"Sack the lot of them!" - Angry Thais online slam Pattaya council over dolphin roundabout plans and delays

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

PATTAYA: -- Thais took to Facebook to have a go at the Pattaya authorities as yet another meeting was held at an expensive hotel to discuss the issue of the dolphin roundabout.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997467-sack-the-lot-of-them-angry-thais-online-slam-pattaya-council over-dolphin-roundabout-plans-and-delays/

 

Transport assures no bus fare rise in 2 years

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Land Transport (DLT) has assured that city bus fare will not be allowed to rise during its two-year  bus service reform.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997471-transport-assures-no-city-bus-fare-rise in-2-years/

 

What happened when a man refused to stop for a cop...

 

 

Pictures: TNews

 

Footage has been posted online that showed what happened when a man was stopped on a motorcycle for seemingly going the wrong way on a road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997475-what-happened-when-a-man-refused-to-stop-for-a-cop/

 

Arrest made over dangerous weigh-loss supplements

By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The police Consumer Protection Division and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have seized illegal weight-loss food supplements worth Bt5 million, a Bangkok press conference heard on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997476-arrest-made-over-dangerous-weigh-loss-supplements/

 

What on earth are these things in the footpath? Sophon stepping up the pressure on the authorities

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

PATTAYA: -- Sophon Cable published more pictures of problems in Pattaya in their latest moves to clean up the resort.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997480-what-on-earth-are-these-things-in-the-footpath-sophon-stepping-up-the pressure-on-the-authorities/

 

Two teenagers fined for expressway ride

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Two teenagers have been fined Bt1,000 each for riding a motorcycle on an expressway, police said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997483-two-teenagers-fined-for-expressway-ride/

 

Probe launched into foreign farms on state borderland

By The Nation

 

File photo: DSI deputy chief Pol Lt-Colonel Prawut Vongseenin

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has launched a probe into allegations that Chinese investors in collaboration with Thai partners have acquired state land plots without proper permission.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997484-probe-launched-into-foreign-farms-on-state-borderland/

 

Hunt On After Trucks Stolen, Staff Killed At Deep South Dealership

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

SONGKHLA — Police are hunting a group of men who raided a car dealership, shot at least one employee to death, kidnapped others and stole five vehicles Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997485-hunt-on-after-trucks-stolen-staff-killed-at-deep-south-dealership/

 

Bangkok expat with Kenyan wife slams Air Asia for "racial profiling" and "humiliation" at Don Mueang airport

 

 

A man has gone online to complain about Air Asia after he says that he and his Kenyan wife and cousin were humiliated at Don Mueang airport.

 

 Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997486-bangkok-expat-with-kenyan-wife-slams-air-asia-for-racial-profiling and-humiliation-at-don-mueang-airport/ 

 

“Bikini party” host faces legal action 

 

 

Kanchanaburi provincial police yesterday (Aug 15) charged raft operator and his daughter for illegal advertising of alcohol after they held a riverine bikini party which went on Facebook Live for six hours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997491-“bikini-party”-host-faces-legal-action /

 

OFFER: Price of Microsoft Surface Pro 4 slashed in Thailand

 

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Banana IT have knocked more than Bt13,000 off the price of Microsoft’s popular Surface Pro 4 tablet.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/offer-price-microsoft-surface-pro-4-slashed-thailand/23614/

Daniel Craig confirms he will return as James Bond

 

Actor Daniel Craig poses for photographers on the red carpet at the Mexican premiere of the new James Bond 007 film "Spectre" in Mexico City, November 2, 2015. REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Daniel Craig has confirmed he will reprise the role of James Bond one last time, ending months of speculation.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997499-daniel-craig-confirms-he-will-return-as-james-bond/

 

Check Out 50+ Craft Brews At Bangkok Beer Fest

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Oasis Creative Market. Photo: Show DC / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — Oktoberfest is coming early to Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997500-check-out-50-craft-brews-at-bangkok-beer-fest/

 

 

Truck theft in Songkhla leads to gunfight and explosion

By The Nation

 

 

A daring move to steal five pick-up trucks in Songkhla on Wednesday led to a dramatic series of events, including a hostage-taking, two shootings, a gunfight that killed one assailant, an explosion and the safe disposal of a bomb.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997485-hunt-on-after-trucks-stolen-staff-killed-at-deep-south-dealership/?do=findComment&comment=12185212

 

Phuket boy rescued from lagoon remains unconscious

 

 

PHUKET:-- The young boy rescued from a lagoon and resuscitated back to life at the southern end of Nai Harn Beach on Sunday (Aug 13) is on ventilator support but has yet to regain consciousness, The Phuket News has been told.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997504-phuket-boy-rescued-from-lagoon-remains-unconscious/

 

Phuket marine experts believe Japanese tourist bitten by Blacktip Reef Shark

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- Experts from the Marine Endangered Species Unit at the Phuket Marine Biology Centre (PMBC) are of the opinion that a Blacktip Reef Shark might have bitten a Japanese man’s foot while surfing at Kamala Beach today.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997505-phuket-marine-experts-believe-japanese-tourist-bitten-by-blacktip-reef-shark/

 

Families evacuated as Trang’s five districts hit by heavy floods

By Khanitta Sitong 
The Nation

 

 

Hundreds of families in Trang’s five districts were hit by floods – including a 147-family village that suffered the worst floods in seven years – local officials said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997507-families-evacuated-as-trang’s-five-districts-hit-by-heavy-floods/

 

New evidence in the missing TAO official found

 

 

Police yesterday (Aug 15) discovered more evidence that they suspected might be linked to the missing female official of a Tambon Administration Organisation (TAO) in Si Sa Ket province on July 3 this year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997508-new-evidence-in-the-missing-tao-official-found/

 

Electricity poles removed as utilities go underground

By Rachanon Intharaksa 
The Nation

 

 

Metropolitan Electricity Authority workers started to remove electricity poles along Bangkok's Pradiphat Road on Wednesday as part of the agency's "smart metro" project to move electricity and communication wires underground.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997510-electricity-poles-removed-as-utilities-go-underground/

 

Japanese store Don Quijote rumored to open in Bangkok

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Don Quijote/ Facebook

 

Following local whispers that famed Japanese discount chain Don Quijote is planning to open in Bangkok, a new development came yesterday when its famous penguin mascot was spotted on the fence of Ekamai Mall, which is under construction.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997511-japanese-store-don-quijote-rumored-to-open-in-bangkok/

 

Son of municipal chief in North West Thailand dies of H1N1

 

 

The son of a municipal chief in Mae Sot in North West Thailand has died after being infected with the H1N1 virus, a hospital director has confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997512-son-of-municipal-chief-in-north-west-thailand-dies-of-h1n1/

 

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