THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 15 Oct 2020

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The Great Expat Explore Hotel Stay Prize Draw Giveaway

 

Early this year Thaivisa.com launched Expat Explore designed to help domestic travel in Thailand through Expat travel. Thaivisa went to the industry and negotiated hard to get the best possible travel rates for its Expat members in exchange for free advertising.

 

 

 

The market responded and Expats not surprisingly redeemed these wonderful offers and started to travel more throughout Thailand, a win-win in every sense.

 

To celebrate this and further push Expat Explore Thaivisa have again teamed up with hoteliers throughout Thailand to offer 10 lucky winners free hotel accommodation ranging from 1 to 2 nights. We also have over 10 other runner prizes of vouchers for hotel stay at 40% - 50% off.

 

More information: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184027-the-great-expat-explore-hotel-stay-prize-draw-giveaway/

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Rally shuts down Govt House as protesters demand extraordinary Parliament session

By The Nation

 

The scene outside Government House on Wednesday. Photo: Supakit Khumkun

 

Government House will shut its doors on Thursday after protesters surrounded the building on Wednesday and vowed to camp there overnight.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187483-rally-shuts-down-govt-house-as-protesters-demand-extraordinary-parliament-session/

 

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Thai army orders strict border control to prevent COVID-19

 

 

CHIANG RAI (NNT) - The continual increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has prompted Thailand to tighten control over border areas, to prevent illegal entry, in order to control the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187431-thai-army-orders-strict-border-control-to-prevent-covid-19/

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Mae Sot residents protest against lax control of truckers from Myanmar

 

 

Several residents of Thailand’s Mae Sot district rallied in front of the second permanent border checkpoint, at the Friendship Bridge, demanding the temporary closure of the crossing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 from Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187446-mae-sot-residents-protest-against-lax-control-of-truckers-from-myanmar/

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Thai economic outlook highly uncertain, risks tilted to downside - central bank

By Satawasin Staporncharnchai

 

FILE PHOTO: A passenger carries his bags at the Suvarnabhumi Airport as the government extended a ban on incoming passenger flights until the end of April, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economic outlook remains highly uncertain with risks tilted to the downside and the central bank stands ready to use necessary tools to support an economy hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, central bank officials said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187396-thai-economic-outlook-highly-uncertain-risks-tilted-to-downside-central-bank/

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Nam Oon sentenced to 8 years over ‘Lunlabelle’ case

By The Nation

 

 

The main suspect in the death of a model dumped in the lobby of a Bangkok condo was sentenced to eight years in jail by the Thonburi Criminal Court on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187484-nam-oon-sentenced-to-8-years-over-‘lunlabelle’-case/

 

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Rama II road to open 4 more lanes in December

By The Nation

 

 

Construction work to widen Rama II Road (Highway 35) is scheduled for completion in December, when the 11.7-kilometre Bang Khunthian-Ekkachai stretch will be expanded from 10 to 14 lanes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187485-rama-ii-road-to-open-4-more-lanes-in-december/

 

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Krungsri launches real-time money transfer between Thailand and Laos

By The Nation

 

 

Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya) has joined with Lao Development Bank to launch Krungsri-LDB Global Transfer, a service for real-time money transfers between Thailand and Laos.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187486-krungsri-launches-real-time-money-transfer-between-thailand-and-laos/

 

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Smart payment to cover all charging stations in boost for Thai EV industry

By The Nation

 

 

Electric vehicle (EV) owners will be able to make cash-free digital payments at all charging station operators under a pilot scheme being launched early next year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187487-smart-payment-to-cover-all-charging-stations-in-boost-for-thai-ev-industry/

 

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Private sector worried over revised community power plant scheme

By The Nation

 

 

Flaws in the latest version of the Energy Ministry’s community power plant scheme must be ironed out before it is sent to Cabinet at the end of this year, say stakeholders.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187488-private-sector-worried-over-revised-community-power-plant-scheme/

 

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Hostage drama over Phuket drugs arrest ends peacefully

