HOURS-LONG FRACAS broke out between the Estonian Embassy and a Sukhumvit condominium building management yesterday (July 16) after the latter barred a person from quarantining in a rented unit within the complex and it ended with the Foreign Ministry providing a separate accommodation, Sanook.com reported this morning. Mrs. Natasha Roys, vice chairperson of PPM Company
Month: July 2020
Australian woman freed from jail for Bali police killing
By ABC News AUSTRALIAN woman Sara Connor has been released from a Bali prison after serving four years over the brutal death of a police officer. Ms Connor is being taken to the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, located in Jimbaran, Bali. The 49-year-old from Byron Bay maintained her innocence after Sudarsa’s body was found on
Read moreRayong youths blocked from meeting Prayut appeal to panel for help
TWO youths who had held up placards with the intention of asking Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha some questions during his trip to Rayong yesterday (July 15) but were instead detained by police appealed to a House of Representative committee for justice, INN News reported this afternoon. Mr. Panuphong Chadnok and Mr. Natchanon Phayakphan submitted a
Read moreSomkid’s faction quits Cabinet, reshuffle looming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOUR CABINET MEMBERS today resigned en masse, paving way for an imminent reshuffle by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Somkid Jatusripitak resigned as deputy prime minister, Uttama Savanayana as finance minister, Sontirat Sontijirawong as energy minister and Suvit Maesincee as higher education, science, research and innovation minister. Read Thai Newsroom Analysis Uttama,
Read moreNegative results for all Covid-19 high-risk groups in Rayong, Bangkok
ALL 1,336 Rayong natives and 267 Bangkok residents at high-risk of contracting Covid-19 after exposure to an infected Egyptian soldier and the young daughter of a Sudanese diplomat have tested negative for the deadly disease, Naewna newspaper reported this morning (July 16, 2020). Dr.Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, the head of the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of
Read moreChina vows retaliation against US over Hong Kong sanctions
By CNBC, source: agencies Beijing: China today (July 15) said it would retaliate after US President Donald Trump signed into law an Act allowing sanctions on banks over Beijing’s clampdown on Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Autonomy Act “maliciously slanders” national security legislation imposed by Beijing on the city, China’s foreign ministry said in a
Read more560 high-risk individuals in Rayong, Bangkok pass Covid-19 test
CLEARED of Covid-19 infection are 560 out of a total 1,644 high-risk individuals tested both in Rayong and Bangkok with the results of the rest still awaited, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (July 15, 2020). Deputy Minister of Public Health Sathit Pitutecha wrote and posted on his Facebook page an account of latest test results both
Read morePM Prayut in urgent trip to Rayong to check Covid-19 situation
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha and a small team of officials are flying out to Rayong in a single helicopter at 4.30 p.m. today (July 15) to personally inspect the situation at this coastal province after an infected Egyptian soldier stayed there last week, Sanook.com reported this afternoon. He will be inspecting D Varee Diva Central
Read moreRayong officials chasing many shoppers for Covid-19 test
OFFICIALS are still trying to get many of the 394 shoppers who were at Passione Shopping Destination mall, previously known as Laemthong, at the same time the Covid-19 infected Egyptian soldier was there for a few hours on Friday July 10 to come in for medical procedure, INN News reported this morning (July 15, 2020).
Read moreTired of working from home? Upgrade to a luxury hotel suite for the day
A one-bedroom deluxe suite at Intercontinental New York Barclay. Photo: Intercontinental New York Barclay By Monica Buchanan Pitrelli, CNBC WITH occupancy rates now at 44% in the US, and European hotels not expected to fully recover until 2023, hotels are reaching out to a new crop of clientele — local residents who are tired of
Read morePM Prayut slams Egyptians soldiers, apologises to the people
IN LAMBASTING the Egyptian soldiers who stayed in Rayong without bothering about the coronavirus quarantine Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said they did not respect the rules, lacked discipline and ignored common good but in the end the responsibility for this incident lay with him as head of Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), Sanook.com reported this afternoon
Read more394 Rayong shoppers told to go into quarantine, rules being changed
THE government and the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) took various steps to control the spread of Covid-19 infection in Rayong today (July 14) after an infected Egyptian soldier went shopping at Laemthong plaza at this coastal province last Friday with all 394 shoppers called in for 14-day quarantine, Naewna newspaper reported. The Cabinet
Read moreEgyptian soldiers had refused to be tested for Covid-19
A VIDEO clip posted on the Facebook page of Ch3ThailandNews shows an Egyptian soldier arguing with Thai officials and refusing to undergo the Covid-19 test at a hotel in Rayong but the whole delegation later agreed to be tested after embassy officials and the police stepped in, Sanook.com reported this morning (July 14, 2020). The
Read moreChina sanctions US lawmakers over Xinjiang
By Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, published by Msn.com CHINA today (July 13) announced retaliatory sanctions against US officials and entities, including Republican Senator Marco Rubio, after Washington sanctioned senior Chinese officials who it claimed are responsible for mass detentions, religious persecution and forced sterilization against Muslim Uighur minorities in China’s Xinjiang province. Chinese foreign ministry
Read moreHead of Phaya Naga found near cave
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com THE EXCITING discovery of the Naga Cave at Phu Lanka National Park in Bueng Kan province with stones in them that look very much like the body of Phaya Naga, a semi-divine serpent-like creature, has now become even more thrilling with the discovery of its head, Sanook.com reported today (July 13,
Read moreCovid-19 infected Egyptian soldier was out and about in Rayong
AS the Egyptian soldier who is one of three new Covid-19 cases found over the past 24 hours had gone out shopping in Rayong from the hotel he was staying in, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) called on everyone who had contact with him to immediately alert the authorities, Sanook.com reported today (July
Read moreSecurity beefed up to keep Cambodian trespassers out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ARMY AND BORDER PATROL police units have stepped up security measures to keep out suspected trespassers in Thai territory along natural Thai-Cambodian borderlines for fear they might possibly spread the COVID-19. The army’s Burapa Task Force and border patrol police units in the districts of Ta Phraya, Khok Soong and Aranyaprathet
Read moreThailand plans November human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine
By Reuters, published by NDTV THAI researchers plan to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus in November and are preparing 10,000 doses, a senior official said today (July 12), aiming for a vaccine that could be ready for use by late next year. Following favourable results in trials on primates,
Read moreAlmost 1.2 tons Ice seized in Surat Thani
IN ONE of the largest drug busts in recent months in Surat Thani police seized 1.199 tons of Ice (crystal methamphetamine) hidden in sacks containing cow dung with this being worth approximately 600 million baht, PostToday reported this afternoon (July 12, 2020). Deputy Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchat Theerasawat flew to this southern province to
Read moreMet Dept debunks scary weather rumours circulating online
AS a frightening weather warning as gone viral on Thai social media, the Meteorological Department today (July 12) came out to pacify the public that it is fake news that should not be believed, INN News reported. The message that startled the public says that this year the rain deity is brutal because the cool
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