webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Restaurants, pubs and bars in Thailand may soon be open and serving alcohol Image: Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, file photo Restaurants, pubs and karaoke bars may soon be able to operate in some form of normality with the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) set to decide on easing more restrictions in Thailand. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203557-restaurants-pubs-and-bars-in-thailand-may-soon-be-open-and-serving-alcohol/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 All schools, except in Samut Sakhon, can reopen from Feb 1 The Education Ministry announced on Wednesday that all schools, except for those in Samut Sakhon province, will be allowed to reopen from February 1. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203526-all-schools-except-in-samut-sakhon-can-reopen-from-feb-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 MPs vote to remove kratom from narcotics list By THE NATION The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to remove kratom (mitragyna speciosa) from Thailand’s narcotics list and classify the herb as a controlled substance. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203514-mps-vote-to-remove-kratom-from-narcotics-list/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Thailand targets vaccination of 19 million people in first phase By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng FILE PHOTO: Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends an agreement signing ceremony for purchase of AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine at Government House, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/Pool BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is targeting the immunisation of 19 million people against the coronavirus in a first phase of inoculations starting on Feb. 14, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid criticism the government has been slow in rolling out vaccines. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203585-thailand targets-vaccination-of-19-million-people-in-first-phase/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Navy officers give back to society By The Nation Photos by Wanchai Kraisornkhajit A group of 120 naval officers gather at the Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall in the capital’s Bangkok Yai district to donate blood on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203586-thai-navy-officers-give-back-to-society/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Democrat MP Thepthai loses seat over election fraud By THE NATION Thepthai Senpong The Constitutional Court ordered Democrat MP Thepthai Senpong to give up his seat in Parliament on Wednesday, after he was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud during the Nakhon Si Thammarat mayoral election in 2014. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203587-democrat-mp-thepthai-loses-seat-over-election-fraud/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Thai December factory output falls 2.44% year-on-year after new outbreak FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers stand at a port in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's manufacturing output in December dropped a bigger- than-expected 2.44% from a year earlier as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections hit business activity, the industry ministry said on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203588-thai-december-factory-output-falls-244-year-on-year-after-new-outbreak/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 High risk group poses a serious COVID-19 concern in Samut Sakhon A senior health official in Samut Sakhon province has expressed serious concern over a high-risk group of about 15,000 people who are still travelling and working as normal and risking transmission of coronavirus to others. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203589-high-risk-group-poses-a-serious-covid-19-concern-in-samut-sakhon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Woman thrown clear of car in bypass road accident By Eakkapop Thongtub The accident happened on the bypass road at about 10:45pm last night (Jan 26). Photo: Kusoldharm Foundation Phuket PHUKET: A woman remains unconscious in hospital after what is believed to have been a tyre blowout saw the car she was travelling spin out of control and hit a motorbike on the bypass road last night (Jan 26). After hitting the motorbike, the car rolled and then slammed into an entrance ramp to a petrol station, sending the woman flying out of the car’s rear window. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203590-woman-thrown-clear-of-car-in-bypass-road-accident/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Commerce Ministry adjusts rice export plan; focuses on online trading BANGKOK (NNT) - Due to the impact of the initial outbreak of COVID-19, Thailand exported only 5.72 million tons of rice, worth 3.7 billion dollars US in 2020, falling well short of the 6.5-million-ton target. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203591-thai-commerce-ministry-adjusts-rice-export-plan-focuses-on-online-trading/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 UPDATE: Public health volunteers to explain vaccine safety, distribution to people BANGKOK (NNT) - The first COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be administered in Thailand on February 14 this year, with the first doses to be given to medical personnel. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203585-thailand targets-vaccination-of-19-million-people-in-first-phase/?do=findComment&comment=16204186 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 Thailand to warmly welcome inoculated travellers By Suchat Sritama Vaccinated travellers will be welcomed in Thailand Foreigners who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be welcomed with open arms by Thailand through a new campaign set to launch in 3Q2021. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203592-thailand-to-warmly-welcome-inoculated-travellers/ 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 UPDATE: Thailand may fully reopen soon; considers no quarantine for vaccinated travellers By Kristin Mariano Thailand is considering allowing vaccinated travellers to skip the mandatory quarantine. Under the proposed plan, aptly named “Welcome Back to Thailand Again,” the kingdom hopes to see travellers return by the third quarter of this year. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203585-thailand targets-vaccination-of-19-million-people-in-first-phase/?do=findComment&comment=16204186 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 'Crazy and evil': Bill Gates surprised by pandemic conspiracies By Kate Kelland FILE PHOTO: Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends a conversation at the 2019 New Economy Forum in Beijing, China November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates says he has been taken aback by the volume of "crazy" and "evil" conspiracy theories about him spreading on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, but said on Wednesday he would like to explore what is behind them. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203595-crazy-and-evil-bill-gates-surprised-by-pandemic-conspiracies/ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Europe lifts safety ban on Boeing 737 MAX jet By Tim Hepher and Rachit Vats FILE PHOTO: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson pilots a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on takeoff of an evaluation flight from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. September 30, 2020. Mike Siegel/Pool via REUTERS./File Photo (Reuters) - European regulators on Wednesday lifted a 22-month ban on flights of the Boeing 737 MAX after a design and pilot training overhaul in the wake of crashes that killed 346 people. