Bangkok nightlife given green light to re-open as more restrictions eased nationwide

 

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As expected, the Thai government has given the green light for Bangkok’s nightlife to re-open with some  degree of normality.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207100-bangkok-nightlife-given-green-light-to-re-open-as-more-restrictions-eased-nationwide/

Thailand gives emergency use authorisation for Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine: official

 

FILE PHOTO: A staff member places a coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech Ltd at its booth for display during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency use authorisation for Sinovac Biotech's coronavirus vaccine, a senior official told Reuters on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207141-thailand-gives-emergency-use-authorisation-for-sinovacs-covid-19-vaccine-official/

Work permit holders account for largest group of foreigners to enter Thailand

 

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More work permit holders than foreign tourists have entered Thailand in the last ten months, new data has revealed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207090-work-permit-holders-account-for-largest-group-of-foreigners-to-enter-thailand/

Panel to probe conduct of six Palang Pracharat MPs for abstaining in censure vote

 

 

The Palang Pracharat party has set up a panel to investigate the conduct of six of its MPs, known collectively as the Dao Ruek group, for abstaining from voting in support of Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Saturday, following the censure debate, in defiance of the party whip.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207156-panel-to-probe-conduct-of-six-palang-pracharat-mps-for-abstaining-in-censure-vote/

 

Opposition to take legal action against PM, commerce and education ministers

 

 

Thailand’s opposition parties have decided to file criminal litigation and ethical misconduct charges against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanavisit and Education Minister Nuttapol Teepsuwan, opposition leader Sompong Amornvivat announced Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207157-opposition-to-take-legal-action-against-pm-commerce-and-education-ministers/

 

Malaysia's AirAsia Group expects fundraising clarity next month, eyes recovery by 2023

 

FILE PHOTO: AirAsia planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sepang, Malaysia April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

 

FILE PHOTO: AirAsia planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sepang, Malaysia April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207158-malaysias-airasia-group-expects-fundraising-clarity-next-month-eyes-recovery-by-2023/

 

Singapore readies quarantine business bubble for in-person meetings

By Joseph Campbell

 

An access gate leads to a courtyard of the short-stay facility Connect@Changi, a complex of hotel rooms and meeting halls near the airport which will welcome business "bubble" travellers from March, as part of the city-state's effort to resume international meetings and conferences amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has been testing out a "bubble" business hotel that will allow quarantined executives arriving in the country to do face-to-face meetings and even exchange documents without fear of spreading the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207159-singapore-readies-quarantine-business-bubble-for-in-person-meetings/

 

U.S. Supreme Court sets the stage for release of Trump tax returns

By Lawrence Hurley

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump suffered a major setback on Monday in his long quest to conceal details of his finances as the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain the former president's tax returns and other records as part of an accelerating criminal investigation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207160-us-supreme-court-sets-the-stage-for-release-of trump tax-returns/

 

'One-way road to freedom': Johnson sets out cautious lockdown exit plan

By William James and Elizabeth Piper

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to host the Online G7 Summit in the Cabinet Room at Downing Street in London, Britain February 19, 2021. Geoff Pugh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a map out of lockdown for England on Monday that would keep some businesses shuttered until the summer, saying caution was necessary to ensure there were no reversals on a "one-way road to freedom".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207161-one-way-road-to-freedom-johnson-sets-out-cautious-lockdown-exit-plan/

 

Bitcoin drops after climbing to all-time high

By Tom Wilson and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

 

FILE PHOTO: Representation of the virtual currency Bitcoin is seen on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell on Monday after surging to its latest record high a day earlier as a sell-off in global equities curbed risk appetite, with some investors also citing concerns about the rapid rise in the price of the virtual currency.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207165-bitcoin-drops-after-climbing-to-all-time-high/

 

A day that will live in infamy: U.S. crosses 500,000th COVID-19 death

By Maria Caspani and Anurag Maan

 

FILE PHOTO: Lila Blanks holds the casket of her husband, Gregory Blanks, 50, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of his funeral in San Felipe, Texas, U.S., January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States on Monday crossed the staggering milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just over a year since the coronavirus pandemic claimed its first known victim in Santa Clara County, California.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207163-us-mourns-half-a-million-lives-lost-to-coronavirus/

 

Netanyahu corruption trial to resume after election

 

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to Leumit Health Care Services vaccination facility in Jerusalem where he meets the 4,000,000 person who had been vaccinated in Israel, February 16, 2021. Alex Kolomoisky/Pool via REUTERS/

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will resume only after voters head to the polls to pass judgment on his leadership next month, according to a court decision on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207164-netanyahu-corruption-trial-to-resume-after-election/

 

Khamenei says Iran may enrich uranium to 60% purity if needed

By Parisa Hafezi

 

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2021. Official Khamenei Website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION/File Photo

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday Iran might enrich uranium up to 60% purity if the country needed it and would never yield to U.S. pressure over its nuclear programme, state television reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207168-khamenei-says-iran-may-enrich-uranium-to-60-purity-if-needed/

 

Oops! Mexican beauty queen shocks Thai Buddhists - and she hasn't even arrived!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Miss Grand International Beauty Pageant has not even started but it is already mired in controversy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207176-oops-mexican-beauty-queen-shocks-thai-buddhists-and-she-hasnt-even-arrived/

Hunt on for woman after botched bank robbery in Prachuap Khiri Khan

 

Picture: Talay Hua Hin

 

