Midweek rant: Hey “Miss” – do us all a favor and resign now

 

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I have a few words of advice for the so called teacher who put shoes on a student’s head and made him kowtow on the ground and crawl because he wore his own shoes into class against school rules.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996365-midweek-rant-hey-“miss”-–-do-us-all-a-favor-and-resign-now/

 

Authorities out in force at Full Moon party arresting illegal taxis

 

 

The Koh Pangan authorities and Department of Land Transport officials were out in force on Monday night stopping illegal taxis heading for the Full Moon party on the island.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996340-authorities-out-in-force-at-full-moon-party-arresting-illegal-taxis/

Nine-year-old British girl saves two girls within days of each other in Pattaya

 

 

A SCHOOLGIRL from Bolton is being hailed a hero after she helped save two youngsters from drowning while on holiday in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996328-nine-year-old-british-girl-saves-two-girls-within-days-of-each-other-in-pattaya/

 

Something was rotten at Udon police station - and it smelled real bad

 

Picture: Kapook

 

UDON THANI: -- Something stank at Udon Provincial police station.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996368-something-was-rotten-at-udon-police-station-and-it-smelled-real-bad/

 

The story of the drunk hotel man and the drain baffles Chiang Mai police

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Police in Chiang Mai admit they are baffled after a man was found in a drain yesterday after a drinking session.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996369-the-story-of-the-drunk-hotel-man-and-the-drain-baffles-chiang-mai-police/

 

Pheu Thai dismisses report that Yingluck pushing for sister to lead party

By The Nation

 

Monthathip

 

BANGKOK: -- Pheu Thai secretary-general Phumtham Wechayachai held a press conference on Tuesday to reject speculation that Yingluck Shinawatra had been pushing for her sister, Monthathip, to lead the party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996371-pheu-thai-dismisses-report-that-yingluck-pushing-for-sister-to-lead-party/

 

Tillerson Bangkok talks focus on Asia tensions

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation 

 

 

Officials unclear when Prayut will visit Washington despite invitation

BANGKOK: -- WHILE A MEETING between Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday covered regional tensions in the Korean peninsula and South China Sea as well as trade, investment and human trafficking, it made little progress on the prime minister’s previously announced trip to the White House.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996373-tillerson-bangkok-talks-focus-on-asia-tensions/

 

UPDATE:

Anti-junta journalist willing to pay the price’ as he is charged with sedition

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE OUTSPOKEN JOURNALIST Pravit Rojanaphruk yesterday acknowledged a sedition charge at the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) following his undisclosed Facebook postings criticising the ruling junta.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996289-khaosod-english-reporter-charged-with-sedition-reports-to-police/?do=findComment&comment=12162474

 

Air pollution alert in 14 provinces

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

Greenpeace reports hazardous PM2.5 levels at every air quality test site.

BANGKOK: -- AIR POLLUTION in 14 provinces across Thailand is much higher than World Health Organisation (WHO) safe limits, Greenpeace revealed yesterday in a shock report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996374-air-pollution-alert-in-14-thai-provinces/

 

Kidney patient care faces budget cuts

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Health Security Board (NHSB) is planning to reduce the budget for kidney patients receiving treatment under the universal healthcare scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996375-kidney-patient-care-faces-budget-cuts/

 

Article 44 order for water agencies

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is preparing to invoke special powers under Article 44 of the interim charter to put all water-related agencies under the supervision of one new organisation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996376-article-44-order-for-water-agencies/

 

PM issues orders to address Don Mueang chaos

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered relevant agencies to ensure that long immigration queues at Don Mueang International Airport will be resolved quickly.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996377-pm-prayut-issues-orders-to-address-don-mueang-chaos/

 

Higher education executive appointment rules changed

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Higher educational institutes may now appoint a person who is neither a civil servant nor a current employee to the position of president, vice president, dean, deputy dean or equivalent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996378-higher-education-executive-appointment-rules-changed/

 

EDITORIAL

The roads won’t get safer on their own

By The Nation

 

Citizens need to care more, officials need to do more and police need to do their job

 

BANGKOK: -- About 600 people were killed in road accidents in Bangkok in 2016. Most of the deaths stemmed from motorcycle accidents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996379-the-roads-won’t-get-safer-on-their-own/

 

Death of official in custody will not affect probe of Phuket land: DSI

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DEATH of a former land official will not affect the ongoing process to cancel land-rights documents he illegitimately issued for two seaside plots of land in Phuket, which are now worth about Bt910 million, authorities have said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996380-death-of-official-in-custody-will-not-affect-probe-of-phuket-land-dsi/

 

Trump warns 'fire and fury' if North Korea threatens U.S., Pyongyang weighs Guam strike

By James Oliphant and Ben Blanchard

 

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday North Korea "will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen" if it threatened the United States again.

