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Cabinet approves tax measures to help flood victims The Thai cabinet approved a package of 14 measures to help flood victims yesterday (Tuesday), as proposed by the Ministry of Finance, according to Government Spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275226-cabinet-approves-tax-measures-to-help-flood-victims/

The Thai cabinet approved a package of 14 measures to help flood victims yesterday (Tuesday), as proposed by the Ministry of Finance, according to Government Spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri. The measures include: A maximum of 100,000 baht for house repairs and 30,000 baht for car maintenance to be deducted from taxable income. Tax exemption for compensation received from the government, public donations or compensation from insurance companies to cover the damage sustained by individual income earners and legal entities. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/cabinet-approves-tax-measures-to-help-flood-victims/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-19 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai PM sets Nong Bua Lamphu to become “drug-free” province Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha on Tuesday, October 18th, aimed for Nong Bua Lamphu to become a “drug-free” province within 30 days. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275146-thai-pm-sets-nong-bua-lamphu-to-become-“drug-free”-province/

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha on Tuesday, October 18th, aimed for Nong Bua Lamphu to become a “drug-free” province within 30 days. Government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri revealed to the Associated Press that the Prime Minister had ordered relevant agencies to implement measures and offenses related to drug abuse and trading. Moreover, Nong Bua Lamphu is set to be the model for a drug-free province, according to the Prime Minister’s initiatives. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/18/thai-pm-sets-nong-bua-lamphu-to-become-drug-free-province-model-for-rest-of-the-kingdom/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai Cabinet approves ฿6.6bn for two new bridges in the South The Thai cabinet approved 6.6 billion baht on Tuesday for the construction of two bridges, over Songkhla Lake to link Krasae Sin district with Khao Chaison district of Phatthalung, and the other to connect Lanta and Lanta Noi islands in the Andaman Sea, in the southern province of Krabi. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275145-thai-cabinet-approves-฿66bn-for-two-new-bridges-in-the-south/

The Thai cabinet approved 6.6 billion baht on Tuesday for the construction of two bridges, over Songkhla Lake to link Krasae Sin district with Khao Chaison district of Phatthalung, and the other to connect Lanta and Lanta Noi islands in the Andaman Sea, in the southern province of Krabi. The first project, when completed, will reduce the travel distance between the two spots to 7km, from about 80km, and cut the travel time down to about 15 minutes, from the current two hours. The cost of the project is estimated at 4.841 billion baht, 70% of which will be a loan, to be secured from the World Bank under the public debt management plan, and the remaining 30% will be government funded. Construction is scheduled to commence in 2023 and be completed in three years. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-cabinet-approves-6-6bn-for-two-new-bridges-in-the-south/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Plan to resolve water pollution caused by flooded landfills and water treatment facilities Thailand’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) has prepared manpower and equipment, including drones, to be sent to provinces in which landfills and wastewater treatment facilities are flooded, to help resolve the pollution problem after the floods recede. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275143-plan-to-resolve-water-pollution-caused-by-flooded-landfills-and-water-treatment-facilities/

Thailand’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) has prepared manpower and equipment, including drones, to be sent to provinces in which landfills and wastewater treatment facilities are flooded, to help resolve the pollution problem after the floods recede. The department has identified nine landfill sites in Sing Buri, Lop Buri, Si Sa Ket, Surin and Ubon Ratchathani and seven wastewater treatment facilities in Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Maha Sarakham and Ubon Ratchathani at risk of being flooded. Pinsak Suraswadi, director-general of the PCD, said that the department has advised local administrative organisations in charge of garbage disposal to build floodwalls around each landfill site or reinforce existing floodwalls to prevent water from entering or leaking from the landfills. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/plan-to-resolve-water-pollution-caused-by-flooded-landfills-and-water-treatment-facilities/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thailand must increase its investment in children and ensure equal recovery after COVID-19, says UNICEF BANGKOK, 17 October 2022 – Thailand must increase its investment in children and take further measures to tackle the high prevalence of poverty among families with children who have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, said UNICEF on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275139-thailand-must-increase-its-investment-in-children-and-ensure-equal-recovery-after-covid-19-says-unicef/

BANGKOK, 17 October 2022 – Thailand must increase its investment in children and take further measures to tackle the high prevalence of poverty among families with children who have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, said UNICEF on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Despite a series of positive measures taken by the government to mitigate its impact, the pandemic has laid bare vulnerabilities and exacerbated inequalities. Families with children have been hit hardest and are more likely to face a higher cost of living and loss of income. Recent higher food and energy prices are worsening the situation and slowing down the gains that Thailand has made in its poverty reduction and human capital investment. According to the National Economic and Development Council, in 2021, the poverty rate among children stood at 9.9 per cent, which is significantly higher than that of the overall population at 6.3 per cent. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/18/thailand-must-increase-its-investment-in-childrenand-ensure-equal-recovery-after-covid-19-says-unicef/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai Cabinet approves measures to effectively solve firearms and drug problems National –The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday, October 18th, has approved preventive measures for firearms and drugs problems to effectively and seriously solve the social issues, government spokesperson Anucha Burachaisri revealed. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275138-thai-cabinet-approves-measures-to-effectively-solve-firearms-and-drug-problems/

