rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 The week that was in Thailand news: Doom and gloom everywhere: But could Thailand be the hub of straight faces and internal screaming? A report on the BBC this week said that a theme park near Tokyo called Fuji-Q.Highland was asking people on its rollercoasters to control themselves. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172328-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-doom-and-gloom-everywhere-but-could-thailand-be-the-hub-of-straight-faces-and-internal-screaming/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Senior MPs visit Phuket to assess COVID fallout and hear resident’s requests By The Phuket News The delegation greets locals at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: More than a hundred people gathered at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (July 10) to share an array of requests and concerns with a delegation of senior MPs visiting from Bangkok. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172353-senior-mps-visit-phuket-to-assess-covid-fallout-and-hear-resident’s-requests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Minister pleased with preparations for Obec exam to hire assistant teachers By The Nation Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said the examination to recruit assistant teachers under the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) was going well. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172355-minister-pleased-with-preparations-for-obec-exam-to-hire-assistant-teachers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 National museums offer free admission on Sundays By The Nation Museums under the Fine Arts Department have offered free admission every Sunday for both Thais and foreigners who come with their families until September 27 this year, the Thai Koo Fah Facebook page informed on Saturday (July 11). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172356-national-museums-offer-free-admission-on-sundays/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Father thanks model kit donors after son fighting leukaemia allowed to resume schooling By The Nation A man who appealed for donation of Gundam model kits for his son, who suffered from leukaemia, has thanked people for the generous response. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172357-father-thanks-model-kit-donors-after-son-fighting-leukaemia-allowed-to-resume-schooling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Volunteers to be enlisted next month for human trial of Covid-19 vaccine By THE NATION Thailand will sign up volunteers in August-September to test the Covid-19 vaccine and conduct the first trial on a human in October, said Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Minister Suvit Maesincee. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172358-volunteers-to-be-enlisted-next-month-for-human-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Nearly one-third of tourism-related businesses 'may shut down permanently' By THE NATION Chairat Trirattanajarasporn About one-third of tourism business operators in Thailand will run out of liquidity to keep their businesses afloat in the second half of 2020, Tourism Council of Thailand president Chairat Trirattanajarasporn has warned. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172359-nearly-one-third-of-tourism-related-businesses-may-shut-down-permanently/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 'NPLs the biggest challenge for banks' as Covid-19 crisis could drag into 2021 By The Nation The Thai economy stares at an uncertain future because the Covid-19 outbreak is likely to prolong until the first half of 2021, Krungthai Bank (KTB) said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172360-npls-the-biggest-challenge-for-banks-as-covid-19-crisis-could-drag-into-2021/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Limited upside potential for Thai bourse as second-quarter results start to roll out By THE NATION Analysts forecast that the SET next week would move between 1,330 points to 1,370 points, while the resistance level of gold price in the future was around $1,792-$1,789 per ounce. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172361-limited-upside-potential-for-thai-bourse-as-second-quarter-results-start-to-roll-out/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and son test positive for COVID-19 By Shilpa Jamkhandikar FILE PHOTO: Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan leaves after attending the wedding ceremony of Isha Ambani, the daughter of the Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai, India, December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amitabh Bachchan, one of India's best known movie stars, has tested positive for COVID-19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan, they said late on Saturday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172362-bollywood-star-amitabh-bachchan-and-son-test-positive-for-covid-19/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 In a first, Trump dons mask in visit to a military medical facility By Steve Holland U.S. President Donald Trump visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., July 11, 2020.REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he was to meet with wounded soldiers and front-line health-care workers. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172364-in-a-first-trump-dons-mask-in-visit-to-a-military-medical-facility/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Mandatory masks, Mickey at a distance as Walt Disney World reopens By Lisa Richwine Disney Springs shoppers wear face masks and Disney-themed clothing while Walt Disney World conducts a phased reopening from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S. July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Octavio Jones (Reuters) - Mickey waved from a distance and visitors wore colorful face masks with mouse ears on Saturday as Florida's Walt Disney World opened to the public for the first time in four months amid a surge of coronavirus cases in the state. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172365-mandatory-masks-mickey-at-a-distance-as-walt-disney-world-reopens/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 UK plans to create 'freeports,' cut taxes: Sunday Telegraph FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak reacts as he leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to introduce sweeping tax cuts and an overhaul of planning laws in up to 10 new “freeports” within a year of the UK's becoming fully independent from the European Union in December, the Sunday Telegraph said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172366-uk-plans-to-create-freeports-cut-taxes-sunday-telegraph/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thai monkey trainer rejects PETA claims on coconut harvesting By Chayut Setboonsarng Nirun Wongwanich, 52, a monkey trainer, sits next to a monkey during a training session at a monkey school for coconut harvest in Surat Thani province, Thailand July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) - A monkey trainer in southern Thailand said on Saturday that few monkeys are involved in harvesting coconuts for export, disputing an activist report which has caused several British supermarkets to ban coconut products from the country. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172367-thai-monkey-trainer-rejects-peta-claims-on-coconut-harvesting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Skin whitening creams remain online despite mercury findings By Martinne Geller FILE PHOTO: An advisory on Goree cosmeticsÕ website notifying consumers about how to spot counterfeits purchased online or in stores, July 2, 2020. Goree Cosmetics/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) - Skin-whitening creams identified as containing potentially dangerous levels of mercury continue to be sold online more than seven months after a watchdog group raised the alarm, including on platforms run by eBay, Amazon.com and Alibaba, a Reuters review of the sites shows. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172369-skin-whitening-creams-remain-online-despite-mercury-findings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2020 Super Poll says 86.3% do not trust Thailand’s political parties File Image More than 80% of the respondents to an opinion poll have admitted that they have lost trust in Thailand’s political parties, because they are full of politicians with vested interests, who engage in power struggles and political games. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172370-super-poll-says-863-do-not-trust-thailand’s-political-parties/ 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Brave teenager fights to save her hometown – and environment Khairiyah Rahmanyah from the deep South of Thailand may not be as famous as Sweden’s young environmental activist Greta Thunberg, but they both have plenty in common. Not only are they both 17, but each shares the same commitment to saving the environment from destruction. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172373-brave-teenager-fights-to-save-her-hometown-–-and-environment/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Treasury Dept orders historic buildings conservation Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - The Treasury Department has ordered its provincial offices to carry out a survey of old and historically important buildings for conservation. The survey is set to be completed in August, providing protection against the demolition of these buildings. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172374-treasury-dept-orders-historic-buildings-conservation/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Nine points proposed to strengthen new normal Praphorn Praphornkul BANGKOK (NNT) - The Spokesperson for the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has presented nine points for strengthening the new normal and protecting against a resurgence of the pathogen, encouraging all sectors to circulate productive information. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172375-nine-points-proposed-to-strengthen-new-normal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Air pollution in Bangkok is killing thousands each year, say environmental groups Image: Smog in Bangkok, Reuters file photo Air pollution in Bangkok has caused an estimated 6,800 deaths and an economic loss of $2.6 billion USD in 2020, according to data released by environmental groups earlier this week. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172377-air-pollution-in-bangkok-is-killing-thousands-each-year-say-environmental-groups/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Government Urges People Not to Lower Guard BANGKOK, July 11 (TNA) -- The government asked people not to lower their guard against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a survey showed they compromised their protection. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172378-government-urges-people-not-to-lower-guard/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 More rains forecast for Thailand this week By The Nation Cloudy sky above Bangkok on Sunday morning. The Thailand Meteorological Department has forecast less rain on Sunday in the North, the Northeast and the Central regions, while the East and South will see isolated heavy rain. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172380-more-rains-forecast-for-thailand-this-week/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Sterling scores hat-trick as City hit Brighton for five Soccer Football - Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - July 11, 2020 Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez in action with Brighton & Hove Albion's Mathew Ryan, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pool via REUTERS/Julian Finney BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Raheem Sterling struck a hat-trick as Manchester City crushed Brighton 5-0 at the AmEx Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172381-sterling-scores-hat-trick-as-city-hit-brighton-for-five/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Bt1.6-billion FDI got the nod in June By THE NATION The committee overseeing foreigners' investment under the Foreign Business Act permitted 22 foreigners to invest in Thailand in June, according to the Department of Business Development's director-general, Vuttikrai Leewiraphan. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172382-bt16-billion-fdi-got-the-nod-in-june/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Israelis protest against government response to coronavirus By Rami Amichay Israelis protest against the government's response to the financial fallout of the coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) crisis at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday in Tel Aviv, angered by what they say has been an inept government response to the economic hits they have taken during the coronavirus crisis. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172383-israelis-protest-against-government-response-to-coronavirus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 to continue: Thailand Live Monday 13 July 2020https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172458-thailand-live-monday-13-july-2020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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