Media in Prachuap Khiri Khan reported that a female tomboy held up the BAAC bank in downtown Prachuap Khiri Khan yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207179-woman-arrested-after-botched-bank-robbery-in-prachuap-khiri-khan/

 

UPDATE: 

 

"We're impressed" - First "villa quarantine" group of US/Europeans  arrive in Phuket

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The first group of 59 tourists for the so called "villa quarantine" arrived in Phuket on Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207050-phuket’s-first-travel-bubble-‘villa-quarantine’-tourists-arrive/?do=findComment&comment=16273561

TAT targets China, Japan and Korea, confident 10 million tourists will visit Thailand this year

 

TAT governor Yutthasak Suphaorn//File photo

 

Thailand's tourism authorities are putting their faith in celebrities, reality TV stars, net idols and influencers to get millennials flooding into Thailand, reported the Thai media.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207184-tat-targets-china-japan-and-korea-confident-10-million-tourists-will-visit-thailand-this-year/

 

Hotel reveals desperate state of tourism industry in Prachuap Khiri Khan 

 

Picture: Prachuap Post

 

The Prachuap Post reported that tourism in Prachuap Khiri Khan was still poor despite government stimulus programs like "Let's Travel Together", "Let's Go Halves" and ""We'll Win".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207185-hotel-reveals-desperate-state-of-tourism-industry-in-prachuap-khiri-khan/

 

Phuket Town bars raided for late trading

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Phuket City Police 

 

PHUKET: Phuket City Police went on the hunt on Sunday night and raided three bars in the heart of Phuket Town in response to a complaint by Petchaburi Provincial Police chief about nightlife venues in Phuket Town trading illegally past their mandated closings times and disturbing the peace with loud music until 4:30am.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207186-phuket-town-bars-raided-for-late-trading/

 

TAT organises second Single Journey trip to Ko Khai in Phang Nga

The ‘Secret Island’ itinerary is part of nine ‘Single Journey’ tours to encourage solo Thai travellers to travel more around Thailand

TAT Newsroom 

 

 

Bangkok, 23 February, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently organised the second ‘Single Journey’ trip, under the theme of ‘Secret Island’ to Ko Khai in Phang Nga, as part of nine new routes specifically designed for the single traveller.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207187-tat-organises-second-single-journey-trip-to-ko-khai-in-phang-nga/

 

Thai Jan exports rise 0.35% year-on-year, weaker than forecast

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Port of Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's exports in January rose for a second straight month, climbing 0.35% from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday, missing analyst forecasts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207189-thai-jan-exports-rise-035-year-on-year-weaker-than-forecast/

 

Fauci says U.S. political divisions contributed to 500,000 dead from COVID-19

By Julie Steenhuysen

 

FILE PHOTO: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci addresses the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said political divisiveness contributed significantly to the "stunning" U.S. COVID-19 death toll, which on Monday surpassed 500,000 lives lost.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207199-fauci-says-us-political-divisions-contributed-to-500000-dead-from-covid-19/

 

Pattaya: Mayor hits back after Facebook site questions his integrity and compares resort unfavorably to Bang Saen

 

Picture: Manager

 

Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Khunpluem may have been smiling in a picture taken by Manager, but underneath The Thai smile he was clearly seething. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207200-pattaya-mayor-hits-back-after-facebook-site-questions-his-integrity-and-compares-resort-unfavorably-to-bang-saen/

 

Samut Sakhon People Need COVID-19 Jabs

 

 

SAMUT SAKHON, Feb 23 (TNA) - Hundreds of people in Nadee sub-district have signed up for COVID-19 vaccination.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207203-samut-sakhon-people-need-covid-19-jabs/

 

Thailand reports 95 new COVID-19 infections

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

Thailand reported 95 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive day where the number of new infections have been at double digits.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207205-thailand-reports-95-new-covid-19-infections/

 

Man threatens to kill wife after she discovers his ‘mia noi’

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A disgruntled Thai wife went to the police in Udon Thani in Thailand's north east yesterday with a tale the very opposite of marital bliss. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207206-man-threatens-to-kill-wife-after-she-discovers-his-‘mia-noi’/

 

Murder hunt on after boxing instructor slain in On Nut, Bangkok

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Prawet police, forensics, medical staff and the Poh Teck Tung foundation went to On Nut Soi 70/1 after a man was found viciously murdered next to a Vios car. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207208-murder-hunt-on-after-boxing-instructor-slain-in-on-nut-bangkok/

 

Woman recovering from mysterious skin condition after collecting trash in Pattaya

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported on the case of a woman who works for an environmental rubbish collecting group called Rubbish Communication. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207209-woman-recovering-from-mysterious-skin-condition-after-collecting-trash-in-pattaya/

 

UPDATE:

 

Restaurants Will Be Allowed to Serve Alcohol from March 1

Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Restaurants, pubs and bars will be allowed to serve alcohol until 11pm or midnight from March 1 in all provinces, except Samut Sakhon under the remapping of Covid-19 zones.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207100-bangkok-nightlife-given-green-light-to-re-open-as-more-restrictions-eased-nationwide/?do=findComment&comment=16274055

 

Pattaya: "Extreme Sports" facility to be built under Bali Hai flyover

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

Pattaya looks set to get an extreme sports facility under the flyover leading to the Bali Hai port in South Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207211-pattaya-extreme-sports-facility-to-be-built-under-bali-hai-flyover/