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Shoppers may get two hour time limit when visiting malls

 

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A two hour time limit for shoppers may be introduced at malls throughout the country, as Thailand looks at the next phase of easing restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162901-shoppers-may-get-two-hour-time-limit-when-visiting-malls/

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Thailand’s tycoons respond to PM’s plea

By THE NATION

 

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Thailand’s 20 or so richest families have answered Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s letter seeking help by presenting details on the projects they have developed and will develop to tackle the impact of Covid-19, said deputy government spokesperson Rachada Thanadirek.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162926-thailand’s-tycoons-respond-to-pm’s-plea/

 

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PM threatens return of restrictions if Covid-19 prevention measures not observed

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on Tuesday (May 5) that both the public and private sectors should strictly apply social-distancing measures once the lockdown is lifted or restrictions will be applied again.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162927-pm-prayut-threatens-return-of-restrictions-if-covid-19-prevention-measures-not-observed/

 

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Hundreds queue up for emergency loans

By The Nation

 

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Hundreds of people queued up at the nearest branch of the Government Savings Bank (GSB) to seek an emergency loan offered as part of the government’s measure to help people who have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162928-hundreds-queue-up-for-emergency-loans/

 

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Export market expected to contract this year

By THE NATION

 

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The Thai National Shippers’ Council (TNSC) expects exports this year to contract by 8 percent, even though the first quarter has been good, because people’s purchasing power in several countries will drop due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the council’s chairman Ghanyapad Tantipipatpong said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162929-export-market-expected-to-contract-this-year/

 

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Kamala under ‘lockdown’ for protection

 

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Residents may leave Kamala and return, but only with written permission, while no other people will be allowed to enter the subdistrict until at least May 15. Photo: Kamala OrBorTor

 

PHUKET: Residents in Kamala woke this morning (May 5) unable to leave the subdistrict on Phuket’s west coast with checkpoints set up on the major roads leading into and out of the beachside town.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162930-kamala-under-‘lockdown’-for-protection/

 

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More arrests as people continue to break nightly curfew

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Last night the patrols focused on the areas around Phuket Town and Kathu. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Ten more people were arrested in Phuket’s Muang District on Monday night for breaking the nationwide night curfew from 10pm to 4am.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162931-more-arrests-as-people-continue-to-break-nightly-curfew/

 

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Packs of booze-desperate Pattaya shoppers cause chaos as alcohol ban lifted

By Boonlua Chatree & Jetsada Homklin

 

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The government has warned that if people do not maintain proper social distancing, violate the national curfew for drinking parties and if Covid-19 cases spike, the ban will be re-imposed.

 

Alcohol-deprived Pattaya drinkers gave the government good reason to worry about lifting the month-long booze ban by overrunning retailers and flouting social distance rules.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162932-packs-of-booze-desperate-pattaya-shoppers-cause-chaos-as-alcohol-ban-lifted/

 

 

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Revenge porn soars in Europe's coronavirus lockdown as student fights back

By Sophire Davies

 

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A woman uses her mobile phone at the Lisi Lake in Tbilisi, Georgia, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

 

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Revenge porn is surging across Europe under coronavirus lockdowns, with a doubling of cases reported in Britain on Tuesday, while a student campaigner in France has spent hours getting girls' naked photos removed from the internet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162933-revenge-porn-soars-in-europes-coronavirus-lockdown-as-student-fights-back/

 

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Philippine telecoms body orders TV broadcaster that irked Duterte to shut

By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema

 

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Security guards stand outside the headquarters of ABS-CBN network following government orders to cease its operations, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' telecoms body ordered the country's leading broadcaster ABS-CBN Corp <ABS.PS> to cease operations on Tuesday, as a parliament dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte's loyalists dragged its feet over renewing its license.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162934-philippine-telecoms-body-orders-tv-broadcaster-that-irked-duterte-to-shut/

 

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Trump denies U.S. role in what Venezuela says was 'mercenary' incursion

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters prior to boarding Air Force One as he departs Washington for travel to Arizona at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied any involvement by the U.S. government in what Venezuelan officials have called a failed armed incursion into the South American country that led to the capture of two American "mercenaries."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162938-trump-denies-us-role-in-what venezuela says-was-mercenary-incursion/

 

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Citing no evidence, Trump accuses Democrats of wishing him failure in coronavirus response

By Steve Holland and Susan Heavey

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump looks at an assembly line during a tour of Honeywell's facility manufacturing protective face masks for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Democrats of wanting his administration to fail in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, fanning U.S. partisanship over the public health crisis without providing evidence to support his assertion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162939-citing-no-evidence-trump-accuses-democrats-of-wishing-him-failure-in-coronavirus-response/

