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Vaccine side-effects a major concern for people, poll shows

By The Nation

 

 

The majority of respondents in a Suan Dusit Poll said they wanted to know the Covid-19 vaccine's side-effects before inoculation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204135-vaccine-side-effects-a-major-concern-for-people-poll-shows/

 

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Bangkok police prepare for reopening of schools on Monday

By The Nation

 

 

Police officers in Bangkok have been instructed to deal with traffic jams due to the reopening of schools on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204137-bangkok-police-prepare-for-reopening-of-schools-on-monday/

 

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Three Bangkok establishments shuttered for violation of Covid-19 measures

By The NationBy The Nation

 

Pol Lt-General Sophon Phisutthiwong

 

Three venues in Bangkok were temporarily closed due to violation of measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204138-three-bangkok-establishments-shuttered-for-violation-of-covid-19-measures/

 

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Water supply to some Bangkok areas to be disrupted next week

By The Nation

 

 

Three Bangkok areas will experience water cut next week, the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204139-water-supply-to-some-bangkok-areas-to-be-disrupted/

 

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Bang Saen beach set to open fully from Monday

National

 

 

Bang Saen beach will be fully open to the public from February 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204140-bang-saen-beach-set-to-open-fully-from-monday/

 

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Elderly citizens who got cash handouts 'won't have to refund social welfare'

By The Nation

 

Prinya Thaewanarumitkul

 

The Comptroller-General's Department and local organisations cannot reclaim social welfare provided to the elderly, a legal expert said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204141-elderly-citizens-who-got-cash-handouts-wont-have-to-refund-social-welfare/

 

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Court orders Thanathorn statement on vaccine to be removed from online channels

By The Nation

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

The Criminal Court ruled on Sunday to block the Progressive Movement's statement on Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccination plans under Section 14 (3) of the Computer Crime Act.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204142-court-orders-thanathorn-statement-on-vaccine-to-be-removed-from-online-channels/

 

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Impact of no-confidence debate will depend on quality of opposition's arguments against govt 

By Wichit Chaitrong 
The Nation
Analysis

 

 

The government's vaccine deal and Covid relief packages are expected to be hot topics during the upcoming no-confidence debate in Parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204143-impact-of-no-confidence-debate-will-depend-on-quality-of-oppositions-arguments-against-govt/

 

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UPDATE: 

 

Over 80% of Thais worry about COVID-19 vaccine side effects, but most want inoculation – Suan Dusit Poll

 

 

More than 80% of Thai respondents to a Suan Dusit Poll are worried about the potential side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, but over 65% still want to be inoculated, once any side effects are known.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204135-vaccine-side-effects-a-major-concern-for-people-poll-shows/?do=findComment&comment=16214592

 

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1,200 in a Samut Prakan community being tested after 21 found with COVID-19

 

 

Health officials in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province are now screening 1,200 people in the Toh Rung market community, after 21 people there were found infected with COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204144-1200-in-a-samut-prakan-community-being-tested-after-21-found-with-covid-19/

 

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Crazy about croissants

 

 

Seems Thais just can’t enough of the French crescent-shaped pastry

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204146-crazy-about-croissants-seems-thais-just-can’t-enough-of-the-french-crescent-shaped-pastry/

 

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UPDATE - Bangkok allows many businesses, venues to reopen but bars to remain closed

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang on Saturday evening allowed 37 types of venues in the province to reopen after they had been ordered to close in the aftermath of the second Covid-19 wave.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204147-update-bangkok-allows-many-businesses-venues-to-reopen-but-bars-to-remain-closed/

 

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Dechapol-Sapsiree stamp seal of supremacy with hat-trick of titles

 

 

The ace duo of Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai became the first Thais in badminton history to win a gold medal in the BWF World Tour Finals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204148-dechapol-sapsiree-stamp-seal-of-supremacy-with-hat-trick-of-titles/

 

 

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Police launch manhunt for slain woman’s husband

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Soiporn Prateep Na Thalang, 50, a relative of the now fugitive Sujin Gunpai, speaks to the press today (Jan 31). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Phuket police are searching for the husband of the slain woman whose body was found dumped beside the road south of Patong on Friday (Jan 29). Officers at all ports of exit on the island have been alerted to be on the lookout for the man, now named as Sujin ‘Moo’ Gunpai, who has not been seen since his wife’s body was found, police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204149-police-launch-manhunt-for-slain-woman’s-husband/

 

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Body identified as woman who came to Phuket to work, repeatedly shot in head, confirm police

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police interview witnesses in identifying the body of the woman found dumped beside the road south of Patong on Friday. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The body found dumped beside the road between Patong and Karon on Friday (Jan 29) has been confirmed to be that of a woman who had been living in Nakhon Sri Thammarat but came to Phuket to work just over a week ago, Karon Police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204150-body-identified-as-woman-who-came-to-phuket-to-work-repeatedly-shot-in-head-confirm-police/

 

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Phuket police close in on encroachers

By The Phuket News

 

Police have been separated into two teams to support the investigation by the Royal Forest Department, Phuket Provincial Police Chief Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo explained. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Police have seized the machinery used to cut a road through the Khao Nakkered Protected Forest on the hills from Kathu into Wichit and are preparing to press charges against those deemed responsible, Phuket Provincial Police Chief Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo has announced.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204152-phuket-police-close-in-on-encroachers/

