Reopening Thailand decision raises questions over testing capacity

 

 

Judging by the online response, Thais remain divided over the decision, announced by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, to allow foreign travellers to enter the country from November 1st, provided they are fully vaccinated, test negative for COVID-19 and arrive from one of the countries on the government’s approved list.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235182-reopening-thailand-decision-raises-questions-over-testing-capacity/

Thailand works to amend anti-doping law to reach WADA compliance

 

 

BANGKOK, 12 October 2021 (NNT) - Thailand is placing importance on rooting out banned substances at international sports competitions, and is working to issue laws that correspond to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s international standard.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235186-thailand-works-to-amend-anti-doping-law-to-reach-wada-compliance/

Prominent doctors and politicians share contradictory ideas on Thailand's Nov 1 reopening

 

 

Several prominent doctors and politicians have responded to the Prime Minister’s televised speech yesterday evening, October 11th, regarding the plans of the countries reopening for vaccinated tourists from low-risk countries and the consideration of opening bars and entertainment venues.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235190-prominent-doctors-and-politicians-share-contradictory-ideas-on-thailands-nov-1-reopening/

Thai hospitality and travel shares soar on reopening plans

 

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy at a beach as Phuket opens for foreigners, who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), to visit the resort island without quarantine, in Phuket, Thailand, September 19, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Shares in Thailand's hotels and airlines jumped in Tuesday morning's trading, lifted by an announcement by its prime minister that more vaccinated tourists would be allowed to visit the country from November.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235180-thai-hospitality-and-travel-shares-soar-on-reopening-plans/

Pheu Thai party sacks two dissident MPs

 

 

The opposition Pheu Thai party decided to sack two dissident MPs, Sarunvuth Sarunkate, of Uttaradit province, and Pornpimon Thammasarn, of Pathum Thani province, for defying the party whip to vote against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in the no-confidence motion on September 4th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235209-pheu-thai-party-sacks-two-dissident-mps/

 

Scoot resumes Phuket-Singapore flights

By The Phuket News

 

Scoot has resumed its three times weekly flights between Singapore and Phuket. Photo: Scoot

 

PHUKET: Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA), has resumed three-times-weekly services between Phuket and Singapore. The route, which had been suspended since late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is operated with Scoot’s Airbus A320-family aircraft.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235212-scoot-resumes-phuket-singapore-flights/

 

Investment Applications in Thailand Increase in First 9 Months

By Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thailand Board of Investment (BoI) reported that from January 1 to September 30, total investment applications in Thailand amounted to 520.7 billion baht (USD15 billion). The number was higher than for the whole of 2020.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235213-investment-applications-in-thailand-increase-in-first-9-months/

 

Cabinet greenlights cash handouts for older taxi drivers

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

The Thai government on Tuesday approved relief packages for taxi drivers and motorcycle-taxi riders over 65 in 29 provinces impacted by Covid-19, who are not eligible for aid under the Social Security Act because of their age.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235214-cabinet-greenlights-cash-handouts-for-older-taxi-drivers/

 

Anti-Torture Bills to Return to House Next Month

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 12 (TNA) – The House’s special committee scrutinizing anti-torture and forced disappearance bills intends to return them to the House next month.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235215-anti-torture-bills-to-return-to-house-next-month/

 

Thailand’s ‘Bold Move’ to revive tourism to take years, analysts say

 

Tourist poses for a photo on a boat before a boundary line set by the Thai National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department to close the beach on Maya Bay to visitors on the southern Thai island of Koh Phi Phi. - Thailand plans to fully re-open to vaccinated tourists travelling by air from countries deemed low risk from November 1. - AFP  

 

BANGKOK, Oct 12 (Bloomberg): Thailand's plan to end quarantine for vaccinated visitors is "a fight to win foreign tourists", Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Tuesday (Oct 12).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235217-thailand’s-‘bold-move’-to-revive-tourism-to-take-years-analysts-say/

 

The 2nd leg of the Bt2.5 million TWT returns to the Phoenix Gold in Pattaya in November

By Adam Judd

 

 

The Thai Women’s Professional Golf Association will organize the second “SAT-TWT Open” Road to World Ranking tournament which is due at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club in Pattaya, Chonburi from November 3-5.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235221-the-2nd-leg-of-the-bt25-million-twt-returns-to-the-phoenix-gold-in-pattaya-in-november/

 

Swedish Association in Hua Hin will not conduct membership activities in 2021

by Gregers Møller

 

 

During a board meeting at the end of September, the Swedish Association in Hun Hin (Svenskföreningen i Hua Hin) went through the association’s ability to continue its activities during a time where Thailand is still affected by covid-19 and looked at the different alternatives and what consequences the decisions entail.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235224-swedish-association-in-hua-hin-will-not-conduct-membership-activities-in-2021/

 

COVID-19: Thailand reports 10,064 new coronavirus cases, 82 deaths

 

File photo: REUTERS

 

Thailand on Wednesday (October 13) reported 10,064 new COVID-19 cases, 10,988 recoveries and 82 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235234-covid-19-thailand-reports-10064-new-coronavirus-cases-82-deaths/

 

Backhoe driver injured after building collapses in Nonthaburi

 

 

Police and rescue services were called to a seven story block of flats in Nonthaburi that collapsed while it was being demolished yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235240-backhoe-driver-injured-after-building-collapses-in-nonthaburi/

 

Anutin: He's "ready" for Thailand reopening but pubs and bars have to be reopened with utmost care

