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Minister checks Phuket airport readiness to receive foreigners under STV scheme

By The Nation

 

 

Phuket International Airport is ready to welcome foreigners arriving with the Special Tourist Visa (STV).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190152-minister-checks-phuket-airport-readiness-to-receive-foreigners-under-stv-scheme/

 

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Three foreigners and a Thai found positive for Covid-19 in quarantine facilities

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Sunday reported four new cases in quarantine over a 24-hour period.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190154-three-foreigners-and-a-thai-found-positive-for-covid-19-in-quarantine-facilities/

 

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MRTA launches three-month trial of 24-hour parking lot

By The Nation

 

 

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) on Sunday opened a 24-hour parking space on a trial basis for three months.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190155-mrta-launches-three-month-trial-of-24-hour-parking-lot/

 

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Cabinet asked to cut red tape to woo foreign investment in 3 areas

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Business Development will ask the Cabinet to remove restrictions on three business types so that foreign firms no longer have to apply for investment permits from the Commerce Ministry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190156-thai-cabinet-asked-to-cut-red-tape-to-woo-foreign-investment-in-3-areas/

 

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Top bankers pledge support to businesses affected by Covid-19 until early next year

By The Nation

 

 

As economic recovery remains fragile, the country's leading bankers said they would provide financial support to businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), until next year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190157-top-bankers-pledge-support-to-businesses-affected-by-covid-19-until-early-next-year/

 

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Company registrations in EEC drop over 14%

By The Nation

 

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The number of firms registering in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) dropped 14.04 per cent to 4,879 in the first nine months of this year.

 

Their registered capital was Bt13.947 billion, down 29.70 per cent, said Department of Business Development director-general Tossapon Tangsubut.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190158-company-registrations-in-eec-drop-over-14/

 

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Tax collections drop to lowest level in Q2

By The Nation

 

 

The Revenue Department’s tax collection hit its lowest level in the second quarter of the 2020 calendar year, director-general Ekniti Nitithanprapas said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190159-tax-collections-drop-to-lowest-level-in-q2/

 

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Protest leader Panusaya arrested in hospital

By The Nation

 

Phot Credit to Waaddao on Twitter

 

Pro-democracy protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, who was closely guarded at her room in Praram 9 Hospital, was arrested on Saturday with a warrant issued by the Pathumwan Municipal Court.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190160-protest-leader-panusaya-arrested-in-hospital/

 

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US cuts $817 million in trade preferences for Thailand under GSP

By The Nation

 

 

The United States is suspending $817 million in trade preferences for Thailand under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme due to a lack of sufficient progress in providing the US with "equitable and reasonable market access" for pork products.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190161-us-cuts-817-million-in-trade-preferences-for-thailand-under-gsp/

 

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Three swept away by flash flood in Thailand’s Prachinburi province

 

 

One official and two villagers went missing, and are believed to have been swept away by strong currents, when water runoff from mountains in Khao Yai and Tap Larn national parks poured into Bupphram subdistrict, in the Na Dee district of Thailand’s eastern province of Prachinburi today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190162-three-swept-away-by-flash-flood-in-thailand’s-prachinburi-province/

 

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18-year old drowns as flash floods hit parts of Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima

 

 

A young man was swept away by strong currents and drowned when flash flood swept into a subdistrict in Wang Nam Khieu district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima before dawn Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190163-18-year-old-drowns-as-flash-floods-hit-parts-of-thailand’s-nakhon-ratchasima/

 

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Phuket confirms two new Vice Governors

By The Phuket News

 

Vice Governor Piyaphong Chuwong paid homage to the Phuket Heroines yesterday (Oct 31) and is welcomed by Srisoonthorn Mayor Worawut Songyot. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Two new Vice Governors have been confirmed and have presented themselves as ready to start performing their duties.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190165-phuket-confirms-two-new-vice-governors/

 

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Phuket big bike rider killed in collision

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The driver of a big bike involved in a crash with a saloon car in Srisoonthorn early today (Nov 1) has lost his life, officials have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190166-phuket-big-bike-rider-killed-in-collision/

 

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Boy dies in Kathu pickup truck accident

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A road accident this afternoon (Nov 1) in Kathu where a pickup truck overturned saw a 5-year-old boy lose his life.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190167-boy-dies-in-kathu-pickup-truck-accident/

 

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Mobile cabinet meeting set for Phuket–Surat Thani this week

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - This coming week the prime minister is scheduled to visit Samui island in Surat Thani province and then chair a mobile cabinet meeting in Phuket on Tuesday (Nov 3). The Transport Minister went to Phuket International Airport this weekend on an inspection visit, to ensure its readiness before the cabinet members arrive.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190168-mobile-cabinet-meeting-set-for-phuket–surat-thani-this-week/

 

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Finance Minister observes potential of Community Enterprises in South

 

   

TRANG (NNT) - The Finance Minister visited community enterprises in Trang province this weekend, ahead of the mobile cabinet meeting which is scheduled to take place in Phuket on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190169-thai-finance-minister-observes-potential-of-community-enterprises-in-south/

 

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Education minister orders survey of schools affected by floods

 

   

NAKHON RATCHASIMA (NNT) - The Deputy Minister of Education has visited flood victims in Non Soong district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, and ordered the relevant agencies to survey the schools affected by the floods urgently, to prepare rehabilitation after the flood water subsides.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190170-korat-education-minister-orders-survey-of-schools-affected-by-floods/

 

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OPINION

 

When hoteliers emerge from 2020, the business will be hard

 

 

Is it time re-imagine the guest relationship?

