THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 11 May 2020

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Pattaya: Gang of young people trash convenience store and car because owner wouldn't sell them booze

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A terrified shopkeeper and his family were forced to leave their property after a gang trashed his convenience store and car on Saturday night/Sunday morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163690-pattaya-gang-of-young-people-trash-convenience-store-and-car-because-owner-wouldnt-sell-them-booze/

 

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Beware of Internet posts inviting you to win Thailand Post gifts

By THE NATION

 

 

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has warned people not to believe or share news or Internet posts inviting people to fill out questionnaires to win special gifts from Thailand Post.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163691-beware-of-internet-posts-inviting-you-to-win-thailand-post-gifts/

 

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Lopburi police sergeant held for allegedly killing his father

By THE NATION

 

 

A fleeing police sergeant was arrested for allegedly shooting his father, Second Lieutenant Sarawut Phuangphet, 63, at a house in Siranya 4 Village in Lopburi’s Meuang district on Sunday (May 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163693-lopburi-police-sergeant-held-for-allegedly-killing-his-father/

 

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Chiang Mai: Thais showing traditional kindness - "Happy Sharing Cabinets" spring up for the needy

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media 77kaoded reported that cabinets have been springing up all over Chiang Mai to help the needy. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163696-chiang-mai-thais-showing-traditional-kindness-happy-sharing-cabinets-spring-up-for-the-needy/

 

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Rayong: Teen found dead apparently electrocuted by phone charger/extension cord

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Muang Rayong police were called by a rescue foundation after a 15 year old boy was found dead outside an upstairs bedroom in a house in the downtown area.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163700-rayong-teen-found-dead-apparently-electrocuted-by-phone-chargerextension-cord/

 

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Video: Female motorcycle lucky to escape injury after illegal U-turn maneuver

 

Picture: Trat online

 

Dash cam footage supplied to the Thai media showed the moment a female motorcyclist was lucky to escape injury after she performed an illegal maneuver at a U-turn in Trat in Thailand's eastern region. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163703-video-female-motorcycle-lucky-to-escape-injury-after-illegal-u-turn-maneuver/

 

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Fierce Internet debate after Ubon Ratchathani family empties pantry meant for needy

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: มีอะไรบอกด้วย อุบลราชธานี

 

A family in Ubon Ratchathani that “selfishly” emptied a shared pantry sparked a fiery conversation on the Internet about the real purpose of the food storage meant for needy families. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163705-fierce-internet-debate-after-ubon-ratchathani-family-empties-pantry-meant-for-needy/

 

 

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Anupong calls on provinces to assist storm victims

By THE NATION

 

Anupong Paochinda

 

Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda urged provinces hit by a summer storm to help victims and keep monitoring the situation as more storms are forecast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163706-anupong-calls-on-provinces-to-assist-storm-victims/

 

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Phuket officials report zero new COVID cases, total remains 224

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Communicable Disease Committee today (May 11) reported zero new cases of people infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus, after four new cases were reported yesterday (May 10), the first new cases reported in a week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163709-phuket-officials-report-zero-new-covid-cases-total-remains-224/

 

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Thailand reports six new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported six new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing its total to 3,015 cases since the outbreak began in January.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163713-thailand reports-six-new-coronavirus-cases-no-new-deaths/

 

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‘Million-strong’ swarm of insects drives couple out of their Uthai Thani home

By The Nation

 

 

An Uthai Thani house is under attack by a swarm of “stinking” insects after a heavy downpour in the province last night (May 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163717-‘million-strong’-swarm-of-insects-drives-couple-out-of-their-uthai-thani-home/

 

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Thunderstorm pounds Chatuchak

By THE NATION

 

 

Rain lashed Bangkok’s Chatuchak area this morning (May 11), forcing shoppers to scurry for shelter or make do with umbrellas to shield themselves from the heavy downpour.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163718-thunderstorm-pounds-chatuchak/

 

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Malls head list of venues due to reopen at end of week

By THE NATION

 

 

The government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Monday (May 11) revealed the draft list of venues and activities allowed to reopen or restart under the second phase of lockdown easing, which is expected to take place on Sunday, May 17.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163726-malls-head-list-of-venues-due-to-reopen-at-end-of-week/

 

 

 

 

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Bridge reopened to alleviate Hua Mak traffic congestion

By THE NATION

 

 

Metropolitan Police deputy chief Pol Maj-General Jirasant Kaewsaeng-Ake on Monday (May 11) presided over the reopening ceremony of the Lamsalee Intersection Bridge on Ramkhamhaeng Road in Bangkok’s Hua Mak subdistrict.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163730-bridge-reopened-to-alleviate-hua-mak-traffic-congestion/

 

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Ministry marshals agencies to assist residents in 7 provinces hit by thunderstorms

By THE NATION

 

 

The Interior Ministry’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has mobilised various agencies to provide residents in seven provinces much-needed assistance including roof tiles and materials to repair damaged houses after thunderstorms and gusty winds wreaked havoc.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163733-ministry-marshals-agencies-to-assist-residents-in-7-provinces-hit-by-thunderstorms/

 

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Flooding feared as storms blow into upper Thailand

By THE NATION

 

 

