THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 19 Sept 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Online learning opens up huge can of worms as parents get direct line into out of date Thai Education System

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on the continuing struggles of parents to support their children's online learning as many schools in Thailand remain closed. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232044-online-learning-opens-up-huge-can-of-worms-as-parents-get-direct-line-into-out-of-date-thai-education-system/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Hua Hin reopening: TAT expects many tourists to arrive from Hong Kong

 

Picture: Manager

 

Manager reported that the Tourism Authority of Thailand's chief in Prachuap Khiri Khan province was confident of improvements to the Hua Hin economy when the seaside resort opens up to foreign tourists next month.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232039-hua-hin-reopening-tat-expects-many-tourists-to-arrive-from-hong-kong/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Complaints of fake news reports spiral upwards

 

From Jan 25 2020 to Aug 31 2021, the Anti-Fake News Center has screened more than 104 million messages, Ms Atcharin said. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The number of formal complaints filed over fake news reports and posts on social media have increased dramatically over the past year, Atcharin Pattanaphanchai, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, said at an awareness event in Phuket yesterday (Sept 17).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232037-complaints-of-fake-news-reports-spiral-upwards/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Ex-PM Thaksin and 4 others face NACC probe for THAI’s purchase of 10 Airbus aircraft

 

 

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has set up a panel to investigate fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and four others over their collective role in the purchase of ten Airbus A340-500 and A340-600 planes, worth about 53 billion baht, in 2003/4, a purchase which is blamed for Thai Airways International’s (THAI) heavy losses.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232020-nacc-investigate-thaksin-over-losses-at-thai-airways/?do=findComment&comment=16834804

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Jobless Thai chef arrested for trying to sell rare butterflies

 

 

An unemployed chef has been arrested after he tried to sell eight preserved butterflies of six rare species to undercover officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, at a mall in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232091-jobless-thai-chef-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-rare-butterflies/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Woman who claimed to have had third vaccine jab faces charges of giving false statements

 

 

A young woman, who reportedly bragged about being granted the privilege of receiving a third booster vaccine jab in Muang district of the coastal province of Samut Sakhon, is facing charges of giving false statement to authorities.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232092-woman-who-claimed-to-have-had-third-vaccine-jab-faces-charges-of-giving-false-statements/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Will new law end Thailand’s dark era of torture and disappearances?

 

 

Uproar over the recent killing of a drug suspect by police investigators has revived debate on the need for a law banning torture and killings by state officials.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232094-will-new-law-end-thailand’s-dark-era-of-torture-and-disappearances/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Bangkok’s October tourism reopening not finalized by CCSA

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The plan to reopen Bangkok to international tourists from 15 October is being questioned, as to whether the city is actually ready. The government’s COVID-19 task force said today that any reopening plan needs to be evaluated by the Ministry of Public Health first.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1231963-no-ccsa-decision-yet-on-bangkok-reopening-on-oct-15th-quarantine-remains/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-16834832

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Booster shots for Sinovac recipients available next week

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - People in Thailand who have already received two shots of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine will be able to get their booster shots from 24th September onwards, while a vaccination drive for students receiving Pfizer jabs will start on 4th October.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232095-booster-shots-for-sinovac-recipients-available-next-week/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

DDC warns those getting Moderna jab as booster to seek doctor’s advice

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - With Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine expected to be available at private hospitals next month, some people who have received other vaccines are now planning to get a Moderna jab as their booster.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232098-ddc-warns-those-getting-moderna-jab-as-booster-to-seek-doctor’s-advice/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Gov’t on right track for economic recovery: Spokesman

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A government spokesman has stressed the government is now on the right track in solving economic issues, with the measures introduced expected to help yield higher GDP growth this year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232100-gov’t-on-right-track-for-economic-recovery-spokesman/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Buriram’s fried pork balls more popular than ever!

 

 

BURIRUM (NNT) - The popularity of South Korea-based Thai rapper Lisa, especially her latest music video, has brought a flood of customers to Buriram for a taste of the local pork balls.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232102-buriram’s-fried-pork-balls-more-popular-than-ever/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Prachuap Khiri Khan requests additional 210,000 COVID-19 vaccines

 

 

Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Public Health Office has requested an additional 210,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in a bid to fully vaccinate 70 percent of the province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232103-prachuap-khiri-khan-requests-additional-210000-covid-19-vaccines/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Meth, gun seized in Phuket drug bust

 

Police conducted a drug raid in Pa Khlok yesterday (Sept 17). Photo: Thalang Police

 

PHUKET: Thalang Police arrested two suspects and seized 310 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) and a gun with ammunition in Pa Khlok yesterday (Sept 17).

 

Full story:https://aseannow.com/topic/1232104-meth-gun-seized-in-phuket-drug-bust/ 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Second COVID death from outbreak at Phuket Prison

 

 

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Officials have confirmed that a second inmate who contracted COVID-19 while incarcerated at Phuket Provincial Prison has died from being infected with the virus.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232106-second-covid-death-from-outbreak-at-phuket-prison/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports 13,576 new Covid cases, new deaths at seven week low

 

A person receives the second dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine at the Kodang stadium in Bangkok, Thailand June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

Thailand on Sunday (Sept 19) reported 13,576 new COVID-19 cases and 117 deaths - a seven week low in daily new fatalities.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232110-thailand-reports-13576-new-covid-cases-new-deaths-at-seven-week-low/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

50% of people in Thailand to receive vaccine jab by end of October

 

People get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

Fifty percent of the total population of Thailand will have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of October, according to targets set by the Department of Disease Control (DDC).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232111-50-of-people-in-thailand-to-receive-vaccine-jab-by-end-of-october/

 

[rooster59]

Dear Mr Policeman: Your job is to arrest the bad guys - not engage in PR

 

 

It was another week in which the Royal Thai Police tried to look like media rock stars defending the people of the nation against those who might damage her security.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1232113-dear-mr-policeman-your-job-is-to-arrest-the-bad-guys-not-engage-in-pr/

 

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