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Thai PM wants private sector to help improve Bangkok’s bus services Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants to upgrade Bangkok’s bus services by allowing the private sector to operate some routes of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, the city bus operator, with vehicles that use clean energy to reduce air pollution and improve services. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255793-thai-pm-wants-private-sector-to-help-improve-bangkok’s-bus-services/

Health Ministry to Push for Blood Tests During Songkran to Curb Road Accidents BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has said it will advocate for motorists who do not take breathalyzer tests to instead take alcohol blood tests, as part of efforts to curb drunk driving. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255791-health-ministry-to-push-for-blood-tests-during-songkran-to-curb-road-accidents/

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Children under 4 at high risk of severe symptoms from COVID-19 – DDC Children aged under 4 are at high risk of developing serious symptoms, or of dying, if infected with COVID-19, because they are too young to be vaccinated, warned the Disease Control Department, as infections among the group have been on the rise. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255770-children-under-4-at-high-risk-of-severe-symptoms-from-covid-19-–-ddc/

Children aged under 4 are at high risk of developing serious symptoms, or of dying, if infected with COVID-19, because they are too young to be vaccinated, warned the Disease Control Department, as infections among the group have been on the rise. Since the outbreak of the Omicron variant late last year, 27 toddlers have died, though the most of them had underlying diseases, said Head of the Epidemiology Division of Thailand’s Disease Control Department Chakkarat Pittayawonganon. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Babies under six months are most vulnerable and account for most of the severe cases and deaths. The death toll among 5-12 year-olds, however, is low, with only three deaths from Omicron variant infection, or under 0.01%, he added. Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/children-under-4-at-high-risk-of-severe-symptoms-from-covid-19-ddc/ -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Who took the rescue guys' curry? CCTV reveals four-legged thief! Picture: 77kaoded Thai media 77kaoded reported from Krabi where the Miracle of Life rescue team's lunch went missing. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255768-who-took-the-rescue-guys-curry-cctv-reveals-four-legged-thief/

Picture: 77kaoded Thai media 77kaoded reported from Krabi where the Miracle of Life rescue team's lunch went missing. The rice was in place but the curry they had been bought in was missing. Soon the thief was exposed thanks to CCTV. A white dog. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe It had arrived and snuffled around in some bins before jumping up and getting the guys' lunch. Pornthep, 36, said he wouldn't be pressing charges. But he would be more careful in future as to where he leaves his curry. Long Stay Visa Health Insurance Plans -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information KRABI.mp4

Why a Thai lady never made it to her Fiesta's oil change.... Picture: Naew Na Dramatic pictures on the Naew Na site showed a Ford Fiesta on fire on the Petchkasem road leading to Ratchaburi in central Thailand yesterday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255766-why-a-thai-lady-never-made-it-to-her-fiestas-oil-change/

Picture: Naew Na Dramatic pictures on the Naew Na site showed a Ford Fiesta on fire on the Petchkasem road leading to Ratchaburi in central Thailand yesterday. Thanawan, 53, said she had been taking her car to the garage for an oil change when it started behaving erratically. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe She got over a rise before deciding to park by the Niran housing estate as smoke then flame engulfed her Fiesta. Locals tried to put the fire out to no avail and when the authorities arrived they succeeded in quelling the conflagration in just 10 minutes. Long Stay Visa Health Insurance Plans -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information Picture: Naew Na Picture: Naew Na Picture: Naew Na

Wheelchair drama: Bangkok governor says election billboard was not blocking the footpath Thai News Thai Caption: Poster not blocking the way An online drama was playing out on Twitter after it appeared in a video that a man helping another person in a wheelchair needed to go into the road because an election poster-cum-billboard was blocking the way. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255764-wheelchair-drama-bangkok-governor-says-election-billboard-was-not-blocking-the-footpath/

