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180,000 foreigners still in Pattaya & Chonburi province

By Barry Kenyon

 

 

A surprisingly large number of non-Thais are still residing in Greater Pattaya and the rest of Chonburi according to latest reports.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161658-180000-foreigners-still-in-pattaya-chonburi-province/

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Booze industry urges govt to lift prohibition

By THE NATION

 

 

Alcohol-industry organisations have asked the prime minister to lift the ban on selling alcohol, imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. The request came in a proposal from seven organisations – led by the Thai Fruit Wine and Local Spirit Producer Association, Thailand Bartender Association, and Thai Wine Association – to ease alcohol-related restrictions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161659-booze-industry-urges-govt-to-lift-prohibition/ 

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Foreigners stuck on Phi Phi screened for Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

Some 270 foreign tourists stranded on Phi Phi Island were screened for Covid-19 by Krabi provincial authorities on Monday (April 27).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161683-foreigners-stuck-on-phi-phi-screened-for-covid-19/

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Thai Airways to press ahead with maintenance facility after Airbus withdraws

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai Airways airplanes are parked at the tarmac of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand March 25, 2020 REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - State-owned Thai Airways International Pcl (THAI.BK) will press on with a project to build a $339 million (273 million pounds) maintenance facility east of Bangkok after partner Airbus (AIR.PA) dropped out due to the coronavirus outbreak, a senior official said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161694-thai-airways-to-press-ahead-with-maintenance-facility-after-airbus-withdraws/

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Somkid dismisses rumours of Uttama being removed as party leader

By The Nation

 

 

This is not the time to discuss changes in the ruling Phalang Pracharat Party as all the focus should be on handling the Covid-19 crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161711-somkid-dismisses-rumours-of-uttama-being-removed-as-party-leader/

 

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Commission to study liquidity of electricity agencies

By The Nation

 

 

The Office of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has instructed the country’s three power suppliers – Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) and the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) – to come up with their annual financial statement so the commission can estimate their cash flow and liquidity.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161712-commission-to-study-liquidity-of-electricity-agencies/

 

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Commerce Minister decides not to propose CPTPP for Cabinet consideration

By THE NATION

 

Jurin Laksanawisit

 

Commerce Ministry said on Monday (April 27) that the minister Jurin Laksanawisit has decided against proposing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to the Cabinet for consideration on Tuesday due to concerns about some issues and the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161713-commerce-minister-decides-not-to-propose-cptpp-for-cabinet-consideration/

 

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Songkhla’s tourist attractions neglected as lockdown continues

By THE NATION

 

 

The Ganesha statue in Songkhla’s Sumnak Kham sub-district has received no worshippers recently due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161714-songkhla’s-tourist-attractions-neglected-as-lockdown-continues/

 

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BMA rolling out mobile kitchens to feed Bangkok

By The Nation

 

Silapasuay Raweesangsoon (Centre)

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has launched a mobile kitchen to cook 500 meals per day for people suffering financial distress during the virus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161715-bma-rolling-out-mobile-kitchens-to-feed-bangkok/

 

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Online expos planned in move to boost exports

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) is planning to pioneer three online exhibitions this year in a move to boost the country’s exports, director-general Somdet Susomboon said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161716-online-expos-planned-in-move-to-boost-exports/

 

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Krabi’s starfish haven Ao Siao gets ready for post-virus tourist influx

By The Nation

 

 

Thousands of starfish can be seen when the tide ebbs in Krabi’s Ao Siao beach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161717-krabi’s-starfish-haven-ao-siao-gets-ready-for-post-virus-tourist-influx/

 

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Government whips reject Opposition call for debate on executive decrees

 

 

Opposition demands for the convening of a special parliamentary meeting, to debate the Thai government’s three executive decrees, related to the acquisition of massive loans to cushion the economic impacts of COVID-19, have been rejected by the governing coalition parties.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161718-government-whips-reject-opposition-call-for-debate-on-executive-decrees/

 

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Thailand now ready for cautious easing of lockdown restrictions – Dr. Prasit

 

 

The COVID-19 situation in Thailand is now entering the phase where lockdown restrictions can be eased, but social distancing and the wearing of face masks are still essential, said Professor Dr. Prasit Wattanapa, Dean of the Faculty of Medicines at Siriraj Hospital and a member of the CCSA’s medical advisory panel.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161719-thailand-now-ready-for-cautious-easing-of-lockdown-restrictions-–-dr-prasit/

 

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CCSA : No decision to postpone holidays in May

Sirakij Pornbanggird

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration or CCSA hasn’t agreed to postpone holidays or reopen businesses in May as yet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161720-ccsa-no-decision-to-postpone-holidays-in-may/

 

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Finance Ministry deposits workers’ COVID-19 payments for 1.5 million more people 

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Finance is depositing the 3-month 5,000 baht monthly COVID-19 relief payment to 1.5 million more affected workers and uninsured informal workers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161722-finance-ministry-deposits-workers’-covid-19-payments-for-15-million-more-people/

 

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'It's not about you': Democrats bet Trump coronavirus response a 2020 winner for Biden

