BANGKOK and its five neighbouring provinces are still badly hit by the second coronavirus wave which started in April logging 2,209 cases and 26 fatalities over the past 24 hours amid a national tally of 3,667 cases and 32 deaths, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (June 19). The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration
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Move to reopen Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao on July 15
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, as head of the the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee, took up a proposal to reopen Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao islands to tourism on July 15 just days after Phuket does so on July 1 at a teleconference joined by senior officials from Surat Thani
Read moreAll schools in Chainat shut again to prevent Covid infection
SCHOOLS in Chainat province started shutting down this morning (June 18) after it was found that a number of parents had got infected with coronavirus after having worked in high-risk areas and then visiting the children in schools thus risking the spread of infection in their premises, Sanook.com said. Teaching in this province will now
Read moreOver a tonne of Ice, heroin seized near Malaysian border
THE Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre and police in southern Satun province that borders Malaysia seized around 1,100 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and heroin hidden at Tam Malang mangrove canal in Mueang district yesterday (June 17), Amarin TV said this morning. Officials believe that the drug traffickers had stored it there for further
Read moreCovid fear grips Parliament after part-time worker gets infected
FEAR spread among Parliament officials and employees after a part-time worker was found to have been infected with coronavirus today (June 17) despite tight screening, Siam Rath newspaper said. Those entering the Parliament have to fill out details in an application stating their coronavirus status and that they have at least received one Covid
Read moreGrowing guava trees in rice-farming neighbourhood
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAKORN PICHITTHACHAI had long taken pride in the rice which he had only produced to feed fellow villagers of Baan Phaeo district of Samut Sakhon where most rely on fishery, seafood processing industry and other types of manufacturing industry. Not until the last few years had he turned to cultivating
Read moreCentre debunks fake news on Covid jab’s impact on dentistry
THE ANTI-FAKE News Centre this morning (June 17) urged the public not to believe a warning spreading online for those who have got a Covid jab to avoid dentistry for a month pointing out that this is not true, Siam Rath newspaper said. The centre checked with the Public Health Ministry’s Medical Department that said
Read morePolice seize Ice hidden in instant noodles heading for Israel
CHIANG RAI police arrested a man just as he was about to send a parcel of instant noodles to Israel with bags of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden in them totalling 990 grammes, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (June 16). Pol Maj. Gen. Chinnawich Wichaithanaphat, head of the Chiang Rai Provincial Police, had assigned police
Read moreMedia company hit by Covid cases amid daily total of 2,331
AS news is circulating that a television station has been badly hit after a large number of its workers got infected with coronavirus, media company Workpoint Entertainment Plc said over its morning news programme that two of its reporters have been infected and are now hospitalised, Amarin TV said this afternoon (June 16). Workpoint stated
Read moreThaksin slams 50:50 co-payment, Phuket sandbox schemes
FORMER Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in a Clubhouse chat, where he uses the alias Tony Woodsome, that both the government’s 50:50 co-payment scheme and the Phuket Sandbox tourism project have shortcomings, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (June 16). Joining the discussion at CARE ClubHouse x CARE Talk on the topic, “Tony wants
Read more3.2m signed up for Sinopharm jabs, Thailand’s mRNA vaccine candidate enters human trials
THAILAND’S provider of Sinopharm vaccine has seen 3.2 million people sign up for the alternative offering in the government’s main vaccination drive, while Thailand’s homegrown mRNA Covid-19 vaccine has entered human trials, NNT said today (June 15). Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), the sole provider of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand as an alternative offering to
Read moreSuspected Australian child sex offender arrested in Mae Sot
By Channel NewsAsia AN AUSTRALIAN national accused of sexually assaulting Myanmar children in Thailand was arrested in the border province of Tak after six months on the run, according to the Tak Immigration Office. On June 2, Thai authorities managed to track down and arrest an Australian man identified as Adam James Fox in Mae
Read moreNew BTS rule stirs up social media storm
AN announcement by BTS Skytrain today (June 15) forbidding passengers from delivering goods across payment zones attracted a lot of attention on Thai social media with some netizens strongly criticising the move, Sanook.com said. In its notice BTS said people have to be in the same payment zone in order to deliver goods and should
Read moreCabbies surround ministry over ride-hailing regulation
OVER a hundred taxi drivers drove to the Transport Ministry at noon today (June 15) and threatened to burn a taxi if Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob did not come out and negotiate with them, Matichon said. The cabbies, led by Mr. Woraphon Kemkunthod, president of the Public Car Drivers Association, drove to the ministry
Read moreEx-policeman dies 5 days after AstraZeneca jab
A 73-year-old former policeman who previously worked at Plubplachai police station in Bangkok died in his Samut Prakan home this morning (June 15) five days after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab, Sanook.com said. A Bang Pu police station team rushed to a townhouse in Bang Pu Mai subdistrict after being alerted of the death
Read morePM Prayut rules out snap election
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha said during the Senate deliberation of a bill allowing the government to borrow 500 billion baht to deal with the coronavirus crisis today (June 14) that he is going to complete his four-year term in office amid speculation that he is planning to dissolve Parliament and hold a new election,
Read moreThai netizens keen on going to Laos to get Pfizer jab
AS news spread in Thai social media that Laos has announced that foreigners with a work visa may get the much sought after Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine many have said they are keen on crossing the border to get this jab rather than what is currently available but in short supply in Thailand, Sanook.com said this
Read moreCovid-19 outbreaks at Thai factories threaten export sector, recovery
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia A SERIES of Covid-19 outbreaks in Thai factories is raising concerns that the export sector could be hit hard, threatening to further undermine an economy as it struggles to recover from the pandemic’s crippling blow to the crucial tourism industry. The virus has swept through more than 130
Read moreBangkok’s parks remain shut despite order to reopen
THERE was confusion at Bangkok’s public parks this morning (June 14) with people who had gone there to exercise finding that the gates were locked despite Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha having announced the reopening of five business groups and activities from today, Amarin TV said. Amid the disappointment among those who had gone specially
Read moreGang held for stealing phone cables to get copper within
A GANG of three men were arrested in Cha-am district of Phetchaburi province last night for stealing telephone cables to harvest the valuable copper within after a spate of such robberies since March, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (June 13). Pol. Maj. Gen. Uthai Kawindechathorn, head of Phetchaburi provincial police, and his team said
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