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PM apologizes for miscommunication about 5,000 baht subsidies

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has offered a public apology for his miscommunication, which has caused widespread public confusion, over the 5,000 baht monthly cash subsidy for people affected by business closures.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159940-pm-apologizes-for-miscommunication-about-5000-baht-subsidies/

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Pattaya ordered to find shelter for homeless

 

 

PATTAYA:--Chonburi officials ordered Pattaya to find shelters or quarantine facilities for homeless people camped out on sidewalks after photos of the vagrants spread across the internet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159966-pattaya-ordered-to-find-shelter-for-homeless/

 

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Dark clouds of gloom hang over Jomtien Beach

By Kamolthep Malhotra

 

 

PATTAYA:--I was born and bred in Pattaya and have seen my home town grow from a small village into this modern sprawling city that it is today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159968-dark-clouds-of-gloom-hang-over-jomtien-beach/

 

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Cop turns robber at Chachoengsao bank: Police

By The Nation

 

 

A policeman in Chachoengsao province was arrested for allegedly attempting to rob a branch of Kasikornbank on Thursday (April 16).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159954-cop-turns-robber-at-chachoengsao-bank-police/

 

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Thailand expects liquidity support for Thai Airways next week

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers service a Thai Airways Airbus A380-800 aircraft at Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand September 3, 2019. Picture taken September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government expects to conclude a capital injection plan for flagship carrier Thai Airways International Pcl (THAI.BK) next week, a government minister said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159978-thailand-expects-liquidity-support-for-thai-airways-next-week/

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Rawai Mayor makes drunk ‘Uncle’ walk the line, sends him home in a pickup truck

The Phuket News

 

’Uncle’ walks the line at the main checkpoint into Rawai on Wednesday night (Apr 15). Screenshot: Rawai Municipality

 

PHUKET: An elderly man who was deemed to be drunk after he failed to walk a straight line at the main checkpoint into Rawai on Wednesday night (Apr 15) was given a surprise reprieve by Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos, who simply had a pickup truck deliver the man home instead of risking an accident.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160004-rawai-mayor-makes-drunk-‘uncle’-walk-the-line-sends-him-home-in-a-pickup-truck/

 

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Govt reconsiders budget to ease impact of Covid-19 fallout

By The Nation

 

Uttama Savanayana

 

In a move to tackle the economic fallout of the Covid-19 outbreak, the government’s Monetary and Fiscal Committee has come up with a plan to maintain public debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, boost the budget ceiling and adjust debt settlements.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160005-govt-reconsiders-budget-to-ease-impact-of-covid-19-fallout/

 

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Yamaha develops special Covid-19 examination booth

By The Nation

 

 

In collaboration with Ramathibodi Hospital, auto-making giant Yamaha has developed the prototype of a negative pressure booth for use in the detection of Covid-19 cases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160006-yamaha-develops-special-covid-19-examination-booth/

 

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Call for help as orchid export industry wilts badly

By THE NATION

 

 

The ongoing pandemic has hit orchid exports and orchid growers are so badly off now that they need financial assistance from the government, the Thai Orchid Exporter Association’s vice president Jade Meeyarnyium said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160007-call-for-help-as-orchid-export-industry-wilts-badly/

 

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Learn from South Korea, hold local elections, academics urge

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

The responsibility of holding local elections also lies with Prayut,..if the premier does not make a move on the issue, nothing will happen. 

 

As businesses make preparations to reopen, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the Election Commission (EC) should also be making preparations to hold local elections, academics say. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160008-learn-from-south-korea-hold-local elections-academics-urge/

 

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Lazada extends help to small businesses with new package

By THE NATION

 

 

Online marketplace Lazada is launching campaigns, like the SME Stimulus Package, to help at least 50,000 small businesses across the nation to pull through the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160009-lazada-extends-help-to-small-businesses-with-new-package/

 

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Recipients of donations at Yala railway station must report immediately to health officials

 

 

An urgent announcement was issued today by the Governor of Thailand’s southern border province of Yala, calling on people, who went to the Muang district railway station to receive rice and dried food donations on Tuesday, to report immediately to health officials for COVID-19 screening.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160011-recipients-of-donations-at-yala-railway-station-must-report-immediately-to-health-officials/

 

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OPINION

A conversation between two viruses 

By Warapatr Todhanakasem, PhD

Special to The Nation

 

Warapatr Todhanakasem, PhD

 

Corona, a virus floating in the heat of Bangkok, spots another virus – a different species – resting in the front yard of a nice house. So he floats over to greet it.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160013-opinion-a-conversation-between-two-viruses/

 

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Thai economy suffering worst damage since 1950s, experts say

By The Nation

 

Thanawat Phonwichai,

 

Covid-19 has hit Thailand’s economy harder than any event in the last six decades, with a projected GDP of minus-4 percent and 10 million jobs lost, said the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160014-thai-economy-suffering-worst-damage-since-1950s-experts-say/

 

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Thailand scrambles to contain major outbreak of horse-killing virus

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre

 

A horse in Thailand is isolated behind netting that keeps out midges that spread African horse sickness. 