National –The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday, October 18th, has approved preventive measures for firearms and drugs problems to effectively and seriously solve the social issues, government spokesperson Anucha Burachaisri revealed. According to his statement, the firearms measures include: (1) Permission documents to possess and use firearms, such as additional documents of medical certificates, certificate from agencies/employers; (2) Permission to allow owners of unauthorized firearms to give up or register the weapons with the authorities; (3) Proactive prevention and suppression of firearms, such as unauthorized arms trafficking; and (4) Digital measures to search for illegal firearm trading on digital platforms. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/18/thai-cabinet-approves-measures-to-effectively-solve-firearms-and-drug-problems-government-spokesperson-reports/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Melioidosis awareness campaign launched in Thailand’s Songkhla after five deaths The health office in Thepha District of the southern province of Songkhla launched a campaign today (Tuesday) to raise awareness of the threat posed by melioidosis (Whitmore’s disease) and how to prevent infection. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275137-melioidosis-awareness-campaign-launched-in-thailand’s-songkhla-after-five-deaths/

The health office in Thepha District of the southern province of Songkhla launched a campaign today (Tuesday) to raise awareness of the threat posed by melioidosis (Whitmore’s disease) and how to prevent infection. Melioidosis is a disease that can infect humans or animals. It is caused by the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, or B. pseudomallei, which is found in contaminated soil and water. According to the Thepha District health office, seven infections have been recorded since April this year and five people have died. All the infections were found in six sub-districts. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/melioidosis-awareness-campaign-launched-in-thailands-songkhla-after-five-deaths/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Fire breaks out at shoemaker Changshin Vietnam's warehouse, October 17, 2022. Workers ran out to safety as a fire broke out and quickly spread through South Korean-invested shoemaker Changshin Vietnam, the biggest employer of southern Dong Nai Province. The blaze was discovered at around 4p.m. by some workers at the Nike supplier. They quickly moved out of the factory. Several security officers and fire trucks were sent to the location, but they were unable to put out the blaze. With the factory using rubber and plastic as raw ingredients, the fire spread quickly throughout the building. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/fire-breaks-out-at-nike-supplier-with-over-40-000-employees-4524625.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-18

A satellite image of Storm Nesat on the morning of October 18, 2022. Photo by the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Storm Nesat lay centered 310 km northeast of the Paracel Islands at 7 a.m. Tuesday with winds of up to 149 kph. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the system will move at 15 kph in a west-southwesterly direction, and by 4 a.m. Wednesday will be north of the Paracels with winds dropping to around 130 kph. It will then meet a cold spell from the north and weaken. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/storm-nesat-to-weaken-as-it-approaches-vietnam-4524783.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-18

A man in the northern province of Hai Duong was arrested for attacking a police officer with a knife after his son was fined for not wearing a helmet. Nguyen Dang Tuan, 41, was arrested by police to be investigated for "resisting a law enforcement officer in performance of official duties," police said Monday. Tuan's son, 18-year-old Nguyen Trung Anh, did not wear a helmet while riding a motorbike and was stopped by police. Anh failed to show the necessary traffic papers and accepted a fine. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/father-slashes-police-officer-after-son-violates-traffic-code-4524853.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-18

Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam on Hanoi's Nguyen Trai Street in August 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh The Hanoi Public Transport Management Center has proposed collecting tolls from vehicles entering downtown areas starting 2024, with 15 toll booths on nine routes with high traffic density. In a report sent to the Department of Transport, the center divided the project into three phases. During the first phase, toll booths would be situated at nine locations on routes with high traffic density leading to downtown areas. The trial would go on until Nov. 30, 2025, when its results would be evaluated to prepare for the second and third phase. During the second phase, from 2026 to 2030, areas where tolls are required would be expanded to include the southern side of the Red River. The expanded area where tolls are applicable would see Ring Road 3-Thanh Tri Bridge-Phap Van-Mai Dich-Pham Van Dong-Thang Long Bridge-Au Co-Nghi Tam-Yen Phu-Tran Nhat Duat-Ring Road 3 as boundaries. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hanoi-proposes-downtown-toll-collection-starting-2024-4524941.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-18

