THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 1 May 2020

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British man arrested after woman brutally murdered in Pattaya

 

 

A British man has been arrested after a woman was found brutally murdered in Pattaya.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162158-british-man-arrested-after-woman-brutally-murdered-in-pattaya/

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Lifting booze ban could fuel contagion: Taweesin

By The Nation

 

 

The government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) explained on Thursday (April 30) that the ban on selling alcohol had been extended to prevent social gatherings that might lead to a rise in coronavirus infections.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162138-lifting-booze-ban-could-fuel-contagion-taweesin/

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Asean tourism ministers exchange ideas on helping industry recover

By THE NATION

 

Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn

 

Asean tourism ministers held a teleconference to discuss measures for recovery of the industry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162124-asean-tourism-ministers-exchange-ideas-on-helping-industry-recover/

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Most domestic airlines to start flying from May 1

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Lion Air, Air Asia, Nok Air, Bangkok Airways and Thai VietJet will start flying from May 1, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said, adding that Thai Smile and Thai Airways will take to the skies from June 1.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162145-most-domestic-airlines-to-start-flying-from-may-1/

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Trains from Bangkok to some neighbouring provinces back in service

By THE NATION

 

 

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has reopened train services to certain destinations from Bangkok from Tuesday (April 28) after most services were suspended due to the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162200-trains-from-bangkok-to-some-neighbouring-provinces-back-in-service/

 

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Pattaya lockdown enters third week

By Pattaya Mail

 

Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome and his top deputies surveyed traffic and the work of officer stations at the road stops.

 

Pattaya officials visited eight checkpoints controlling access to Pattaya as the city’s lockdown enters its third week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162201-pattaya-lockdown-enters-third-week/

 

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Relief measures permit selected businesses in Pattaya-Thailand to open on May 3

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced this morning that some relief measures for 6 types of businesses and activities will become effective from May 3 onwards.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162202-relief-measures-permit-selected-businesses-in-pattaya-thailand-to-open-on-may-3/

 

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Six types of business and leisure activities to resume on Sunday

 

 

From this Sunday, six types of businesses and recreational activities will be allowed to reopen in Thailand, but on a limited scale, as the CCSA gradually eases COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162203-six-types-of-business-and-leisure-activities-to-resume-on-sunday/

 

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NHSC votes to ban paraquat and chlorpyrifos in Thailand effective June 1st 2020

 

 

Thailand’s National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) today (Thursday) voted not to postpone the June 1st deadline for the ban two toxic weed killers, paraquat and chlorpyrifos.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162152-ban-on-toxic-pesticides-to-go-ahead-says-minister/?do=findComment&comment=15361156

 

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CCSA voices concern about people’s mental health

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration has expressed concern about the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on people’s mental health, which can lead to suicide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162204-ccsa-voices-concern-about-people’s-mental-health/

 

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16th May lottery draw to go ahead

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Government Lottery Office (GLO) has postponed three lottery drawings: the 1st April, 16th April, and 2 nd May drawings. The office has confirmed it will not postpone the next drawing on 16 May, and will sell lottery tickets for 1 June drawing as usual.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162206-16th-may-lottery-draw-to-go-ahead/

 

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Three suspected insurgents killed in Pattani province

 

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Three suspected insurgents were shot dead and a member of the Government’s security forces was injured in a firefight in Nong Chik district of Thailand’s southernmost province of Pattani this evening (Thursday).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162207-three-suspected-insurgents-killed-in-pattani-province/

 

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Trump threatens new tariffs on China as U.S. mulls retaliatory action over virus

By Jeff Mason, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen before Defense Secretary James Mattis welcomes Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his hard-fought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic and he threatened new tariffs on Beijing, as his administration crafted retaliatory measures over the outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162209-trump-threatens-new-tariffs-on-china-as-us-mulls-retaliatory-action-over-virus/

 

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Trump says he could bring back fired ex-national security adviser Flynn

By Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn departs after his sentencing was delayed at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would consider bringing his fired former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a key figure in the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, back into his administration.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162210-trump-says-he-could-bring-back-fired-ex-national-security-adviser flynn/

 

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Trump confident coronavirus may have originated in Chinese lab

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about Trump Administration efforts to protect senior citizens from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during an event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing over the origins of the deadly disease.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162211-trump-confident-coronavirus-may-have-originated-in-chinese-lab/

 

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Biden to give first interview responding to sexual assault accusation

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Susan Cornwell

 

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

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden for the first time on Friday is set to personally address a former Senate aide's accusation that he sexually assaulted her in 1993 - a claim that his campaign has denied.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162212-biden-to-give-first-interview-responding-to-sexual-assault-accusation/