WIPAWAN PAWITAYALARP

 

Thailand, already battling the spread of coronavirus, is now contending with another deadly viral outbreak—in horses. With hundreds of horse deaths reported there in the last 3 weeks, horse owners are rushing to seal their animals indoors with netting, away from biting midges that spread the virus for African horse sickness (AHS). Some scientists suspect that zebras, imported from Africa, led to the outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160015-thailand-scrambles-to-contain-major-outbreak-of-horse-killing-virus/

 

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UK extends lockdown measures for at least three more weeks

By Andy Bruce and Alistair Smout

 

An ambulance passes a banner thanking the NHS in Kensington, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain extended its nationwide lockdown on Thursday as stand-in leader Dominic Raab ordered Britons to stay at home for at least another three weeks to prevent the spread of a coronavirus outbreak which has already claimed over 138,000 lives globally.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160016-uk-extends-lockdown-measures-for-at-least-three-more-weeks/

 

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Merkel's conservatives make big poll gains in midst of coronavirus crisis

 

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference after discussing with German state premiers on whether to prolong or phase-out the lockdown to combat COVID-19 at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Munich. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc has won support during the coronavirus crisis, hitting its highest level in nearly three years, a poll showed on Thursday.

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160017-merkels-conservatives-make-big-poll-gains-in-midst-of-coronavirus-crisis/

 

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U.S. judge denies bid by Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone for new trial

By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone departs after he was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for charges that include lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid for a new trial by U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone after the veteran Republican operative accused the jury forewoman of being tainted by political bias.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160018-us-judge-denies-bid-by-trumps-longtime-adviser-roger-stone-for-new-trial/

 

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'Makeshift morgue' at New Jersey nursing home sparks broader coronavirus probe

By Nathan Layne and Jessica Resnick-Ault

 

Paramedics and healthcare officials are seen outside Andover Subacute and Rehab Center, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Andover, New Jersey, U.S., April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Stefan Jeremiah

 

(Reuters) - New Jersey's governor on Thursday ordered a probe into long-term care facilities after a "makeshift morgue" was found at a nursing home devastated by the novel coronavirus, raising questions about the death toll at homes for the elderly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160019-makeshift-morgue-at-new-jersey-nursing-home-sparks-broader-coronavirus-probe/

 

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Trump unveils three-stage process for states to end coronavirus shutdown

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about his administration's plans for "Opening Up America Again" during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump proposed guidelines on Thursday under which U.S. state governors could act to revive the U.S. economy from its coronavirus shutdown in a staggered, three-stage process.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160021-trump-unveils-three-stage-process-for-states-to-end-coronavirus-shutdown/

 

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Canada to keep border restrictions with U.S. for a 'significant' time, Trudeau says

By David Ljunggren

 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at the Rideau Cottage, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's border restrictions with the United States will remain in place "for a significant amount of time" as the two countries fight the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160022-canada-to-keep-border-restrictions-with-us-for-a-significant-time-trudeau-says/

 

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Event organisers launch campaign to save UK charities

 

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - London Marathon - London, Britain - April 28, 2019 General view at the finish of the London marathon REUTERS/Matthew Childs

 

(Reuters) - Mass-participation events organisers have come together to launch a campaign to rescue British charities that are facing closure after the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled fund-raising events across the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160023-event-organisers-launch-campaign-to-save-uk-charities/

 

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El Chapo's daughter, Mexican cartels hand out coronavirus aid

By Drazen Jorgic

 

An employee of the clothing brand "El Chapo 701", owned by Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman, daughter of the convicted drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, hands out a box with food, face masks and hand sanitizers to an elderly woman as part of a campaign to help cash-strapped elderly people during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Guadalajara, Mexico April 16, 2020. The number 701 refers to the 2009 World's Billionaires ranking given by Forbes magazine to Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A daughter of famed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and several Mexican cartels have been doling out aid packages to help cash-strapped residents ride out the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160025-el-chapos-daughter-mexican-cartels-hand-out-coronavirus-aid/

 

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Australia may keep coronavirus restrictions for a year, schools may work on roster

By Byron Kaye

 

A child rides a bike following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian public life could be constrained for another year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned on Friday, as the country's most populous state mulled sending children to school in shifts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160026-australia-may-keep-coronavirus-restrictions-for-a-year-schools-may-work-on-roster/

 

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Facebook to notify users who have engaged with harmful COVID-19 posts

 

FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

SINGAPORE/BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID-19 which could cause physical harm, such as drinking bleach to cure the virus, and connect them to accurate information.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160027-facebook-to-notify-users-who-have-engaged-with-harmful-covid-19-posts/

 

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Stranded and hungry in Thailand: German pensioner gets 1,000 baht from Thai man

 

Picture: Spring News

 

A 66 year old German man was the latest recipient of a well known Khao San Road area philanthropist. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160031-stranded-and-hungry-in-thailand-german-pensioner-gets-1000-baht-from-thai-man/

 

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Si Racha/Chonburi: Heavy rains flood fresh food market

 

 

Daily News reported that many people were sharing pictures online after a storm with heavy rains lashed the province of Chonburi on Thailand's eastern seaboard. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160033-si-rachachonburi-heavy-rains-flood-fresh-food-market/

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UPDATE:

 

That mask ain't foolin' no one! Cops arrest suspected robber as the contents of brown envelope prove revealing

 

 

Observant police in the Bang Bua area suspected that a man loitering in front of the Kasikorn bank looked suspicious. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159954-cop-turns-robber-at-chachoengsao-bank-police/?do=findComment&comment=15305128

 

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More thundershowers forecast for South while hot spell continues in upper Thailand

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Friday (April 17) that a thermal low covers upper Thailand while the southerly and the southeasterly winds bring humidity to the lower North, the Northeast, the Central and the East regions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160036-more-thundershowers-forecast-for-south-while-hot-spell-continues-in-upper-thailand/

 

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Pattaya: Keep the lockdown! But when restrictions lift pubs and bars should be last to open, says expert

 

 

Denizens and drinkers in places like Pattaya could be the last in the queue when it comes to reopening Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160039-pattaya-keep-the-lockdown-but-when-restrictions-lift-pubs-and-bars-should-be-last-to-open-says-expert/