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Irked Thai PM sprays reporters with hand sanitiser to duck tricky questions

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sprays hand sanitizer at front row journalists to avert answering questions on the latest Cabinet reshuffle in Bangkok, Thailand, March 9, 2021. Thai Government House/Handout via REUTERS

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha left reporters stunned and amused on Tuesday when he interrupted his own news conference to spray them with hand sanitiser in a bid to dodge tough questions.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208789-irked-thai-pm-sprays-reporters-with-hand-sanitiser-to-duck-tricky-questions/

 

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Speculation rife that top cop "Big Joke" is set for RTP comeback

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Thai media is falling over themselves speculation amid rumors that one of the poster boys of the Royal Thai Police who fell from grace is set for a return to prominence.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208792-speculation-rife-that-top-cop-big-joke-is-set-for-rtp-comeback/

 

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Horror at the dentist's: Jealous Thai man slashes nursing assistant to death and waits for cops to arrive

 

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A 34 year old Thai man has been charged with premeditated murder after going to a clinic in Ratchaburi and stabbing his love interest - a widow with three children - to death. 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208793-horror-at-the-dentists-jealous-thai-man-slashes-nursing-assistant-to-death-and-waits-for-cops-to-arrive/

 

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Chiang Mai: Haze health warning: "Worst in world" again and dire conditions set to continue all week

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There was continuing bad news as the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai was still blanketed in haze.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208794-chiang-mai-haze-health-warning-worst-in-world-again-and-dire-conditions-set-to-continue-all-week/

 

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Songkran: PM says he can't stop the party but warns it'll be "less fun" - Khao San expect 5000 people

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Daily News reported on the prospects of Songkran taking place next month after the traditional Thai New Year was wiped out last year in the pandemic. 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208795-songkran-pm-says-he-cant-stop-the-party-but-warns-itll-be-less-fun-khao-san-expect-5000-people/

 

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Push to reopen Maya Bay

Maya Bay, one of the most popular tourist attractions on Thailand’s Phi Phi Islands in Krabi province, has been closed to visitors since mid-2018, due to over-tourism. The province is now pushing for its reopening.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208796-push-to-reopen-maya-bay/

 

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Songkran to go ahead, Thailand expects to open to foreigners on Oct 1: CCSA

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Government spokeswoman Dr Apisamai Srirangsan was full of the joys of spring yesterday as she announced nothing but good news. 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208806-songkran-to-go-ahead-thailand-expects-to-open-to-foreigners-on-oct-1-ccsa/

 

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Health authority enables vaccination registration via texting app
Tanakorn Sangiam  

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health is now encouraging smartphone users to utilize the official Mor Prompt account on LINE messaging application, on which users can check their COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and make their appointment; meanwhile, five people who exhibited serious reactions to their vaccination, are now cleared to go home.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208807-health-authority-enables-vaccination-registration-via-texting-app/

 

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Songkran Holiday This Year Will Be Extended to 6 Days
Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Songkran holiday will be extended to six days this year, after the Cabinet has approved a special holiday on April 12. The Songkran festival break will now run from April 10 to April 15 (Saturday-Thursday).

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208809-songkran-holiday-this-year-will-be-extended-to-6-days/

 

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800,000 Doses of Sinovac Vaccine Are Expected to Arrive on March 25
Paphamon Arayasukawat

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Another 800,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine for Covid-19 will arrive in Thailand on March 25, and among those to receive the Sinovac jabs will be Cabinet members aged below 60.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208810-800000-doses-of-sinovac-vaccine-are-expected-to-arrive-on-march-25/

 

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Songkran Festival without Water Splashing

BANGKOK, March 10 (TNA) - The operations sub-committee of the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) did not support water splashing and the use of talcum powder during the Songkran festival, considering them as posing COVID-19 transmission risks .

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208811-songkran-festival-without-water-splashing/

 

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Suspected Gambling Hosts' B1.2bn Assets Impounded

BANGKOK, March 10 (TNA) - The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) impounded assets worth about 1.2 billion baht from two suspected gambling hosts.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208814-suspected-gambling-hosts-b12bn-assets-impounded/

 

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Tour Firms Welcome New Tour Subsidy Scheme

BANGKOK, March 9 (TNA) - The president of the Association of Domestic Travel said tour firms welcomed the government's new tourism promotion scheme, Tour Tiaw Thai, that will offer 5,000-baht handouts for people to use tour guide services.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208816-tour-firms-welcome-new-tour-subsidy-scheme/

 

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'Not fair': Backlash against Thai tourism businesses seeking early vaccines
By Rina Chandran

FILE PHOTO: REUTERS 

PHUKET, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A year after Thailand closed its borders to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Phuket’s famous Walking Street, lined with colourful shophouses, is empty, its white sand beaches deserted.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208820-not-fair-backlash-against-thai-tourism-businesses-seeking-early-vaccines/

 

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Thai airport workers stage protest over labour conditions
By Nanchanok Wongsamuth

Credit: Thomson Reuters Foundation

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of airport workers held a demonstration in the Thai capital Bangkok on Wednesday to dispute changes to their contracts that they say strips them of basic labour rights and has led to forced resignations and arbitrary dismissals.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208821-thai-airport-workers-stage-protest-over-labour-conditions/