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's health minister and DPM Anutin Charnvirakul said yesterday that he was ready to reopen Thailand to foreign tourists again on November 1st. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235242-anutin-hes-ready-for-thailand-reopening-but-pubs-and-bars-have-to-be-reopened-with-utmost-care/

 

Pipat: Thailand ready to vie for Chinese and other tourists as country reopens

 

Pipat Ratchakitprakan//File photo

 

Thailand's minister of tourism and sports Pipat Ratchakitprakan spoke to the local media after PM Prayuth Chan-ocha's TV announcement about the November 1st reopening of Thailand to foreign tourists on Monday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235244-pipat-thailand-ready-to-vie-for-chinese-and-other-tourists-as-country-reopens/

 

Phuket marks 165 new COVID cases, two more deaths

The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 165 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Oct 12) bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 13,153.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235248-phuket-marks-165-new-covid-cases-two-more-deaths/

 

Covid-19 drop to 442 with 7 new deaths

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Highlights:

442 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi today

778 people recovered and were released from medical care

7 new deaths

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235252-chonburi-new-and-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-drop-to-442-with-7-new-deaths/

 

Doctors issue warning after Thai man gets penis stuck in bottle opener

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A Thai man in Kanchanaburi required hospital treatment after getting his penis stuck in a bottle opener.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235258-doctors-issue-warning-after-thai-man-gets-penis-stuck-in-bottle-opener/

 

Chamber of Commerce support Thai PM's reopening plan - but see only minor GDP benefit

 

Picture: Manager

 

The Thai Chamber of Commerce has thrown its support behind Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha's reopening of Thailand to foreign tourists come November 1st. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235259-chamber-of-commerce-support-thai-pms-reopening-plan-but-see-only-minor-gdp-benefit/

 

3 arrests in 15 million baht "Little Ghost" lottery ticket scam

 

Picture: Daily New

 

Daily News reported that three people had been arrested in an online lottery scam.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235260-3-arrests-in-15-million-baht-little-ghost-lottery-ticket-scam/

 

Top lawyer takes victims to trading standards police after Covid insurer reneges on payments

 

Picture: INN

 

Lawyer Ratchaphol Sirisakhon went to the trading standards police on behalf of 400 people who claimed they did not get money from a Ratchada based insurance company for Covid-19 cover.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235261-top-lawyer-takes-victims-to-trading-standards-police-after-covid-insurer-reneges-on-payments/

 

Khao Yai national park road: It's beautiful but there are hidden dangers

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The chief of Thailand's oldest national park has warned motorists not to stop to take pictures on one of it's most picturesque roads.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235263-khao-yai-national-park-road-its-beautiful-but-there-are-hidden-dangers/

 

Phuket reopening to domestic tourists comes as a consensus, says Governor

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has assured that the decision to reopen the island this Saturday (Oct 16) to vaccinated arrivals without needing to undergo COVID tests was reached by consensus among many segments of the Phuket community.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235264-phuket-reopening-to-domestic-tourists-comes-as-a-consensus-says-governor/

 

Cha Am Sunshine project targets 1,000 foreign tourists per month after reopening

By Paul Andrews

 

Cha Am beach, file photo

 

Tourists officials in Cha Am say they expect approximately 1,000 international arrivals per month, once the resort reopens from November 1.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235267-cha-am-sunshine-project-targets-1000-foreign-tourists-per-month-after-reopening/

 

Vegetarian Festival continues as devotees from spiritual home Kathu Shrine take to the streets

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Vegetarian Festival continued this morning (Oct 13) as devotees and Ma Song spirit mediums from Kathu Shrine, the spiritual home and origin of the festival, held their street procession to the Chinese shrine at Saphan Hin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235278-vegetarian-festival-continues-as-devotees-from-spiritual-home-kathu-shrine-take-to-the-streets/

 

Phuket officials tired of people not understanding the word ‘or’

By The Phuket News

 

Image: Phuket Info Center

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials this morning posted a notice explaining the definition of the word ‘or’ in response to questions about the new domestic entry requirements to the province to come into effect on Saturday (Oct 16).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235283-phuket-officials-tired-of-people-not-understanding-the-word-‘or’/

 

Two wet markets in Chiang Mai stay closed for another 11 days after more COVID-19 infections found

 

Image Credit: Chiang Mai Provincial Health Office’s Facebook

 

The Chiang Mai COVID-19 Situation Command Centre has ordered the Muang Mai and Sor Thor Gao wet markets to remain closed until at least October 22nd after 118 more COVID-19 cases were found, raising the total in the cluster to 478.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235284-two-wet-markets-in-chiang-mai-stay-closed-for-another-11-days-after-more-covid-19-infections-found/

 

TAT to Invite Blackpink’s Lisa to Phuket’s Countdown

By Suwit Rattiwan

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to invite world-renowned artists such as Thai-born K-pop singer Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban and Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli to perform at Phuket’s countdown celebration event this year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235286-tat-to-invite-blackpink’s-lisa-to-phuket’s-countdown/

 

Thai monks' livestream mixes Buddhism and jokes but not all are laughing

 

A phone screen is seen as Buddhist monks Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto and Phra Maha Paiwan Warawanno host a chat show during a Facebook live, at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand, September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Arthon Pookasook

 

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country's religious conservatives, however, are not so amused.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1235295-thai-monks-livestream-mixes-buddhism-and-jokes-but-not-all-are-laughing/