Port Authority rolls out measures to steer exporters out of rough waters

By THE NATION

 

 

The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) is rolling out measures to help exporters suffering from a shortage of containers and the hike in freight fees by several countries, Deputy Transport Minister Atirat Rattanaset said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204686-port-authority-rolls-out-measures-to-steer-exporters-out-of-rough-waters/

 

Suicide in Thailand up 20% last year - economic stress rises

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The head of Thailand's mental health department has reported an alarming rise in successful suicides in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204692-suicide-in-thailand-up-20-last-year-economic-stress-rises/

Thai road carnage: A motorcyclist is killed every 30 minutes in Thailand

 

Picture: Voice TV

 

Thailand media Voice TV made comparisons with the driving of motorcycles,  their specifications, and road rules in the kingdom with what happens abroad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204695-thai-road-carnage-a-motorcyclist-is-killed-every-30-minutes-in-thailand/

Economy will grow 1.5-3.5% this year: JSCCID

By THE NATION

 

 

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCID) estimated on Wednesday that the Thai economy would grow 1.5-3.5 per cent this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204699-economy-will-grow-15-35-this-year-jsccid/

 

Thailand reports 809 new COVID-19 infections

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

Thailand reported 809 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204701-thailand-reports-809-new-covid-19-infections/

 

Pattaya: Resort steps up proactive Covid testing to inspire confidence among tourists

 

 

Pattaya Update News reported that authorities in Pattaya will significantly increasing testing for Covid-19 at the resort.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204706-pattaya-resort-steps-up-proactive-covid-testing-to-inspire-confidence-among-tourists/

 

VIDEO: Green space in Bangkok! Huge new forest park to open in Thai capital

 

Image: ASEAN Skyline

 

A forest is coming to downtown Bangkok, the amazing city that is the jewel in the crown of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204707-video-green-space-in-bangkok-huge-new-forest-park-to-open-in-thai-capital/

 

UPDATE:

 

809 new Covid-19 cases, mostly in Samut Sakhon

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday reported 809 new cases, of whom 13 are returnees in quarantine facilities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204701-thailand-reports-809-new-covid-19-infections/?do=findComment&comment=16224355

 

Thailand intensifies talks with EU for quick purchase of AstraZeneca vaccine

By The Nationv

 

Ministry permanent secretary Dr Kiattaphum Wongrajit

 

The Public Health Ministry has stepped up negotiations with British vaccine company AstraZeneca to import the first lot of its anti-Covid-19 vaccines this month and is also asking the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider importing and registering China’s Sinovac vaccine faster.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204715-thailand-intensifies-talks-with-eu-for-quick-purchase-of-astrazeneca-vaccine/

 

BMA’s planned Green Line fare hike hasn’t been discussed yet with Cabinet: Wissanu

By THE NATION

 

Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

The expected fare hike on the BTS Green Line has not yet been discussed with the Cabinet, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204716-bma’s-planned-green-line-fare-hike-hasn’t-been-discussed-yet-with-cabinet-wissanu/

 

Officials hunt tiger after it kills pregnant goat, injures another in Uthai Thani community

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

 

Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary officials in Uthai Thani are desperately searching for a tiger after it pounced on a herd of goats in Ban Bueng Charoen community on Wednesday, killing one of the animals and injuring another before disappearing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204718-officials-hunt-tiger-after-it-kills-pregnant-goat-injures-another-in-uthai-thani-community/

 

Boxer Charoenthong opens restaurant after Covid-19 brings his boxing camp to its knees

By THE NATION

 

 

The new wave of Covid-19 has almost dealt a knock-out punch to boxing camps, among other businesses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204720-boxer-charoenthong-opens-restaurant-after-covid-19-brings-his-boxing-camp-to-its-knees/

 

Uncertainty forces Myanmar corn traders to rush stocks across border

By The Nation

 

 

Businesses in Myanmar’s Myawaddy province, which borders Tak’s Mae Sot district, rushed to have their stocks of corn shifted to Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204723-uncertainty-forces-myanmar-corn-traders-to-rush-stocks-across-border/

 

Thai consumer mood hits 9-month low after new virus outbreak

By Kitiphong Thaichareon and Satawasin Staporncharnchai

 

FILE PHOTO: A customer shops inside the Gourmet Market supermarket in Bangkok, Thailand May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai consumer confidence dropped for a second straight month in January, hitting a nine-month low, after a fresh wave of coronavirus inflections, while the government announced plans for more relief to millions affected by the outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204725-thai-consumer-mood-hits-9-month-low-after-new-virus-outbreak/

 

Haze is expected to choke Bangkok until next week

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Haze is expected to choke Bangkok and northern parts of the country until Monday next week, due to changing atmospheric patterns and trans-boundary haze outside the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204728-haze-is-expected-to-choke-bangkok-until-next-week/

 

Police net ‘Sia Po’, 11 others linked to his gambling network

By THE NATION

 

 

Former celebrity boxer and net idol Apirak “Sia Po” Chatanon, 28, was arrested on Thursday morning over allegations of money laundering and running the online casino, “Galaxy Online”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204729-police-net-‘sia-po’-11-others-linked-to-his-gambling-network/

