Thai rescuers battle floodwaters to reach dozens stranded in homes

 

FILE PHOTO: Flood victims sit on a boat after they were rescued amid severe flooding in the Chaiyaphum province, Thailand, in this screen grab taken from a video from social media September 28, 2021. Hook31 Thailand/via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rescuers in northestern Thailand waded through fast-flowing floods to rescue dozens of people stranded in their homes on Wednesday, as authorities tried to drain away waters and get more help to victims.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233491-thai-rescuers-battle-floodwaters-to-reach-dozens-stranded-in-homes/

Food charity donations by Swiss national and friends to continue for at least another month in Pattaya

 

The following is a press release from a group of local residents helping those most in need in Pattaya. The content is their own.

 

150 meals for 150 days and we continue.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233488-food-charity-donations-by-swiss-national-and-friends-to-continue-for-at-least-another-month-in-pattaya/

Stakeholders meet to establish guidelines for the reopening of Hua Hin

 

 

Key stakeholders met on Tuesday (Sept 28) to discuss details regarding the reopening of Hua Hin to vaccinated foreign tourists from November 1.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233480-stakeholders-meet-to-establish-guidelines-for-the-reopening-of-hua-hin/

Thai security forces lay siege to a forest peat swamp to put pressure on hiding insurgents

 

 

About 100 troops, police and para-military rangers are blocking all potential exits from a peat swamp in a forest in Bajoh district of Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, to prevent a small group of insurgents from escaping.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233503-thai-security-forces-lay-siege-to-a-forest-peat-swamp-to-put-pressure-on-hiding-insurgents/

 

TAT and Royal Thai Navy co-promote marine safety and sustainable tourism

 

The headquarters of the Royal Thai Navy in Sattahip, Chon Buri province, is home to four pristine natural attractions and conservation projects.

 

TAT Newsroom 

 

 

Bangkok, 29 September, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Royal Thai Navy, to promote marine safety measures for visiting tourists in tandem with the ongoing conservation of marine natural resources towards tourism sustainability.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233504-tat-and-royal-thai-navy-co-promote-marine-safety-and-sustainable-tourism/

 

60m Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Ordered for Booster Shots

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 29 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry signed an agreement with AstraZeneca to acquire 60 million doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine next year to be administered as booster shots.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233505-60m-doses-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-ordered-for-booster-shots/

 

Police to charge naked protester for indecent exposure in public

 

File photo / anti-government “Talufah” group

 

Bangkok police will summon woman to acknowledge a charge of indecent exposure for undressing in public, during a protest by the anti-government “Talufah” group at Nang Lerng intersection, near Government House on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233507-police-to-charge-naked-protester-for-indecent-exposure-in-public/

 

Thailand reports 11,646 new COVID-19 cases and 107 more deaths

 

File photo: REUTERS

 

Thailand on Thursday (September 30) reported 11,646 new COVID-19 cases, 10,887 recoveries and 107 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233526-thailand-reports-11646-new-covid-19-cases-and-107-more-deaths/

 

Eleven provinces vaccinate 50% - more easing on the way October 11th

 

file photo

 

The CCSA's spokeswoman said yesterday that she expects more easing of restrictions to be announced when the CCSA meet to discuss this next.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233531-eleven-provinces-vaccinate-50-more-easing-on-the-way-october-11th/

Almost half a million Thais have heart disease

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Yesterday September 29th was World Heart Day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233534-almost-half-a-million-thais-have-heart-disease/

 

Phuket marks 195 new COVID cases, one new death

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 195 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Sept 29) bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 10,928.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233538-phuket-marks-195-new-covid-cases-one-new-death/

 

Search called off for missing couple after tug and barges capsize in Chao Phraya River

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that late last night the search for a couple missing since their tug and cargo barges capsized in the Chao Phraya river in Ayutthaya was suspended. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233544-search-called-off-for-missing-couple-after-tug-and-barges-capsize-in-chao-phraya-river/

 

Fine dining restaurant hits back with nasty comments after diners leave bad reviews

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Admin for a fine dining restaurant in Thailand hit back at people who left poor  but seemingly factual reviews.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233545-fine-dining-restaurant-hits-back-with-nasty-comments-after-diners-leave-bad-reviews/

 

Truck driver accidentally runs over and kills his wife at a Chonburi gas station

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Kaoded Chonburi

 

Chonburi – A 45-year-old woman has been pronounced dead after she was run over by a truck driven by her husband inside a gas station in Mueang Chonburi yesterday morning (September 29th).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233548-truck-driver-accidentally-runs-over-and-kills-his-wife-at-a-chonburi-gas-station/

 

Pattaya City plans to add more water drainage pipes near Walking Street to solve flooding problems

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – The Pattaya City Administration is planning to add more water drainage pipes and systems near Pattaya Walking Street in South Pattaya to solve persistent flooding problems in the area.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233551-pattaya-city-plans-to-add-more-water-drainage-pipes-near-walking-street-to-solve-flooding-problems/

 

Signs good for Hua Hin reopening to foreign tourists - "Recharge" chief thinks 1,000 rooms is enough

