More leptospirosis cases predicted after flooding has receded

 

 

The Department of Diseases Control has predicted an increase of leptospirosis cases after flood water has receded especially in the Northeast where 674 cases were reported during the first seven months and, of these, there were ten fatalities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995955-more-leptospirosis-cases-predicted-after-flooding-has-receded/

DDPM: 3.6 magnitude in Chiang Rai not affects Mae Suai Dam’s structure

 

BANGKOK, 7 August 2017 (NNT) - The Director General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has confirmed that the 3.6 magnitude earthquake in Chiang Rai poses no immediate risk to the structure of Mae Suai Dam. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995995-ddpm-36-magnitude-in-chiang-rai-not-affects-mae-suai-dam’s-structure/

 

PM orders strict regulation on alcohol ban near schools

 

 

BANGKOK, 7 August 2017 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has ordered a strict regulation on the ban of alcohol sale near education institutes, encouraging the public to inform officials if they find any violation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995996-pm-prayut-orders-strict-regulation-on-alcohol-ban-near-schools/

 

PM: Govt not trying to dictate outcome of Yingluck case

 

 

BANGKOK, 7 August 2017 (NNT) – The prime minister has confirmed that the government has no intention of trying to influence the court’s verdict in the rice pledging scheme case. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995997-pm-govt-not-trying-to-dictate-outcome-of-yingluck-case/

 

Thai police promoting ‘Safety Taxi’ campaign

 

 

BANGKOK, 7 August 2017 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police is promoting its ‘Safety Taxi’ campaign to boost passengers’ confidence and improve taxi services. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995998-thai-police-promoting-‘safety-taxi’-campaign/

 

Thailand set for balancing act during Tillerson trip

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gestures before the 10th Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting at the sideline of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings in Manila./EPA PHOTO

 

Academics urge govt to protect national interest in talks with top US diplomat.

TOMORROW’S visit to Thailand by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will challenge the Kingdom on how to balance itself among powerful Western allies and its regional partners amid conflicting issues, particularly the Korean peninsula and the contentious South China Sea tensions, experts say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995999-thailand-set-for-balancing-act-during-tillerson-trip/

 

Pheu Thai objects CDC’s ballot proposal

By THE NATION

 

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BANGKOK: -- PHEU THAI PARTY has voiced opposition to the Constitution-Drafting Committee’s (CDC) plan to abolish the past voting practice in which all candidates for a party would have the same number of ballots nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996000-pheu-thai-objects-cdc’s-ballot-proposal/

 

Democrats, PAD press NACC to appeal 2008 case ruling

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- Top figures from the Democrat Party and the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Sunday urged the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to appeal the acquittal of former premier Somchai Wongsawat three former powerful officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996002-democrats-pad-press-nacc-to-appeal-2008-case-ruling/

 

New teacher rules reward class time above old academic qualifications

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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Promotions now linked to experience and consistency of hours of instruction.
 

BANGKOK: -- THE EDUCATION Ministry has launched a new set of criteria for teachers seeking academic ranks in a bid to bring teachers closer to their students. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996003-new-teacher-rules-reward-class-time-above-old-academic-qualifications/

 

Academics criticise govt policy for worsening flooding in Northeast

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Chi River

 

BANGKOK: -- ACADEMICS AND water experts have urged water management reform in the Northeast Region after major flooding in the Chi-Mun River Basin has proven that not only did traditional water management fail to prevent floods, it actually intensified the disaster.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996004-academics-criticise-govt-policy-for-worsening-flooding-in-northeast/

 

UPDATE:

 

Airport under fire after five-hour queues

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DRAMATIC congestion at Don Mueang Airport’s immigration checkpoints on Friday night has prompted an urgent investigation to determine why thousands of visitors were kept waiting for nearly five hours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995936-chaos-at-don-mueang-as-unstaffed-immigration-desks-leave-thousands-of-passengers-stranded/?do=findComment&comment=12156106

 

Thailand’s Don’t Drive Drunk Foundation Reports Nearly 8000 Killed in Road Accidents this Year

 

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BANGKOK – According to unofficial figures compiled by the Don’t Drive Drunk Foundation, which campaigns against drink-driving, as many as 7,925 people have been killed in road accidents throughout the country from Jan 1 to Aug 5 this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996005-thailand’s-don’t-drive-drunk-foundation-reports-nearly-8000-killed-in-road-accidents-this-year/

 

Employers warned of illegal worker registration deadline

By Chatchawal Sopapan 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- As the 15-day period for employers to register their illegal migrant workers at 100 temporary centres nationwide comes to an end, Sa Kaew Immigration Police and Aranyaprathet district officials have begun a door-knocking campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996006-employers-warned-of-illegal-worker-registration-deadline/

 

BMA trains officials to deal with bombs

By Chalinee Thirasupa 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) hosted a training session for its 7,000 Thesakij law-enforcement officials and volunteers at the Bangkok Youth Centre (Thai-Japan) on Sunday to boost security in 50 districts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996007-bma-trains-officials-to-deal-with-bombs/

 

EDITORIAL

Too many political cases unhealthy for Thai justice

Preoccupied judiciary struggling to create genuine “legal fairness”

It has been a busy week for “political animals”, legally. First, ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra slammed the Thai justice system, which is trying to find “culprits” in the controversial rice-pledging scheme, and then a court ruling triggered an uproar among those on her opposite side. In the latter case, the court killed charges against former leading state officials implicated in a bloody crackdown on protesters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996008-too-many-political-cases-unhealthy-for-thai-justice/

 

