Authorities set up checkpoints on roads outbound from Bangkok
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), in cooperation with the military and the Metropolitan Police Bureau, has set up six checkpoints on the capital’s outbound roads, to prevent construction workers leaving the capital for their home provinces, NNT said today (June 30). BMA permanent secretary Silapasuay Raweesangsoon said the move is in compliance with a Centre […]
Read MoreAs Phuket reopens, small businesses feel left behind
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Phuket – As Thailand’s government prepares to celebrate its reopening to foreign tourists this week, many businesses on the holiday island of Phuket aren’t so enthusiastic about the return of visitors. Phuket is a pilot programme for Thailand’s reboot of a tourism industry gutted by the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
Read MorePolice warn against Covid vaccine swindle
POLICE today (June 30) warned the public to beware of coronavirus vaccine swindle proliferating online after a complaint was filed by a man that he and his 20 friends were tricked into buying Sinopharm jabs at 1,800 baht each but in the end did not get the shots, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (June […]
Read MoreThaksin to Thammanat: Don’t spend money on elections
FORMER Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra inferred in a Clubhouse chat, where he uses the alias Tony Woodsome, that controversial Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao was recently elected secretary-general of ruling Palang Pracharath Party because he has a lot of money to spend in the next election, Siam Rath newspaper said. Thammanat was said to have […]
Read MoreVentilators being rushed to Bangkok amid 4,786 new cases nationwide
THE Public Health Ministry is moving ventilators from across the country to Bangkok which is the severest hit in the current coronavirus wave amid an additional 4,786 cases across the country over the past 24 hours, TV Channel 7 and Siam Rath newspaper said. Meanwhile the overnight fatalities soared to 53 taking the death […]
Read MorePathum Thani folk donate groceries to self-quarantined Covid patients
SETTING a good example for others in this country are residents in Pathum Thani province some of whom today (June 29) donated groceries to those who have self-quarantined as they wait for a hospital bed, Thai Rath newspaper said. Residents of Lat Sawai district in this province adjacent to Bangkok moved to meet the needs […]
Read MoreFed up with grape wine? How about sapodilla wine?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAPODILLA MAY BE eaten as a fresh fruit or get processed into an oven-dried fruit or turned into wine. Farmer Virapon Kopkarnpaisarn has been looking for a business partner who may launch a downstream industry with the sapodilla which he cultivates in Baan Na district of Nakhon Nayok. The highly sweet, […]
Read MoreSpecial holiday in July cancelled to halt inter-provincial travel
THE Cabinet today (June 29) resolved to cancel Tuesday, July 27, 2021 as a special holiday that would have led to a long weekend earlier hoped to help spur tourism but now halted to prevent inter-provincial travel to curb the spread of coronavirus, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 29). Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy spokesman […]
Read MoreForeigner caught after stealing alcohol says he wants to go home
A FOREIGNER of unknown nationality who fell through a roof while being chased after stealing two bottles of alcohol later told police he wanted to be sent back to his home country, Amarin TV said this morning (June 29). At 5 p.m. yesterday Pol. Capt. Phisit Sincharoonsak, deputy head of Nong Prue police station, Bang […]
Read MoreAssociation warns against Covid-19 exposure to claim insurance
THE Thai General Insurance Association (TGIA) is warning people against deliberately getting themselves infected with Covid-19, so they can claim insurance, after a Facebook user said people could earn 100,000 baht each if they were infected, NNT said today (June 28). TGIA president Anon Vangvasu has asked people to avoid doing so, because it’s […]
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