Four charges in Phuket hostage drama

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Prasit ‘Beer’ Thepthong is escorted from the scene. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Thalang Police have confirmed that four official charges will be issued to the man who was involved in a dramatic hostage situation in Srisoonthorn on Wednesday evening.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187694-four-charges-in-phuket-hostage-drama/

 

Here they come! 120+ Chinese from Guangzhou set to arrive at Bangkok airport on TUESDAY

 

Picture: INN

 

The chief of Suvarnabhumi airport has revealed that more than 120 Chinese tourists on the special tourist visa (STV) will arrive at the airport on Tuesday, October 20th. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187695-here-they-come-120-chinese-from-guangzhou-set-to-arrive-at-bangkok-airport-on-tuesday/

 

Light railway plans: MRTA orders rethink to projects in Chiang Mai, Phuket, Korat and Phitsanulok

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

Chiang Mai News reported that the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) had ordered a slowdown and rethink concerning plans for a light railway in the northern Thai city. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187700-light-railway-plans-mrta-orders-rethink-to-projects-in-chiang-mai-phuket-korat-and-phitsanulok/

 

Wild boar running amok in Chumphon to be provided new habitat

By The Nation

 

 

Local officials have drawn up plans to catch more than 160 wild boar that have become a menace for the residents of Muang district in Chumphon province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187703-wild-boar-running-amok-in-chumphon-to-be-provided-new-habitat/

 

AirBnB in Thailand: Hosts told to make their premises Covid secure or face cut-off

 

 

AirBnB hosts in Thailand have received an email from the American located organization saying that they must make their premises Covid-19 secure or face being unable to accept guests. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187704-airbnb-in-thailand-hosts-told-to-make-their-premises-covid-secure-or-face-cut-off/

 

Labour Ministry offers IoT courses to boost skills of country’s workforce

By The Nation

 

 

The Labour Ministry is planning to have up to 5,000 workers armed with high-tech skills for the internet of things (IoT) industry by next year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187707-thai-labour-ministry-offers-iot-courses-to-boost-skills-of-country’s-workforce/

 

Publicity necessary for scheme to attract 10 million registrants, FM told

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Finance Ministry to publicise the “Kon La Khreung” (Let’s Go Halves) economic stimulus package so more people use the scheme, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187710-publicity-necessary-for-scheme-to-attract-10-million-registrants-thai-fm-told/

 

3 Thai returnees, 1 Ethiopian medical tourist test positive for Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Four new Covid-19 cases were reported under state quarantine over a 24-period on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187711-3-thai-returnees-1-ethiopian-medical-tourist-test-positive-for-covid-19/

 

Safety of railway crossings questioned after second vehicle hit by train in a week

By The Nation

 

 

Less than a week after a bus was hit by a train in Chachoengsao province, a car and a train collided in Phetchaburi on Thursday night killing one and injuring two others.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187718-safety-of-railway-crossings-questioned-after-second-vehicle-hit-by-train-in-a-week/

 

Closure of Similan Islands leaves a large group of travellers devastated

By The Nation

 

 

The authorities’ recent decision to temporarily close Similan Islands due to storms, unpredictable weather and high waves has left a group of travellers heartbroken.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187721-closure-of-similan-islands-leaves-a-large-group-of-travellers-devastated/

 

Bangkok under emergency law for 1 month

By The Nation

 

 

The declaration of a “serious” state of emergency in Bangkok was approved on Friday at a special Cabinet meeting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187725-bangkok-under-emergency-law-for-1-month/

 

Chula virologist unravels mystery of global Covid death tolls

By The Nation

 

Dr Yong Poovorawan

 

A specialist in virology at Chulalongkorn University has highlighted the huge differences in Covid-19 death tolls from country to country across the globe.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187728-chula-virologist-unravels-mystery-of-global-covid-death-tolls/

 

Bus, Skytrain service suspended around Bangkok rally site

By The Nation

 

 

Public bus and van services within a of 5-kilometre radius of the protest rally at Ratchaprasong Intersection will be suspended from 3pm on Friday, said the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BTMA). Services were being halted until traffic around the anti-government rally site returned to normal, the BMTA said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187736-bus-skytrain-service-suspended-around-bangkok-rally-site/

 

Four metre King Cobra caught in Kathu

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The Kusoldham Foundation rescue workers at the scene in Kathu where they caught the king cobra. Photo: The Kusoldharm Foundation

 

PHUKET:-- Rescue workers from The Kusoldham Foundation managed to successfully capture a four metre king cobra at a residential property in Kathu this morning (Oct 16).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187737-four-metre-king-cobra-caught-in-kathu/

 

Two protesters may face life in prison for ‘harming Queen’s liberty’

By The Nation

 

Ekkachai Hongkangwan, right

 

Ekkachai Hongkangwan, an activist who was reportedly part of a group protesting as a royal motorcade passed by on Wednesday, was arrested on Friday for allegedly harming the “liberty of the Queen”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187738-two-protesters-may-face-life-in-prison-for-‘harming-queen’s-liberty’/

 

Residents along Thailand’s Lam Phra Ploeng River warned of possible flooding

 

 

People living along the Lam Phra Ploeng River in the Chokechai district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima have been advised to move their valuables to higher ground in anticipation of flooding.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187741-residents-along-thailand’s-lam-phra-ploeng-river-warned-of-possible-flooding/

