THE Interior Ministry confirmed today (30.4.2020) that the ban on alcohol sales will continue till May 31, 2020 pending any notification of change, PostToday reported this afternoon (30.4.2020). Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Chatchai Phromlert, who had joined the press briefing by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) at the Government House today, said sale
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Dead artistic woman had fever but got 5,000 baht cash giveaway
THE young woman who committed suicide after drawing a portrait of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had developed a high fever and had also received the first of three 5,000 baht cash handouts from the government earlier this month even though she was employed with her colleagues all saying she never talked about politics, Voice TV
Read moreAsean moves to revive tourism wracked by coronavirus
ASEAN tourism ministers agreed during a video conference today (29.4.2020) to boost cooperation within the bloc to quickly revive tourism after the coronavirus pandemic eases, PostToday reported. Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan conferred with his counterparts from the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports with Cambodian Tourism Minister Dr Thong Khon
Read moreStressed out woman draws Prayut’s portrait before killing self
MAKING the rounds in the Thai online world today (29.4.2020) is a portrait of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha drawn by a young woman before committing suicide for not having enough money to buy milk for her children, Sanook.com reported. The unidentified woman had also written the lyrics of the song Klai sung by Thai musician
Read moreIndia to start mass production of Oxford vaccine
A LEADING candidate for a Covid-19 vaccine has shown promising results in animal trials, and is expected to see mass production in India within months, a Reuters report published by South China Morning Post said today (29.4.2020) The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest maker of vaccines by volume, said on Tuesday that it
Read moreAuto sales tumble by over 40% in March as coronavirus bites
WITH the coronavirus pandemic having triggered uncertainty across the globe, here in Thailand all eyes are on the key auto industry but the latest figures for March 2020 are dismal showing a steep plunge of 41.7%, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (28.4.2020). A total of 60,105 vehicles were sold in March, a giddy drop of 41.7%
Read moreBMA suggests reopening 8 businesses, exercise venues on May 1
BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is proposing the reopening of eight types of businesses and exercise venues on May 1 including public parks and golf courses, veterinary clinics, beauty parlours and barber shops and markets, PostToday reported this afternoon (28.4.2020) Bangkok Governor Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang said after a BMA executive meeting that it is getting
Read moreHappiness! A pod of Irrawaddy dolphins spotted swimming near Koh Chang
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com IT SEEMS nature is not just taking back cities emptied by the coronavirus pandemic with marine life too fully enjoying the sudden human withdrawal as shown by a school of Irrawaddy dolphins spotted happily swimming near Koh Chang island, off eastern Trat province’s coast, Sanook.com reported today (27.4.2020). The fourth Marine
Read moreFund moves to expand rice for fish barter strategy nationwide
AS Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is giving importance to reviving the economy at the grassroots level in face of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Village and Urban Community Fund Office is now quickly pushing the barter of goods between communities across the nation such as rice for fish, PostToday reported today ( 27.4.2020). The
Read morePM Prayut tops coronavirus poll
AN opinion survey held by Super Poll and participated by 1,551 Thais nationwide placed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at the top of five big names in the government for resolving the Covid-19 outbreak giving him 35.7%, INN News reported today (26.4.2020). In this survey held during April 22-25 Gen Prayut was followed by Deputy Prime
Read moreMore Thai workers wade home from Malaysia
Narathiwat – Thais workers stranded in Malaysia are still keen on returning home by natural routes with 25 more caught wading across a shallow point of Sungai Kolok River this morning (26.4.2020) and although immediately rounded up by Thai officers, they thanked them for taking good care of them, PostToday reported. Early this morning Colonel Ekapol
Read moreElection Commission official infected with Covid-19
THE Office of the Election Commission of Thailand (EC) announced today (25.4.2020) that one of their officials has been confirmed to have been infected by the novel coronavirus with this person being asymptomatic and without any record of having traveled overseas, Sanook.com reported. This official, who handles legal affairs at the Office of Investigation and
Read moreFriendly barter: Northern rice for southern salted fish
IN a sign of changing times Karens living on the hills in northern Thailand sent seven tons to rice to the Sea Gypsies living in Phuket’s Rawai village who in turn sent them a ton of salted fish with the northerners saying this transaction is to help the southerners and not focus on the value,
Read moreBig battle to put out landfill fire in Pathum Thani
Pathum Thani – A landfill fire that had been controlled yesterday again flared up today after dangerous gases deep in the big dump ignited leading to thick smoke covering the area and people forced to wear masks for protection, PostToday reported. At 12.30 pm today Pathum Thani’s Deputy Governor Chathip Rujarseri and other senior officials
Read more33 Thais caught illegally wading across the river to Thailand
Narathiwat – Rangers rounded up 33 Thais who were caught trekking through a shallow point of Sungai Kolok River from Malaysia to Thailand with the whole party being fined for illegal entry and to be quarantined for 14 days, PostToday reported this morning (24.4.2020). Three companies of rangers who had been ordered by their Task
Read moreLockdown a boon for Koh Samet
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com THE coronavirus pandemic has not just led to eerily deserted cities but has also emptied popular tourist destinations with the ever popular Koh Samet off Rayong coast certainly being among them, Sanook.com reported this week. An inspection found that the amid the back luck brought on by the lockdown is a
Read moreHospital director wants to turn abandoned airport into ‘Camp Covid’
THE director of a hospital in Bangkok suggested in a Facebook post that an abandoned airport be rented out and turned into a high-end disease control and tourism zone for one to three years until a vaccine against the novel coronavirus is produced, PostToday reported this morning (23.4.2020) Maj Gen Dr Rienthong Nanna, director of
Read moreCoronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions,’ UN warns
By Rob Picheta, CNN Updated 0956 GMT (1756 HKT) April 22, 2020 London (CNN)The world is facing multiple famines of “biblical proportions” in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. Famines could take hold in “about three dozen
Read moreSouthern border checkpoint shut again as Thai Lion Air gears up to resume flights
SUPREME Commander Gen. Pornphiphat Benyasri ordered the closure of Sadao checkpoint on the Thai-Malaysian border from midnight tonight till April 29 after an immigration police officer and a police detective got infected with the coronavirus, INN News reported this afternoon (22.4.2020). Thais returning to their country from Malaysia were told to cross over via Padang
Read moreChuan’s wife blasts four tax thieves
DEMOCRAT Party members are busy searching for four swindlers identified with their initials by former prime minister and House Speaker Chuan Leekpai’s wife in a harsh expletive-ridden Instagram post which has now been removed, PostToday reported this afternoon (22.4.2020). Mrs Phakdiporn Sutcharitkul hurled curses at the four individuals in a message she shared via Instagram,
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