Vu The Phuong, 44, works with a traffic police officer after driving a truck past an ambulance and not allowing it to get ahead in Tuyen Quang, October 17, 2022. Photo courtesy of the police A man in northern Vietnam had his truck seized and was fined VND20 million ($819.25) for obstructing an ambulance en route to hospital for over four kilometers. At 5:30 p.m. Monday, an ambulance of northern Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang Province general hospital was transporting a patient suffering from a ruptured liver and pleural effusion after being rammed by an ox to another hospital in Hanoi. But on the journey, a medic said a truck driver obstructed the ambulance, refusing to let it pass for over four kilometers on National Highway 2C in Son Duong District. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/truck-cuts-over-ambulance-transporting-critically-injured-patient-over-4-km-4524983.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-10-18

Children were seen having fun and taking pictures at a newly decorated, Halloween-themed area in Parañaque on Thursday (October 13, 2022). STAR / Jesse Bustos MANILA, Philippines (Updated 5:08 p.m.) — October 31, sometimes called Halloween or All Saints' Eve, will be a special non-working holiday, the Palace said Tuesday as it announced that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had signed the proclamation declaring the day before All Saints' Day also a holiday. November 1, All Saints' Day, was earlier declared a special non-working holiday. All Saints' and All Souls' days are when many Filipinos traditionally remember their departed, with many traveling to their home provinces to do so. Others who do not celebrate the holidays use the days off for travel and for rest. Pay rules According to Department of Labor and Employment rules, special non-working holidays are covered by the "no work, no pay" policy unless company policy or a collective bargaining agreement says otherwise. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/18/2217579/no-work-no-pay-october-31-special-non-working-holiday -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-18

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Tuesday he will ask Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag for a report on the claim of the alleged gunman of radio commentator Percy Lapid that he was acting on orders from inside the New Bilibid Prison. “I will tell him to give me a report on this, if he has any knowledge already. Because what the gunman said and what the DG knows, we do not know if they are the same. We cannot presume that,” Remulla told a news briefing. “We should find out whoever that may be. We will expose that,” he said in Filipino. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/18/2217578/remulla-wants-bucor-report-claim-hit-order-percy-lapid-came-bilibid -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-18

This screengrab from PTV 4 stream shows Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla who faced the members of the Justice beat press corps for the first time on October 18 since his son's arrest last week. PTV4 screengrab MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla stressed Tuesday that he will not step down as he promised he would not intervene in the resolution of drug-related complaints filed against his son, Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III. If the prosecution’s resolution is adverse to his son, Remulla said, this will be brought directly to court. As justice secretary, Remulla would have the power to receive Petitions for Review of prosecutors' resolutions. Facing justice beat reporters for the first time since his son’s arrest, Remulla said he will not resign over potential conflict of interest in the case. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/18/2217580/remulla-says-wont-resign-hands-resolution-sons-drug-rap -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-18

The International Organization for Migration handed over equipment donated to the Department of Migrant Workers, which will be used for the latter's digital command center, on October 18, 2022. Twitter / Department of Migrant Workers MANILA, Philippines — Equipment donated by the International Organization for Migration will help the Department of Migrant Workers create a database that it can use in crafting policies for overseas Filipinos. "All the reports from our overseas posts can be documented, can be uploaded in real time so that policy recommendations to the president can also be in real time," Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople said. It would be utilized to update the department’s contingency plans for calamities in any part of the world, or if an area is near conflict. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/18/2217611/iom-supported-migrant-workers-database-help-government-craft-policy -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-10-18

40-year-old man is the latest monkeypox patient BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand has reported a new case of monkeypox in a 40-year-old man who returned from overseas. Health authorities are now monitoring the symptoms of people in close contact with this patient. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275121-40-year-old-man-is-the-latest-monkeypox-patient/

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand has reported a new case of monkeypox in a 40-year-old man who returned from overseas. Health authorities are now monitoring the symptoms of people in close contact with this patient. The new patient, which is Thailand’s 11th confirmed case of monkeypox, reportedly developed symptoms of fever and rashes on his hips, hands, and arms on 8 October, when he was in Qatar. Dr. Thares Krasanairawiwong, Acting Director General of the DDC, said the patient received an initial diagnosis as a probable monkeypox case at a hospital in Pathum Thani province after his arrival on 15 October. The patient was then transferred to Bamrasnaradur Infectious Diseases Institute, where lab results confirmed a monkeypox infection. Deputy Director General of the DDC Dr. Sopon Iamsirithaworn said this patient is currently the only active case in Thailand, as the previous 10 cases have already recovered from the disease. The DDC is closely monitoring the symptoms of 10 close contacts. The DDC has asked hospitals across the country to ensure the preparedness of protocol for patients with suspicious symptoms, who should have their specimens collected for monkeypox tests and be isolated until a lab result returns. People who develop suspicious symptoms of monkeypox are encouraged to visit a nearby hospital to get tested or call the department’s 1422 hotline for more information. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221018100557653 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-10-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!