CCSA to decide on Feb 22 about lifting Bangkok booze ban, easing restrictions

 

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Thailand’s Centre for Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will meet on February 22 to discuss relaxing more restrictions, spokesperson Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin said on Monday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206398-ccsa-to-decide-on-feb-22-about-lifting-bangkok-booze-ban-easing-restrictions/

‘Tourism provinces’ not included in first roll out of COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand

 

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A spokesman for the CCSA Covid authority claimed that tourism provinces figured greatly in plans for vaccination.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206267-‘tourism-provinces’-not-included-in-first-roll-out-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-thailand/

2 More Cases with African COVID

 

 

BANGKOK (TNA) – Thailand logged two more cases of the South African variant of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206292-2-more-cases-with-african-covid/

Thailand’s PM dismisses opposition allegations that he took bribes from illegal gambling

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has flatly denied opposition MPs’ allegations that he received ill-gotten gains from illegal gambling dens.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206416-thailand’s-pm-dismisses-opposition-allegations-that-he-took-bribes-from-illegal-gambling/

 

Asia’s EV battle front opens up as China’s Great Wall Motor plans to launch nine electric car models in Thailand in the next three years

 

The Baoding, Hebei province-based carmaker plans to launch nine models in three years in Thailand

Company views country as a potential market and as a base for its expansion into the Asean region

 

Peggy Sito and Jitsiree Thongnoi

 

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Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) is making a concerted push into Thailand

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206417-asia’s-ev-battle-front-opens-up-as-china’s-great-wall-motor-plans-to-launch-nine-electric-car-models-in-thailand-in-the-next-three-years/

 

Dubai's Sheikha Latifa issues video from 'villa jail'- BBC Panorama

 

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LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC’s investigative news programme Panorama on Tuesday published a video it said was of Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, saying that she was being held against her will in a barricaded villa.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206418-dubais-sheikha-latifa-issues-video-from-villa-jail-bbc-panorama/

 

North Korean crosses armed border in potential defection to South

By Hyonhee Shin

 

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military said on Tuesday it had captured a North Korean individual who crossed the heavily fortified border between the two countries in a rare potential defection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206419-north korean-crosses-armed-border-in-potential-defection-to-south/

 

'We are like captives': life in Britain's quarantine hotels

By Hannah McKay and Sarah Young

 

A person holds a sign from a window of the Radisson Blu Hotel at Heathrow Airport, as Britain introduces hotel quarantine programme for arrivals from a "red list" of 30 countries, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Mohamed Noor faces 10 days in COVID-19 quarantine in a hotel room near London's Heathrow Airport after falling foul of new border controls because of a flight delay.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206420-we-are-like-captives-life-in britains-quarantine-hotels/

 

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Dutch animal rights activist in Thailand steps into crocodile farm and zoo row

 

 

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A leading campaigner for animal rights in Thailand and the owner of an abandoned animal sanctuary in Phetchaburi has stepped into the row about the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206425-dutch-animal-rights-activist-in-thailand-steps-into-crocodile farm-and-zoo-row/

U.S.'s Blinken: 'The path to diplomacy is open right now' with Iran

 

FILE PHOTO: Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken removes his face mask as he arrives to hold his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday "the path to diplomacy is open right now" with Iran over its 2015 nuclear deal but would not address whether the Biden administration has had any direct engagement with Iranian officials.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206421-uss-blinken-the-path-to-diplomacy-is-open-right-now-with-iran/

 

UK could give two doses of COVID vaccine to all adults by September, task force says

 

A woman receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine inside a bus modified into a mobile vaccination centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Thamesmead, London, Britain, February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom could give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults by August or September, helped by its portfolio approach of buying from several different producers, the interim head of the country's vaccine taskforce told Sky News on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206422-uk-could-give-two-doses-of-covid-vaccine-to-all-adults-by-september-task-force-says/

 

Biden plans to 'recalibrate' Saudi relations in shot at MbS: White House

By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to Defense Department personnel during a visit to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the White House said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206423-biden-plans-to-recalibrate-saudi-relations-in-shot-at-mbs-white-house/

 

65% of Companies in Thailand to Maintain or Increase Employment Headcount in 2021: Survey

Michael Page Thailand

 

Kristoffer Paludan, Regional Director of Michael Page Thailand

 

BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach - 16 February 2021 - Professional recruitment services Michael Page Thailand

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206426-65-of-companies-in-thailand-to-maintain-or-increase-employment-headcount-in-2021-survey/

 

Expats swindled out of 100 million baht by Pattaya bank staffer meet prosecutor

 

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The public prosecutor in Pattaya met with many of the Thai and foreign victims of an assistant bank manager who is alleged to have stolen 100 million baht of their money.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206427-expats-swindled-out-of-100-million-baht-by-pattaya-bank-staffer-meet-prosecutor/

 

