Pattaya: Beach Road to allow parking at weekends/ Deckchairs to operate all day every day

 

Picture: Manager

 

Manager reported that Pattaya was putting its best foot forward in attracting Thai tourists to the resort.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179688-pattaya-beach-road-to-allow-parking-at-weekends-deckchairs-to-operate-all-day-every-day/

 

UNDP assesses Phuket tourism woes, strategy for ‘sustainable’ restart

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

UNDP Resident Representative to Thailand Renaud Meyer (2nd from right) and his delegation speaks with Phuket Vice Governor Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai (centre) at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Aug 26). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) were in Phuket yesterday (Aug 26) to hear about the depth of the problems caused by the COVID-19 impact on tourism as a part of its research into developing Thailand to be a sustainable tourism destination.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179689-undp-assesses-phuket-tourism-woes-strategy-for-‘sustainable’-restart/

 

Red Bull "Boss": Immigration say they will arrest him if he tries to enter Thailand

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's immigration chief said yesterday after a weekly meeting that the IB has received notification about the new arrest warrants out for Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179690-red-bull-boss-immigration-say-they-will-arrest-him-if-he-tries-to-enter-thailand/

 

Indian found positive in state quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today (August 27) confirmed one new virus case. Today marks the 94th day Thailand has seen no domestic case since May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179694-indian-found-positive-in-state-quarantine/

 

Boy, 3, playing with hand sanitizer gel goes up in flames after being set alight by elder brother

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a three year old boy called Captain who was playing with sanitizer gel on the front porch before going to school was set alight by his elder brother. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179695-boy-3-playing-with-hand-sanitizer-gel-goes-up-in-flames-after-being-set-alight-by-elder-brother/

 

Forty four school kids and teachers scream as driver loses it at a bend in Nakhon Nayok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police and Ruam Katanyu rescue services that rushed to the scene of a bus accident yesterday in Nakhon Nayok found dozens of children screaming. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179697-forty-four-school-kids-and-teachers-scream-as-driver-loses-it-at-a-bend-in-nakhon-nayok/

 

School director who killed three people during gold shop robbery sentenced to death by Thai court

 

 

A school director, who killed 3 people, including a young boy, while stealing about 665,000 baht worth of gold ornaments from a shop in Thailand’s central province of Lop Buri in January, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179702-school-director-who-killed-three-people-during-gold-shop-robbery-sentenced-to-death-by-thai-court/

 

THAI ready to fly in tourists from 6 nations, even China

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Airways International Plc is ready to arrange special direct charter flights from six countries to Phuket under the government’s plan to revive the subdued tourism sector, said acting president Chansin Treenuchagron.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179719-thai-ready-to-fly-in-tourists-from-6-nations-even-china/

 

UPDATE:

 

Ex-school principal gets death sentence for killings in Lopburi gold shop robbery

By The Nation

 

 

The Criminal Court on Thursday (August 27) issued a death sentence for the man behind the fatal gold heist in Lopburi province earlier this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179702-school-director-who-killed-three-people-during-gold-shop-robbery-sentenced-to-death-by-thai-court/?do=findComment&comment=15753786

Admin court reconciles differences over wastewater in win for Rayong locals

By The Nation

 

 

The Rayong Administrative Court has made history by helping conflicting parties reconcile their differences over a wastewater dispute instead of going in for a final verdict, Stop Global Warming Association president Srisuwan Janya said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179723-admin-court-reconciles-differences-over-wastewater-in-win-for-rayong-locals/

 

US Embassy offers high-schoolers lessons on financial literacy

By The Nation

 

 

The US Embassy in Bangkok, in collaboration with the Foundation of Consumers, will launch a new financial literacy programme for students in 30 high school across Thailand on Friday (August 28).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179726-us-embassy-offers-high-schoolers-lessons-on-financial-literacy/

 

Phuket announces ‘5T’ model for receiving tourists, includes mandatory US$100k health insurance