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203599-europe-lifts-safety-ban-on-boeing-737-max-jet/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Biden takes sweeping steps to curb climate change, vows job creation By Valerie Volcovici and Jeff Mason U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive order as Vice President Kamala Harris and White House science adviser Eric Lander standby in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a new raft of executive actions to combat climate change, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land and cutting fossil fuel subsidies, as he pursues green policies he billed as a boon for job creation. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203597-biden-takes-sweeping-steps-to-curb-climate-change-vows-job-creation/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 IOC says it is fully committed to staging Tokyo Games By Karolos Grohmann IOC President, Thomas Bach, hosts the first Executive Board meeting for 2021 at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland January 27, 2021. Greg Martin/IOC/Handout via REUTERS BERLIN (Reuters) - IOC President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday the International Olympic Committee was fully committed to the successful organisation of the Tokyo Summer Olympics this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203596-ioc-says-it-is-fully-committed-to-staging-tokyo-games/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Whale skeleton found in Samut Sakhon is 3,380 years old BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Mineral Resources reports that an ancient whale skeleton, discovered in a layer of clay sediment in Amphaeng subdistrict of Ban Phaeo district, Samut Sakhon province, on November 6 last year, is about 3,380 years old. The department will use this discovery to study the future climate scenarios. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203602-whale-skeleton-found-in-samut-sakhon-is-3380-years-old/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Thai media speculates on potential for jail time for concealing Covid-19 information - policeman/ celebs in cross hairs Picture: Daily News Speculation was rife in the Thai media and public after a post by the BMA spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang indicated that celebrities and possibly a policeman had withheld information about their movements after attending a party. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203609-thai-media-speculates-on-potential-for-jail-time-for-concealing-covid-19-information-policeman-celebs-in-cross-hairs/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2021 Pattaya: Pressing ahead to make resort the medical hub of the eastern seaboard Picture: Pattaya Update News Pattaya is not just fine dining and daytime activities - all matters mentioned in the rebranding of the resort this week. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203610-pattaya-pressing-ahead-to-make-resort-the-medical-hub-of-the-eastern-seaboard/ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2021 TAT advocates "Sexy tours" for "quality tourists" to boost Thailand's recovery The head of the Tourism Authority of Thailand has proposed what he called "sexy" tourism to spur Thailand's recovery from the pandemic. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203614-tat-advocates-sexy-tours-for-quality-tourists-to-boost-thailands-recovery/ 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Pattaya: "Beautiful and impressive" Walking Street promised as cable burying commences Monday File photo: Manager D-Day has finally arrived for the beginning of the beautification of one of Pattaya's foremost nighttime areas - Walking Street. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203615-pattaya-beautiful-and-impressive-walking-street-promised-as-cable-burying-commences-monday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Brits, Americans, French and Germans held after raid on Koh Phangan bar Image: Surat Thani Immigration Surat Thani immigration have released more details of the arrest of more than 100 Thais and foreigners at a bar on Koh Phangan on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203617-brits-americans-french-and-germans-held-after-raid-on-koh-phangan-bar/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Woman with Covid went on daily travel spree between Bangkok and Hua Hin and other places Picture: BMA One timeline published on the page of BMA spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang was highlighted by PPTV36. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203622-woman-with-covid-went-on-daily-travel-spree-between-bangkok-and-hua-hin-and-other-places/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Hua Hin: Beautiful clear sea beckons travellers when the pandemic is over Picture: Manager Thai media Manager went to Hua Hin and found the resort more beautiful than ever. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203623-hua-hin-beautiful-clear-sea-beckons-travellers-when-the-pandemic-is-over/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Man killed after supercar crashes in to van in Bangkok Nong Khaem police attended the devastation on Petchkasem inbound last night after a Nissan Skyline went over the central reservation and collided with a van. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203631-man-killed-after-supercar-crashes-in-to-van-in-bangkok/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Public, private firms can now apply to grow hemp By THE NATION Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow government agencies, private companies, farmers and the public to apply to grow hemp from January 29 after the Public Health Ministry removed the plant species from the category V narcotics list in November. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203634-people-in-thailand-can-now-grow-hemp-at-home/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Surgeons remove nails and metal wire from stomach of Thai man Picture: Daily News Surgeons at the Damnoen Saduak Hospital in Ratchaburi performed emergency surgery after a 75 year old man complained of a stomach ache. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203635-surgeons-remove-nails-and-metal-wire-from-stomach-of-thai-man/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2021 Norwegian on way to see Thai girlfriend arrested after faking his Certificate of Entry Picture: Thai Immigration Thailand's immigration bureau reported that they arrested a Norwegian man with a fake certificate of entry (CoE) at Suvarnabhumi airport. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203638-norwegian-on-way-to-see-thai-girlfriend-arrested-after-faking-his-certificate-of-entry/ 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Thais seek to restore fortunes with mock funerals By Jiraporn Kuhakan Devotees lie down and pray inside coffins to trick death and improve their luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (Reuters) - In a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, participants at a daily ritual clutch a bunch of flowers and lie down in a coffin with a sheet pulled over them as monks chant. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203639-thais-seek-to-restore-fortunes-with-mock-funerals/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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