongtan/

 

Muze denies all amid suspicion Pattaya club lacked fire-safety system

 

PATTAYA:--Management of a Pattaya disco destroyed by a fire supposedly ignited by a spark during a welding job denied contractors were working in the building before the blaze, even though a welder was arrested.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989199-muze-denies-all-amid-suspicion-pattaya-club-lacked-fire-safety-system/

 

Relocated Bali Hai drop-off zones create few problems

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials said their move to have tour companies pick up and drop off passengers at three spots on Beach Road, instead of Bali Hai Pier, proved an overall success, despite some hiccups.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989200-relocated-bali-hai-drop-off-zones-create-few-problems/

 

Despite residents’ appeals, Pattaya proceeds with home demolitions at Naklua canal

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials said they will demolish 20 apartment buildings encroaching on the Nokyang canal despite appeals to a provincial board that the city was violating residents’ rights in its effort to clear the Naklua flood-control trench of obstructions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989201-despite-residents’-appeals-pattaya-proceeds-with-home-demolitions-at-naklua-canal/

 

Baht buses OK’d to return to Soi Buakhao

 

PATTAYA:--Even though many drivers are simply ignoring them, more official routes were added to Pattaya’s baht bus system – including Soi Buakhao.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989203-baht-buses-ok’d-to-return-to-soi-buakhao/

 

Siam Country Club residents erect protest sign

 

PATTAYA:--Soi Siam Country Club residents outraged by extreme delays in completing reconstruction of the thoroughfare have gone beyond complaining verbally. They’ve erected a sign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989205-siam-country-club-residents-erect-protest-sign/

 

Bali Hai contractors race November fleet show deadline

 

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya contractors will be cutting it close, predicting the renovation of Bali Hai Pier will be done “within” November – the same month the jetty is supposed to host an international naval fleet show.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989206-bali-hai-contractors-race-november-fleet-show-deadline/

 

DMF hails allowance for petroleum producers to continue using state land

 

 

BANGKOK, 23 June 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) has hailed the Cabinet’s decision to allow land marked for farming to be used for other purposes, including oil prospecting, believing that with 7 companies already ready to begin drilling, the nation’s crude oil production should return to normal rates within a month. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989210-dmf-hails-allowance-for-petroleum-producers-to-continue-using-state-land/

 

Kalasin teacher charged with raping girl, 11
By The Nation

 

Chayakorn Wongkhamharn

 

KALASIN: -- A TEACHER in Kalasin is facing a charge of raping an 11-year-old fifth grader at his school in the northeastern province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989212-kalasin-teacher-charged-with-raping-girl-11/

 

2 ladyboys nabbed for pickpocketing Aussie

By Keng Na Songkhla

 

  

Transvestites Ronnarit Kamprao and Plakat Sonjan have been arrested for allegedly pickpocketing an Australian tourist on Walking Street.

 

PATTAYA: -- Two transvestites have been arrested for allegedly pickpocketing an Australian tourist on Walking Street.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989215-2-ladyboys-nabbed-for-pickpocketing-aussie/

 

Navy plane crashes in Sattahip

By  Patcharapol Panrak

 

A navy pilot survived when his sea research plane crashed in Sattahip.

 

SATTHAHIP: -- A navy pilot survived when his sea research plane crashed in Sattahip.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989218-navy-plane-crashes-in-sattahip/

 

 

Dhara Dhevi Signed an MOU with Spa Origins with the Aim to Push Dheva Spa as a Leading Health and Wellness Centre

by Tus Werayutwattana

 

 

CityNews – A press conference was held on June 22nd at the Dhara Dhevi witnessing the MOU signed by Chairman of IFEC, Dr Wichai Thavornwattanayong and Andrew Jacka, Director of Spa Origins. Along with an introduction to the new General Manager, Wichai Cholahan and answering questions on SP sign posted on IFEC.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989238-dhara-dhevi-signed-an-mou-with-spa-origins-with-the-aim-to-push-dheva-spa-as-a-leading-health-and-wellness-centre/

 

Public Transportation is Moving Forwards

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – On 20th June, a driver who was picking up a foreign friend at Chiang Mai International Airport was wrongfully accused of being an Uber driver by a team of officers including an officer from Chiang Mai Provincial Land Transport Office, a police officer, a military officer and AOT officers. A video clip of the incident went viral on social media, brought up a controversial conversation on the protocol that officers are using to identify the illegal driver of Uber and Grab services.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989240-public-transportation-is-moving-forwards/

