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Vehicles emitting black smoke to face fine up to Bt5,000, department warns

By THE NATION

 

 

In an attempt to reduce PM2.5 pollution, the Department of Land Transport will impose heavy fines on the owners of vehicles that emit black smoke exceeding the safety standard.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203123-vehicles-emitting-black-smoke-to-face-fine-up-to-bt5000-department-warns/

 

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Surat Thani hotels focus on online marketing to maintain business

 

   

SURAT THANI (NNT) - On Koh Samui, Surat Thani, as a result of sluggish tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hotels and resorts have closed temporarily. Meanwhile, some operators are able to maintain their businesses by reducing the number of employees and turning to greater online marketing in order to save their businesses and the remaining employees.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203128-koh-samuisurat-thani-hotels-focus-on-online-marketing-to-maintain-business/

 

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Tourism businesses encouraged to seek SHA standard

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Ministry of Public Health are looking for more Amazing Thailand Safety&Health Administration (SHA) standard businesses, in order to regain trust in Thai tourism when COVID-19 is ultimately resolved.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203132-tourism-businesses-encouraged-to-seek-sha-standard/

 

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Thai massage workers warned about being forced into Middle Eastern sex trade

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The Department of Special Investigation has warned Thai women not to believe agents' claims of an easy life abroad offering traditional massage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203119-thai-massage-workers-warned-about-being-forced-into-middle-eastern-sex-trade/

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Overloaded truck video: That's illegal says provincial police chief!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that Thai social media was abuzz with comment after a video showed a pickup piled high with vegetables lift off its front wheels at an intersection in Lomsak, Phetchabun in Thailand's north east.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203125-overloaded-truck-video-thats-illegal-says-provincial-police-chief/

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Top mall executive's 30 million baht luxury yacht goes up in flames off Koh Phangan

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A large crowd of onlookers gathered at Had Run beach, Koh Phangan in Thailand's south as a luxury yacht burned offshore.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203127-top-mall-executives-30-million-baht-luxury-yacht-goes-up-in-flames-off-koh-phangan/

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Public Health Ministry discusses easing COVID-19 measures in eastern provinces

 

   

CHONBURI (NNT) - The Deputy Minister of Public Health has attended a meeting with eight eastern provinces’ governors, consider easing some social measures to facilitate local residents and businesses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203140-public-health-ministry-discusses-easing-covid-19-measures-in-eastern-provinces/

 

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Help on the way for girl forced to study in field near Hua Hin

 

PIcture: Manager online

 

Manager followed up on the story of a sixth former at Hua Hin School who was pictured online studying in a platform under an umbrella out in the open because of a poor internet connection at home. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203144-help-on-the-way-for-girl-forced-to-study-in-field-near-hua-hin/

 

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Chatuchak: World famous market suffering worst crisis in decades due to Covid second wave

 

 

Channel 7 reported from the internationally famous market of Chatuchak - Bangkok's biggest market in the north of the capital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203138-chatuchak-world-famous-market-suffering-worst-crisis-in-decades-due-to-covid-second-wave/

 

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No Phuket quarantine for Bangkok arrivals

By The Phuket News

 

Bangkok and Samut Prakan are no longer on the list for mandatory 14-day quarantine after arriving in Phuket. Image: Phuketanticovid

 

PHUKET: People arriving in Phuket from in Bangkok no longer need to observe a mandatory 14-day quarantine following an order issued by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew yesterday (Jan 24).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203146-no-phuket-quarantine-for-bangkok-arrivals/

 

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Thailand reports 187 new coronavirus cases, two new deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: Health workers get ready to collect samples for further testing at Thanon Mitr Market, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 187 new coronavirus cases and two deaths on Monday, bringing the overall number of cases to 13,687 and fatalities to 75 since it detected its first case a year ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203148-thailand reports-187-new-coronavirus-cases-two-new-deaths/

 

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Police snare two Taiwanese fraudsters in Mae Hong Son

By THE NATION

 

 

Two Taiwanese nationals, who allegedly stole people’s financial data by pretending to be bank officials, were taken from Mae Hong Son to Chiang Mai for further interrogation on Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203151-police-snare-two-taiwanese-fraudsters-in-mae-hong-son/

 

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187 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths reported

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday reported two deaths and 187 new cases, including 10 people who had travelled from abroad, in the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203148-thailand reports-187-new-coronavirus-cases-two-new-deaths/?do=findComment&comment=16196714

 

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Three injured as pickup hits power pole

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue workers arrived to find the pickup truck still wrapped around the power pole. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Three men were injured when the pickup truck they were travelling in struck a roadside power pole about 50 metres south of the Tha Reua Chinese Shrine on Thepkrasattri Rd, in Srisoonthorn, last night (Jan 24). 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203155-three-injured-as-pickup-hits-power-pole/

 

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Poll shows most Thais back draconian lese majeste law, agree with charges against Thanathorn

By THE NATION

 

 

A recent poll shows that more than 97 per cent of Thais back the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry’s decision to hit Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit with lese majeste charges for linking Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccine plans to a royally owned pharmaceutical firm, said Asst Prof Noppadon Kannika, director of Super Poll Research Centre.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203157-poll-shows-most-thais-back-draconian-lese-majeste-law-agree-with-charges-against-thanathorn/

