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Pattaya: Nine events to promote tourism announced for September to December

 

 

A meeting of business and tourism leaders at the Sunshine Garden Resort in Pattaya was told of plans for nine events to promote tourism in Pattaya from now until the end of 2020.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183152-pattaya-nine-events-to-promote-tourism-announced-for-september-to-december/

 

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Krabi: Only TWO hotels are prepared to accept foreign tourists

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A senate tourism committee visited Krabi and met with local business leaders and tourism officials at City Hall.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183154-krabi-only-two-hotels-are-prepared-to-accept-foreign-tourists/

 

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Confidence index in August hits highest level in a year, as mood on economy improves

By THE NATION

 

Thanawat Polvichai

 

The Thai Chamber of Commerce Confidence Index for August saw its first rise in 12 month, moving up to 32.6, from 31.8 in July, said Thanawat Polvichai, the director of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce's Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183157-confidence-index-in-august-hits-highest-level-in-a-year-as-mood-on-economy-improves/

 

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PWO's Bt112-bn glove deal being probed for alleged corruption

By The Nation

 

 

A Bt112-billion deal for surgical gloves between the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) and a private company set up only two months ago, is being investigated for corruption.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183158-pwos-bt112-bn-glove-deal-being-probed-for-alleged-corruption/

 

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Mains water supply outages to affect Patong, Karon for a week

By The Phuket News

 

The outages are to last a whole week.

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply to parts of Patong and Karon will be affected from Sept 19-27 as repairs are made to a mains pipe connected to the RO (reverse-osmosis) plant north of Karon Beach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183159-mains-water-supply-outages-to-affect-patong-karon-for-a-week/

 

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Phuket motorists urged to slow down during heavy weather

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Photo: Courtesy of Wanlop Boonchan

 

PHUKET: Phuket rescue workers are urging motorists to slow down and drive carefully during the current heavy downpours and strong winds across Phuket today (Sept 18).

 

Full storyhttps://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183160-phuket-motorists-urged-to-slow-down-during-heavy-weather/: 

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Motorists advised to avoid some roads and use alternative routes this weekend

 

 

 

The Metropolitan Police are advising motorists in Bangkok to avoid roads which are expected to be affected by the protest march from Thammasat University to Government House this weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183163-motorists-in-bangkok-advised-to-avoid-some-roads-and-use-alternative-routes-this-weekend/

 

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Public health centres across Thailand get ready for Noul

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Health has instructed public health centres across the country to stock up on basic necessities to help people affected by the tropical storm Noul.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183166-public-health-centres-across-thailand-get-ready-for-noul/

 

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Van bursts into flames on Bangkok road

By THE NATION

 

 

A van with a defective engine caught fire on Bangkok’s Kanchanapisek Road on Friday (September 18) as it was being driven to a garage for repairs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183168-van-bursts-into-flames-on-bangkok-road/

 

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Storm brings rain and much-needed relief to Si Sa Ket farmers

By The Nation

 

 

Si Sa Ket farmers see hopes of salvaging their dying rice crop, as tropical storm “Noul” brought rains to relieve them from a severe drought.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183171-storm-brings-rain-and-much-needed-relief-to-si-sa-ket-farmers/

 

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Two foreigners among seven new Covid-19 cases in quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported seven new cases over a 24-hour period on Friday (September 18), including a Thai man who was infected for a second time.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183179-two-foreigners-among-seven-new-covid-19-cases-in-quarantine/

 

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High-pressure washers to become controlled item in Thailand after one electrocutes user

By THE NATION

 

 

Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has called on the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) to add high-pressure washers to the list of controlled products as soon as possible after a consumer was electrocuted by one of them last month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183189-high-pressure-washers-to-become-controlled-item-in-thailand-after-one-electrocutes-user/

 

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Thailand reports first coronavirus death in over 100 days

 

FILE PHOTO: People wear face masks after Thailand detected its first domestic coronavirus infection in over three months, in Bangkok, Thailand September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday reported its first coronavirus death in more than 100 days, a health official said, after an infected Thai citizen had returned from abroad earlier this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183190-thailand-reports-first-coronavirus-death-in-over-100-days/

 

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Storm Noul expected to be downgraded to tropical depression as it heads towards Mukdahan

By The Nation

 

 

The category 3 tropical storm "Noul" was centred about 200km east of Mukdahan in the Northeast of Thailand, at a latitude 16.3 degrees north, longitude 106.8 degrees east, with sustained winds of 75kph, and was expected to hit the Thai province in the afternoon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183192-storm-noul-expected-to-be-downgraded-to-tropical-depression-as-it-heads-towards-mukdahan/

 

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Cash-strapped THAI finds winning formula with deep-fried dough sticks

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Airways International (THAI) appears to have finally found a winning formula – Youtiao or deep-fried dough sticks served up with taro custard.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183194-cash-strapped-thai-finds-winning-formula-with-deep-fried-dough-sticks/

 

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Police chief urges forces to help tackle exigencies brought by tropical storm

By The Nation

 

Pol Colonel Krisana Pattanajaroen

 

National Police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda has urged police officers nationwide to prepare to deal with heavy rain and flash floods due to tropical storm Noul, Pol Colonel Krisana Pattanajaroen, deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183195-police-chief-urges-forces-to-help-tackle-exigencies-brought-by-tropical-storm/

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Police troops to be stationed across Bangkok to monitor Saturday protest

By THE NATION

 

 

More than 8,500 police officers will be stationed at 14 sites in Bangkok to monitor the student-led political rally on Saturday (September 19).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183201-police-troops-to-be-stationed-across-bangkok-to-monitor-saturday-protest/

 

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Super Poll finds over 80% support protesters’ demands

By THE NATION

 

 