 

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White House to wind down coronavirus task force as focus shifts to aftermath: Trump

By Steve Holland

 

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White House coronavirus task force members, including Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health, White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Robert Redfield and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams listen to President Donald Trump during the daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House coronavirus task force will wind down as the country moves into a second phase that focuses on the aftermath of the outbreak, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162940-white-house-to-wind-down-coronavirus-task-force-as-focus-shifts-to-aftermath-trump/

 

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In shielding its hospitals from COVID-19, Britain left many of the weakest exposed

By Stephen Grey and Andrew MacAskill

 

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Ayse Mehmet (L), whose daughter Sonya Kaygan died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has tears wiped from her face by her three-year-old granddaughter, also named Ayse, at her home in Enfield, Britain, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London, three-year-old Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmother's tears - tears for one more victim of the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162941-in-shielding-its-hospitals-from-covid-19 britain left-many-of-the-weakest-exposed/

 

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Biden's edge evaporates as Trump seen as better suited for economy, coronavirus response: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Chris Kahn

 

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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

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Joe Biden's advantage over President Donald Trump in popular support has eroded in recent weeks as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee struggles for visibility with voters during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162943-bidens-edge-evaporates-as-trump-seen-as-better-suited-for-economy-coronavirus-response-reutersipsos-poll/

 

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How to build a sharing economy from the wreckage of Covid-19

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

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Individual Thais have joined the government in donating cash, food and other necessities to people suffering the fallout of Covid-19. Sharing is proving to be our most powerful weapon in fighting a pandemic that has frozen the economy and cost millions their jobs and life savings.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162945-how-to-build-a-sharing-economy-from-the-wreckage-of-covid-19/

 

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Visakha Bucha Day, Buddhist holiday – alcohol ban today

By The Thaiger

 

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Today is a public holiday in Thailand to mark Visakha Bucha Day, the most significant day in the Buddhist calendar, commemorating three defining events in the life of the Lord Buddha; his birth, attaining enlightenment at 35 years old, and then his death 45 years later, which all occurred on the full-moon day of the sixth lunar month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162948-visakha-bucha-day-buddhist-holiday-–-alcohol-ban-today/

 

 

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Social Development Ministry offers housing, financial assistance to Pattaya, poor, disabled during Covid-19 outbreak

By Jetsada Homklin

 

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Rungtiwa Suddan, Director of Technical Promotion and Support Office 2 Chonburi.

 

The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is offering housing and financial assistance to Pattaya-area residents suffering from the coronavirus crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162961-social-development-ministry-offers-housing-financial-assistance-to-pattaya-poor-disabled-during-covid-19-outbreak/

 

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Kalasin: "Crazy" tourists scatter in all directions as police come to spoil the waterfall party

 

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A contingent of thirty police and local government officials descended on the Hat Mae Yang waterfall near the Lam Pao dam in Kalasin yesterday after complaints that a large number of people were flouting the Covid-19 regulations. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162967-kalasin-crazy-tourists-scatter-in-all-directions-as-police-come-to-spoil-the-waterfall-party/

 

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Hot conditions forecast for upper Thailand with thundershowers in some areas

By THE NATION

 

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The Thailand Meteorological Department said on Wednesday (May 6) that a thermal low cell covers upper Thailand while southerly and southeasterly winds blow over the Northeast, the East, the Central and the lower North.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162968-hot-conditions-forecast-for-upper-thailand-with-thundershowers-in-some-areas/

 

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Koh Phangan: Cops bust seven Russians flouting virus regulations at "ganja" party 

 

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Koh Phangan district chief Phoonsak Sophonprathumrak revealed that he had received complaints from locals that a party of tourists were holding a noisy party in a house on the holiday island in contravention of the coronavirus pandemic curfew and congregating regulations. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162971-koh-phangan-cops-bust-seven-russians-flouting-virus-regulations-at-ganja-party/

 

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The future of Thailand’s sustainable tourism

 

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Anana Ecological Resort Krabi in Thailand

 

Skål International Thailand President talks on the future of tourism

 

KRABI, THAILAND: Wolfgang Grimm President of Skål International Thailand and owner of the Anana Ecological Resort in Krabi is passionate about the environment and how we as humans interact with mother nature.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162975-the-future-of-thailand’s-sustainable-tourism/

 

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Driving in Thailand: No need to renew expired licenses until further notice

 

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The chief of Thailand's Department of Land Transport announced that driving licence issuance and renewal would be suspended until the emergency regulations related to the coronavirus pandemic are lifted. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162978-driving-in-thailand-no-need-to-renew-expired-licenses-until-further-notice/

 

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