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Srisoonthorn Mayor Worawut Songyot escorts Prasit Thepthong from the motorbike repair shop earlier tonight. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: An hours-long siege with a man and a woman being held hostage at a motorbike repair shop in Thalang has ended peacefully with an armed drugs suspect surrendering to police.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187489-hostage-drama-over-phuket-drugs-arrest-ends-peacefully/

 

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Portugal brush off Ronaldo absence to outclass Sweden

 

Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Sweden - Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal - October 14, 2020 Portugal's Ruben Dias celebrates with Danilo Pereira after the match REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

 

LISBON (Reuters) - Goals from Bernardo Silva and a brace from Diogo Jota gave Portugal a comfortable 3-0 win over Sweden in the Nations League on Wednesday as the hosts made light of the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo due to a positive COVID-19 test.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187492-portugal-brush-off-ronaldo-absence-to-outclass-sweden/

 

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Lewandowski double steers Poland to 3-0 win over Bosnia

 

Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 1 - Poland v Bosnia and Herzegovina - Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw, Poland - October 14, 2020 Poland's Krzysztof Piatek in action with Bosnia and Herzegovina's Dennis Hadzikadunic REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

 

WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) - Robert Lewandowski showed his predatory instincts as he scored two superb goals to help Poland to a 3-0 home rout of 10-man Bosnia in their Nations League top-tier Group 1 match on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187493-lewandowski-double-steers-poland-to-3-0-win-over-bosnia/

 

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Scotland near Nations League promotion amid close races elsewhere

 

Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2 - Scotland v Czech Republic - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - October 14, 2020 Czech Republic’s Vladimir Coufal in action with Scotland’s John McGinn REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

 

(Reuters) - Scotland closed in on promotion to the top tier of the Nations League on Wednesday after winning their top-of-the-table clash with the Czech Republic as the races in the other three League B groups remained extremely tight.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187494-scotland-near-nations-league-promotion-amid-close-races-elsewhere/

 

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Top U.S. health official Fauci says Trump no longer coronavirus contagious: CBS interview

By Carl O'Donnell

 

FILE PHOTO: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 30, 2020. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is no longer capable of spreading the novel coronavirus and can attend a town hall on Thursday without putting others at risk, top U.S. public health official Anthony Fauci said in an interview with CBS Evening News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187495-top-us-health-official-fauci-says-trump-no-longer-coronavirus-contagious-cbs-interview/

 

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No time for conviviality: France imposes curfews to beat back coronavirus

By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Christian Lowe

 

A woman watches French President Emmanuel Macron on a TV screen in Nice as he speaks during an interview on national television, to announce further measures to tackle a second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak sweeping across France, October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron ordered a third of France's population be put under nightly curfew on Wednesday to tackle a surging second wave of the coronavirus, saying now was not the time for conviviality.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187496-no-time-for-conviviality-france-imposes-curfews-to-beat-back-coronavirus/

 

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Northern Ireland imposes strictest UK lockdown, Irish border curbs follow

By Amanda Ferguson and Padraic Halpin

 

FILE PHOTO: A closed pub is seen in Belfast following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo

 

BELFAST/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Northern Ireland announced the strictest COVID-19 restrictions seen in the United Kingdom since early summer on Wednesday, closing schools for two weeks, restaurants for four weeks and leading Ireland to respond by tightening curbs in bordering counties.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187497-northern-ireland-imposes-strictest-uk-lockdown-irish-border-curbs-follow/

 

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Worried European nations revive curfews, lockdowns amid 'exponential growth' in virus

By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Jan Lopatka

 

People walk past a closed restaurant during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Barcelona, Spain, October 14, 2020. REUTERS/ Albert Gea

 

PARIS/PRAGUE (Reuters) - France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools, cancelling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187499-worried-european-nations-revive-curfews-lockdowns-amid-exponential-growth-in-virus/

 

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PM declares STATE OF EMERGENCY in Bangkok, 4 rally leaders arrested, areas cleared of protesters

By THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declared a state of emergency in Bangkok effective from 4am on Thursday to control the escalating pro-democracy protest by demonstrators who call themselves Khana Ratsadon 2563 (People’s Party 2020) in front of Government House since Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187504-pm-declares-state-of-emergency-in-bangkok-4-rally-leaders-arrested-areas-cleared-of-protesters/

 

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Proposal to cut tourist quarantine to 10 days in pipeline

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's deputy PM and health minister was basking in praise after the WHO singled out the country for its strong leadership in response to the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187517-proposal-to-cut-tourist-quarantine-to-10-days-in-pipeline/

 

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COVID-19 batters Phuket tax revenues

By The Phuket News

 

Tax revenues collected in Phuket plunged after the COVID crisis gripped the island’s economy. Image: The Phuket News

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187520-covid-19-batters-phuket-tax-revenues/

 

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TV's serial killer drama 'Dexter' gets a revival

 

FILE PHOTO: Cannes International Series Festival 2018 - Closing ceremony - Cannes, France, April 11, 2018. Cast member Michael C. Hall arrives for the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dexter, one of America's best known TV serial killers, is on his way back.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187524-tvs-serial-killer-drama-dexter-gets-a-revival/

 

 

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Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump moving into statistical tie with Biden in Florida

By Jason Lange

 

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaking during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump pulled into a statistical tie with Democratic rival Joe Biden in Florida, one of the election's most important battlegrounds, but Biden's lead appeared to widen in Arizona, Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls showed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187527-reutersipsos-poll-shows-trump-moving-into-statistical-tie-with-biden-in-florida/

 

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Anutin: Thailand is ready to open up to foreign tourists

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

In the most positive statements yet from the Thai government, the country's health minister and DPM has issued an upbeat message saying the country is completely ready to reignite mass foreign tourism. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187525-anutin-thailand-is-ready-to-open-up-to-foreign-tourists/

 

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Degree-level students won’t have to face graduation deadline anymore

By THE NATION

 

Prof Dr Kittichai Wattananikorn

 

The Commission on Higher Education Standards has approved a motion to remove the graduation deadline for students at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels at educational institutes, which had previously stipulated that students at each level must graduate within a limited number of academic years or face being retired from the course, chairman Prof Dr Kittichai Wattananikorn said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187531-degree-level-students-won’t-have-to-face-graduation-deadline-anymore/

 

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Trump slams Facebook, Twitter for taking down Biden story in NY Post

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized a decision by Facebook and Twitter to limit the distribution of a story in the New York Post about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187533-trump-slams-facebook-twitter-for-taking-down-biden-story-in-ny-post/

 

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New condo buyers offered visa and Elite Card but stranded expats are left out in the cold

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The Thai media once again spouted optimism from the authorities at stimulating the economy by offering long term visas via Elite cards to buyers of condos of ten million baht up.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187536-new-condo-buyers-offered-visa-and-elite-card-but-stranded-expats-are-left-out-in-the-cold/

 

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After the horse has bolted: Warning signs and lights installed at horror crossing

 

 

Warning signs and flashing lights have been installed at the railway crossing where a freight train plowed into a bus on Sunday killing 18.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187539-after-the-horse-has-bolted-warning-signs-and-lights-installed-at-horror-crossing/

 

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Road over Kata Hill dangerously damaged by heavy rains

By The Phuket News

 

Heavy rains washed away the earth supporting the outer lane, leading to the outer part of the lane to collapse. Photo: Phathada Sae-Lim / Facebook

 

PHUKET: Motorists are urged to exercise caution while driving westbound over Kata Hill after heavy rains washed away the earth supporting the outer

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187541-road-over-kata-hill-dangerously-damaged-by-heavy-rains/

 

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September TCC-CI shows improvement

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) President Thanawat Phonwichai has revealed the latest TCC Confidence Index (TCC-CI) report for September 2020, showing a 4th consecutive month of improved business confidence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187544-september-tcc-ci-shows-improvement/