Eight airlines seek over Bt24 billion in soft loans from government

By THE NATION

 

 

With the recent addition of NokScoot, eight airlines are seeking low-interest loans from the government and the total amount sought has risen to Bt24.15 billion due to the Covid-19 impact, a source said on Thursday (April 16).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160042-covid-19-impact-eight-airlines-seek-over-bt24-billion-in-soft-loans-from-government/

 

Chiang Mai: Thais hit hard as queue for free food goes round the moat

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that these Covid-19 pandemic times were disastrous for many Thais and not least of all those living in Chiang Mai in the north of the country. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160050-chiang-mai-thais-hit-hard-as-queue-for-free-food-goes-round-the-moat/

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Phuket Zoo files for closure. Animals left abandoned and starving – VIDEO

ByThe Thaiger

 

 

The owners of the Phuket Zoo, obviously bereft of paying customers at this time, appear to have walked away from their duty of care to the animals incarcerated in this island ‘tourist attraction’. We use the term loosely (read the Trip Advisor comments below). But now a video has been posted by a groups of friends who came across the zoo this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159936-officials-delay-check-on-‘worryingly-thin’-tiger-as-phuket-zoo-files-to-officially-close/?do=findComment&comment=15305378

 

Thai provinces extend ban on alcohol sales

 

 

Provincial governors throughout Thailand have extended their respective bans on the sale of alcoholic beverages.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160052-thai-provinces-extend-ban-on-alcohol-sales/

 

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Police officer allegedly planning to rob a bank arrested

By THE NATION

 

 

A serving police sergeant was arrested on Thursday (April 16) in Chachoengsao province for allegedly conspiring to rob, Pol General Krisana Pattanacharoen, deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159954-cop-turns-robber-at-chachoengsao-bank-police/?do=findComment&comment=15305455

 

Amazing Thailand: "Bunrot the Indestructible" refuses to die after multiple shootings - now she gets a reprieve

 

Picture: Spring News

 

Trang local Somporn Najin thought the perfect food for his daughter's wedding feast would be a cow.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160053-amazing-thailand-bunrot-the-indestructible-refuses-to-die-after-multiple-shootings-now-she-gets-a-reprieve/

 

No, it's not a Covid-19 Mutant Bat - experts reckon it's a rare lemur

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thais were commenting in large numbers after a Shan state native living near the border with Mae Sot in north western Thailand posted pictures and a video of an unusual forest dweller. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160055-no-its-not-a-covid-19-mutant-bat-experts-reckon-its-a-rare-lemur/

 

Video: Ninety two year old Thai driver knocked out in road rage incident in Chachoengsao

 

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Channel 7 news reported on a case getting a huge amount of attention on Thai social media. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160057-video-ninety-two-year-old-thai-driver-knocked-out-in-road-rage-incident in-chachoengsao/

Covid-19: Twenty five provinces haven't had a single new case since April 2nd

 

Images: Daily News

 

Thai media reported that not a single new case of coronavirus had been reported in 25 provinces in Thailand in the two week period from April 2nd to 15th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160061-covid-19-twenty-five-provinces-havent-had-a-single-new-case-since-april-2nd/

 

Thailand reports 28 new coronavirus cases, one more death

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday reported 28 new coronavirus cases and one more death, an 85-year-old woman who had other health complications.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160063-thailand reports-28-new-coronavirus-cases-one-more-death/

 

Sa Kaeo curfew violators given unsuspended jail sentence

By THE NATION

 

 

The Sa Kaeo provincial court on Thursday (April 16) ordered unsuspended prison sentences for nine people charged with violating the provincial governor’s curfew order as well as the Emergency Decree on Public Administration amid the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160069-sa-kaeo-curfew-violators-given-unsuspended-jail-sentence/

 

Suphanburi: Raid on hermitage turns up hundreds of illegal animal parts

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A raid by the elite animal rescue task force Phaya Seua uncovered a huge amount of illegal animal parts at a hermitage and house in Muang district of Suphanburi in Thailand's central region. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160077-suphanburi-raid-on-hermitage-turns-up-hundreds-of-illegal-animal-parts/

 

Bangkok condo residents say flight attendant ignored quarantine

By The Nation

 

Abstracts Phahonyothin Park’s manager

 

Residents of a Bangkok condominium near Phahonyothin Road have told police that a flight attendant returned to her apartment there without first passing through the government’s quarantine zone.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160086-bangkok-condo-residents-say-flight-attendant-ignored-quarantine/

 

 

Rain replenishes reservoirs across country

By THE NATION

 

Somkiat Prajumwong

 

Rainfall from April 1 to 14 boosted the volume of water in reservoirs across Thailand to 583 million cubic metres, Somkiat Prajumwong, the National Water Resource Committee (NWRC)’s secretary general, has revealed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160087-rain-replenishes-reservoirs-across-country/

 

Fire destroys iconic wooden building in Mae Hong Son

By The Nation

 

 

A big fire destroyed an iconic building at the centre of Mae Hong Son province, including the house of a Phalang Pracharat Party member of Parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160088-fire-destroys-iconic-wooden-building-in-mae-hong-son/