 

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Police hunt men for gang assault in Koh Kaew over borrowed motorbike

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Phuket City Police

 

PHUKET: Police are hunting for a group of men who kicked open the door to a room and assaulted three men at an apartment building in Koh Kaew last night (Jan 29) over what at this stage is believed to have been dispute over a borrowed motorbike not returned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204153-police-hunt-men-for-gang-assault-in-koh-kaew-over-borrowed-motorbike/

 

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Thai manufacturers need to improve competitiveness in EU market

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai manufacturers and exporters have to improve their competitiveness in the European market after the EU-Vietnam free-trade agreement (FTA) became effective in August 2020.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204156-thai-manufacturers-need-to-improve-competitiveness-in-eu-market/

 

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Trump parts ways with impeachment lawyers - sources

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Valley International Airport after visiting the U.S.-Mexico border wall, in Harlingen, Texas, U.S., January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly parted ways on Saturday with the two lead lawyers working on his defense for his Senate impeachment trial, a source familiar with the situation said, leaving Trump's legal strategy in disarray.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204157-trump-parts-ways-with-impeachment-lawyers-sources/

 

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Russia detains more than 5,000 at protests backing jailed Kremlin critic Navalny

By Polina Nikolskaya and Tom Balmforth

 

Demonstrators stand in front of law enforcement officers during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as Saint Isaac's Cathedral is seen in the background, in Saint Petersburg, Russia January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Riot police broke up protests across Russia on Sunday in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, detaining more than 5,000 people who had braved the bitter cold and the threat of prosecution to demand he be set free.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204158-russia-detains-more-than-5000-at-protests-backing-jailed-kremlin-critic navalny/

 

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Britain's centenarian fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore in hospital with COVID-19

 

FILE PHOTO: Captain Sir Tom Moore smiles as he launches his autobiography book 'Tomorrow will be a Good Day' at his home in Milton Keynes, Britain September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British centenarian Captain Tom Moore, who raised millions of pounds for the health service by walking laps of his garden in last year's lockdown, has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, his daughter said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204160-britains-centenarian-fundraiser-captain-sir-tom-moore-in-hospital-with-covid-19/

 

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Queen Elizabeth to host Biden before G7 summit in June

 

FILE PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth attends a ceremony in London's Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior, in Britain November 4, 2020. Picture taken November 4, 2020. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth will host new U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders at Buckingham Palace before a summit of the G7 big economies in June, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204161-queen-elizabeth-to-host-biden-before-g7-summit-in-june/

 

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Italy's Renzi would like ex-ECB's Draghi to head Italy government - source

By Crispian Balmer

 

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi leaves his last news conference on the outcome of the meeting of the Governing Council, in Frankfurt, Germany, October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/Files

 

ROME (Reuters) - Matteo Renzi, who triggered Italy's political crisis this month by pulling his Italia Viva party out of the ruling coalition, would like to see former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi become prime minister, a party source said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204162-italys-renzi-would-like-ex-ecbs-draghi-to-head-italy-government-source/

 

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Thousands protest in Vienna as far-right march on COVID measures banned

 

People gather during a demonstration against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) measures and their economic consequences in Vienna, Austria, January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters faced off with police in riot gear in Vienna on Sunday at the site of a banned far-right demonstration against coronavirus restrictions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204163-thousands-protest-in-vienna-as-far-right-march-on-covid-measures-banned/

 

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Republicans press Biden to downsize $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan

By Sarah N. Lynch and Jarrett Renshaw

 

The U.S. Capitol building is seen following the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten moderate Republican U.S. senators urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to significantly downsize his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to win bipartisan support as Democrats in Congress prepared to push ahead with his plan this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204166-republicans-press-biden-to-downsize-19-trillion-covid-19-relief-plan/

 

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained, ruling party spokesman says

 

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after paying her respects to her late father during a ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2020. Ye Aung Thu/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204168-myanmar-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-detained-ruling-party-spokesman-says/

 

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Thailand’s ‘global medical hub’ dream gets reality check from new health index

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand needs to do more work if it wants to become a regional leader in personalised healthcare, according to a new study.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204179-thailand’s-‘global-medical-hub’-dream-gets-reality-check-from-new-health-index/

 

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Thai hospitality magnate calls on govt to allow vaccinated foreigners entry into Thailand

 

William Heinecke. Reuters file photo

 

A leading figure in the Thai hospitality industry has called on the government to speed up its roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204180-thai-hospitality-magnate-calls-on-govt-to-allow-vaccinated-foreigners-entry-into-thailand/

 

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Gov’t addresses air pollution from truck emissions

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Emissions from poorly maintained truck engines are one of the main causes of air pollution. The Center for Air Pollution Mitigation today began an inspection at a Khlong Toei pier, where most trucks were shown to be emitting black smoke.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204182-gov’t-addresses-air-pollution-from-truck-emissions/

 

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Burger King Thailand gets a makeover

 

 

Bangkok - Burger King launched Asia's first all-new store the ‘Shell Westgate Branch’ with the first rebranding of the logo in 20 years. The theme includes new cartoon lines, colors, concepts, staff uniforms and etc, in line with new designs in various branches internationally.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204184-burger-king-thailand-gets-a-makeover/