 

12 arrested in second ‘fake licence plates’ police operation

By Supachai Phetchthewee
The Nation

 

 

A police operation linked to fake car licence plates in which officers raided 19 locations nationwide this week led to the arrest of 12 suspects, Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpan, the 191 patrol and special operation division chief, told a press conference in Bangkok on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989241-12-arrested-in-second-‘fake-licence-plates’-police-operation/

 

Pasit investment and travel fraud case passed to prosecutors

By The Nation

 

 

Police passed the case against alleged fraudster Pasit “Sin Sae Shogun” Ariyalapit to public prosecutors on Friday, in relation to an alleged pyramid investment scheme and a travel junket debacle that left more than 1,000 would-be tourists stranded at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in April. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989242-pasit-investment-and-travel-fraud-case-passed-to-prosecutors/

 

Authorities risk punishment if they violate national strategy, says Wissanu

By The Nation

 

 

Concerned authorities risk being punished if they do not follow the so-called national strategy, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989243-authorities-risk-punishment-if-they-violate-national-strategy-says-wissanu/

 

Pretty girls all in a row

By The Nation

 

 

Seventy-seven lovely ladies, each of whom has won the Miss Grand Thailand 2017 in her native province, are on the way to Chiang Mai for a bootcamp that will see them prepare for the final of the pageant next month.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989245-pretty-girls-all-in-a-row/

 

Phitsanulok family prepared to receive son’s body from the US 

By Mongkolchaowarat Tangmangmee
The Nation

 

 

PARENTS of a Thai high-school exchange student who drowned in the US earlier this month have prepared a pavilion at a temple in Phitsanulok to receive his body, which was due to arrive in Thailand late on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989246-phitsanulok-family-prepared-to-receive-son’s-body-from-the-us/

 

Eight suspects nabbed as yaba pills, ‘ice’ and ketamine seized in four raids

By Supachai Phetchthewee
The Nation

 

 

Eight suspects were arrested by police in four separate drug busts recently.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989247-eight-suspects-nabbed-as-yaba-pills-‘ice’-and-ketamine-seized-in-four-raids/

 

Ex-Khon Kaen MP faces indictment for murder of an ex-provincial councilor

 

 

Former Khon Kaen MP Nawat Tohcharoensook is to be indicted with the charge of ordering the murder of a Khon Kaen provincial councilor four years ago.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989248-ex-khon-kaen-mp-faces-indictment-for-murder-of-an-ex-provincial-councilor/

 

Deadly London tower blaze began in Hotpoint fridge freezer, police say

By Michael Holden

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A fire that killed at least 79 people at a London tower block started in a Hotpoint fridge freezer, and the outside cladding engulfed by the blaze has since been shown to fail all safety tests, London police said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989249-deadly-london-tower-blaze-began-in-hotpoint-fridge-freezer-police-say/

 

New video claims to give first look at the iPhone 8

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Apple has been doing its best to keep the new iPhone under wraps, but despite best efforts, there has still been plenty of leaks.

 

 

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-video-claims-give-first-look-iphone-8/22505/

 

The flip phone is BACK!: Samsung launches new Galaxy Folder 2

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Following the hype around the new Nokia 3310, Samsung are hoping that their new 90’s style phone – the Galaxy Folder 2 – will be just as popular.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/flip-phone-back-samsung-launches-new-galaxy-folder-2/22510/

Phuket lifeguards call for hotels to join free surf-rescue training

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- The chief of the Phuket Lifeguard Service has called for staff from hotels and other tourism operators to join free water-rescue training sessions, in response to the call by Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong for hotels to do more to improve tourists’ safety.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989251-phuket-lifeguards-call-for-hotels-to-join-free-surf-rescue-training/

 

Double trouble for thief arrested in Phuket Town

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- A Phuket man who stole a motorbike and Buddhist artifacts, in two separate crimes, in order to buy drugs was arrested yesterday by Phuket City police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989253-double-trouble-for-thief-arrested-in-phuket-town/

 

Rape escape: Phone call aborts rape of Phuket woman two months pregnant

Kritsada Muenghawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- A chance incoming phone call saved a two-month pregnant woman from being raped yesterday afternoon in her rental room in Phuket. The loud ring panicked the rapist who then fled.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989254-rape-escape-phone-call-aborts-rape-of-phuket-woman-two-months-pregnant/

 

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