By Trevor Hunnicutt

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, held in CNN's Washington studios without an audience because of the global coronavirus pandemic, in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Joe Biden's U.S. presidential campaign and his Democratic Party allies have gone on an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump's coronavirus response, betting it will be a winning issue with American voters in November.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161723-its-not-about-you-democrats-bet-trump-coronavirus-response-a-2020-winner-for-biden/

 

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Trump faults China for coronavirus' spread, says U.S. investigating

 

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a coronavirus response news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and said his administration was conducting "serious investigations" into what happened.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161727-trump-faults-china-for-coronavirus-spread-says-us-investigating/

 

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Trump says he has good idea how North Korea's Kim is doing; 'I hope he's fine'

 

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a coronavirus response news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he has a good idea how Kim Jong Un is doing and hopes he is fine, after days of speculation over the North Korean leader's health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161729-trump-says-he-has-good-idea-how-north-koreas-kim-is-doing-i-hope-hes-fine/

 

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Australia allows home visits, opens beaches as virus lockdown eases

 

People surf as Bondi Beach reopens to surfers and swimmers after it was closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with strict social distancing measures remaining in place, in Sydney, Australia, April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state said on Tuesday it will relax some restrictions on movement as beaches reopened amid hopes a policy of widespread medical testing will help sustain a decline in new cases of the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161731-australia-allows-home-visits-opens-beaches-as-virus-lockdown-eases/

 

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Chile's top health official flaunts WHO guidance, says recovered COVID-19 patients immune

By Dave Sherwood and Stephanie Nebehay

 

 

SANTIAGO/GENEVA (Reuters) - Chile's top health official said on Monday that a patient recovered from COVID-19 had little chance of contracting the disease again for least three months, flaunting guidance from World Health Organization scientists who warn of scant evidence for such claims.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161733-chiles-top-health-official-flaunts-who-guidance-says-recovered-covid-19-patients-immune/

 

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Thundershowers forecast all over Thailand, isolated heavy rains in South

By THE NATION

 

 

The Meteorological Department said today (April 28) that a rather strong high-pressure system is covering upper Thailand and the South China Sea, while a westerly wind is blowing across the North.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161737-thundershowers-forecast-all-over-thailand-isolated-heavy-rains-in-south/

 

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Pink Line train route steaming towards completion

By THE NATION

 

 

The construction of the Pink Line MRT train route (Kaerai-Min Buri) is now 54 per cent complete and should be ready to open for public use on schedule in October 2021 despite the Covid-19 crisis, Surachet Laophulsuk, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) deputy governor of Engineering and Construction, said on Monday (April 27).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161740-pink-line-train-route-steaming-towards-completion/

 

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EC meeting cancelled after a director contracts Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled a meeting scheduled for 1.30pm today (April 28) after a director-level official tested positive for Covid-19 as he worked with a legal officer who was earlier infected with the coronavirus, a news source said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161747-ec-meeting-cancelled-after-a-director-contracts-covid-19/

 

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US rejects Thai request, GSP suspension takes effect

By THE NATION

 

 

The United States suspended tariff privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) on 573 Thai products from April 25 as originally scheduled despite Thailand’s attempt to appeal to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Foreign Trade Department director-general Keerati Ratchano said on Monday (April 27).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161750-us-rejects-thai-request-gsp-suspension-takes-effect/

 

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Pattaya: We warned you about not going on the beach! Eleven foreigners taken to police station

 

Tessakit Pattaya City

 

Pattaya's authorities have had enough of foreigners and Thais flouting the Covid-19 regulations. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161752-pattaya-we-warned-you-about-not-going-on-the-beach-eleven-foreigners-taken-to-police-station/

 

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Chinese man sought after compatriot found bludgeoned to death with fire axe

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CCTV showed a Chinese man exit a 19th floor room in a luxury condo in Muang Samut Prakan and get a fire axe from the cabinet in the corridor. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161757-chinese-man-sought-after-compatriot-found-bludgeoned-to-death-with-fire-axe/

 

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Rayong: Desperate crowds queue in the rain for 100 baht handouts

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Our picture shows two aging sisters from the Pak Nam area of Rayong in eastern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161758-rayong-desperate-crowds-queue-in-the-rain-for-100-baht-handouts/

 

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Chon Buri’s Chaoprayasurasak Municipality to give Bt1,000 cash handout

By THE NATION

 

Photo: Wikipedia

 

Chaoprayasurasak City Municipality in Chon Buri will provide a Bt1,000 cash handout to people suffering from the impact of Covid-19. This handout will be in addition to the government’s Bt5,000-per-month campaign.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161761-chon-buri’s-chaoprayasurasak-municipality-to-give-bt1000-cash-handout/

 

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The cheek of it! Asian in the buff is a serial pest with his naked ATM escapades

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Cha-Am police were called on Monday evening after they received a complaint from a supermarket manageress that a man had used an ATM at a gas station while wearing absolutely nothing. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161762-the-cheek-of-it-asian-in-the-buff-is-a-serial-pest-with-his-naked-atm-escapades/

 

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Postpone ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos, urges TCC

By The Nation

 

 

The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) has called on the Industry Ministry to postpone the ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos from June 1 to December 31 as the June deadline "will affect plantations and livestock".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161766-postpone-ban-on-paraquat-and-chlorpyrifos-urges-tcc/