 

Globally, more than a hundred million travel and hospitality jobs will be lost in 2020 due to Covid-19. Here in Phuket, where I moved in 1988 as the opening general manager at Amanpuri, we have seen as many as 60,000 job losses in the hotel sector alone, which accounts for 86,000 registered rooms, and at this moment there is no light at the end of the tunnel, nor any date for Phuket-bound International flights on the horizon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190171-opinion-when-hoteliers-emerge-from-2020-the-business-will-be-hard/

 

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Bale heads winner as Spurs go second with win over Brighton

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - November 1, 2020 Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale in action with Brighton & Hove Albion's Dan Burn Pool via REUTERS/Julian Finney

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Gareth Bale came off the bench to head the winner for Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Sunday, his first goal since returning to the club from Real Madrid.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190172-bale-heads-winner-as-spurs-go-second-with-win-over-brighton/

 

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Arsenal end wait for 'big six' road win with victory at United

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Arsenal - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - November 1, 2020 Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhaes reacts Pool via REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Arsenal ended their five-year wait for a Premier League away win against 'Big Six' opposition with a second half Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty giving them a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190173-arsenal-end-wait-for-big-six-road-win-with-victory-at-united/

 

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England and Manchester Utd great Charlton diagnosed with dementia - report

 

FILE PHOTO - 1999 Treble Reunion Match - Manchester United '99 Legends v Bayern Munich Legends - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - May 26, 2019 Sir Bobby Charlton in the stands before the match Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes

 

(Reuters) - England World Cup winner and former Manchester United stalwart Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with dementia, The Telegraph reported https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/11/01/sir-bobby-charlton-diagnosed-dementia on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190174-england-and-manchester-utd-great-charlton-diagnosed-with-dementia-report/

 

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Attacker with sword kills two, injures five in Quebec stabbings

By Kevin Dougherty

 

Police officers detain a man in an area where multiple people were stabbed near the Parliament Hill area of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada November 1, 2020. Steve Jolicoeur via REUTERS

 

QUEBEC CITY, Canada (Reuters) - Two people were killed and five wounded after being stabbed by a man dressed in medieval clothes and wielding a sword, Quebec police said on Sunday, noting the attack appeared to be driven by personal motives and not linked to any terror group.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190175-attacker-with-sword-kills-two-injures-five-in-quebec-stabbings/

 

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Are Trump's rallies spreading coronavirus? Why it's hard to know the full impact

By Julie Steenhuysen and Carl O'Donnell

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump waves to supporters from the presidential limousine while departing a campaign rally in Newtown, Pennsylvania, U.S., on October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Stanford University economists estimate that President Donald Trump's campaign rallies have resulted in 30,000 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, and likely led to more than 700 deaths overall, according to a paper posted online this weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190176-are-trumps-rallies-spreading-coronavirus-why-its-hard-to-know-the-full-impact/

 

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Trump stumps in Midwest, Biden in Pennsylvania two days before election

By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt

 

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

DUBUQUE, Iowa/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Two days before Election Day, President Donald Trump on Sunday sprinted across U.S. battleground states with appearances in Iowa and Michigan as he seeks to rally past Democratic challenger Joe Biden, who in pivotal Pennsylvania implored his supporters to turn out to vote.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190177-trump-stumps-in-midwest-biden-in-pennsylvania-two-days-before-election/

 

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White House coronavirus adviser Atlas apologizes for Russian TV interview

 

FILE PHOTO: White House pandemic adviser Scott Atlas speaks to reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas apologized on Sunday for giving an interview to Russia's Kremlin-backed television station RT, saying he was unaware the outlet was a registered foreign agent in the United States.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190178-white-house-coronavirus-adviser-atlas-apologizes-for-russian-tv-interview/

 

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Nigel Farage set to relaunch Brexit Party as anti-lockdown party

 

FILE PHOTO: British Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a visit at Dover harbour, in Dover, Britain August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will relaunch the group as an anti-lockdown party called Reform UK in an attempt to fight anti-coronavirus measures imposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190180-nigel-farage-set-to-relaunch-brexit-party-as-anti-lockdown-party/

 

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UK judge to deliver ruling in Johnny Depp libel case

By Michael Holden

 

Actor Johnny Depp gestures as he leaves the High Court in London, Britain July 28, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp will learn on Monday whether he has won his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a "wife beater", a verdict which will have a major impact on his reputation and future career.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190181-uk-judge-to-deliver-ruling-in-johnny-depp-libel-case/

 

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Texan Republicans lose bid to halt drive-through voting but fight continues

By Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: A line of cars drive in for an event encouraging community members to vote in the upcoming presidential election at an early voting site in Houston, Texas, U.S., October 25, 2020. Picture taken October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

 

(Reuters) - A group of Texas Republicans have lost one of two legal challenges they brought in the hope of halting drive-through voting in Houston and having more than 120,000 votes thrown out.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190182-texan-republicans-lose-bid-to-halt-drive-through-voting-but-fight-continues/

 

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UK's Johnson says there is no alternative to lockdown

 

FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a mask walks past the Bank of England in London, Britain, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday say there is no alternative but to lock down England as lawmakers prepare to vote on measures to contain a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190183-uks-johnson-says-there-is-no-alternative-to-lockdown/

 

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Ten dead, three missing as 2020's strongest typhoon slams Philippines

By Enrico Dela Cruz

 

A man looks at his house buried under the pile of rubble and sand following flash floods brought by Typhoon 'Goni' in Barangay Busay, Daraga town, Albay province, Philippines, November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Nino N. Luces

 

MANILA (Reuters) - At least 10 people died and three others were missing after Typhoon Goni, the world's strongest typhoon this year, barrelled through the south of the Philippines' main island of Luzon on Sunday, an initial government report showed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190185-ten-dead-three-missing-as-2020s-strongest-typhoon-slams-philippines/