EEC Development to Draw Investments

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 5 (TNA) – The government is realizing the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project to attract investments and will organize the EEC Job and Skill Expo in the project site in the near future, according to authorities.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186019-eec-development-to-draw-investments/

 

Thai Soldiers Arrive at Training Center in U.S.

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 5 (TNA) – Thai soldiers arrived at the US Army’s Joint Readiness Training Centre (JRTC) in Louisiana to participate in a month-long evaluation course following the Hawaii drill in July.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186022-thai-soldiers-arrive-at-training-center-in-us/

 

Prachuap Khiri Khan blocks all natural borders after Myanmar town reports 41 new Covid cases

By The Nation

 

 

Officials and community leaders in Prachuap Khiri Khan province got together on Monday to check the barbed wire fences placed in all natural borders to ensure Covid-19 is not brought into the country from Myanmar.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186024-prachuap-khiri-khan-blocks-all-natural-borders-after-myanmar-town-reports-41-new-covid-cases/

 

Rowing teens allegedly destroy water mains in Nakhon Ratchasima village

By The Nation

 

 

Residents of Ban Nam Aom village in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Bua Yai district woke up on Monday to find they had no tap water as their water mains had been destroyed in a row between teenagers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186025-rowing-teens-allegedly-destroy-water-mains-in-nakhon-ratchasima-village/

 

Man shocked to find hairy bedfellow after drunken night out

By The Nation

 

 

A man who abducted a stray dog outside a restaurant after a drunken night out was shocked to find the animal in his bed when he woke up the next morning.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186026-man-shocked-to-find-hairy-bedfellow-after-drunken-night-out/

 

Agoda pins hopes on Asia's domestic tourism to drive revenue

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

The logo of Agoda online travel agency is seen at their office in Bangkok, Thailand, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Chayut Setboonsarng

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Asia-focused online travel agency Agoda is counting on a revival of domestic tourism in parts of the region to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic, its top executive said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186027-agoda-pins-hopes-on-asias-domestic-tourism-to-drive-revenue/

 

Feeling lonely? Captain Tom launches podcast to tackle isolation

 

FILE PHOTO: Captain Sir Tom Moore smiles as he launches his autobiography book 'Tomorrow will be a Good Day' at his home in Milton Keynes, Britain September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s 100-year-old charity hero, Captain Tom Moore, becomes one of the country’s oldest podcasters with the launch on Monday of a series to tackle isolation among older people, a corporate sponsor said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186028-feeling-lonely-captain-tom-launches-podcast-to-tackle-isolation/

 

Mariah Carey: ‘They’re calling me a diva? I think I’m going to cry!’

By Hadley Freeman

 

Mariah Carey: ‘I was always high-maintenance, it’s just I didn’t have anyone to do the maintenance when I was growing up!’ Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

 

A brutal childhood, a traumatic marriage, decades of racism: the singer has overcome it all on her way to the top.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186029-mariah-carey-‘they’re-calling-me-a-diva-i-think-i’m-going-to-cry’/

 

Tom Cruise, 58, waves at fans from a moving train as he performs his own Mission Impossible 7 stunts in Norway

By Eve Wagstaff

 

Tom waved at fans from a speeding train / Credit: @tomaspangelo

 

TOM Cruise, 58, shows he’s a true action hero as he manages to wave at fans from a moving train as he performs his own Mission Impossible seven stunts in Norway. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186031-tom-cruise-58-waves-at-fans-from-a-moving-train-as-he-performs-his-own-mission-impossible-7-stunts-in-norway/

 

Madonna refused to hire David Guetta to produce her MDNA album because of his astrological sign

By CASSIE CARPENTER

 

 

Seven-time Grammy winner Madonna reportedly outright refused to hire DJ David Guetta to produce her 12th studio album MDNA because of his astrological sign.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186032-madonna-refused-to-hire-david-guetta-to-produce-her-mdna-album-because-of-his-astrological-sign/

 

Phuket woman dies after eating young horseshoe crab

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Ms Wanthana’s casket at her funeral today (Oct 5). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A local marine life expert has warned people to not eat young horseshoe crabs still in their early stages of development as they may be poisonous, after a woman died from eating a horseshoe crab caught in the mangroves in the Soi King Kaew area in Rassada.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186033-phuket-woman-dies-after-eating-young-horseshoe-crab/

 

Phuket officials silent on impending arrival of Chinese tourists

By The Phuket News

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn speaking to the press in Bangkok last Thursday (Oct 1). Photo: NNT

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket officials today (Oct 5) would neither confirm or deny whether the first tourists to enter the country would land at Phuket International Airport this Thursday (Oct 8), as announced by Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn just last week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186034-phuket-officials-silent-on-impending-arrival-of-chinese-tourists/

 

Minister says it is too early to conclude wildlife at Songkhla Zoo sold to wildlife traffickers

 

 

Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Woravuth Silpa-archa has told officials not to jump to the conclusion that wildlife, missing from Songkhla zoo, were stolen and sold to black market traffickers until there is credible evidence.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186037-minister-says-it-is-too-early-to-conclude-wildlife-at-songkhla-zoo-sold-to-wildlife-traffickers/

 

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