 

BEDMINSTER, N.J./BEIJING (Reuters) - President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday it would face "fire and fury" if it threatens the United States, prompting the nuclear-armed nation to say it was considering firing missiles at Guam, a U.S.-held Pacific island.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996381-trump-warns-fire-and-fury-if-north-korea-threatens-us-pyongyang-weighs-guam-strike/  
 

 

Al Gore says 'ethical reasons' could end Trump presidency early

 

FILE PHOTO - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore attends a screening for "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore suggested on Tuesday that the presidency of Donald Trump could end prematurely for "ethical reasons," drawing laughter from a packed movie theatre at the European premiere of his latest film on climate change.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996382-al-gore-says-ethical-reasons-could-end-trump-presidency-early/

 

Petition builds against Macron's First Lady plans

By Caroline Pailliez

 

FILE PHOTO - French President Emmanuel Macron and hiw wife Brigitte Macron are seen July 7, 2017 at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - More than 220,000 people have signed a petition against French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to create a formal First Lady role for his wife Brigitte.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996383-petition-builds-against macrons-first-lady-plans/

 

South Africa's Zuma survives no-confidence vote, some ANC lawmakers join opposition

By Wendell Roelf and TJ Strydom

 

South African President Jacob Zuma speaks at a memorial lecture after unveiling a statue of struggle veteran Harry Gwala in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

 

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma survived an attempt in parliament to force him from office on Tuesday, but was left politically wounded after some members of his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party voted with the opposition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996384-south-africas-zuma-survives-no-confidence-vote-some-anc-lawmakers-join-opposition/

 

UPDATE:

 

North Korea says seriously considering plan to strike Guam: KCNA

By Christine Kim and Soyoung Kim

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it is "carefully examining" plans for a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met with "fire and fury".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996381-trump-warns-fire-and-fury-if-north-korea-threatens-us-pyongyang-weighs-guam-strike/?do=findComment&comment=12162590

 

Country's 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Glen Campbell dies after Alzheimer's battle

By Bill Trott

 

Recording artist Glen Campbell is photographed at his home in Malibu, California, U.S., August 4, 2008. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, the "Rhinestone Cowboy" who went on a farewell tour to play hits such as "Wichita Lineman" and "Gentle on My Mind" before Alzheimer's disease robbed him of talents, died on Tuesday at the age of 81.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996385-countrys-rhinestone-cowboy-glen-campbell-dies-after-alzheimers-battle/

 

Thailand approves flood relief measures worth $48 million

 

A general view shows a flooded area in Sakon Nakhon province,Thailand August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Dejbordin Limsupanark

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved 1.6 billion baht ($48 million) in relief for farmers hit by floods in the north and northeast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996389-thailand approves-flood-relief-measures-worth-48-million/

 

"Khon Kaen just gets scarier" as teen hacked in gas station 7 on 1 attack

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

KHON KAEN: -- The brother of a knife victim went online to say that Khon Kaen was getting scarier after a "motiveless" attack at a gas station.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996390-khon-kaen-just-gets-scarier-as-teen-hacked-in-gas-station-7-on-1-attack/

 

Thai drinks firm in multi billion baht KFC expansion plan

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai Beverage Co Ltd have announced plans to buy almost half of the KFC stores in Thailand for 11.3 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996391-thai-drinks-firm-in-multi-billion-baht-kfc-expansion-plan/

 

Illegal foreign workers rounded up at Pattaya construction site

 

Picture: Komchadlueck

 

PATTAYA: -- A video on news site Khomchadluek showed what happened when fourteen illegal Chinese workers were arrested in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996392-illegal-foreign-workers-rounded-up-at-pattaya-construction-site/

 

"They shalt not pass" - king of the road minivan shows who's boss!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A video posted to Facebook showed a minivan with hazard lights flashing refusing to let an oncoming motorist pass.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996397-they-shalt-not-pass-king-of-the-road-minivan-shows-whos-boss/

 

It's all about the stickers as big Sri Racha sex raid comes up almost empty

 

Picture: Manager

 

A big raid mounted by 50 agents at 10 Sri Racha "entertainment" establishments last night found no evidence of human trafficking or drug taking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996398-its-all-about-the-stickers-as-big-sri-racha-sex-raid-comes-up-almost-empty/

 

"Magical divine markings" appear overnight at Chaiyaphum temple - it is a message from the gods, say stunned locals

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHAIYAHPHUM: -- Thai Rath reported that villagers in Chaiyaphum were stunned after "diving markings" believed to be evidence of "Phayanak" appeared at a temple.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996401-magical-divine-markings-appear-overnight-at-chaiyaphum-temple-it is-a-message-from-the-gods-say-stunned-locals/

 

Nine dead, 164 injured in China Sichuan quake

 

Fallen trees are seen blocking a road after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county, Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan province, China August 8, 2017. CNS/Chen Yunhua via REUTERS

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Nine people have been killed, including six tourists, and 164 injured in an earthquake that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwest China's Sichuan province, the local government and official media said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996402-nine-dead-164-injured-in-china-sichuan-quake/

 

HBO says probe of hack is ongoing

BY REUTERS 

 

FILE PHOTO: Co-executive producer George R.R. Martin arrives for the season premiere of HBO's "Game of Thrones" in San Francisco, California March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – HBO, the Time Warner Inc cable network that broadcasts “Game of Thrones,” confirmed on Tuesday that it was investigating a hack that it disclosed to employees 10 days ago.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/hbo-says-probe-hack-ongoing/23474/