 

Picture: Talk News Online

 

Talk News Online reported from Hua Hin after the latest changes in quarantine for foreign visitors and dates for reopening were announced by Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233554-signs-good-for-hua-hin-reopening-to-foreign-tourists-recharge-chief-thinks-1000-rooms-is-enough/

 

Phuket checkpoint to reopen 24 hours

By The Phuket News

 

The Phuket Check Point will be open 24 hours a day again, starting tomorrow (Oct 1), V/Gov Pichet confirmed. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Check Point at Tha Chatchai, the only gateway onto the island by road, will be open 24 hours a day, starting tomorrow (Oct 1), Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233557-phuket-checkpoint-to-reopen-24-hours/

 

OPINION

 

“Silent majority” gives everyone hope _ and anxiety

By Tulsathit Taptim

 

(Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

To varying degrees, all key players in Thai politics can be both optimistic and apprehensive at the same time. While politicians regard themselves as second to none at keeping their cards close to their chests, they may have forgotten that the voting public has the same capability, which could be unleashed in the next election.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233558-“silent-majority”-gives-everyone-hope-_-and-anxiety/

 

Thai PM orders nationwide crackdown on loan sharks

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha responded after press reports that people in Buriram were hiding in the jungle from debt collectors.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233559-thai-pm-orders-nationwide-crackdown-on-loan-sharks/

 

Central Bankruptcy Court approves Nok’s rehabilitation plans

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

Thai low-cost carrier Nok Airlines (NOK)’s rehabilitation plans were approved by the Central Bankruptcy Court this week after months of arbitration.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233560-central-bankruptcy-court-approves-nok’s-rehabilitation-plans/

 

OIG engage in "stressful" meeting discussing "Red Bull Boss" case

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News said that a meeting of top investigative officers at the Office of the Inspector General yesterday was highly charged and stressful.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233562-oig-engage-in-stressful-meeting-discussing-red-bull-boss-case/

 

Increase in public debt ceiling raises questions on government’s competence

 

 

Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith recently announced that the government needed to increase the public debt ceiling to 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) from 60 percent.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233564-increase-in-public-debt-ceiling-raises-questions-on-government’s-competence/

 

Amazing Thailand! 400 year old monk saves couple in expressway plunge!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News called it a miracle. 

 

But for a driver called Somchai his and his girlfriend's escape from what should have been certain death could only be because of revered monk Luang Pu Thuat.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233566-amazing-thailand-400-year-old-monk-saves-couple-in-expressway-plunge/

 

Ban on migrant workers leaving island lifted

 

The ban on migrant workers leaving Phuket, or being brought to Phuket to work, has been lifted. Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The ban on migrant workers leaving the island or being brought to Phuket to work has been lifted by provincial order.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233568-ban-on-migrant-workers-leaving-island-lifted/

 

Thai Court rejects dual pricing case from expat in Hua Hin

 

file photo: Siam Rath

 

Fallout from Tuesday's court dual pricing decision in Phetchaburi continued to reverberate around Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233573-thai-court-rejects-dual-pricing-case-from-expat-in-hua-hin/

 

DSI steps in over Phuket protected forest land spat

 

DSI investigators are now pursuing any illegal encroachment into the protected national forest near the airport. Photo: DSI

 

PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation has accepted complaints of encroachment into the Bang Khanun National Reserved Forest near Thalang Technical College and will investigate the encroachment as a special case.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233594-dsi-steps-in-over-phuket-protected-forest-land-spat/

Thailand to introduce $1.3 billion job support for smaller firms

 

FILE PHOTO: People wear face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans to introduce an estimated 45.4 billion baht ($1.34 billion) in stimulus to help smaller businesses retain jobs, its planning agency said on Thursday, as the tourism-dependent country deals with a prolonged coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233596-thailand-to-introduce-13-billion-job-support-for-smaller-firms/

 

Wirat Ratanaset: The chief whip whose futsal ‘game’ could injure Thai govt

 

 

Veteran politician Wirat Ratanaset’s indictment on corruption charges has cast a cloud over his status as government chief whip and is threatening to impact the ruling coalition.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233597-wirat-ratanaset-the-chief-whip-whose-futsal-‘game’-could-injure-thai-govt/

Life as a last responder in a pandemic

 

 

Grief, unpleasant odours and an unsafe working environment– these are just some of the factors that contribute to the unappealing job of an undertaker and will likely discourage anyone from taking on such a job. Unless you’re born into a family of undertakers, it’s tough to enter the career or even think about it. But for 47-year-old Saiyon Kongpradit, it’s a rewarding job that allows him to help families through the toughest time of their lives.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233598-life-as-a-last-responder-in-a-pandemic/

 

Flood alert along river-sides and in low-lying areas in Bangkok and 8 central provinces

 

 

People living along river banks and in low-lying areas in Bangkok and Chainat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Lop Buri, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi  provinces are advised to brace for possible flooding from overflowing Chao Phraya and Pasak rivers from tomorrow until October 5th.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1233599-flood-alert-along-river-sides-and-in-low-lying-areas-in-bangkok-and-8-central-provinces/