Irrigation officials nationwide are on alert for the first heavy rains of the wet season, which will hit the North, Northeast, Central region and the East until Wednesday (May 13), according to the Thai Meteorological Department.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163734-flooding-feared-as-storms-blow-into-upper-thailand/

 

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Thai hotels seek government help as TUI Group defers payments

Thailand hotels have slammed travel giant TUI Group which is dragging its feet over outstanding payments for stays completed between January and March.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163737-thai-hotels-seek-government-help-as-tui-group-defers-payments/

 

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Medical Tourism Drop Hits Core of Thailand’s Bumrungrad Hospital

Suttinee Yuvejwattana, Bloomberg News

 

BC-Medical-Tourism-Drop-Hits-Core-of-Thailand’s-Bumrungrad-Hospital , Suttinee Yuvejwattana

 

(Bloomberg) -- Bumrungrad Hospital Pcl said the plunge in medical tourists traveling to Thailand amid the coronavirus pandemic has squeezed its business, as the majority of the health-care operator’s revenue typically comes from international patients.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163739-medical-tourism-drop-hits-core-of-thailand’s-bumrungrad-hospital/

 

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Plastic piles up in Thailand as pandemic efforts sideline pollution fight

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: Vegetables are carried in plastics bags at a market in Bangkok, Thailand June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world's top five choking the oceans with plastic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163742-plastic-piles-up-in thailand as-pandemic-efforts-sideline-pollution-fight/

 

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Crisis gives birth to new opportunity for van operator in Chiang Mai

By THE NATION

 

 

A Chiang Mai van operator, who has been hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis, has shifted to providing disinfection services in a bid to generate income.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163756-crisis-gives-birth-to-new-opportunity-for-van-operator-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Teacher swears innocence over alleged rape of student

By The Nation

 

Manit Phromdee

 

One of the five teachers accused of raping a 14-year-old student has insisted he had no hand in the alleged crime and has left Mukdahan, where the incident took place, for his hometown in Nakhon Phanom province.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163757-teacher-swears-innocence-over-alleged-rape-of-student/

 

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High drama as police chase down a drug suspect in Buri Ram

By The Nation

 

 

Bystanders in Buri Ram’s Nong Rong district ran for cover when there was a hail of bullets as police officers tried to stop a drug dealer’s black pick-up truck on Monday (May 11).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163759-high-drama-as-police-chase-down-a-drug-suspect-in-buri-ram/

 

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Help, compassion given to those hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-Thai people have shown compassion for each other in this time of crisis, by donating essential items to underprivileged people and those seriously affected by the pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163761-help-compassion-given-to-those-hit-hard-by-covid-19-pandemic/

 

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Pattaya and regional police bring love and care to the sick and elderly

By Boonlua Chatree

 

Pol. Gen. Montri Yimyaem, commander of Chonburi Region 2, and officers distribute care packages to the people of Nongprue community.

 

A ceremony was held at the grounds of the Nongprue police station on May 5 to launch a project to distribute food to the needy, the sick and the elderly in the surrounding communities.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163762-pattaya-and-regional-police-bring-love-and-care-to-the-sick-and-elderly/

 

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CCSA to draw up a list of business and leisure activities which can resume

 

People eat their lunch in a food hall implementing social distancing after the Thai government relaxed measures to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Bangkok on May 5, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is likely to decide on Friday on a full list of business and leisure activities which will be allowed to resume, as part of the second phase of lockdown relaxations, Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said today.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163726-malls-head-list-of-venues-due-to-reopen-at-end-of-week/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-15400327

 

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China's Wuhan reports first coronavirus cluster since lifting lockdown

 

FILE PHOTO: A teacher and senior high school students wearing face masks are seen inside a classroom on their first day of returning to campus following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China May 6, 2020.

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the city was lifted a month ago, stoking concerns of a wider resurgence of the disease.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163763-chinas-wuhan-reports-first-coronavirus-cluster-since-lifting-lockdown/

 

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Russia overtakes Italy and Britain after record rise in coronavirus cases

 

FILE PHOTO: A man visits a makeshift memorial for medics, who reportedly died in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region in the times of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in central Saint Petersburg, Russia May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's coronavirus cases overtook Italian and British infections on Monday to become the third highest in the world after a record daily rise hours before President Vladimir Putin was due to review the country's lockdown regime.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163764-russia-overtakes-italy-and-britain-after-record-rise-in-coronavirus-cases/

 

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Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

 

Primary school students wearing protective masks attend their first day of class after the government eased a nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Yen Duong

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Authorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children's temperatures at the gates when they re-opened on Monday from a months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic, following last week's partial re-opening of other schools.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163765-vietnam-reopens-schools-after-easing-coronavirus-curbs/

 

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Second food bank stripped of donated supplies

By The Nation

 

 

Thai netizens are asking whether it is worth donating food after another footage of all supplies being stolen went viral.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163766-second-food-bank-stripped-of-donated-supplies/

 

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Big changes ahead in industry after Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

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Workers aged between 40 and 45, who are doing fewer shifts and earning less as well as those whose jobs stand to be disrupted by technology must improve their skills or they may find themselves jobless once the Covid-19 crisis is resolved, said Tanit Sorat, vice chairman of the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163767-big-changes-ahead-in-industry-after-covid-19/