Red Bull Boss latest: Thai immigration tight-lipped about former RTP chief's claim of being abroad

 

 

 

Thai immigration said yesterday that they were unable to give details about claims made by former Royal Thai police chief and current president of the Thai Football association Pol Gen Somyot Poompannmoung.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178969-red-bull-boss-latestthai-immigration-tight-lipped-about-former-rtp-chiefs-claim-of-being-abroad/

House Budget Scrutiny subcommittee endorses Navy’s submarine procurement

 

 

A panel of the House Budget Scrutiny Committee has approved, by a slim majority, the Royal Thai Navy’s (RTN) plan to procure two Chinese-made submarines, at a cost of about 22.5 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179003-house-budget-scrutiny-subcommittee-endorses-navy’s-submarine-procurement/

 

Heavy Floods Continue in Nan

 

 

NAN, Aug 22 (TNA) – Flooding is still critical in the northern province of Nan as the Nan River was overflowing in Phu Phiang district this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179004-heavy-floods-continue-in-nan/

 

BMA Hospital Collects Patients’ Blood Samples at Home

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 22 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) started its services to collect blood samples of patients at their homes, provide online examinations and send medicines by mail.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179005-bma-hospital-collects-patients’-blood-samples-at-home/ 

 

Betong Airport to Open Late This Year

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 22 (TNA) – The government is actively developing southern border provinces and plans to open Betong airport in Yala province by the end of this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179006-betong-airport-to-open-late-this-year/

 

The Expat Golf Societies Tournament tees up golf offerings in Rayong

 

 

Bangkok, 22 August, 2020 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is inviting Thai and expat golfers to join “The Expat Golf Societies Tournament” on Sunday, 30 August, 2020, at Rayong Green Valley Country Club in Ban Chang District, Rayong province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179007-the-expat-golf-societies-tournament-tees-up-golf-offerings-in-rayong/

 

Open letter to the tourism authority and the Thai government

By The Phuket News

 

People queue near an information board promoting free COVID-19 tests for travellers arriving at Berlin-Schoenefeld airport in Schoenefeld, south of Berlin, on July 31, 2020. Germany made coronavirus tests mandatory for travellers returning from at-risk areas, as fears grow over rising case numbers blamed on summer holidays and local outbreaks. Photo: AFP

 

A German man staying in Phuket has made a plea to the Thai Government to understand how the ‘visa amnesty’ expiring on Sept 26 will force many foreigners currently staying in Thailand to return to countries where second waves of COVID-19 are rampantly spreading. Here is his open letter to the Thai authorities:

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179008-open-letter-to-the-tourism-authority-and-the-thai-government/

 

Man charged with obscene behaviour with daughter, 7

By THE NATION

 

 

A man accused of an obscene act on his minor daughter was arrested on Friday (August 21) in his rented house in Udon Thani province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179010-man-charged-with-obscene-behaviour-with-daughter-7/

 

Police investigate PRU student’s death

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Nong Mint collapsed in front of the building where the cheerleading squad were rehearsing, not while running laps around the campus pond, Asst Prof Dr Noppadon Chansuay, Vice President of Phuket Rajabhat University, said today (Aug 22). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Phuket City Police today investigated the scene where 20-year-old first-year student Phuket Rajabhat University Pornpiphat ‘Mint’ Iaddam collapsed and died on campus on Wednesday (Aug 19).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179011-police-investigate-pru-student’s-death/

 

Phuket taxi drivers protest loan repayments

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

About 80 drivers gathered at Sapan Hin today, repeating their call for a moratorium on finance repayments. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Phuket tourism transport drivers, including drivers of taxis and tour vans, today (Aug 22) held another small protest at Sapan Hin to call for the finance division of Toyota not to enforce loan repayments for the vehicles, which may see the vehicles repossessed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179012-phuket-taxi-drivers-protest-loan-repayments/

 

Phuket dive instructors stage Kata reef cleanup

By The Phuket News

 

The local scuba diving instructors and Divemasters took part in a reef cleanup off Kata Beach today (Aug 22). Photo: Dave Wilson

 

PHUKET: A total of 28 scuba diving instructors and Divemasters took part in a reef cleanup off Kata Beach today (Aug 22). The cleanup was held to remove small plastic items scattered throughout the north reef mainly attributed to the Westerly monsoon winds, explained David Hall, who joined the exercise.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179013-phuket-dive-instructors-stage-kata-reef-cleanup/

 

THAI flies 131 Thais home from Taipei

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai Airways International (THAI) flight brought home 131 Thais stranded in Taiwan on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179014-thai-flies-131-thais-home-from-taipei/

 

No new case of Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

There were no new cases of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Saturday (August 22), which was the 89th day without domestic cases since May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179015-no-new-case-of-covid-19/

 

Poll shows 98 per cent believe Thailand better than other countries

By The Nation

 

 

A recent poll shows that 98 per cent of Thai people believe Thailand has more good things than other countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179016-poll-shows-98-per-cent-believe-thailand-better-than-other-countries/

 

WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A boy wearing a protective face mask plays in a fountain after local authorities eased lockdown restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

 

ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults, while children between six and 11 should wear them on a risk-based approach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179017-who-says-children-aged-12-and-over-should-wear-masks-like-adults/

 

French government condemns vandalism at site of Nazi massacre

 

