OPM follows up rabies prevention campaign in Maha Sarakham

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Mr Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister has been following the progress of the rabies prevention campaign in Maha Sarakham, where no cases of infection of humans have been reported in decades.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229022-opm-follows-up-rabies-prevention-campaign-in-maha-sarakham/

 

Phuket Extension program hikes bookings on Samui

 

 

SAMUI (NNT) - Over 650 rooms have been booked on Koh Samui after reservations were opened for only three days, with Bangkok Airways also restarting flights from Phuket to the island, signaling keen interest in the reopening of Thailand’s south to tourism.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229023-phuket-extension-program-hikes-bookings-on-samui/

 

Killer cops’ case sheds light on rampant police abuse of suspects, reform unlikely – HRW

 

 

Thanks to social media and a whistle blower, who leaked the chilling video of a group of police officers torturing a drug suspect to death, has triggered yet another public outcry against the authorities and a media storm over this blatantly horrendous act and the denial of the suspect’s right to prove his innocence in the justice system, or even to say goodbye to his loved ones.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229024-killer-cops’-case-sheds-light-on-rampant-police-abuse-of-suspects-reform-unlikely-–-hrw/

 

Businesses in Thai border town mulls “sandbox” scheme to lure Malaysian tourists back

 

 

The private sector, in Thailand’s border district of Sadao in Songkhla province, is to propose the “Dan Nok Sandbox” scheme to the governor, to reopen the commercial town to arrivals from Malaysia, tentatively in November.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229026-businesses-in-thai-border-town-mulls-“sandbox”-scheme-to-lure-malaysian-tourists-back/

 

Phuket rallies to help Koh Lipe

 

Essential relief efforts are underway to help those living on Koh Lipe, which is suffering heavily under the COVID-19 restrictions imposed earlier this month. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: A group of local companies are rallying together to help people in need on the popular island of Koh Lipe, which has become yet another recent victim of COVID-19 restrictions.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229036-phuket-rallies-to-help-koh-lipe/

 

Border trade clocks up 41.70% growth in July

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Exports across Thai borders rose to over 90 billion baht in July, a 41.7 percent hike.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229037-border-trade-clocks-up-4170-growth-in-july/

 

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