Labour Ministry accepts taxi drivers’ plea for pandemic aid
THE Ministry of Labour has responded to a plea from taxi drivers to provide them with financial aid due to the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on their occupation. Right now drivers are encouraged to sign up for Social Security coverage, while the authorities are finding appropriate ways to help drivers over 65 years old who […]
Read MoreFires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Ankara – Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday (August 1) as wildfires that have claimed eight lives raged for a fifth day, while blazes also hit Greece, Italy and Spain. Fanned by soaring temperatures and strong winds – with experts saying […]
Read MorePenguin leads protest to get arrested friends freed
ANOTHER protest took place this afternoon (August 2) in front of Royal Thai Police Region 1 headquarters to call for the release of a protest leader who had been arrested earlier in the day after staging a rally to call for freeing of all those rounded up after yesterday’s “car mob” demonstration, Thai Rath […]
Read MoreMourning the death of an angel in white
THERE is deep mourning at Samut Sakhon Hospital today (August 2) for a 45-year-old professional nurse who worked at the male internal medicine building and died of Covid infection last night, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Anukul Thaitanand, the hospital’s director, said Ms. Uraiwan Chantraplin started having symptoms on July 25, coming down with […]
Read MoreDaily Covid count inches down to 17,970 amid warning of drug shortfall
THAILAND logged 17,970 coronavirus cases and 178 deaths in 24 hours to this morning (August 2), down from yesterday’s tally of 18,027 cases but fatalities increasing from 133, amid a warning of a looming shortage of a key medicine used to treat Covid patients, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry said of today’s large batch […]
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