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Phang Nga Governor issues another warning over returnees from COVID risk areas

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phang Nga Governor delivered his warning yesterday (Dec 10). Photo: PR Phang Nga

 

PHUKET: The Governor of Phang Nga province, immediately north of Phuket, has issued another order for all people returning from COVID-risk areas to report themselves to officials so that they may be screened for COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196308-phang-nga-governor-issues-another-warning-over-returnees-from-covid-risk-areas/

 

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Songkhla network wants industrial estate plan scrapped

By THE NATION

 

File photo of Jana Rak Thin members protesting the city plan revision at Songkhla City Hall on September 21, to facilitate the establishment of Jana Industrial Estate.

 

A local network dedicated to saving Jana district in Songkhla province on Thursday urged the government to scrap setting up the Jana Industrial Estate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196309-songkhla-network-wants-industrial-estate-plan-scrapped/

 

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Americans get stern holiday warning: 'No Christmas parties' due to COVID

By Susan Heavey and Maria Caspani

 

FILE PHOTO: A patient is wheeled across a bridge connecting buildings inside Mount Sinai Hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A top coronavirus adviser to President-elect Joe Biden delivered a stern holiday message to Americans on Thursday - "no Christmas parties" - and warned they face a COVID-19 siege for weeks to come despite the latest moves toward U.S. government approval of a vaccine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196310-americans-get-stern-holiday-warning-no-christmas-parties-due-to-covid/

 

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Extension of tourists visas from 30 to 45 days set for Cabinet approval 

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

Bangkok Biz News reported that the Thai Foreign Ministry was acting on calls from the Prime Minister to increase the number of foreign tourists by relaxing entry requirements. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196311-extension-of-tourists-visas-from-30-to-45-days-set-for-cabinet-approval/

 

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Phuket officials promise to fight corruption

By The Phuket News

 

The efforts to counter corruption in Phuket were recognised on Anti-Corruption Day, on Wednesday (Dec 9). Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials this week vowed to fight corruption as part of the official events held to mark ‘Anti-Corruption Day (Thailand) 2020’ observed on Wednesday (Dec 9).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196313-phuket-officials-promise-to-fight-corruption/

 

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City Hall stresses Bangkok air quality meters up to standard

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Skeptics are now questioning why the air quality index readings provided by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the Pollution Control Department, and other platforms don’t match. Officials from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have confirmed the meters used by them are accurate, and up to global standards.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196315-city-hall-stresses-bangkok-air-quality-meters-up-to-standard/

 

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Deputy Health Minister visits Chiang Mai following COVID-19 scare

 

   

CHIANG MAI (NNT) - As new cases of COVID-19 emerge, including in Chiang Mai province, a Deputy Minister of Public Health has visited the province to reassure the general public of their health and safety as New Year holidays are around the corner.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196316-deputy-health-minister-visits-chiang-mai-following-covid-19-scare/

 

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BMA launches inspections for COVID-19

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials have launched a check of locations considered at risk of a COVID-19 spread, including restaurants, pubs, bars and karaoke rooms in an effort to bolster traveler confidence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196317-bangkok-launches-inspections-for-covid-19/

 

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Agencies promote tourism campaign with Thai herbs, massage

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM) has reached an agreement with the Department of Tourism on the promotion of health-oriented tourism, using Thai massage, Thai herbs, and medical cannabis to attract more visitors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196319-agencies-promote-tourism-campaign-with-thai-herbs-massage/

 

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Phuket ‘Commerce Market’ hoped to spur B500k in spending

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The market is hoped to boost incomes of local vendors. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Provincial officials are hoping that a two-day market being held in Wichit will help generate B500,000 in spending to help boost incomes of local vendors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196324-phuket-‘commerce-market’-hoped-to-spur-b500k-in-spending/

 

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Deputy PM instructs relevant authorities to ensure road safety

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - During the long weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has instructed the relevant authorities to ensure safety at tourist attractions and help prevent road accidents.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196326-dpm-prawit-instructs-relevant-authorities-to-ensure-road-safety/

 

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Three foreigners among 11 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine

By THE NATION

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Friday reported 11 new cases in state quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196327-three-foreigners-among-11-new-covid-19-cases-in-quarantine/

 

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Protesters vow to change gear next year, as they ring down the curtain on 2020

By The Nation

 

 

Pro-democracy protesters plan to raise the level of demonstrations next year, protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul said before ending the “Abolish 112 and We Will Tell You” event at the October 14 Memorial in Bangkok's Rajdamnoen Road on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196329-protesters-vow-to-change-gear-next-year-as-they-ring-down-the-curtain-on-2020/

 

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Druggie son attacks parents when denied money in Buri Ram

By THE NATION

 

 

A Buri Ram resident apparently attacked his father in a fit of rage on Thursday and also threatened to kill his mother.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196330-druggie-son-attacks-parents-when-denied-money-in-buri-ram/

 

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Ministry rejects rumours of Suphanburi resident dying from Covid last month

By THE NATION

 

 

The Public Health Ministry has advised people not to believe or share reports claiming that a man in Suphanburi province has recently died from Covid-19.

