By Bhuva Chira, Sanook.com PHUKET Airport got the go-ahead from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) to reopen for mainly domestic flights but also some international flights that obtain special permission from May 16 at 00.01 a.m. onward, Sanook.com reported this evening (14.5.2020). Most foreign flights are still barred from landing at this popular
Month: May 2020
Top Thai stars cry for help over cyber sexual harassment
THREE famous Thai stars filed a complaint with the Technology Crime Suppression Division police urging them to track down a stalker who has sent them sexually threatening messages online, invited them to sleep with him and suggested that they become his secret wife leading to anxiety and fear, PostToday reported this afternoon (14.5.2020). The three
Read moreS.Korea calls on Thailand to ease travel ban as new cases emerge in Seoul
SOUTH Korea is among several countries urging Thailand to relax the travel ban and allow its business people and the private sector to again come here but their country has seen a new spike in infections centred around nightclubs and bars in Seoul, INN News and Reuters reported today (14.5.2020). Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this
Read moreBamboo shortage forces Canada to send two giant pandas back to China
By Phoebe Zhang in Shenzhen, South China Morning Post A CANADIAN zoo has decided to send two adult giant pandas back to China because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted essential deliveries of fresh bamboo. The Calgary Zoo said it previously had bamboo flown in from China directly, but flight cancellations had “removed this option”. “The
Read morePhuket moves to reopen all routes on May 16
Phuket – This popular island’s Communicable Disease Committee today (13.5.2020) passed a resolution to reopen air, land and sea transport routes on May 16 in keeping with steps being taken to ease the impact of coronavirus lockdown and are now asking the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration and the Interior Ministry for the go-ahead, PostToday
Read morePM Prayut to use cameras to fend off pantry raiders
AMID unsettling reports of people raiding “pantries of sharing” stocked with food by donors to help those in dire straits during the current coronavirus pandemic Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (13.5.2020) ordered that either cameras be installed at these cabinets or officials guard them to resolve the problem of people taking more than they should,
Read moreChinese helicopters spotted in Eastern Ladakh along India-China border: Sources
PTI published by Deccan Chronicle New Delhi: Chinese helicopters were spotted flying close to the undemarcated border between India and China in Eastern Ladakh after around 250 soldiers of both sides were engaged in a fierce face-off near Pangong Lake in the area last week, official sources said. The situation in the area remained tense
Read morePolice ‘searching for the truth’ in probing beamed laser messages
DEPUTY police spokesman Pol Col Krissana Pattanacharoen this afternoon (12.5.2020) said police and security officials are “searching for the truth” in the beaming of laser messages at various places last night and are closely following the situation as it is known that there are people who want to create confusion this month, PostToday reported. Those
Read moreGen Prawit: Police checking beamed laser messages
DEPUTY Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan this morning (12.5.2020) refused to say whether the shining of laser messages at various important buildings and stations last night were in violation of the Emergency Decree pointing out that the police are investigating the incident, INN News reported. The Deputy Premier added that he does not as yet
Read moreIndia, China skirmishes in Ladakh, Sikkim; many hurt
By Ajay Banerjee, Tribune News Service TROOPS of nuclear-armed India and China have clashed in eastern Ladakh and north Sikkim along the un-demarcated and disputed frontier between the two neighbours, leaving many injured on both sides. Details are emerging of the ongoing development in eastern Ladakh, which is much bigger in scale and has wider
Read moreStranded tourist create coconut stalk art on Koh Phangan
Surat Thani – A Thai businesswoman on Koh Phangan island, which is renowned for its monthly Full Moon Party, invited foreign tourists marooned here by the coronavirus pandemic to create coconut stalk art as a way to de-stress and their imaginative renderings have now turned into a new attraction, PostToday reported this afternoon (11.5.2020). Ms
Read moreMWA debunks fake news on cooking rice with tap water
THE Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) came out to debunk fake news going viral on the Thai social media warning people to not cook rice with tap water pointing out that the tap water it produces is tested and therefore safe for consumption and cooking rice, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (11.5.2020). In an announcement issued
Read moreBarack Obama lashes out at President Trump
The Associated Press, published by Denver Post Washington — Former US President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster” during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo News. Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its criminal
Read moreMalls not reopening on May 14-15, movie halls to stay shut for now
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman said today (10.5.2020) that the phase 2 relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown will be considered at a full meeting on May 15 but there will not be trial reopening of shopping malls on May 14-15, PostToday reported. Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman, said several forms of relaxing
Read moreTourism industry will also likely get 5,000 baht cash giveaway
THE Ministry of Tourism and Sports is getting ready to approve relief measures for this key industry which has been badly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and may distribute 5,000 baht a month for three months to those affected, INN News reported today (10.5.2020). Sarawut Sae Tiew, a member of this ministry’s tourism working group
Read moreWhite House defends coronavirus safety measures as Pence aide falls ill
(ChannelNewsAsia) Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, the wife of one of President Donald Trump’s senior advisors, has tested positive for the coronavirus, raising alarm about the virus’ potential spread within the White House’s inner most circle. The diagnosis of Katie Miller, who is married to White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller, was
Read moreDoctor tapes mask to his face before hair cut
WITH barber shops and beauty salons now open for limited service, many are making appointments for the ever so important hair cut to be properly groomed but while availing themselves of this indispensable service they are nevertheless still fearful of catching the deadly coronanvirus. It was in this state of mind that Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs,
Read moreTest opening of a mall soon as Chatuchak is back in business this weekend
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced that the test opening of a shopping mall will take place prior to the likely official further relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown measures on May 17 with the opening of Chatuchak market this weekend governed by strict measures, PostToday reported this afternoon (May 9, 2020). Dr Taweesin
Read moreWuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed: WHO
Reuters published by ChannelNewsAsia GENEVA: A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus last year, as the source or possibly as an “amplifying setting”, the World Health Organization said on Friday (May 8), calling for more research. Chinese authorities shut down the market
Read moreSomkid sets his sights on domestic economy
DEPUTY Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said today (8.5.2020) that with the overall picture of the Thai economy in the first quarter not being good and the second quarter still worrying as exports are in a poor shape while tourism is in a crisis there remains only one functioning economic engine and that is the domestic
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