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"You Are the Champions": Queen, under lockdown, record health worker anthem

By Sarah Mills

 

FILE PHOTO: Guitarist Brian May of band Queen and singer Adam Lambert perform during The Rhapsody Tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California, U.S., July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

 

(Reuters) - Rock band Queen and singer Adam Lambert are raising money for health workers fighting COVID-19 with new single "You Are The Champions", an updated version of classic hit "We Are The Champions" recorded on mobile phones under lockdown.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162215-you-are-the-champions-queen-under-lockdown-record-health-worker-anthem/

 

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Stronger baht may not be sustainable, central bank warns

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

 

The recent strengthening of the baht against the dollar may not be sustainable, the central bank warned, though an analyst said he is cautious about the prospects of a weaker baht for the year and that it may actually be relatively strong towards the end of the year. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162218-stronger-baht-may-not-be-sustainable-central-bank-warns/

 

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Bangkok: Businesses ready for the "New Normal"

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that businesses in Bangkok were getting ready for the easing of lockdown measures on Sunday following an announcement on Facebook from governor Gen Asawin Khwanmuang.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162227-bangkok-businesses-ready-for-the-new-normal/

 

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Video: Illegal teen goes through red light and slams into motorcycle - mum says "sue me"

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CCTV posted on the Job Jab page on Facebook showed a 16 year old in a car go through a red light at the Chitlom intersection in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162233-video-illegal-teen-goes-through-red-light-and-slams-into-motorcycle-mum-says-sue-me/

 

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Flouting the rules? Foreigners pictured kitesurfing in Krabi

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thai media posed the question as to whether a group of foreigners doing kitesurfing in Krabi were breaking the strict Coviod-19 regulations. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162238-flouting-the-rules-foreigners-pictured-kitesurfing-in-krabi/

 

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Pattaya bargirl’s fairytale cut short by coronavirus

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Nid and her friends look sadly at the darkened empty bar where she worked. Her boss said that it would never reopen again.

 

It was almost a fairytale ending for 23-year-old Nid. An Issan farmgirl turned Pattaya bargirlfell in love with a boyfriend who was about to sweep her off to a better life in England.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162240-pattaya-bargirl’s-fairytale-cut-short-by-coronavirus/

 

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Suvarnabhumi Airport: Change in contracts leaves 2,000 security staff with serious problems

 

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Hundreds of security personnel are complaining at Bangkok's main airport after a contract ended at midnight last night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162244-suvarnabhumi-airport-change-in-contracts-leaves-2000-security-staff-with-serious-problems/

 

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Hua Hin: Sixteen day project to help the needy comes to an end

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A sixteen day project to hand out rice and agricultural products to the needy in Hua Hin has now come to an end. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162245-hua-hin-sixteen-day-project-to-help-the-needy-comes-to-an-end/

 

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Pattaya: Lockdown set to end - restrictions lifted from May 5th

 

 

Thai media Bangkok Biz News reported that Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Khunpluem said today that Pattaya's lockdown will come to an end on May 4th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162248-pattaya-lockdown-set-to-end-restrictions-lifted-from-may-5th/

 

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Thailand reports six new coronavirus cases, no deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported six new coronavirus cases and no new death on Friday, taking its tally to 2,960 infections while fatalities remained at 54 since the outbreak began in January.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162251-thailand reports-six-new-coronavirus-cases-no-deaths/

 

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Chinese tourists set to return to Chiang Mai in July, tourism chief predicts

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

The Chinese will be happily flooding back to Thailand come July, predicts tourism chief

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162255-chinese-tourists-set-to-return-to-chiang-mai-in-july-tourism-chief-predicts/

 

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Don Mueang roars back to life

By The Nation

 

 

The buzz returned to Don Mueang Airport on Friday (May 1), as Thai AirAsia and Thai Lion Air resumed flights on domestic routes after flying was temporarily halted due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162259-don-mueang-roars-back-to-life/

 

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Phuket loosens lockdown, non-locals allowed to leave province

By The Nation

 

 

Phuket's Tha Chat Chai checkpoint reopened on Friday (May 1) at 5am for the first time in weeks, allowing stranded people without work in the province to return to their hometowns.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162260-phuket-loosens-lockdown-non-locals-allowed-to-leave-province/

 

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Night Wish Group raises over 600,000 baht to Teacher Boon Choo Home in Sattahip

By Adam Judd

 

 

Pattaya-The Night Wish Group has donated more than 600,000 baht to Boon choo home for special children earlier this week. The money was given from kind customers, friends, staff and owners of Night Wish Group, including a party where 100% of sales money went directly into one of the boxes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162261-night-wish-group-raises-over-600000-baht-to-teacher-boon-choo-home-in-sattahip/