Pattaya mayor stands firm amid calls from bar industry for later opening hours

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

Pattaya's mayor told Sophon Cable TV that hundreds of tourism businesses and bars need to be "jai yen" (relaxed) right now.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206428-pattaya-mayor-stands-firm-amid-calls-from-bar-industry-for-later-opening-hours/

 

Trump, Giuliani accused in lawsuit of conspiring to incite Capitol riot

By Sarah N. Lynch and Karen Freifeld

 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stands with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani before their meeting at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic congressman accused former President Donald Trump, his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and two right-wing groups of conspiring to incite the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol in a lawsuit on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206429-trump-giuliani-accused-in-lawsuit-of-conspiring-to-incite-capitol-riot/

 

BMW smart car demonstrates it's power! Iranian named by Interpol nabbed in Nan

 

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Daily News became the latest Thai media to hail the abilities of what are known as Thai immigration's BMW Smart Cars.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206430-bmw-smart-car-demonstrates-its-power-iranian-named-by-interpol-nabbed-in-nan/

BOI Provided Investment Privileges Worth Bt481.15 Billion Last Year

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Board of Investment (BOI) provided investment privileges for 1,717 projects worth over Bt481 billion to private companies last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206435-boi-provided-investment-privileges-worth-bt48115-billion-last-year/

 

Once vilified, marijuana now heralded as a wonder drug and set to go mainstream in Thailand

 

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Once vilified for many of the ills in Thai society the country is now embracing the therapeutic qualities of marijuana.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206436-once-vilified-marijuana-now-heralded-as-a-wonder-drug-and-set-to-go-mainstream-in-thailand/

 

Confusion still reigns about marijuana....Bottom line: smoking it to get high is illegal

 

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Thai media Thai Rath said that confusion still reigns supreme in Thailand about growing pot. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206437-confusion-still-reigns-about-marijuanabottom-line-smoking-it-to-get-high-is-illegal/

 

Public Health Ministry, Education Ministry overseeing COVID-19 measures

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - To limit the spread of COVID-19 in schools and other educational institutions, the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Education have introduced six core and six supplementary measures, further encouraging and helping students to carry on with their lives in the new normal era.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206439-public-health-ministry-education-ministry-overseeing-covid-19-measures/

 

Chon Buri tourism recovers as COVID-19 spread stalls

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Hard hit by the second wave of COVID-19 last month, Pattaya City and Ko Lan in Chon Buri have now been declared COVID-19 free and are ready to welcome tourists back to their natural attractions and beaches.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206441-chon-buri-tourism-recovers-as-covid-19-spread-stalls/

 

Personal measures help prevent COVID-19 mutations

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - An emerging diseases expert from King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital has elaborated on the three new variants of COVID-19 currently spreading in foreign countries, while stressing that current preventative measures against the spread can help prevent mutations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206442-personal-measures-help-prevent-covid-19-mutations/

 

Gimmick or healthy? Something to promote tourism? Ganja menus likely to spark online debate

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand continues to discuss the subject of consuming marijuana leaves after they were removed from the narcotics list.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206444-gimmick-or-healthy-something-to-promote-tourism-ganja-menus-likely-to-spark-online-debate/

More calls for government to legalise gambling in Thailand

 

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Thai businessman, underground gambling tycoon and politician, Chat Taopoon, has called on the government to legalise gambling in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206447-more-calls-for-government-to-legalise-gambling-in-thailand/

 

Pattaya: Thai consortium latest to believe in Pattaya's future - 1.8 billion baht investment in "cut price" Jomtien hotel

 

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One of Thailand's leading real estate groups based in Bangkok - Asset World Corporation - are the latest major company to believe in Pattaya's future.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206448-pattaya-thai-consortium-latest-to-believe-in-pattayas-future-18-billion-baht-investment-in-cut-price-jomtien-hotel/

 

ONWR urges faster drought action in northeastern region

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) is now in the process of mitigating the drought in the northeastern region, with projects in place to improve water reservoir efficiency, and ensure the availability of clean water for all people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206450-onwr-urges-faster-drought-action-in-northeastern-region/

 

Thailand reports 175 new COVID-19 infections

 

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Thailand reported 175 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206451-thailand-reports-175-new-covid-19-infections/

 

Landlady names and shames! Resort woman flees rent leaving flat covered in sanitary pads and condoms!

 

Picture: Sanook/Facebook

 

A landlady in Uttaradit in northern Thailand took the unusual step of naming a renter who left without paying leaving a flat in a dreadful state.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206453-landlady-names-and-shames-resort-woman-flees-rent-leaving-flat-covered-in-sanitary-pads-and-condoms/

Video: Sattahip to Songkhla ferry start imminent - cabins available on 200 million baht second hand boat from Japan

 

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Thai media Daily News online reported that the start of the Sattahip to Songkhla ferry - previously reported by Thaivisa - would begin in February.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206455-video-sattahip-to-songkhla-ferry-start-imminent-cabins-available-on-200-million-baht-second-hand-boat-from-japan/