 

Army offers military bases for Covid field hospitals

By The Nation

 

 

The Army has made 6,000 camp beds available to help the government battle the new wave of Covid-19, Army chief Narongpan Jitkaewthae said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204731-army-offers-military-bases-for-covid-field-hospitals/

 

Thai scientists unveil saltwater Covid-19 disinfectant device

By The Nation

 

 

Scientists at Prince of Songkla University (PSU) have unveiled a breakthrough in the battle to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204741-thai-scientists-unveil-saltwater-covid-19-disinfectant-device/

 

Chinese New Year Celebration in China Town Cancelled

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 4 (TNA) – Bangkok city hall has cancelled this year Chinese New Year celebration in Yaowarat or Bangkok’s China Town to prevent Covid-19 transmission.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204742-chinese-new-year-celebration-in-china-town-cancelled/

 

Vaccine passports: path back to normality or problem in the making?

By Natalie Thomas

 

FILE PHOTO: Vials with AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at the vaccination centre in the Newcastle Eagles Community Arena, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Lee Smith

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Governments and developers around the world are exploring the potential use of "vaccine passports" as a way of reopening the economy by identifying those protected against the coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204743-vaccine-passports-path-back-to-normality-or-problem-in-the-making/

 

World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as researchers explore mixed vaccine shots

By Guy Faulconbridge, Alistair Smout

 

People wait to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Winding Wheel Theatre, Chesterfield, Britain February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Carl Recine

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204746-world-faces-around-4000-covid-19-variants-as-researchers-explore-mixed-vaccine-shots/

 

Myanmar junta blocks Facebook as opposition grows to coup

 

People burn a portrait of Army chief General Min Aung Hlaing as they protest against the military coup, in Mandalay, Myanmar February 3, 2021. Picture taken February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta blocked Facebook in the name of ensuring stability on Thursday and activists said at least three people were arrested at a street protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204748-myanmar-junta-blocks-facebook-as-opposition-grows-to-coup/

 

Phuket officials promote Phuket COVID rules, without explanations

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Chuwong released five videos aiming to explain the entry requirements for people arriving in Phuket. Screenshot: Phuketanticovid

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Provincial Government’s official COVID-19 Information Center has launched a public-relations offensive with the launch of at least five videos with Phuket Vice Governor Piyaphong Chuwong explaining in the simplest of terms what is required of domestic arrivals to enter Phuket.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204749-phuket-officials-promote-phuket-covid-rules-without-explanations/

 

Private Schools Ordered to Cut Fees

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 4 (TNA) – The secretary-general of the Office of the Private Education Commission accepted an order from the prime minister to have private school operators cut their fees to compensate for past online services during the new Covid-19 wave.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204750-private-schools-ordered-to-cut-fees/

 

TikTokers Warned To Avoid Silhouette Challenge Because You Can Remove Red Filter

By REBECCA SHEPHERD

 

 

You might have seen the new viral challenge going around on TikTok where people - usually women - stand in a doorway in underwear while a dark red filter highlights their silhouette.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204753-tiktokers-warned-to-avoid-silhouette-challenge-because-you-can-remove-red-filter/

 

Netflix’s The Dig accused of ‘ageism’ over casting of Carey Mulligan, 35, as 56-year-old woman

By Adam White

 

Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty in The Dig, and a painting of the real-life Edith Pretty (Netflix/National Trust/Robin Pattinson)

 

The Netflix film The Dig has been accused of ageism after casting the 35-year-old Carey Mulligan as a real-life 56-year-old woman.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204754-netflix’s-the-dig-accused-of-‘ageism’-over-casting-of-carey-mulligan-35-as-56-year-old-woman/

 

15 essential songs from SOPHIE, the artist and producer who changed the course of pop

By El Hunt

 

SOPHIE. Image credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty

 

Often the word “genius” can be used a little too sparingly – but in the case of SOPHIE it’s the only word that applies.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204755-15-essential-songs-from-sophie-the-artist-and-producer-who-changed-the-course-of-pop/

 

Celebrity DJ admits alcohol secretly brought in at his birthday party

By The Nation

 

 

After completing his first 15 days of treatment for Covid-19, celebrity DJ Techin Ploypetch, aka “DJ Matoom”, admitted in an Instagram post that his friends had secretly brought alcohol to his birthday party. The January 9 party ended up infecting at least 26 people.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204764-celebrity-dj-admits-alcohol-secretly-brought-in-at-his-birthday-party/

 

DLT unveils new rules on power, speed of electric vehicles

By The Nation

 

 

New Department of Land Transport (DLT) regulations governing the minimum speed and power of electric vehicles (EVs) were published in the government gazette on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204765-dlt-unveils-new-rules-on-power-speed-of-electric-vehicles/

 

VIDEO: Teacher accused of having sex with student brandishes gun at school assembly

 

Image: Thairath

 

Students and teachers at school in Songkhla fled in panic on Thursday morning after a school director brandished a gun during morning assembly.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204771-video-teacher-accused-of-having-sex-with-student-brandishes-gun-at-school-assembly/