Nearly 83 per cent of respondents to a recent Super Poll survey support pro-democracy protesters’ key demands – to end state intimidation of critics, dissolve Parliament, and amend the Constitution.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183233-super-poll-finds-over-80-support-protesters’-demands/

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Stay indoors during Storm Noul, warns Meteorological chief

By The Nation

 

 

The Meteorological Department has set up a command centre to monitor tropical storm Noul this weekend, Somsak Khaosuwan, department director-general, said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183234-stay-indoors-during-storm-noul-warns-meteorological-chief/

 

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Medical experts see Covid-19 risk for Thailand from foreigners

By The Nation

 

Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University

 

The risk of Covid-19 spreading has increased, especially due to labourers coming into Thailand from other countries, Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University, said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183235-medical-experts-see-covid-19-risk-for-thailand-from-foreigners/

 

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Second UK lockdown? COVID hospital admissions double every eight days

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton

 

FILE PHOTO: A technician enters the new COVID-19 testing lab at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease epidemic in Glasgow, Britain April 22, 2020. Andrew Milligan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister said on Friday that the novel coronavirus was accelerating across the country, with hospital admissions doubling every eight days, but refused to say if another national lockdown would be imposed next month.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183236-second-uk-lockdown-covid-hospital-admissions-double-every-eight-days/

 

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What happens next with UK plan to breach Brexit divorce treaty?

By William James

 

FILE PHOTO: European Union and British flags flutter in front of a chancellery ahead of a visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May in Berlin, Germany, April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pressing ahead with legislation on trade despite a warning from Brussels that it could wreck their future relationship and an acknowledgement by his government that it violates international law.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183237-what-happens-next-with-uk-plan-to-breach-brexit-divorce-treaty/

 

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U.N. food chief urges Bezos, other billionaires to step up to help world's starving

 

FILE PHOTO: The World Food Programme (WFP) Executive director David Beasley attends a news conference on the food security in Yemen at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. food chief David Beasley called on the world's billionaires on Thursday to step up to help save some 30 million people he said are at risk of dying if they don't receive help from the World Food Programme.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183239-un-food-chief-urges-bezos-other-billionaires-to-step-up-to-help-worlds-starving/

 

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How bitcoin met the real world in Africa

By Alexis Akwagyiram and Tom Wilson

 

Abolaji Odunjo, a gadget vendor who trades with bitcoin, poses with his mobile phone after an interview with Reuters, at his store at the "Computer Village" in Lagos, Nigeria August 31, 2020. Picture taken in August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

 

LAGOS/LONDON (Reuters) - Four months ago, Abolaji Odunjo made a fundamental change to his business selling mobile phones in a bustling street market in Lagos: He started paying his suppliers in bitcoin.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183241-how-bitcoin-met-the-real-world-in-africa/

 

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Boom or bust? Welcome to the freewheeling world of crypto lending

By Tom Wilson

 

FILE PHOTO: Representations of the Ethereum virtual currency standing on the PC motherboard are seen in this illustration picture, February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

LONDON (Reuters) - It sounds like a surefire bet. You lend money to a borrower who puts up collateral that exceeds the size of the loan, and then you earn interest of about 20%. What could possibly go wrong?

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183242-boom-or-bust-welcome-to-the-freewheeling-world-of-crypto-lending/

 

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Malaysia's battle against plastic waste spans beaches and city shops

By Ebrahim Harris

 

A woman clears trash by the sea at Tioman Island, Pahang, Malaysia, September 13, 2020, in this still image from video obtained via social media. Video taken September 13, 2020. The Monkey Project via REUTERS

 

TIOMAN, Malaysia (Reuters) - Every weekend, a team of volunteers comb the coastline of the Malaysian resort of Tioman to collect plastic trash that washes up on the white-sand beaches of the island lapped by the South China Sea.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183243-malaysias-battle-against-plastic-waste-spans-beaches-and-city-shops/

 

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Indonesia capital eyes doubling of virus testing as cases soar

By Stanley Widianto and Angie Teo

 

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers take blood sample from citizen for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid test in Denpasar, Bali Province, Indonesia in this June 21, 2020 photo taken by Antara. Antara Foto/Nyoman Hendra Wibowo via Reuters.

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's capital plans to double its COVID-19 testing capacity in the near future, its governor told Reuters on Thursday, as it fights surging infections that saw restrictions re-imposed to slow the spread and help hospitals to cope.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183244-indonesia-capital-eyes-doubling-of-virus-testing-as-cases-soar/

 

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Philippines reports 3,257 new coronavirus cases, 47 deaths

 

Mothers wearing masks rest with their newborn babies on shared beds inside the maternity ward of the government-run Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manila, Philippines, September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 3,257 additional novel coronavirus infections, marking the 11th straight day the country has recorded more than 3,000 daily cases.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183245-philippines-reports-3257-new-coronavirus-cases-47-deaths/

 

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Storm Noul makes landfall in Vietnam, kills at least one person

By Khanh Vu

 

A motorcyclist walks away from a fallen tree during tropical storm Noul in Hue, Vietnam September 18, 2020, in this still image from a social media video. Facebook@Hueioc/via REUTERS

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Tropical storm Noul made landfall in Vietnam on Friday, killing at least one person and triggering heavy rain in the central parts of the country, though authorities later downgraded the weather system.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183249-storm-noul-makes-landfall-in-vietnam-kills-at-least-one-person/

 

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Phuket weather puts Patong seafood festival on hold

By The Phuket News

 

Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup. Image: Patong Municipality.

 

PHUKET:-- Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup has confirmed that the weekend seafood festival to be held at Patong Beach today and tomorrow (Sept 18-19) has been cancelled due to the heavy rains and strong winds across the island.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183250-phuket-weather-puts-patong-seafood-festival-on-hold/