 

Toyota suspends Thai production for another two weeks

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Toyota Motor Thailand has announced it is extending suspension of production at three of its plants – Samrong (Samut Prakan province), Ban Pho and Gateway (both in Chachoengsao province) – until April 30.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160091-toyota-suspends-thai-production-for-another-two-weeks/

 

Intensive COVID checks to start in Bang Tao area

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket health chief Dr Thanit Sermkaew said the campaign will begin in the Bang Tao area tomorrow (Apr 18). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Officials will begin an intensive campaign tomorrow (Apr 18) to identify any people in the Bang Tao area who may be infected with COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160092-intensive-covid-checks-to-start-in-bang-tao-area/

 

Man bludgeons four-year-old son to death in Bangkok flat

By The Nation

 

 

A man has been charged with murder after bludgeoning his four-year-old son in their Bangkok flat while high on drugs on Friday (April 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160099-man-bludgeons-four-year-old-son-to-death-in-bangkok-flat/

 

"New Normal" living amid virus situation is now being drafted

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Guidelines for a "new normal" living amid virus situation is now being drafted, as the government and the private sector have discussed gradual reopening of businesses, Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Friday (April 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160103-new-normal-living-amid-virus-situation-is-now-being-drafted/

 

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to be released due to coronavirus outbreak - sources

By Aram Roston and Mark Hosenball

 

FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves his apartment to report to prison in Manhattan, New York, U.S., May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, will be released early from prison because of the coronavirus pandemic, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters late on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160105-ex-trump-lawyer-cohen-to-be-released-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-sources/

 

24 provinces declared disaster zones due to drought

By THE NATION

 

 

The government is legally obliged to provide assistance to the 24 provinces that have been declared disaster zones due to drought, the Department of Prevention and Mitigation said on Friday (April 17).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160120-24-provinces-declared-disaster-zones-due-to-drought/

 

How the State screens Thais arriving from abroad

 

 

Thailand has been working to repatriate Thais stranded abroad. Once they arrive, however, all must pass stringent health screening, followed by 14 days in quarantine, to safeguard those already in the country.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160122-how-the-state-screens-thais-arriving-from-abroad/

 

One new COVID-19 case in Phuket, in Bang Tao, total reaches 192

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Communicable Disease Committee today (Apr 17) announced one more confirmed case of people infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160124-one-new-covid-19-case-in-phuket-in-bang-tao-total-reaches-192/

 

Khon Kaen medical staff test negative after Covid scare

By The Nation

 

Nam Phong Hospital

 

Eighty-six medical personnel who came into contact with the fifth confirmed Covid-19 patient in Khon Kaen province have not contracted the virus, Khon Kaen governor Somsak Jangtrakul said on Friday (April 17).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160125-khon-kaen-medical-staff-test-negative-after-covid-scare/

 

Massive storm devastates Saraburi village

By The Nation

 

 

Residents of Ban Han Sai village in Saraburi province broke down in tears after their homes were completely destroyed by the storm on the night of Thursday (April 16), which is believed to have been the worst since 1972.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160126-massive-storm-devastates-saraburi-village/

 

Thailand doubling poultry exports to China, targeting Bt12bn revenue

By The Nation

 

Chalermchai Sri-on

 

The Agriculture Ministry will expand the market for Thai chicken in China after approving eight new meat-processing plants which will generate Bt12 billion a year to aid Thailand’s economic recovery.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160127-thailand-doubling-poultry-exports-to-china-targeting-bt12bn-revenue/

 

Six AWC Bangkok hotels to remain closed until end April

By THE NATION

 

 

Asset World Corp (AWC) has decided to keep its six hotels in Bangkok shuttered until April 30.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160128-six-awc-bangkok-hotels-to-remain-closed-until-end-april/

 

Fires near Chernobyl make Kiev air most polluted in world

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine July 5, 2019. Picture taken July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

 

KIEV (Reuters) - Fires around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant and elsewhere pushed pollution levels in Ukraine’s capital Kiev to the worst in the world on Friday, giving inhabitants another reason to stay indoors on top of the coronavirus lockdown.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160129-fires-near-chernobyl-make-kiev-air-most-polluted-in-world/

 

Macron says 'naive' to say China handled coronavirus epidemic better than West - FT

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron talks with social workers and volunteers in charge of assisting the elderly in the area during a visit at a communal center for social action (CCAS) in La Courneuve near Paris as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in France, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the idea that China had handled the coronavirus outbreak better than Western democracies in an interview published in Friday’s Financial Times.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160130-macron-says-naive-to-say-china-handled-coronavirus-epidemic-better-than-west-ft/

 

Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck announce album with cover of John Lennon's Isolation

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

 

Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck. Composite: Reuters, Getty

 

Johnny Depp has announced his latest musical project, an album made with 75-year-old blues-rock guitarist Jeff Beck.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160132-johnny-depp-and-jeff-beck-announce-album-with-cover-of-john-lennons-isolation/