Thai News Thai Caption: Poster not blocking the way An online drama was playing out on Twitter after it appeared in a video that a man helping another person in a wheelchair needed to go into the road because an election poster-cum-billboard was blocking the way. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Governor General Aswin Kwanmuang sent in his investigators who discovered that the poster in question did not obstruct the footpath, reported Daily News. The people in the clip were in fact crossing the road at that point. Long Stay Visa Health Insurance Plans -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Social Studies teacher exposed in "sex for grades" scandal in NE Daily News Thai Caption: Sex in exchange for (good) grades Police made an arrest at a "maan root" or curtain hotel short time sex room in Surin, reported Daily News. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255761-social-studies-teacher-exposed-in-sex-for-grades-scandal-in-ne/

Daily News Thai Caption: Sex in exchange for (good) grades Police made an arrest at a "maan root" or curtain hotel short time sex room in Surin, reported Daily News. A teacher called "Doo" had taken 17 year old "A" - an M3 pupil - for sex there. He had picked her up in a Mitsubishi near the school supposedly to help her get better grades. Instead he drove the unsuspecting teen to the resort, sat with her a while then tried to molest her. But the police were soon at the door. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Their job had been made easy by a member of the public who had been following the activities of the Social Science teacher who it is alleged took many underage children for sex. According to "A" while they were in the room the teacher had announced: "So what's it to be, 500 baht or 2,000 baht". The mother of the victim said that she had been contacted by the school director who was more worried about face saving and keeping the matter hushed up. The mother's response to that was: I'm prosecuting this to the full extent of the law. Meanwhile the teacher has denied everything. Long Stay Visa Health Insurance Plans -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

World Bank lowers Thai GDP growth prediction to 2.9% this year as Russia-Ukraine war takes toll By Panithan Onthaworn Thailand’s Covid-battered economy is projected to grow 2.9 per cent in 2022, down from the earlier prediction of nearly 4 per cent in December, as the Russia-Ukraine war and its fallout lower domestic spending, according to the latest World Bank study. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255759-world-bank-lowers-thai-gdp-growth-prediction-to-29-this-year-as-russia-ukraine-war-takes-toll/

By Panithan Onthaworn Thailand’s Covid-battered economy is projected to grow 2.9 per cent in 2022, down from the earlier prediction of nearly 4 per cent in December, as the Russia-Ukraine war and its fallout lower domestic spending, according to the latest World Bank study. The war in Ukraine undermines the uneven recovery of developing East Asian and Pacific (EAP) countries from the Covid-19 downturn, World Bank said. It observed that countries that are significant fuel importers, such as Mongolia and Thailand, are witnessing a decline in real income. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe “As the economies of East Asia and the Pacific were recovering from the pandemic-induced shock, the war in Ukraine is weighing on growth momentum,” said Manuela V. Ferro, World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/39181/world-bank-lowers-thai-gdp-growth-prediction-to-2-9-this-year-as-russia-ukraine-war-takes-toll/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Monk and disciple dead as Camry splits in two after hitting tree in NE Picture: Thai Rath Kantharawichai police in Maha Sarakham in Thailand's north east attended a grisly road accident. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255757-monk-and-disciple-dead-as-camry-splits-in-two-after-hitting-tree-in-ne/

Picture: Thai Rath Kantharawichai police in Maha Sarakham in Thailand's north east attended a grisly road accident. A Camry being driven by a monk with a student along for the ride hit a tree. Dead behind the wheel was 45 year old Phra Maha Natthawat an abbot's assistant at Wat Sawang Waree. 20 meters away was the body of Atikan, 20. Locals reported hearing a bang like an explosion, reported Thai Rath. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The area has pools of water and has roadworks and is not for the unwary, they said. The accident happened on Route 3006. Long Stay Visa Health Insurance Plans -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

"That's not a Buddhist image - that's a dead body" - Tuk Tuk driver is not playing ball Picture: Thai Rath A very Thai murder story is playing out in central Bangkok. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255755-thats-not-a-buddhist-image-thats-a-dead-body-tuk-tuk-driver-is-not-playing-ball/