Phuket tour bus hits van, tuk-tuk, nearly plunges off Patong Hill

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The tour bus crashed through the guardrail and nearly plunged off Patong Hill. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A Phuket tour bus carrying Chinese tourists struck a passenger van and a tuk-tuk while driving over the hills into Patong after 8pm this evening (Aug 6).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996009-phuket-tour-bus-hits-van-tuk-tuk-nearly-plunges-off-patong-hill/

 

Pence denies eyeing presidential bid amid distance with Trump over Russia

By Susan Cornwell

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gives a speech during Adriatic Charter Summit in Podgorica, Montenegro, on August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday denied that he is preparing for a presidential election run in 2020, saying the suggestion is "disgraceful and offensive."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996010-pence-denies-eyeing-presidential-bid-amid-distance-with-trump-over-russia/

 

France opens terrorism probe into knife-wielding man at Eiffel Tower: source

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the illuminated Eiffel Tower and the skyline of La Defense business district (Rear) at night in Paris, France, November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors launched a terrorism investigation after a man wielding a knife and shouting the Arabic phrase "Allahu Akbar" (God is great), tried to force his way in to the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday night, a judicial source said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996011-france-opens-terrorism-probe-into-knife-wielding-man-at-eiffel-tower-source/

 

Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian transition

 

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with RIA Novosti and Sputnik in this handout picture provided by SANA on April 21, 2017, Syria. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the future of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad should have no role in any transition to bring the war there to an end.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996012-saudi-arabia-still-sees-no-role-for-assad-in-syrian-transition/

 

'Lucifer' heat wave holds Italy, eastern Europe in fiery grip

By Maja Zuvela and Aleksandar Vasovic

 

A tourist takes a picture of gondolas in the Venice lagoon near St. Mark's square in Venice, August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

 

SARAJEVO/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Swathes of southern and eastern Europe sweltered in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) on Friday in a heat wave nicknamed "Lucifer" that has fanned forest fires, triggered weather warning alerts and damaged crops.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996013-lucifer-heat-wave-holds-italy-eastern-europe-in-fiery-grip/

 

Russia's Lavrov meets Tillerson, says feels U.S. ready to continue dialogue

 

U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson gives an opening statement during the ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial meeting of the 50th Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila, Philippines August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he believed his U.S. colleagues were ready to continue dialogue with Moscow on complex issues despite bilateral tensions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996014-russias-lavrov-meets-tillerson-says-feels-us-ready-to-continue-dialogue/

 

Venezuela says crushes anti-government attack on military base

By Girish Gupta and Alexandra Ulmer

 

Members of security forces stand beneath a sign with portraits of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, former President Hugo Chavez and Venezuela's national hero Simon Bolivar outside the 41 Brigada Blindada Fuerte Paramacay military base in Valencia, Venezuela August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

 

VALENCIA/CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities suppressed a small rebellion at a military base near the city of Valencia on Sunday, arresting seven men who they say participated in a "terrorist attack" against the government of unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996015-venezuela-says-crushes-anti-government-attack-on-military-base/

 

Chicago to sue Trump administration over sanctuary city funding threat

By Chris Kenning and Joseph Ax

 

FILE PHOTO: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens to remarks at a news conference in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

 

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chicago will sue the Trump administration on Monday over threats to withhold public safety grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, escalating a pushback against a federal immigration crackdown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996016-chicago-to-sue-trump-administration-over-sanctuary-city-funding-threat/

 

Israel moves to shut down local operations of Al Jazeera

By Ori Lewis

 

FILE PHOTO - An employee walks inside an office of Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network in Jerusalem June 13, 2017. Picture taken June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to revoke the media credentials of Al Jazeera TV journalists, close its Jerusalem bureau and pull the Qatar-based station's broadcasts from local cable and satellite providers, Communications Minister Ayoub Kara said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996017-israel moves-to-shut-down-local-operations-of-al-jazeera/

 

Jomtien sign about following regulations disobeys the regulations!

 
 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

PATTAYA: -- A sign erected in Jomtien to remind people to follow the law is now blocking the sidewalk and has injured many distracted tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996021-jomtien-sign-about-following-regulations-disobeys-the-regulations/

 

"Spokesman gagged" as fears mount that controversial Pattaya tunnel won't open on August 25th after all

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- The soap opera that is the Pattaya road tunnel took a new twist at the weekend as local media reported that the spokesman for the project had been gagged.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996022-spokesman-gagged-as-fears-mount-that-controversial-pattaya-tunnel wont-open-on-august-25th-after-all/

 

Sign up for the 2nd Thailand Cycling Tour Challenge

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Get on your bike for the 2nd Thailand Cycling Tour Challenge in the fabulous countryside of Chiang Rai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996023-sign-up-for-the-2nd-thailand-cycling-tour-challenge/

 

Google tests publishing tech similar to Snapchat: source

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is developing technology that media companies could use to create stories similar to those found on Snapchat’s “Discover” platform, a person familiar with the plans said on Friday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-tests-publishing-tech-similar-snapchat-source/23421/

Asia security forum to push social media use to fight extremism

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Files

 

MANILA (Reuters) – More than two dozen Asian countries will agree to utilize social media to counter the spread of violent extremism in the region, according to a draft statement being prepared ahead of a top security gathering on Monday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/asia-security-forum-push-social-media-use-fight-extremism/23424/ 

Here’s the reason why airplanes are always cold

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Being cramped in some middle seat in economy class can bad enough, but the chilly temperatures onboard most airplanes can make even relatively short flights a pretty miserable experience.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-reason-airplanes-always-cold/23427/