THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 8 Dec 2020

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Pattaya: Mayor says he's ready to combat "second wave" to protect domestic tourism industry

 

Picture: INN

 

Pattaya's strongarm mayor Sontaya Khunpluem has said that the resort is ready to combat potential problems that might arise from further cases of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195818-pattaya-mayor-says-hes-ready-to-combat-second-wave-to-protect-domestic-tourism-industry/

 

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Thai man impales himself on front gate after girlfriend doesn't answer his calls

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A motorcycle delivery driver became concerned after his girlfriend did not answer his calls when he arrived at her house.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195819-thai-man-impales-himself-on-front-gate-after-girlfriend doesnt-answer-his-calls/

 

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Phuket police launch donation campaign for flood victims

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

People are urged to make donations of clothes, dry food, drinking water, rice and other essentials. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET: All police stations across Phuket are now receiving donations to help provide relief to victims of the floods that have so far killed 24 people and swamped more than 500,000 homes in Nakhon Sri Thammarat and Surat Thani.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195820-phuket-police-launch-donation-campaign-for-flood-victims/

 

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African wild cat pet missing in Cherng Talay

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The serval cat was last seen in the Surin Beach area on Saturday (Dec 5). Photo: Aliona Lissone / Facebook

 

PHUKET: A Russian family in Cherng Talay are offering a reward for any information that leads to the safe return of their missing Afican wild cat “Julie”, a serval cat native to north Africa, which was last seen in the Surin Beach area on Saturday (Dec 5).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195824-african-wild-cat-pet-missing-in-cherng-talay/

 

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Teen stabs father to death after criticism for playing on his phone and not doing homework

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Krap Yai police in Ratchaburi were called to a house yesterday evening after reports of a man having died from a stabbing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195825-teen-stabs-father-to-death-after-criticism-for-playing-on-his-phone-and-not-doing-homework/

 

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Video: Kids get to class on a zipline!

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Children in the south of Thailand were not to be thwarted in efforts to get to school despite the devastating floods of recent days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195829-video-kids-get-to-class-on-a-zipline/

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Police officer gunned down by suspected insurgents in Pattani province

 

 

A police officer was shot dead by suspected insurgents,reportedly disguised as women, in front of Kok Pho District Hospital in Thailand’s southern province of Pattani on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195831-police-officer-gunned-down-by-suspected-insurgents-in-pattani-province/

 

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Spectacular meteor shower expected throughout the night of December 13th

 

 

Stargazers will be treated to a spectacular display from the Geminid meteor shower through the night of Sunday December 13th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195833-spectacular-meteor-shower-expected-throughout-the-night-of-december-13th/

 

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Royal Forestry Dept approves land for Patong tunnel

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Vikrom Jakthee. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Vikrom Jakthee has confirmed that the Royal Forest Department (RFD) has approved usage of the land required for the long-awaited Patong tunnel project.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195835-royal-forestry-dept-approves-land-for-patong-tunnel/

 

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Miss Thailand photoshoot turns dangerous

By The Nation

 

 

A harmless photoshoot in Chiang Mai became treacherous when a rope bridge carrying the 30 Miss Thailand beauties snapped under their weight.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195777-video-shows-moment-when-bridge-snaps-plunging-beauty-queens-into-pond/?do=findComment&comment=16064249

 

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Four local health officers among 19 new Covid-19 cases

By The Nation

 

 

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

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195844-four-local-health-officers-among-19-new-covid-19-cases/

 

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British grandma is first in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial

By Kate Holton

 

A dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of BioNTech and Pfizer is pictured in this undated handout photo, as Britain became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, in Mainz, Germany. BioNTech SE 2020, all rights reserved/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot outside of a trial as Britain began vaccinating its population.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195853-british-grandma-is-first-in-world-to-get-pfizer-vaccine-outside-trial/

 

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Gen Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97

By Bill Trott

 

FILE PHOTO: General Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, speaks to a crowd December 16, 2003 during the weeklong First Flight Centennial Celebration that is taking place at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier ELO/GAC/Files

 

(Reuters) - Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday at the age of 97.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195855-gen-chuck-yeager-right-stuff-test-pilot-who-broke sound barrier-dead-at-97/

 

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Pro-democracy groups to focus next rally on draconian Section 112

By The Nation

 

 

The pro-democracy movements United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration as well as Mob Fest announced that they were planning activities to mark Constitution Day and Human Rights Day on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195856-pro-democracy-groups-to-focus-next-rally-on-draconian-section-112/

 

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Impersonator tricks Kalasin couple out of Bt20,000

By The Nation

 

 

A couple in Kalasin province filed a police report on Tuesday for being tricked out of Bt20,000 on November 27 by a man who sounded just like their son.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195857-impersonator-tricks-kalasin-couple-out-of-bt20000/

 

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Joke in bad taste lands actress in trouble with LGBTQI community

By THE NATION

 

 

