THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 17 Feb 2021

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Crackdown on motorcyclists and cars using the sidewalk earns BMA 40 million baht

 

Picture: Nae Na

 

Deputy governor of Bangkok Sakontee Pattiyakun gave Naew Na details of the crackdown on use of the sidewalk by motorists and motorcycles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206456-crackdown-on-motorcyclists-and-cars-using-the-sidewalk-earns-bma-40-million-baht/

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Phuket environment officers dismiss light haze, ‘air quality still good’

By The Phuket News

 

The air-quality reading for Phuket earlier today. Image: aqicn.org

 

PHUKET: An environmental expert at the Environmental Department’s Region 15 office in Phuket has again advised all people to not worry about the haze over the island today (Feb 17), saying that the air quality “is not at a harmful level”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206460-phuket-environment-officers-dismiss-light-haze-‘air-quality-still-good’/

 

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Impacts of global economy, COVID-19 on Thailand

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - During a censure debate, targeting the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, the opposition Pheu Thai Party MP for Maha Sarakham, Suthin Khlangsaeng, said that the country’s high public debt is attributable to the government’s failure to address economic problems.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206462-impacts-of-global-economy-covid-19-on-thailand/

 

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Crowdfunding campaign launched for six Thai woman jailed in Ethiopia after being duped to smuggle cocaine

 

Picture: Facebook "Thailand's Forgotten Girls"

 

A fund has been set up online claiming to help six Thai women who were allegedly duped into going to Ethiopia then arrested after cocaine was found in their luggage as they headed back to Thailand from the airport in Addis Ababa. 

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206473-crowdfunding-campaign-launched-for-six-thai-woman-jailed-in-ethiopia-after-being-duped-to-smuggle-cocaine/

 

 

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Phuket artists record ‘Another Day In Paradise’ for COVID relief efforts

By The Phuket News

 

The recording will be used to raise funds to support people suffering extreme financial hardship during the current economic crisis. Photo: Legend Music Recording Studio

 

PHUKET: A devoted collective of musicians, music students and music teachers gathered at Legend Music studio in Koh Kaew on Saturday (Feb 13) to record ‘Another Day In Paradise’, which will be released to help raise funds to support COVID relief efforts across the island.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206476-phuket-artists-record-‘another-day-in-paradise’-for-covid-relief-efforts/

 

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Opposition chief whip promises harsher debate today

 

Suthin Klangsaeng

 

Thailand’s opposition chief whip Suthin Klangsaeng admitted today (Wednesday) that the censure speeches yesterday by opposition MPs were not direct enough and promised that today will be different.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206478-opposition-chief-whip-promises-harsher-debate-today/

 

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"Soda Springs" to Become Tourist Attractions

 

 

KANCHANABURI, Feb 17 (TNA) - Authorities of the western province planned to develop the area of the newly discovered “soda springs” into a tourist attraction as it proved to give the best groundwater in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206480-soda-springs-to-become-tourist-attractions/

 

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Campaign for Barricade-free Toll Booths

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 17 (TNA) - The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) has a promotional campaign to attract motorists to use barricade-free toll booths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206482-campaign-for-barricade-free-toll-booths/

 

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Thai economic outlook highly uncertain, fiscal policy should continue - central bank

By Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: Bank of Thailand Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput speaks during his first briefing on the economy and monetary policy after taking office in Bangkok, Thailand October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economic outlook remained highly uncertain with large downside risks, so limited monetary policy room should be preserved to be used at the most effective time, minutes https://www.bot.or.th/English/MonetaryPolicy/MonetPolicyComittee/ReportMPC/Minutes/MPC_Minutes_12021_gt3vznma.pdf from the central bank's last policy meeting showed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206485-thai-economic-outlook-highly-uncertain-fiscal-policy-should-continue-central-bank/

 

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RIP Soi Bintabaht: Hua Hin’s new bar area could be the end of once popular nightspot

 

Construction of new bar area on Soi 94

 

Construction continues on a new beer bar complex that is due to open in Hua Hin in the coming weeks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206487-rip-soi-bintabaht-hua-hin’s-new-bar-area-could-be-the-end-of-once-popular-nightspot/

 

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Villa quarantine in Thailand could be allowed soon

 

 

The CCSA will consider a new quarantine measure, called “Villa Quarantine”, with a luxury hotel in Phuket being the first to implement it.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206488-villa-quarantine-in-phuket-could-be-allowed-soon/

 

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Phuket police blitz lands 175 arrests in five days

By The Phuket News

 

Photo: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET: An anti-crime blitz by Phuket police saw a total of 175 suspects on the island arrested in 165 cases, from Monday through Friday last week (Feb 8-12).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206491-phuket-police-blitz-lands-175-arrests-in-five-days/

 

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Green sea turtle rescued from local fishing net

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

As soon as the local fishermen realised that a turtle was caught in their net, they dragged it ashore and cut it free - and called the Phuket Marine Biological Centre at Cape Panwa to take the turtle into care. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A large green sea turtle found tangled in a fishing net of a local fisherman in waters off Kingkaew Soi 2 in Rassada last night has been safely released back to the sea.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206503-green-sea-turtle-rescued-from-local-fishing-net/