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a visit of the ruins in the French martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane, France June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French government officials on Saturday said they would work to track down those responsible for defacing a memorial to the victims of a Nazi massacre during World War Two, which was painted over with graffiti calling the killings a lie.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179018-french-government-condemns-vandalism-at-site-of-nazi-massacre/

 

Maguire released by Greek prosecutor, hearing next week

 

 

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire, who was detained on the island of Mykonos, leaves a court building on the island of Syros, Greece, August 22, 2020. Giorgos Solaris/Intimenews via REUTERS

 

ATHENS (Reuters) - Manchester United captain Harry Maguire was released by a Greek prosecutor after appearing in court on Saturday following two days in detention over a brawl on the island of Mykonos, the Premier League club confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179019-maguire-released-by-greek-prosecutor-hearing-next-week/

 

Kremlin critic Navalny is flown to German hospital; in 'worrying' condition

By Fabrizio Bensch and Martin Schlicht

 

Paramedics load a stretcher into an ambulance that allegedly transported Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at Charite Mitte Hospital Complex where he will receive medical treatment in Berlin, Germany August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Mang

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was evacuated to Germany for medical treatment on Saturday, flown out of the Siberian city of Omsk in an ambulance aircraft and taken to a hospital in Berlin.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179020-kremlin-critic-navalny-is-flown-to-german-hospital-in-worrying-condition/

 

Golf: Johnson in command and looking to close deal at Northern Trust

 

 

Aug 22, 2020; Norton, Massachusetts, USA; Dustin Johnson hits his tee shot on the fifth hole during the third round of The Northern Trust golf tournament at TPC of Boston. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports

 

(Reuters) - Dustin Johnson continued his red hot play at Northern Trust Open on Saturday curling in a 40-foot eagle putt on 18 to give him a five shot cushion going into the final round of the FedExCup playoffs opener.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179021-golf-johnson-in-command-and-looking-to-close-deal-at-northern-trust/

 

The week that was in Thailand news: Thailand is good for your health

 

 

Living in Thailand can feel like you’re walking a health and safety tightrope at times. Danger seems to lurk at every turn whether it is the perilous roads, the dangerous seas, and poor adherence to safety regulations, even if they exist at all. There is the potential to contract all manner of diseases from poor food and infected ice. Public hygiene can be lacking. Then there is the potential to fall victim to violent crime including snatch theft, online scams and gun violence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179022-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-thailand-is-good-for-your-health/

 

"The bodies keep mounting up on Thailand's roads" - damning report airing on UK TV

 

 

A damning and long documentary style report into Thailand's appalling road carnage is airing repeatedly on the UK's Sky News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179023-the-bodies-keep-mounting-up-on-thailands-roads-damning-report-airing-on-uk-tv/ 

 

China ready to share water data with Mekong nations, Thailand says

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos is seen from the Thai side in Nong Khai, Thailand, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - China is ready to share data on water flows into the Mekong River, a longstanding request of downstream Southeast Asian countries, a Thai foreign ministry official said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179024-china-ready-to-share-water-data-with-mekong-nations-thailand-says/

 

Severe flooding reported in Thailand’s northern and northeastern provinces

 

 

Several northern and northeastern provinces of Thailand are flooded today, after they were lashed by torrential rains induced by a monsoon trough.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179026-severe-flooding-reported-in-thailand’s-northern-and-northeastern-provinces/

 

Two Thai Government patriotic music clips removed from YouTube

 

 

Two musical video clips, posted on YouTube by the Thai Government’s Department of Public Relations (PRD), have been taken down after they were overwhelmingly “disliked” by netizens.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179029-two-thai-government-patriotic-music-clips-removed-from-youtube/

 

Three people arrested after bar worker shot dead in Hua Hin

 

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Police have arrested two men and a woman following the fatal shooting of a bar worker in Hua Hin on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179030-three-people-arrested-after-bar-worker-shot-dead-in-hua-hin/

 

Global Covid-19 situation, US-China trade talks expected to influence markets

By THE NATION

 

 

The baht would move between 31.20 and 31.70 to the US dollar next week while the SET Index will move between 1,270 and 1,330 points.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179032-global-covid-19-situation-us-china-trade-talks-expected-to-influence-markets/

 

E-services tax expected to take effect next year

By The Nation

 

Ekniti Nitithanprapas, the Revenue Department's director-general

 

E-services tax, or value-added tax, is likely to be levied next year on foreign digital platforms that do not have a subsidiary company in Thailand, and it is expected to generate Bt3 billion per year revenue to the state, the top Revenue Department official said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179034-e-services-tax-expected-to-take-effect-next-year/

 

Covid-19 'may claim 5 million lives' by year-end

By The Nation

 

Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University

 

The number of Covid-19 cases worldwide by the end of this year is expected to be over 50 million people, while the death toll could exceed 5 million, Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University, said on Friday (August 21).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179036-covid-19-may-claim-5-million-lives-by-year-end/

 

TAT launches promotions to boost tourism in Surat Thani and Koh Samui

By THE NATION

 

 

As the Covid-19 situation in Thailand is improving, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a promotional campaign in association with local entrepreneurs to boost tourism and economy in Surat Thani province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179038-tat-launches-promotions-to-boost-tourism-in-surat-thani-and-koh-samui/

 

Fishing crew let whale shark escape from their net

By The Nation

 

 

A video clip of a Chokphapimol fishing boat crew helping a whale shark over four metres long after it was stuck in the net in the sea in Krabi's Ko Lanta district went viral on Friday (August 21).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179039-fishing-crew-let-whale-shark-escape-from-their-net/