Monday, October 3, 2016

As Pattaya floods, PWA makes artificial rain

Standing in knee-deep floodwater in Pattaya, it seems inconceivable that the Provincial Waterworks Authority is working to create artificial rain, but indeed it is, in tandem with the Royal Rainmaking Operation Center. Despite the rainy season, five eastern reservoirs still have only about 20% of their normal capacity, a result of the previous long drought. So, to replenish the lakes in order to make it through the next hot...
Read more »

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Do we haveoffences Relating to Sexuality

Yes, are very likely to commit by male foreigners, because Thai girls are especially lovely and pretty. The offences may be as follows: 1. Rape is committed by having a sexual intercourse with another person without the person’s consent. The person may be cither a man or a woman. One important thing to be noted is that previously the husband could force his wife for sexuality. Though the wife did not allow, the husband was...
Read more »

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

V.A. Watchdog Says Delays Affected Care in Phoenix Hospital

The inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs reported on Wednesday that at least 1,700 veterans at the agency’s medical center in Phoenix were not registered on the proper waiting list to see doctors, creating a serious condition that means veterans “continue to be at risk of being forgotten or lost” in the convoluted scheduling process. All the while, the hospital falsely reported waiting times that suggested...
Read more »

Senate Democrats Turn Focus to Local Issues for Midterms

WASHINGTON — In Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s first television ad of her re-election campaign, a Vietnam War veteran talks about how Ms. Shaheen, a Democrat, “cut through the red tape” to help open a veterans clinic in Keene, N.H. “Jeanne...
Read more »

Obama Offers a Muscular, but Not Militaristic, Foreign Policy

WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama on Wednesday tried to regain his statesman’s mantle, telling graduating cadets here that the nation they were being commissioned to serve would still lead the world and would not stumble into military...
Read more »

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SCAM AND FRAUD

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SCAM AND FRAUD 1.         Always keep the land deed safe. In case of document lost, immediate informing to the police is recommended. 2.         Avoid making the loan agreement and take the land deed as collateral without a lawyer because such land deed may be a counterfeit or illegally obtained. Even the land deed...
Read more »

Thursday, May 15, 2014

WHO ARE LABOR INSPECTORS AND WHAT IS THEIR POWER?

Labor  Inspectors  are  government  officials  with  the  authority  to  inspect  and  to  take  care  of  the  labor  matter  in  accordance  with  the  Law.  They  are  appointed  by  the  Labor  Minister.  They  are  empowered  to: 1.  enter  any ...
Read more »