 

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Korda beats Kang in play-off to win 2021 Diamond LPGA

 

Jessica Korda (Photo credit to LPGA)

 

American Jessica Korda drained a 25-foot birdie on the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Danielle Kang and win the 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. Korda shattered the tournament scoring record with a four-day total of 24-under 260, besting the previous mark of 14-under 270 set by Eun Hee Ji in 2019.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203158-korda-beats-kang-in-play-off-to-win-2021-diamond-lpga/

 

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Chiang Mai link emerges in infection of 19 people from three clusters

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) revealed that the party cluster involving a Radio DJ, which had now infected 19 people, was linked to an entertainment venue in Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203176-chiang-mai-link-emerges-in-infection-of-19-people-from-three-clusters/

 

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5 Expats Who Have Become Thai Citizens Reflect On Their Naturalisation

By Phunnattha Manutham

 

 

Five seasoned expats, all with longstanding ties to the kingdom, explain the whys and wherefores of their quests to become Thai citizens

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203177-5-expats-who-have-become-thai-citizens-reflect-on-their-naturalisation/

 

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Upper Thailand hit by ‘unsafe’ PM2.5 haze, Bangkok next

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand's PM2.5 pollution eased on Monday with Bangkok, the Central, East and South regions all declared “safe” by the government’s Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation (CAPM).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203183-upper-thailand-hit-by-‘unsafe’-pm25-haze-bangkok-next/

 

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Opposition targets PM and nine ministers in censure debate

By The Nation

 

 

Opposition leader Sompong Amornvivat has submitted petition to open censure debate against 10 government ministers to House Speaker Chuan Leekpai on Monday, Pheu Thai secretary-general Prasert Chanruangthong said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203185-opposition-targets-pm-and-nine-ministers-in-censure-debate/

 

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Thailand says COVID-19 vaccinations to start next month

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: Health workers get ready to collect samples for further testing at Thanon Mitr Market, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand said on Monday it would start its coronavirus inoculation programme next month by administering 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine to high-risk groups, as it faces accusations of being too slow to secure vaccines.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203209-thailand-says-covid-19-vaccinations-to-start-next-month/

 

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No demerit points for speeding in Phuket, for now

By The Phuket News

 

Even being caught by a speed camera will not result in points being deducted from a driving licence for now, but will when the demerit-points system comes online mid-year. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET:-- Motorists fined for speeding or any other moving violations are currently not losing any demerit points from their driver’s licences as the whole demerit-points system has yet to be launched, Phuket Traffic Police confirmed today (Jan 25).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203210-no-demerit-points-for-speeding-in-phuket-for-now/

 

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Bangkok police installing more security cameras across capital

By THE NATION

 

 

The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) announced on Monday that 2,500 of the 9,138 CCTV cameras planned for Bangkok have been installed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203214-bangkok-police-installing-more-security-cameras-across-capital/

 

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Samut Sakhon’s shrimp market washed clean

By The Nation

 

Photos by Korbphuk Phromrekha

 

Samut Sakhon’s Central Shrimp Market was hosed down with disinfectant in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19 on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203215-samut-sakhon’s-shrimp-market-washed-clean/

 

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MRT Orange Line fares will be kept affordable, MRTA chief promises

By The Nation

 

 

Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) announced recently that fares for the Orange Line will start from Bt15 and be charged at an average of Bt2.50 per station.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203216-mrt-orange-line-fares-will-be-kept-affordable-mrta-chief-promises/

 

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Commuters slam SRT for suspending some trains, closure of Hua Lumphong station eyed

By The Nation

 

 

As of Tuesday, train services to and from several routes will be suspended in line with measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Nirut Maneepan said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203217-commuters-slam-srt-for-suspending-some-trains-closure-of-hua-lumphong-station-eyed/

 

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Samut Sakhon hits hotspot with week-long testing blitz

By The Nation

 

 

Covid-19 testing around Samut Sakhon’s Central Shrimp Market has been increased in a bid to stamp out the nationwide outbreak at its source.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203219-samut-sakhon-hits-hotspot-with-week-long-testing-blitz/

 

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Opposition targets PM and nine ministers in censure debate

By The Nation

 

 

Opposition leader Sompong Amornvivat submitted a petition to House Speaker Chuan Leekpai on Monday to launch a censure debate against 10 ministers, Pheu Thai secretary-general Prasert Chanruangthong said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203221-opposition-targets-pm-and-nine-ministers-in-censure-debate/

 

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Siam Bioscience breaks silence on vaccine deal after Thanathorn criticism

By THE NATION

 

 

Siam Bioscience on Monday released a statement following criticism by Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit over its role in Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccine programme.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203224-siam-bioscience-breaks-silence-on-vaccine-deal-after-thanathorn-criticism/

 

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Field hospitals in Samut Sakhon standing by to admit 800 new COVID-19

 

FLIE / Medical officials test a man for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon / AFP

 

Field hospitals in Thailand’s coastal province of Samut Sakhon were placed on standby on Monday to receive the around 800 new COVID-19 cases, expected after health officials began screening as many as 10,000 people a day for five consecutive days in a mass pro-active screening exercise.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203225-field-hospitals-in-samut-sakhon-standing-by-to-admit-800-new-covid-19/