 

Thais can apply for 50:50 co-payment scheme today

 

 

Registration for the Thai government’s 50:50 co-payment scheme, which aims to stimulate the weakening economy during the last quarter of the year through consumer spending, starts today.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187742-thais-can-apply-for-5050-co-payment-scheme-today/

 

Thailand’s PM says he will not quit or release detained protesters

 

Photo from Thai Government

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has rejected calls, from anti-government protesters, for him to resign immediately and to release all protesters currently being held in detention.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187744-thailand’s-pm-says-he-will-not-quit-or-release-detained-protesters/

 

Bang Saen seawater getting clearer ahead of winter

 

 

CHONBURI (NNT) - In eastern Thailand, the atmosphere along the coastline suggests that Thailand is close to winter. The seawater at Bang Saen beach now looks very different and more beautiful as it is so clear, and the sand below the water is visible. Even during the week, a large number of tourists visit Bang Saen beach.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187745-bang-saen-seawater-getting-clearer-ahead-of-winter/

 

Smart SME Expo 2020 to take place 29 October

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government and private sector have joined forces to promote employment during the COVID-19 crisis at the Smart SME Expo 2020 event at the end of this month, which will feature promising franchises and business investment opportunities, as well as special financial of fers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187746-smart-sme-expo-2020-to-take-place-29-october/

 

British Airways slapped with UK data watchdog's biggest-ever fine

By Muvija M

 

FILE PHOTO: People board a British Airways airplane, as Croatia struggles with more cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the airport in Split, Croatia August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

 

(Reuters) - Britain's data protection watchdog said on Friday it has fined British Airways 20 million pounds - its biggest such penalty to date - for failing to protect data that left more than 400,000 of its customers' details the subject of a 2018 cyber attack.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187747-british-airways-slapped-with-uk-data-watchdogs-biggest-ever-fine/

 

WHO vaccine drive bedevilled by familiar question: who pays if things go wrong?

By Francesco Guarascio

 

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Who foots the bill if people in poor countries fall sick with unexpected side-effects from coronavirus vaccines? It's not clear and that's a big problem in the battle to beat COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187749-who-vaccine-drive-bedevilled-by-familiar-question-who-pays-if-things-go-wrong/

 

Vietnam rescuers find all 13 bodies from two deadly landslides

 

FILE PHOTO: Flooded villages are seen in Quang Tri province, Vietnam October 13, 2020. Ho Cau/VNA via REUTERS.

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese rescuers on Thursday recovered the bodies of all 13 soldiers from the site of two deadly landslides, three days after the disaster near a remote hydropower dam.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187750-vietnam-rescuers-find-all-13-bodies-from-two-deadly-landslides/

 

Vietnam cancels 2020 F1 race due to COVID-19 pandemic

 

FILE PHOTO: A man wears a protective mask as he guards at the construction site of Formula One Vietnam Grand Prix racing track in Hanoi, Vietnam March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's first Formula One grand prix has been officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187751-vietnam-cancels-2020-f1-race-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/

 

Fashion brands accused of exploiting workers at risk of layoffs

By Naimul Karim

 

Garment workers block a road demanding their due wages during the lockdown amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

 

DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of garment workers could lose their jobs as global brands are demanding price cuts and delaying payments to suppliers who are desperate for orders to survive the new coronavirus pandemic, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187752-fashion-brands-accused-of-exploiting-workers-at-risk-of-layoffs/

 

Malaysia's Firefly to start jet flights in first quarter next year

 

FILE PHOTO: A Firefly ATR 72-500 airplane approaches to land at Changi International Airport in Singapore June 10, 2018. REUTERS/Tim Chong/File Photo

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Firefly Airlines will start flying jet planes in the first quarter of next year, its parent Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) said on Thursday, in a sign MAG is shifting its focus as core brand Malaysia Airlines struggles to survive.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187754-malaysias-firefly-to-start-jet-flights-in-first-quarter-next-year/

 

New test kit will cut quarantine down to 10 days, says Anutin

By The Nation

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday that the plan to reopen the country to foreigners is under discussion and the authorities are looking into the option of reducing quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187757-new-test-kit-will-cut-quarantine-down-to-10-days-says-anutin/

 

Alec Baldwin on the set of Pixie: 'My priest will never see this movie. I’ll make sure of that'

By Ryan Gilbey

 

Alec Baldwin on the set of Pixie. Photograph: Paramount

 

It is an autumn morning in pre-pandemic Belfast.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187758-alec-baldwin-on-the-set-of-pixie-my-priest-will-never-see-this-movie-i’ll-make-sure-of-that/

 

Shakespeare First Folio fetches a record $10m at auction

 

The book had been owned by a private US college since the 1960s / REUTERS

 

A copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio has been sold for a record $9.98m (£7.6m) at auction in New York.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187760-shakespeare-first-folio-fetches-a-record-10m-at-auction/

 

Disney updates content warning for racism in classic films

 

The Siamese cats in Lady and the Tramp perpetuated anti-Asian stereotypes / GETTY IMAGES

 

A content advisory notice for racism in classic Disney films, in place since last year, has been updated with a strengthened message.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187761-disney-updates-content-warning-for-racism-in-classic-films/