 

FUll story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196340-ministry-rejects-rumours-of-suphanburi-resident-dying-from-covid-last-month/

 

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People delighted by extension of ‘Let’s Go Halves’ scheme, insists minister

By The Nation

 

Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana

 

People are very grateful to the government for approving a second phase of the “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) subsidised-shopping scheme on Tuesday, PM’s Office Minister Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196341-people-delighted-by-extension-of-‘let’s-go-halves’-scheme-insists-minister/

 

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Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for, confirms Disease Control Dept chief

By THE NATION

 

 

There are no unaccounted for Covid-19 cases in the seven provinces where newly infected persons travelled, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196342-every-covid-patient-in-thailand-accounted-for-confirms-disease-control-dept-chief/

 

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14 Myanmar nationals caught trying to enter Thailand in Tak

By THE NATION

 

 

Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Company arrested a total of 14 Myanmar nationals caught sneaking across the border into Trat province on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196343-14-myanmar-nationals-caught-trying-to-enter-thailand-in-tak/

 

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Public invited to Chiang Mai for clear view of meteor shower on Dec 13

By THE NATION

 

 

The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit) has invited people interested in viewing the Geminid meteor shower to Huai Lan Reservoir in San Kamphaeng district of Chiang Mai province on December 13.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196344-public-invited-to-chiang-mai-for-clear-view-of-meteor-shower-on-dec-13/

 

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Pollution in Bangkok hits harmful levels on Friday

By The Nation

 

 

Air pollution in Bangkok hit dangerous levels on Friday morning with PM2.5 readings coming in at 30 to 70 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3), the Pollution Control Department’s Air Quality and Noise Management Bureau reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196346-pollution-in-bangkok-hits-harmful-levels-on-friday-11-dec/

 

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Morocco joins other Arab nations agreeing to normalize Israel ties

By Steve Holland

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman light the first Hanukkah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during the the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, December 10, 2020. Emil Salman/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalize relations in a deal brokered with U.S. help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196348-morocco-joins-other-arab-nations-agreeing-to-normalize-israel-ties/

 

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Royalist actress comes under fire over remarks about US senator

By THE NATION

 

 

Pro-democracy activist Sombat Boonngamanong has vowed to troll actress Janjira Joojang over her remarks -- widely slammed as mean -- against Thai-American senator Tammy Duckworth, until she apologises.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196350-royalist-actress-comes-under-fire-over-remarks-about-us-senator/

 

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SRT schedules extra trains to North, Northeast for New Year exodus

By The Nation

 

 

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has scheduled 12 extra train services between Bangkok and the North and Northeast to help people get home for the New Year holiday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196374-srt-schedules-extra-trains-to-north-northeast-for-new-year-exodus/

 

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Former Thalang Police Chief has corruption sentence reduced

By The Phuket News

 

Thalang Police Station in Phuket. Screenshot: Google Maps

 

PHUKET:-- A former Thalang Police Chief has had his nine-year sentence reduced after pleading guilty to illegally releasing three foreigners detained at Thalang Police Station before they were to be handed over to Immigration for deportation.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196375-former-thalang-police-chief-has-corruption-sentence-reduced/

 

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Bangkok tourists escape serious injury in Mai Khao accident

By The Phuket News

 

The accident occurred on a small dark road near the Pru Ja-San Lake in Mai Khao last night (Dec 10). Photo: GotRescues

 

PHUKET:-- Three Thai tourists from Bangkok escaped serious injury last night when the car they were travelling in struck a Toyota Fortuner travelling in the opposite direction on a small road near Mai Khao Beach last night (Dec 10).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196378-bangkok-tourists-escape-serious-injury-in-mai-khao-accident/

 

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Time is precious, says Vietnamese collector of European church clocks

By Minh Nguyen

 

Clocks collector Pham Van Thuoc is seen behind an old church clock from Europe at his home in Thai Binh province, Vietnam December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HA TAP VILLAGE, Vietnam (Reuters) - For more than two decades, Pham Van Thuoc has scoured Europe in search of historical church clocks, bringing them back to his home in Vietnam where he lovingly restores them.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196380-time-is-precious-says-vietnamese-collector-of-european-church-clocks/

 

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Singapore approves COVID-19 test using saliva from inside throat

 

FILE PHOTO: Personnel in PPE stand on a doorway as Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas cruise ship docks at Marina Bay Cruise Center after a passenger tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a cruise to nowhere, in Singapore, December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has approved Advanced MedTech Holdings' COVID-19 kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat, the company said, as the country looks to ramp up testing to help re-open its borders and resume more economic activity.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196381-singapore-approves-covid-19-test-using-saliva-from-inside-throat/

 

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UK Supreme Court enables $18.5 billion class action against Mastercard

By Kirstin Ridley

 

FILE PHOTO: A Mastercard logo is seen on a credit card in this picture illustration August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) -A landmark UK Supreme Court ruling on Friday has allowed a 14 billion pound ($18.5 billion) class action to proceed against Mastercard for allegedly overcharging more than 46 million people in Britain over a 15-year period.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196382-uk-supreme-court-enables-185-billion-class-action-against-mastercard/

 

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‘Mank’ star says one shot with Gary Oldman took 50 takes

By Toby Earle

 

Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz in 'Mank'. Credit: Alamy / Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

 

Actor Ferdinand Kingsley has revealed that director David Fincher asked him and Gary Oldman to perform a scene nearly 50 times while filming new movie Mank.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196384-‘mank’-star-says-one-shot-with-gary-oldman-took-50-takes/

 

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Captain America's Chris Evans to voice Buzz Lightyear in character's own Toy Story prequel

BY ADAM SILVERSTEIN

 

PIXAR / DISNEY

 

Aside from announcing lots of new Star Wars and Marvel TV shows and movies on Thursday (December 10), Disney also had a couple of Pixar reveals up its sleeve.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1196385-captain-americas-chris-evans-to-voice-buzz-lightyear-in-characters-own-toy-story-prequel/