Planes allowed 12-hour window for take-off and landings at airports

By The Nation

 

Photo credit :feelthai

 

Aircraft will be allowed to take off and land at airports between 7am and 7pm as part of efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19, Chula Sukmanop, director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, said on Sunday (May 3).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162601-planes-allowed-12-hour-window-for-take-off-and-landings-at-airports/

 

Thai tycoons loosen purse strings to help mitigate impact of Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Nine of the country's richest business magnates have pledged projects worth billions of baht in response to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's plea to them for contributions to rebuild the economy following the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162603-thai-tycoons-loosen-purse-strings-to-help-mitigate-impact-of-covid-19/

 

Tipple down effect

By The Nation

 

 

Swarms of buyers thronged shopping malls on Sunday (May 3) to buy alcoholic drinks after weeks of denial.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162607-ban-on-sale-of-alcoholic-beverages-lifted-photos/

 

Lumpini Park reopens for the public

By The Nation

 

 

People went out for some fresh air and exercise to the Lumpini Park as the park reopened on Sunday (May 3) after being closed for a month due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162609-bangkoks-lumpini-park-reopens-for-the-public-photos/

 

Checkpoints, curfew to be strictly enforced for 28 days

By The Nation

 

Chief of Defence Forces General Pornpipat Benyasri

 

Stringent enforcement of Covid-19 checkpoints and night curfew will continue for the next 28 days, the chief of the Defence Forces said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162610-checkpoints-curfew-to-be-strictly-enforced-for-28-days/

 

Cafe seats get plastic sheets

By The Nation

 

 

Cafes and restaurants are making special seats that have a plastic sheet to protect customers from being exposed to Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162611-covid-19-cafe-seats-get-plastic-sheets/

 

Will impoverished children lose out on education in new normal?

 

New classroom arrangements in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak in Tak-based Ban Huuai Nok Kok School.

 

The wide education gap dividing the haves and the have nots threatens to become a chasm now that schools have been closed as part of measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162612-will-impoverished-children-lose-out-on-education-in-new-normal/

 

Yala province awaiting results of tests on 40 possible COVID-19 cases

 

Medical staff wearing protective clothing conduct test on residents for COVID-19 coronavirus in Benan Setar Hospital, in Thailand’s southern province of Yala due to high incidence of cases in the area. (Photo by Tuwaedaniya MERINGING / AFP)

 

A second set of swabs, taken from 40 asymptomatic in-patients at a hospital in Thailand’s Yala province, have been sent to a laboratory in Songkhla for analysis. This comes after new infections in Yaha district jumped by about 30% after initial tests on 78 people showed 24 of have COVID-19, said Dr. Songkran Maichum, head of Yala’s provincial health office, this evening (Sunday).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162613-yala-province-awaiting-results-of-tests-on-40-possible-covid-19-cases/

 

Thai government gets high marks for its handling of coronavirus pandemic

 

 

The majority of respondents to an opinion poll support the Government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the assistance provided to help ease the resulting economic hardships.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162614-thai-government-gets-high-marks-for-its-handling-of-coronavirus-pandemic/

 

OPINION

Coronavirus offers Pattaya clubs a bleak future

By Barry Kenyon

 

  

Night clubs are about socialization and not about social distancing. Will it ever be the same again?

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The owners of Pattaya’s 200 or so night spots offering vibrant forms of entertainment to foreign tourists fear that the virus pandemic could be a further nail in their coffin. Business was well down before Corona appeared on the scene as the hordes of fun-loving westerners have been gradually replaced by zero-sum, Chinese package first-timers in recent years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162615-coronavirus-offers-pattaya-clubs-a-bleak-future/

 

Father Ray Care Center in Pattaya holds longest ever graduation ceremony

By Derek Franklin

 

Her parents saved 100 baht each day.

 

Each year the toddlers graduating from the Father Ray Day Care Center arrive together to receive their graduating certificates. This year, due to the current Covid-19 corona virus, the students arrived at twenty minute intervals, meaning the ceremony from start to finish took more than eight hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162616-father-ray-care-center-in-pattaya-holds-longest-ever-graduation-ceremony/

 

Thousands head home as Phuket Check Point opens again

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Thousands of people presented themelves at the Phuket Check Point to leave the island for the home provinces. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Thousands of people started the journey back to their home provinces as the Phuket Check Point leading to the bridge off-island was officially re-opened at 5am today (May 3).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162617-thousands-head-home-as-phuket-check-point-opens-again/

 

12 more Phuket curfew breakers arrested, bringing island total to 1,000

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Twelve more people were arrested last night for breaking the national nightly curfew from 10pm to 4am. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Twelve people were arrested in Phuket’s Muang District overnight for breaking the nationwide night curfew from 10pm to 4am, according to a report by the Phuket office of the Department of Local Administration (DLA) announced earlier today (May 3).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162618-12-more-phuket-curfew-breakers-arrested-bringing-island-total-to-1000/

 

Phuket police bomb suspect run gives family of five on motorbike a lift to Yala

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The officers saw the family of five on the one motorbike in Krabi on Friday (May 1). Photo: Knights Border / Facebook

 

PHUKET: Patong Police officers on their way to the Deep South to pick up a suspect wanted for his role in the spate of bombings that rocked Southern Thailand, including Phuket, in 2016 came across a family of five riding on the one motorbike in Krabi heading home from Phuket to Yala, and gave them a lift.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162619-phuket-police-bomb-suspect-run-gives-family-of-five-on-motorbike-a-lift-to-yala/

 

April saw no insurgency-backed violence in Thailand’s Deep South, the first month without attacks in 16 years

