New emergency loan to tackle new wave, maintain country’s fluidity
THE government has detailed that the new set of emergency loans will help Thailand maintain its financial fluidity in dealing with the unstable Covid-19 situation, while upholding the national and general public’s interests, NNT said today (May 25). The government passed a new Emergency Decree permitting the Ministry of Finance to seek an additional 500 […]
Read MoreIndian couple rent Spicejet plane for Covid-19 lockdown-busting mid-air wedding
By AFP, published by The Straits Times New Delhi – An Indian couple chartered a passenger jet to stage a mid-air wedding that hijacked coronavirus restrictions by taking more than 160 guests, reports said today (May 24). India’s civil aviation authority has ordered an investigation and suspended the crew of the jet, officials said. Because […]
Read More5kg gold, big sums of baht and dollar seized at border
SOLDIERS and customs officials at Tak’s Mae Sot district today (May 25) seized five one-kilogramme bars of gold, US$100,000 and 4.1 million Thai baht banknotes from a pickup truck that had just come across the border from Myanmar, TV Channel 7 said. The soldiers and customs officials stopped and searched a white pickup that came […]
Read More29 Bangkok clusters strictly monitored amid 3,226 daily Covid cases
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said today (May 25) that 29 of 33 clusters in Bangkok are now under maximum surveillance with a new one emerging in Dusit district, Amarin TV said. Meanwhile there were 3,226 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours and 26 additional fatalities that […]
Read MoreMan undecided between welding and roasting, literally
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOMCHAI ”JACK” THONGLO has contemplated giving up on his career as welder at a rice mill in his home district of Manorom in Chainat to concentrate more on what he has only done on his days off as a small-time job and finally turn it into a primary, lucrative one. The […]
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