An inappropriate joke about her role as a drag queen has landed actress Karnklao Duaysianklao in deep trouble.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195858-joke-in-bad-taste-lands-actress-in-trouble-with-lgbtqi-community/

 

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Gruesome end to teenage shenanigans in Phitsanulok

By The Nation

 

 

Teenage monkey business came to a horrifying end in Phitsanulok province on Monday night when four schoolgirls lost control of their motorbike and fell off a bridge.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195860-gruesome-end-to-teenage-shenanigans-in-phitsanulok/

 

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KResearch forecasts 2.6 per cent economic growth in 2021

By The Nation

 

 

Kasikorn Research Centre (KResearch) expects the Thai economy in 2021 to see an improvement compared to this year, with growth projected at 2.6 per cent for the base-case scenario, or within a range of 0.0-4.5 per cent.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195865-kresearch-forecasts-26-per-cent-economic-growth-in-2021/

 

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Thailand approves $1.4 billion in additional stimulus to boost consumption

 

FILE PHOTO: Cars pass a Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit System) construction site in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Tuesday approved an additional 43.13 billion baht ($1.43 billion) in stimulus measures to boost consumption spending and domestic travel in the Southeast Asian country, an official said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195868-thailand approves-14-billion-in-additional-stimulus-to-boost-consumption/

 

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Police ambush driver with truck full of meth

By The Nation

 

 

A driver smuggling a large shipment of drugs across the Mekong River from Laos on Sunday was shocked to find a posse of police waiting for them on the Thai side.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195879-police-ambush-driver-with-truck-full-of-meth/

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Anutin dismisses rumour of epidemic, backs plan to sue illegal border crossers

By The Nation

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the press on Tuesday that the Covid-19 situation in Thailand has not reached the epidemic level yet.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195880-anutin-dismisses-rumour-of-epidemic-backs-plan-to-sue-illegal-border-crossers/

 

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Analysis: In Singapore, a very different Davos takes shape

By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan

 

FILE PHOTO: General view of the Davos Congress Centre, where the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting takes place, in Davos, Switzerland January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It's not only the weather that might come as a shock when the World Economic Forum moves from Davos, the Swiss ski resort after which it takes its informal name, to the tropical Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore in May.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195883-analysis-in-singapore-a-very-different-davos-takes-shape/

 

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Explainer: I just got a COVID-19 vaccine. Now what?

By Deena Beasley

 

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

(Reuters) - Britain will become the first country in the world on Tuesday to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech, initially making the shot available at 50 hospitals.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195884-explainer-i-just-got-a-covid-19-vaccine-now-what/

 

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PM Johnson says a moment may come when its game over on Brexit

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Downing Street in London, Britain December 2, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday there might come a moment when London would have to acknowledge that it was time to go for a no-deal Brexit and abandon talks.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195885-pm-johnson-says-a-moment-may-come-when-its-game-over-on-brexit/

 

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Covid-19 vaccine expected to push exports up by 3-5% next year

By The Nation

 

 

The Thai National Shippers’ Council expects growth of 3 to 5 per cent in the export sector next year, the council’s chairperson Ghanyapad Tantipipatpong said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195886-covid-19-vaccine-expected-to-push-exports-up-by-3-5-next-year/

 

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One swerve and all fall down

By THE NATION

 

 

In a bizarre accident early on Tuesday, some 34 parked motorcycles were knocked down like dominoes by a Honda SUV, which swerved after rear-ending a pick-up truck.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195893-one-swerve-and-all-fall-down/

 

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Making the most of a bad situation

By The Nation

 

Photos by Charoon Thongnual

 

Even though floods in Nakhon Si Thammarat province are receding, many residents are still not able to return home and are having to find shelter alongside roads.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195896-making-the-most-of-a-bad-situation/

 

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Grab pulls driver who flashed gun, threatened netizens

By THE NATION

 

 

Grab Thailand has dismissed one of its drivers for posting threatening social media messages along with photos of himself wearing a Grab jacket and wielding a gun.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195898-grab-pulls-driver-who-flashed-gun-threatened-netizens/

 

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Phuket Red Cross hands out ‘survival bags’ to COVID-crisis afflicted residents

By The Phuket News

 

More than 800 ‘survival bags’ were handed out yesterday (Dec 7). In total, the Phuket Red Cross will hand out more than 2,000 bags of essential items to people in need. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket chapter of the Red Cross Society yesterday donated more than 800 bags of essential supplies, which they called “survival bags”, to representatives of local administrators across the island so they could be distributed to people suffering amid the ongoing economic crisis.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195899-phuket-red-cross-hands-out-‘survival-bags’-to-covid-crisis-afflicted-residents/

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Covid-19 strain in Myanmar spreads 20% faster, says Mahidol University dean

 

 

Prof Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine, said on Tuesday that Covid-19 has spread a lot faster in Myanmar because there are no effective measures in place to track people and the virus strain is different.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195900-covid-19-strain-in-myanmar-spreads-20-faster-says-mahidol-university-dean/