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

There was no insurgency-backed violence in Thailand’s Deep South for the month of April, the first time in sixteen years that there were no insurgency attacks taking place in a given month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162620-april-saw-no-insurgency-backed-violence-in-thailand’s-deep-south-the-first-month-without-attacks-in-16-years/

 

Shots fired by North Korea 'accidental' - Pompeo

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accompanied by State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus, left, arrives for a news conference at the State Department, in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shots fired by North Korea across its border with South Korea were likely "accidental," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday as speculation continues to swirl about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162621-shots-fired-by north korea accidental-pompeo/

 

Pompeo says 'significant' evidence new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department, in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was "a significant amount of evidence" that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory, but did not dispute U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion that it was not man-made.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162622-pompeo-says-significant-evidence-new-coronavirus-emerged-from-chinese-lab/

 

Coronavirus scrambles 2020 expectations for Trump in must-win Florida

By James Oliphant, Steve Holland and Saundra Amrhein

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs on travel to the Camp David presidential retreat from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Before the coronavirus pandemic, Desi Marinov considered herself "apolitical." The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, flight attendant didn't even bother to vote in the 2016 presidential election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162623-coronavirus-scrambles-2020-expectations-for-trump-in-must-win-florida/

 

Sunny days draw crowds to beaches, parks as U.S. reopens from lockdowns

By Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Allen

 

A man takes a package with free masks distributed by Urban Park Rangers at Grand Army Plaza, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

 

(Reuters) - Sunny days and warm weather are proving to be as challenging to manage as restaurants, hair salons and other businesses as about half of U.S. states partially reopen their economies after the coronavirus lockdown.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162624-sunny-days-draw-crowds-to-beaches-parks-as-us-reopens-from-lockdowns/

 

U.S. CDC reports 1,122,486 coronavirus cases, 65,735 deaths

 

A health worker walks at the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Central Park, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 1,122,486 U.S. cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 29,671 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,452 to 65,735.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162625-us-cdc-reports-1122486-coronavirus-cases-65735-deaths/

 

Venezuela government says eight killed in foiled mercenary 'incursion'

 

Venezuelan security forces boats are seen, after Venezuela's government announced a failed "mercenary" incursion, in Macuto, Venezuela, May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government said it foiled a marine incursion on Sunday by "terrorist mercenaries" who attempted to enter the country on speedboats from neighboring Colombia, which opposition leaders dismissed as a staged incident.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162626-venezuela-government-says-eight-killed-in-foiled-mercenary-incursion/

 

French coronavirus quarantine to spare travellers from Schengen area and UK

 

FILE PHOTO: An information board for travellers about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen at Montparnasse train station in Paris, France, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Travellers to France who arrive from a country in Europe's Schengen open-border area or Britain will be exempt from a planned compulsory two-week quarantine, the French consulate in Britain said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162627-french-coronavirus-quarantine-to-spare-travellers-from-schengen-area-and-uk/

 

Israel's Supreme Court discusses Netanyahu's fate as prime minister

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he speaks at a regional council chairpersons' conference in Kiryat Anavim, Israel February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court began a two-day hearing on Sunday to determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's indictment on criminal charges disqualifies him from forming a new government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162629-israels-supreme-court-discusses-netanyahus-fate-as-prime-minister/

 

Coronavirus: What global travel may look like ahead of a vaccine

By Mal Siret

BBC News

 

Hong Kong International Airport is testing a "full-body disinfection" device//EPA

 

Sun loungers separated by plexiglass. Blood tests and sanitiser spray-downs before flights. These might sound extreme, but they are real measures some in the travel industry are looking at to keep holidaymakers feeling safe and comfortable in a post-lockdown world.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162631-coronavirus-what-global-travel-may-look-like-ahead-of-a-vaccine/

 

Asia prepares for recovery

by Andrew J Wood

 

 

BANGKOK: How do we sensibly and effectively restart travel and tourism, the industry that employs 1-in-10 workers globally? A workforce decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162632-covid-19-asia-prepares-for-recovery/

14 interprovincial trains suspended

By THE NATION

 

 

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has suspended 14 interprovincial trains from Sunday (May 3) until further notice, SRT governor Nirut Maneephan announced.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162636-14-interprovincial-trains-suspended/

 

UPDATE:

 

40 confirmed Covid-19 cases surface in southern Yala province

By The Thaiger

 

 

A second set of swabs from 40 asymptomatic in-patients at a hospital in Yala, southern Thailand, were sent to a laboratory in neighbouring Songkhla for analysis. Now the health office has confirmed the 40 new Covid-19 cases in Yala. The huge spike in local cases has sent health officials scurrying to trace those who had been in contact with the contaminants.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162613-yala-province-awaiting-results-of-tests-on-40-possible-covid-19-cases/?do=findComment&comment=15372897

 

Fugitive, 24, arrested on warrants for raping teenage girls, fraud

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 24-year-old man has been arrested on three outstanding arrest warrants, for raping two teenage girls in Phuket three years ago, and for using one of the girl’s identities to create a Facebook page in order to sell products online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162640-fugitive-24-arrested-on-warrants-for-raping-teenage-girls-fraud/

 

Post COVID-19 tourism in Thailand: Bargain travel deals and high quality tourists

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

The pristine beaches. The fabulous food. The mass cancellations and travel disruption.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162647-post-covid-19-tourism-in-thailand-bargain-travel-deals-and-high-quality-tourists/

 

Video: Mad rush for booze - stores swamped as alcohol stocks fly off shelves in minutes!

 

 

The end of the alcohol ban in the Bangkok area caused a mad rush for beer and spirits at wholesalers and large shops in Bangkok on Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162654-video-mad-rush-for-booze-stores-swamped-as-alcohol-stocks-fly-off-shelves-in-minutes/