By The Phuket News

 

The 5T policy announced yesterday (Aug 26). Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials have announced their ‘5T’ model in order to safely allow foreign tourists into Phuket from Oct 1, which includes mandatory US$100,000 health insurance coverage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179731-phuket-announces-‘5t’-model-for-receiving-tourists-includes-mandatory-us100k-health-insurance/

 

Thailand’s monster flood visible from space

By The Nation

 

 

An Italian satellite orbiting high over Thailand has captured dramatic images of floods spreading over Sukhothai and Phitsanulok provinces.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179749-thailand’s-monster-flood-visible-from-space/

 

Ex-school principal gets death sentence for killings in Lopburi gold shop robbery

By The Nation

 

 

The Criminal Court on Thursday (August 27) issued a death sentence for the man behind the fatal gold heist in Lopburi province earlier this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179751-ex-school-principal-gets-death-sentence-for-killings-in-lopburi-gold-shop-robbery/

 

US Embassy offers high-schoolers lessons on financial literacy

By The Nation

 

 

The US Embassy in Bangkok, in collaboration with the Foundation of Consumers, will launch a new financial literacy programme for students in 30 high school across Thailand on Friday (August 28).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179752-us-embassy-offers-high-schoolers-lessons-on-financial-literacy/

 

U.S. military presence needed in Asia, Philippines' foreign minister says

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. military forces take up positions during the annual "Balikatan" (shoulder-to-shoulder) war games with Filipino soldiers at the shore of San Antonio, Zambales in northern Philippines April 21, 2015. Philippine and U.S. soldiers began their biggest combined military exercise in 15 years on Monday, in a demonstration of Washington's commitment to its long-time ally as it rebalances to Asia in the face of China's expansion in the South China Sea. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The United States military presence in Asia is needed as rivalry between Washington and Beijing intensifies, the Philippines' foreign minister said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179753-us-military-presence-needed-in-asia-philippines-foreign-minister-says/

 

Paperwork not patrols: Southeast Asian policewomen face career obstacles

By Nanchanok Wongsamuth

 

A beauty product advertisement on a passing bus is seen as Thai female riot police take positions to prevent demonstrations against military rule at Victory Monument in Bangkok June 3, 2014. The military junta running Thailand has drawn up a list of emergency measures such as price caps on fuel and loan guarantees for small firms to kick-start an economy threatened by recession after months of political turmoil. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Female police officers in Southeast Asia are rarely allowed out on patrol and instead given administrative roles that hold back their careers, the United Nations and international police organization Interpol said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179754-paperwork-not-patrols-southeast-asian-policewomen-face-career-obstacles/

 

Philippines confirms 3,249 new coronavirus infections, 97 deaths

 

Filipinos queue for cash subsidy from the government amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Thursday reported 3,249 additional novel coronavirus infections and 97 more deaths due to the disease.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179756-philippines-confirms-3249-new-coronavirus-infections-97-deaths/

 

Malaysia's AirAsia X seeks creditor help as losses deepen

 

FILE PHOTO: Tail of AirAsia X plane as seen at the Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia in Tangerang, Indonesia, September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - AirAsia X Bhd needs creditors' support to ride out the coronavirus crisis, the Malaysian long-haul budget airline said on Wednesday, as it posted a quarterly loss and revenue plunge.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179757-malaysias-airasia-x-seeks-creditor-help-as-losses-deepen/

 

New Zealand mosque shooter given life in prison for 'wicked' crimes

By Praveen Menon

 

FILE PHOTO: Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks, is seen during his sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 25, 2020. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool via REUTERS

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand judge sentenced white supremacist Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshippers in the country's deadliest shooting, saying the sentence was not enough punishment for the "wicked" crimes.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179760-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-given-life-in-prison-for-wicked-crimes/

 

TikTok CEO Mayer quits after three months, just as firm challenges U.S. ban

By Yingzhi Yang and Kanishka Singh

 

FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has left the Chinese-owned video app firm just three months since joining, and only days since the company sued the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump over an executive order effectively banning it in the United States.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179761-tiktok-ceo-mayer-quits-after-three-months-just-as-firm-challenges-us-ban/

 

Finance Minister: Thai Economy Passes Worst of Coronavirus Crisis

 

 

BANGKOK, August 26 (TNA) – Thai Finance Minister Predee Daochai has said the country’s economy has passed the worst point of the COVID-19 crisis. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179762-finance-minister-thai-economy-passes-worst-of-coronavirus-crisis/

 

Thai Airways Preps for Welcoming Back Tourists to Phuket

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 27 (TNA) – Thai Airways International (THAI) is ready to arrange special charter flights for tourists from six countries as the national carrier welcomed the government’s plan to receive foreign tourists to the resort island of Phuket.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179763-thai-airways-preps-for-welcoming-back-tourists-to-phuket/

 

Submarine row threatens to become political time bomb

 

The Royal Thai Navy held a press conference on Monday to defend the submarine deal. (Photo from Thai Royal Navy)

 

Debate on whether Thailand needs submarines is raging again after a House subcommittee on budget scrutiny last Friday voted 5-4 along party lines to back the Navy’s Bt22.5-billion plan to buy two more China-made subs.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179764-submarine-row-threatens-to-become-political-time-bomb/

 

Revenue Dept simplifies tax payment via 9 digital gateways

By The Nation

 

Ekniti Nitithanprapas, Director-General of the Revenue Department

 

Nine digital gateways have been opened to help taxpayers file their returns before the looming deadline on August 31. The Revenue Department said the nine gateways were designed to make tax-filing quick and hassle-free for businesses and individuals.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179770-revenue-dept-simplifies-tax-payment-via-9-digital-gateways/

 

TAT launches ornamental fish light and sound show in bid to boost tourism in Ratchaburi

By The Nation

 

Sareeya Boonmak, director of TAT Ratchaburi

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)’s office in Ratchaburi has joined up with Ban Pong Municipality and the private sector to launch “Aqua Illumination”, an exhibition of ornamental fish with a light and sound show to boost tourism in the province.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179771-tat-launches-ornamental-fish-light-and-sound-show-in-bid-to-boost-tourism-in-ratchaburi/

 

Only 1 in 5 staff in UK cities back in workplaces, think-tank says

 

FILE PHOTO: Canary Wharf is seen from Greenwich Park, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Only 17% of workers in British cities had returned to their workplaces by early August, underscoring the challenge for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to steer the country away from its coronavirus shutdown, data published on Thursday showed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179772-only-1-in-5-staff-in-uk-cities-back-in-workplaces-think-tank-says/

 

Thailand eyes more foreign patients as hospitals urge easier access

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok May 19, 2014. REUTERS/ Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is to ease its novel coronavirus procedures to allow more patients from abroad to get treatment from next month, a top health official said on Thursday, after appeals from hospitals eager to treat their overseas patients.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179773-thailand-eyes-more-foreign-patients-as-hospitals-urge-easier-access/

 

Star Trek’s William Shatner hits back at George Takei criticism on David Tennant’s podcast: “He’s making things up”

By Patrick McLennan

 

 

William Shatner has responded to criticism from co-star George Takei about his behaviour on the set of the iconic 1960s sci-fi series, saying “George is making things up”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179777-star-trek’s-william-shatner-hits-back-at-george-takei-criticism-on-david-tennant’s-podcast-“he’s-making-things-up”/

 

Scottish farmers explain how they ended up in Jay-Z and Pharrell’s new video

By Will Richards

 

 

Two Scottish farmers have explained how they ended up becoming the stars of Jay-Z and Pharrell‘s new music video.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1179780-scottish-farmers-explain-how-they-ended-up-in-jay-z-and-pharrell’s-new-video/