Picture: Thai Rath A very Thai murder story is playing out in central Bangkok. It features a relationship between a 70 year old man and a 37 year old woman. A horrific hammer attack on the woman by the man. And a bizarre attempt to carry the body away on a tuk-tuk disguised as a Buddihist image in a sheet. Pathumwan police were called to rented flats on Rong Meuang Road. Wrapped tight in a bedsheet was the naked body of 37 year old Ketsuda. She had horrific wounds to the face cause by a blunt trauma attack, reported Thai Rath. Nearby was the murder weapon, a bloodstained hammer. Soon in custody was 70 year old Choey, a taxi driver. Jaroon, 56, found the body and called 191. Darunee, the mother of the deceased, said her daughter was of no fixed abode. On Saturday her daughter had come to see her with the old man with her. They had been an item for a while. So much so that the old man had told the mum that he wanted to marry her daughter. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The mother even helped to get the pair back together gain after a break-up. Choey admitted that he got angry and hammered his girlfriend to death. Then he wrapped her tight in a bedsheet. He told the tuk-tuk driver that he ordered to transport the body for hiding that it was a Buddhist image under the cloth. Something the driver was not prepared to believe. The cops were informed instead. The police suspect jealousy played a role in this murder. Long Stay Visa Health Insurance Plans -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Fifty tonnes of unripe durian due for export impounded by Thai authorities Thai agricultural officials impounded about 50 tonnes of durian at an export warehouse, in the eastern province of Chanthaburi province yesterday (Monday), after they found much of the fruit was unripe. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255752-fifty-tonnes-of-unripe-durian-due-for-export-impounded-by-thai-authorities/

Thai agricultural officials impounded about 50 tonnes of durian at an export warehouse, in the eastern province of Chanthaburi province yesterday (Monday), after they found much of the fruit was unripe. A special team of durian inspectors visited a warehouse in the Noen Soong sub-district for a random search of the Mon Thong durian, which were packed in cardboard boxes ready to be exported to China. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Initially, the officials selected two boxes for examination and found some of the durian to be unripe, which is regarded as substandard. Then, they ordered many more boxes to be opened for inspection. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/fifty-tonnes-of-unripe-durian-due-for-export-impounded-by-thai-authorities/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Interior minister steps in in "one rule for the people one rule for them" Covid dispute Picture: Siam Rath Thailand's interior minister has stepped up inquiries into a party after a golf event in Chiang Mai broke Covid-19 alcohol rules. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255749-interior-minister-steps-in-in-one-rule-for-the-people-one-rule-for-them-covid-dispute/

Picture: Siam Rath Thailand's interior minister has stepped up inquiries into a party after a golf event in Chiang Mai broke Covid-19 alcohol rules. As the police inquiry faltered Gen Anupong Paojinda decided it was important to get to the bottom of the party on January 22nd. Beers and spirits were on the tables and playing in the event as well as celebrating at the party was provincial governor Prajon Pratsakul. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Siam Rath reported that moves were afoot to sideline the governor ahead of his retirement later in the year. The case is viewed as a party attended by well off people flouting the rules - while the ordinary people followed them. Long Stay Visa Health Insurance Plans -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Four-meter-long king cobra caught in Pattaya area By Goong Nang(GN) Banglamung – A four-meter-long king cobra was caught at a house in Banglamung, causing alarm for a local resident. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1255747-four-meter-long-king-cobra-caught-in-pattaya-area/

By Goong Nang(GN) Banglamung – A four-meter-long king cobra was caught at a house in Banglamung, causing alarm for a local resident. Rescue workers were notified of the king cobra at a house in the Khao Maikaew sub-district last night (April 4th). They and The Pattaya News arrived at the house to find the king cobra was hiding in the house. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/04/05/four-meter-long-king-cobra-caught-in-pattaya-area/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-04-05 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates