Checkpoints to remain despite lifting of curfew

By THE NATION

 

 

More than 500 checkpoints that were set up nationwide to catch curfew violators will now focus on criminal activities, accidents and illegal gatherings at night, as per the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) orders.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168735-checkpoints-to-remain-despite-lifting-of-curfew/

Ministry ‘sorry’ for hit-and-run incident, vows to punish driver

By The Nation

 

 

Once the clip of an official, flag-bearing government vehicle hitting and pushing a car off the road on Monday (June 15) went viral, the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry’s permanent secretary issued an apology on Tuesday saying the driver will be questioned and reprimanded for his action.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168747-ministry-‘sorry’-for-hit-and-run-incident-vows-to-punish-driver/

Phuket airport chief: More flights coming in July

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Thai AirAsia Flight FD3029 docks at Phuket International Airport earlier today (June 16). Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET:-- More airlines will launch domestic flights arriving at Phuket International Airport starting next month, Phuket International Airport General Manager Thanee Chuangchoo confirmed to The Phuket News today (June 16).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168751-phuket-airport-chief-more-flights-coming-in-july/

Phone users warned of spike in criminals requesting OTPs

By THE NATION

 

 

The massive growth in online transactions, especially during the Covid-19 crisis, has brought a spike in the number of scams to deceive customers into revealing their one-time passwords (OTP), telecoms giant Advanced Info Services (AIS) warned on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168739-phone-users-warned-of-spike-in-criminals-requesting-otps/

Sister of pregnant woman killed by monk demands apology

By The Nation

 

 

The sister of a 33-year-old pregnant woman who was hacked to death by the abbot of a Buri Ram temple has demanded an apology from the murderer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168773-sister-of-pregnant-woman-killed-by-monk-demands-apology/

 

Khon Kaen Hospital demands return of ‘unfairly’ transferred director

By The Nation

 

 

Khon Kaen Hospital’s medical organisation is demanding that their former director Dr Charnchai Chanvorachaikul be allowed to return to the hospital, saying they do not trust the Public Health Ministry’s investigation into allegations against the doctor.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168774-khon-kaen-hospital-demands-return-of-‘unfairly’-transferred-director/

 

Cabinet rolls out support for those who missed out on previous subsidy schemes

 

People walk in a street food market in Bangkok on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Cabinet has rolled out four new schemes to help people affected by business closures caused by COVID-19 and who missed out on previous aid packages. The new measures will also cover fragile groups, including poor children under the age of 6, disabled people and those over 60.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168775-cabinet-rolls-out-support-for-those-who-missed-out-on-previous-subsidy-schemes/

 

M.R. Chatumongol quits as Ruam Palang Prachachart party leader

 

 

Thailand’s Labour Minister, M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul, has quit as leader of the Ruam Palang Prachachart Party, effective Tuesday, after he failed a performance assessment by the party’s executive board.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168776-mr-chatumongol-quits-as-ruam-palang-prachachart-party-leader/

 

Two injured as pickup driver swerves to miss dog, hits tree

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The pickup appeared to have swerved all the way onto the northbound lanes before serving back onto the traffic island and hitting the tree. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A man and his female partner suffered injuries after their pickup truck hit a tree on the Thepkrasattri Rd traffic island in Thalang early this morning (Jun 16) after the driver attempted to avoid hitting a dog that had walked out onto the road.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168777-two-injured-as-pickup-driver-swerves-to-miss-dog-hits-tree/

 

Pattaya South Road closure begins, lasts until Dec. 31

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Roadwork has begun on Pattaya’s South Road, closing half to traffic until the end of the year.

 

Roadwork has begun on Pattaya’s South Road, closing half to traffic until the end of the year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168778-pattaya-south-road-closure-begins-lasts-until-dec-31/

 

Pattaya restaurants see better times coming thanks to booze sales

By Jetsada Homklin

 

 

Venues with food licenses can again sell alcohol, but only with food and under restrictions on the number of customers.

 

Pattaya took another step toward normalcy Monday with the reopening of more businesses and the beer taps at local restaurants.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168779-pattaya-restaurants-see-better-times-coming-thanks-to-booze-sales/

 

Nuri damages car, restaurant in Sriracha

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Lashing rain and wind damaged a Suzuki Swift when part of the roof on a closed restaurant blew off.

 

Lashing rain and wind damaged a car and restaurant in Sriracha as the remnants of tropical storm Nuri moved through Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168780-nuri-damages-car-restaurant-in-sriracha/

 

LPG, NGV discounts extended

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The current discount campaigns on LPG and NGV will be extended by 1-3 months, according to the latest resolution from the Committee on Energy Policy Administration (CEPA).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168781-lpg-ngv-discounts-extended/

 

Tourism slump to weigh down Thailand economy for years: Report

ASEANBUSINESS STAFF

 

 

THAILAND’S economy will not fully recover from the novel coronavirus pandemic for another two years, no thanks to the drag from an insipid tourism industry, one economist has warned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168782-tourism-slump-to-weigh-down-thailand-economy-for-years-report/

 

Sluggish economy, deficient government pulling down Thailand’s competitiveness

By The Nation

 

 

Poor economic performance and an inefficient government has brought Thailand’s global competitiveness ranking down by four places this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168783-sluggish-economy-deficient-government-pulling-down-thailand’s-competitiveness/

 

PTT to supply natural gas to Egat for 10 years

By THE NATION

 

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong

 

Oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc will sign a contract with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) on June 19 to sell natural gas to the state agency for 10 years, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168784-ptt-to-supply-natural-gas-to-egat-for-10-years/

 

Trump signs order on police reform after weeks of protests about racial injustice

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump is applauded by law enforcement leaders surrounding him as he holds up an executive order on police reform after signing it during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States, signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he pressed for "law and order" nationwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168787-trump-signs-order-on-police-reform-after-weeks-of-protests-about-racial-injustice/

 

Thai police take down hacker who had just a primary school education

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

The Royal Thai Police have announced the arrest of a hacker who used information from people's Line accounts in order to steal more than one million baht. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168788-thai-police-take-down-hacker-who-had-just-a-primary-school-education/

 

Army changes recruitment drive dates after losing budget due to Covid-19 fight

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

The Thai army has changed the dates of its annual recruitment drive that had been rescheduled to 27 days in July and August due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168789-army-changes-recruitment-drive-dates-after-losing-budget-due-to-covid-19-fight/

 

U.S. sues ex-Trump adviser Bolton to block book publication

 

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton speaks during his lecture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

 

(Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday sued former national security adviser John Bolton, seeking to block him from publishing a book about his time in the White House that it said contained classified information and would compromise national security.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168794-us-sues-ex-trump-adviser-bolton-to-block-book-publication/

 

Out of control Thai man in Fortuner leaves trail of wreckage - he's arrested at hospital

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Police from two stations are involved in the case of a Thai man who appeared to be drunk who was taking his unconscious three year old boy to hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168795-out-of-control-thai-man-in-fortuner-leaves-trail-of-wreckage-hes-arrested-at-hospital/

 

North Korea rejects South's offer of envoys, vows to redeploy troops to border

By Hyonhee Shin

 

A view of an explosion of a joint liaison office with South Korea in border town Kaesong, North Korea in this picture supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2020. KCNA via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it had rejected South Korea's offer to send special envoys to ease escalating bilateral tensions, and vowed to redeploy troops to demilitarised border units in the latest step towards nullifying inter-Korean peace accords.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168797-north-korea-rejects-souths-offer-of-envoys-vows-to-redeploy-troops-to-border/

 

Long tailbacks and diversions after chemical tanker overturns on Route 304

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Severe disruption to traffic was reported after a tanker carrying 30 tons of methanol overturned on Route 304 heading towards Kabinburi yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168799-long-tailbacks-and-diversions-after-chemical-tanker-overturns-on-route-304/

Pattaya: Beach arrangements are a shining example for others to follow, says Covid-19 bigwig

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

Pattaya has been praised for its arrangements in handling the reopening of its beaches by a senior government official who came to inspect the resort. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168800-pattaya-beach-arrangements-are-a-shining-example-for-others-to-follow-says-covid-19-bigwig/

 

Pattaya: Tourists - if there are any - won't be infected here, says city hall

 

Picture: Pattaya City

 

Pattaya City Hall reported that tourists have supreme confidence in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168801-pattaya-tourists-if-there-are-any-wont-be-infected-here-says-city-hall/

 

Private sector planning sale event to revive Songkhla economy

By THE NATION

 

File Photo of Hatyai Hard Sale 2017

 

Entrepreneurs in Songkhla province are planning the “Hatyai Hard Sale 2020” campaign from September 1-30 to boost the local economy that has been hit hard by the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168805-private-sector-planning-sale-event-to-revive-songkhla-economy/

 

Pattaya: Just another night in the "Family Resort" - drunk driver, threats to fight police, lynching, injuries, baseball bat

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

Pattaya is often mocked for trying to portray itself as a wholesome resort for families. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168807-pattaya-just-another-night-in-the-family-resort-drunk-driver-threats-to-fight-police-lynching-injuries-baseball-bat/

 

Utter carnage: Pick-up collides with six wheel truck in Rayong

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Pictures published on the Thai media site of Naew Na showed yet more utter carnage on the Thai roads. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168808-utter-carnage-pick-up-collides-with-six-wheel-truck-in-rayong/

 

Watermelon carrying pick-up overturns and driver flees scene - the reason soon becomes obvious

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police were called to a bend in the road in Sakon Nakhon in the north east of Thailand after a pick-up carrying a load of watermelon overturned at 5 am.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168810-watermelon-carrying-pick-up-overturns-and-driver-flees-scene-the-reason-soon-becomes-obvious/

 

Minister Chatumongol 'has quit his party, not Cabinet'

By THE NATION

 

MR Chatumongol Sonakul

 

Labour Minister MR Chatumongol Sonakul has quit the Action Coalition for Thailand Party but has not resigned as minister yet, party spokesman Khetrat Laothammathas said on Tuesday (June 16).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168813-minister-chatumongol-has-quit-his-party-not-cabinet/