 

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Myanmar coup protesters mass again, reject army's claim it has public support

 

Demonstrators take part in a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

(Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Myanmar on Wednesday, rejecting the army's assertion that the public supported its overthrow of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and vowing they would not be cowed in their bid to end military rule.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206504-myanmar-coup-protesters-mass-again-reject-armys-claim-it-has-public-support/

 

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Ford's Europe car lineup to be all-electric by 2030

By Nick Carey

 

FILE PHOTO: The Ford logo is pictured at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Wednesday said its car lineup in Europe will be all-electric by 2030 as the U.S. automaker races to get ahead of CO2 emissions targets and looming bans in some countries on fossil fuel vehicles.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206505-fords-europe-car-lineup-to-be-all-electric-by-2030/

 

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Britain's Captain Tom Moore received online abuse in weeks before death

 

A woman jogs past a mural by the street artist 'Humor' dedicated to the late Captain Sir Tom Moore, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers battling the coronavirus, received online abuse in the weeks before he died this month aged 100, his daughter said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206506-britains-captain-tom-moore-received-online-abuse-in-weeks-before-death/

 

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Great Escape? UK to return to work by July, Daily Mail says

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a coronavirus pandemic media briefing at Downing Street, London, Britain February 15, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a staged exit from COVID-19 lockdown that would see the United Kingdom’s battered economy fully returning to work in July, the Daily Mail reported, citing government plans.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206508-great-escape-uk-to-return-to-work-by-july-daily-mail-says/

 

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Britain supports family of Harry Dunn in U.S. damages case

 

Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, parents of British teen Harry Dunn who was killed in a car crash on his motorcycle, allegedly by the wife of an American diplomat, walk out after an interview in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain supports the family of Harry Dunn as it seeks damages against U.S. diplomat's wife Anne Sacoolas in the United States, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206509-britain-supports-family-of-harry-dunn-in-us-damages-case/

 

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Emma Stone's Cruella gets new poster as trailer release date is confirmed

BY STEPHANIE CHASE

 

DISNEY

 

Disney's Cruella has unveiled a new poster featuring its star Emma Stone ahead of the first trailer dropping on February 17.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206511-emma-stones-cruella-gets-new-poster-as-trailer-release-date-is-confirmed/

 

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Plastic surgeon reveals which A-listers have most likely gone under the knife

By CARLY STERN

 

Surprise! Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Charles S. Lee is exposing the secret procedures that he thinks stars have undergone, from nose jobs to eyelid surgeries

 

A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon is exposing the secret procedures that he thinks stars have undergone, from nose jobs to eyelid surgeries.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206512-plastic-surgeon-reveals-which-a-listers-have-most-likely-gone-under-the-knife/

 

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Singer Glenn Medeiros: 'Sexual favours were the norm in music industry'

 

Glenn Medeiros found worldwide chart fame in the late 1980s / GETTY IMAGES

 

Singer Glenn Medeiros has revealed how he and other artists were often asked for sex by music industry figures in return for help with their careers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206513-singer-glenn-medeiros-sexual-favours-were-the-norm-in-music-industry/

 

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Quarantine hotel starts legal action after man posts negative review online - even though he found a cockroach in his food!

 

 

A hotel in Chonburi has launched legal action after a man posted a negative review from his own Facebook profile.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206515-quarantine-hotel-starts-legal-action-after-man-posts-negative-review-online-even-though-he-found-a-cockroach-in-his-food/

 

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Phuket to host first travel bubble ‘villa quarantine’ tourists to Thailand

By The Phuket News

 

The 70 foreign tourists will land in Phuket on Sunday (Feb 21) CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin announced today (Feb 17). Screenshot: via Bangkok Post

 

PHUKET:-- A total of 70 foreign tourists will arrive in Phuket by charter flight this weekend and become the first group of tourists to have ‘villa quarantine’ in Thailand, Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced today (Feb 17). 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206488-villa-quarantine-in-phuket-could-be-allowed-soon/?do=findComment&comment=16260080

 

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Kao Klai party told it will be blamed if Thailand doesn’t get vaccines due to its MPs criticisms

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned the opposition Kao Klai (Move Forward) party that it must be held accountable if Thailand fails to receive the COVID-19 vaccines it has ordered because of the criticism of his government’s vaccine procurement plan by Kao Klai MPs during the censure debate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206522-kao-klai-party-told-it-will-be-blamed-if-thailand-doesn’t-get-vaccines-due-to-its-mps-criticisms/

 

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Thai PM defends submarine purchase and explains causes of huge public debt

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has defended the Royal Thai Navy’s 22 billion baht procurement of three Yuan-class submarines from China as being worth the taxpayers’ money, compared to the 24 trillion baht in maritime interests that Thailand is expected to gain.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206523-thai-pm-defends-submarine-purchase-and-explains-causes-of-huge-public-debt/

 

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