 

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Man spends nine hours in Chiang Mai restaurant then does runner without paying

PPTV 36 reported that a male Thai diner at a steak restaurant ate and drank SIX beers for nearly nine hours before he drove off. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208823-man-spends-nine-hours-in-chiang-mai-restaurant-then-does-runner-without-paying/

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Big Joke comeback confirmed - though in what capacity remains a mystery

 

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It has been confirmed by a Royal Thai Police spokesman that the controversial top ranking cop known as Big Joke has been transferred back into the police.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208824-big-joke-comeback-confirmed-though-in-what-capacity-remains-a-mystery/

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Thai teacher who shattered a young student's US army dream now looks a whole lot worse

 

 

The issue of a Thai teacher who told a student on a form to change their dream of becoming a member of the US military into something "realistic"  just got a whole lot worse.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208825-thai-teacher-who-shattered-a-young-students-us-army-dream-now-looks-a-whole-lot-worse/

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Chiang Mai in crisis as helicopter brought in to try and control devastating fires

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Sanook reported that Chiang Mai was in crisis yesterday after a massive forest fire in the southern end of the Doi Suthep - Pui National park burned out of control. 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208827-chiang-mai-in-crisis-as-helicopter-brought-in-to-try-and-control-devastating-fires/

 

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Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill wins final approval in House
By Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signs the "American Rescue Plan" as and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer applauds during the enrolment ceremony following passage of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in American history, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that gives President Joe Biden his first major victory in office.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208831-bidens-19-trillion-covid-19-bill-wins-final-approval-in-house/

 

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Dumped British TV host Morgan pours more scorn on Meghan suicide, racism claims
By Estelle Shirbon

Journalist and television presenter Piers Morgan looks on as he takes his daughter Elise to school, after he left his high-profile breakfast slot with the broadcaster ITV, following his long-running criticism of Prince Harry's wife Meghan, in London, Britain, March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Piers Morgan, the pugnacious British TV presenter who lost his job over his attacks on Prince Harry's wife Meghan, said on Wednesday he still did not believe what she had said during her Oprah Winfrey interview.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208832-dumped-british-tv-host morgan pours-more-scorn-on-meghan-suicide-racism-claims/

 

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UK PM Johnson tells Iran's Rouhani to let British-Iranian aid worker return home

FILE PHOTO: Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is seen in an undated photograph handed out by her family. Ratcliffe Family Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be allowed to return home to be with her family.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208834-uk-pm-johnson-tells-irans-rouhani-to-let-british-iranian-aid-worker-return-home/

 

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Man, 25, dies as car hits power pole at high speed
By Eakkapop Thongtub

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: A 25-year-old man died after his car hit a roadside power pole at high speed in Koh Kaew last night (Mar 10).

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208836-man-25-dies-as-car-hits-power-pole-at-high-speed/

 

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Phuket villa quarantine praised a success, to be rolled out elsewhere in Thailand next month
By The Phuket News

TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn speaking at the Sri Panwa resort today (Mar 10). Photo: TAT

PHUKET: The ‘Villa Quarantine’ model for allowing tourists into Thailand tested in Phuket at the Sri Panwa resort has been praised as a success and will be rolled out elsewhere throughout the country from next month.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208842-phuket-villa-quarantine-praised-a-success-to-be-rolled-out-elsewhere-in-thailand-next-month/

 

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Phuket officials target island mass vaccination by Oct 1
By The Phuket News

Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapon speaks to the press at the mass vaccination launch last week. Photo: PPHO / file

PHUKET: Phuket officials will file a request to receive enough doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to ensure that 432,000 people in Phuket have been vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct 1.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208844-phuket-officials-target-island-mass-vaccination-by-oct-1/

 

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Chinese and Thai gang members arrested running 30 million baht online gambling site in Bangkok

 

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Thai police armed with a search warrant raided a house in Soi Punnawithi Soi 39 yesterday in the Phrakhanong area of the capital after they discovered it was being used as a center for online gambling.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208837-chinese-and-thai-gang-members-arrested-running-30-million-baht-online-gambling-site-in-bangkok/

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Latest immigration busts: Guinea soccer player snuck back after blacklist, five Indians caught by BMW smartcar

 

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Thailand's chief of immigration Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang gave a press conference to announce the latest arrests of foreigners, as reported in two stories on the Naew Na site.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208839-latest-immigration-busts-guinea-soccer-player-snuck-back-after-blacklist-five-indians-caught-by-bmw-smartcar/

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Chiang Mai restaurant serves up chicken sashimi, but you should probably give it a miss

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Manager reported on the latest online drama in Thailand - the eating of uncooked chicken or "chicken sashimi".

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208840-chiang-mai-restaurant-serves-up-chicken-sashimi-but-you-should-probably-give-it-a-miss/

 

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Geologist speaks out about mistakes made in construction of major new port near Hua Hin

 

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A leading former geologist at Chula university and councillor in Prachuap Khiri Khan said that the construction of the Klong Wan port in Muang district was a case study in most things that could go wrong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208841-geologist-speaks-out-about-mistakes-made-in-construction-of-major-new-port-near-hua-hin/

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Thailand reports 58 new COVID-19 infections

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Thailand reported 58 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208848-thailand-reports-58-new-covid-19-infections/