Pub-like restaurants become hotspots for Bangkok COVID-19 clusters

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Health officials have identified pub-like restaurants and densely populated dorms as infection hotspots in Bangkok, as the official number of new COVID-19 cases today exceeded 8,000, excluding self-tests at home.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246739-pub-like-restaurants-become-hotspots-for-bangkok-covid-19-clusters/

Thai officials nab final suspect in tiger killing, doubt their claims

 

 

The final suspect in the national park tiger death case, while claiming he was not involved in the killings, has been arrested, after four other suspects surrendered and confessed to the killing of the two big cats in the Thong Pha Phum national park in Kanchanaburi province in early January.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246743-thai-officials-nab-final-suspect-in-tiger-killing-doubt-their-claims/

 

Covid-19 Could Become Endemic in 2022, Says DDC

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Due to the recent announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) which stated that it may be too early to categorize Covid-19 as an endemic within this year, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, responded that the Ministry of Public Health is not against the announcement. He said the ministry did not mean to categorize Coronavirus as an endemic immediately. He stressed the disease can only become an endemic when it has less severity, when people’s immunity rises significantly, and when the country’s medical system is highly capable of handling it.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246767-covid-19-could-become-endemic-in-2022-says-ddc/

E-commerce department to be set up in Thailand to fight online fraud

 

 

Following the increase in the volume of online retail business, or e-commerce, Thailand’s Court of Justice is planning to set up a new department in the Civil Court, exclusively to handle disputes related to online shopping and to assist consumers cheated by online traders.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246796-e-commerce-department-to-be-set-up-in-thailand-to-fight-online-fraud/

 

Bangkok Ready to Cope with New COVID-19 Wave

 

 

BANGKOK, Jan 14 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepares 10,000 beds to cope with the outbreaks of COVID-19’s Omicron variant while strictly controlling the services of pubs and bars modified to operate as eateries for the time being.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246797-bangkok-ready-to-cope-with-new-covid-19-wave/

 

Leading tourism and business association president still pushing for Pattaya to be a “Sandbox”

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Sophon Cable TV (STV)

 

Pattaya – A leading Pattaya business and tourism association president is still pushing for Pattaya to be a sandbox to attract foreign tourists.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246798-leading-tourism-and-business-association-president-still-pushing-for-pattaya-to-be-a-“sandbox”/

 

Pattaya Mayor says city will still hold a Chinese New Year festival event under strict Covid-19 rules

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

FILE PHOTO

 

Pattaya – Pattaya, according to the Mayor, will still hold a Chinese New Year festival under strict Covid-19 measurements to boost tourism despite high cases of Covid-19 locally.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246799-pattaya-mayor-says-city-will-still-hold-a-chinese-new-year-festival-event-under-strict-covid-19-rules/

 

Truck driver carrying construction equipment knocks down 11 power poles, damages houses in Chonburi, driver blames the wire height

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Wisarn Sangjaroen / Top News

 

Chonburi – A 68-year-old truck driver who was carrying construction equipment knocked down 11 power poles in Mueang Chonburi, which also collapsed into nearby homes.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246800-truck-driver-carrying-construction-equipment-knocks-down-11-power-poles-damages-houses-in-chonburi-driver-blames-the-wire-height/

 

Pattaya Police raid pool party with over fifty customers allegedly breaking Covid-19 rules

By Adam Judd

 

 

Pattaya, Thailand-Pattaya police along with Banglamung authorities and officials raided what they described as a tavern converted into a pool venue late last night for allegedly violating Covid19 rules.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246806-pattaya-police-raid-pool-party-with-over-fifty-customers-allegedly-breaking-covid-19-rules/

 

COVID-19: Thailand reports 7,793 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths, 5,202 recoveries

 

File photo

 

Thailand on Saturday (January 15) reported 7,793 new COVID-19 cases, 5,202 recoveries and 18 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246808-covid-19-thailand-reports-7793-new-coronavirus-cases-18-deaths-5202-recoveries/

 

Thai authorities searching for infected Russian tourist who broke Covid quarantine in Phuket 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on yet another foreign tourist who has broken Covid quarantine after being infected with the virus.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246813-thai-authorities-searching-for-infected-russian-tourist-who-broke-covid-quarantine-in-phuket/

 

Mother arrested after stealing from Mini Big C - she stabbed female staffer after being detained for 59B theft

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Bang Maenang police have arrested a 37 year old Thai mother after she stabbed a female staffer in a Mini Big C store at the Phreuksa 26 housing estate on December 29th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246815-mother-arrested-after-stealing-from-mini-big-c-she-stabbed-female-staffer-after-being-detained-for-59b-theft/

 

Thailand Road Carnage: Driver crushed to death by ice after slamming into tree

 

Picture: Snook

 

Sanook reported on a horrific accident in which a pick-up carrying blocks of ice smashed into a tree.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246817-thailand-road-carnage-driver-crushed-to-death-by-ice-after-slamming-into-tree/

 

Is Thailand rushing to categorize COVID-19 an endemic disease?

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

 

Thailand is preparing to declare COVID-19 an endemic disease this year despite a rising number of infections and warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246818-is-thailand-rushing-to-categorize-covid-19-an-endemic-disease/

 

Rooster’s Special Theory of Positivity! You don't need to be Einstein to know Thailand’s the best!

 

 

Having reread my columns in the last few weeks - especially since the turn of the year - it is clear I am becoming something of a curmudgeon, Thai moaners and bashers whom I usually criticize. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246821-rooster’s-special-theory-of-positivity-you-dont-need-to-be-einstein-to-know-thailand’s-the-best/

 

Thai mum leaves 7 year old with gran - step-granddad, a security guard, rapes her and threatens to kill her if she tells

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on a horrific case of child rape in Samut Prakan south east of the Thai capital Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246825-thai-mum-leaves-7-year-old-with-gran-step-granddad-a-security-guard-rapes-her-and-threatens-to-kill-her-if-she-tells/

Lawyer calls for arrest of chairman of Kalasin football club and his wife for alleged near billion baht lottery fraud

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A lawyer called Bisa Biabangkert who works for a law foundation took 12 victims of an alleged lottery fraud to file a case at Khon Kaen police yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246826-lawyer-calls-for-arrest-of-chairman-of-kalasin-football-club-and-his-wife-for-alleged-near-billion-baht-lottery-fraud/

 

150 flee for their lives as fire hits furniture factory in Trang

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that 150 Thai and Myanmar workers fled for their lives as fire broke out at a furniture factory in Trang, southern Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246828-150-flee-for-their-lives-as-fire-hits-furniture-factory-in-trang/

 

Sore Thai loser put opponent in hospital after smashing him in the face with a snooker cue

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on the arrest of a 26 year old Thai man called Surasit Klinprathum.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246829-sore-thai-loser-put-opponent-in-hospital-after-smashing-him-in-the-face-with-a-snooker-cue/

 

Coach driver who fled the scene after causing mass carnage and death finally arrested in Bangkok

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thailand's crime suppression division has finally caught up with a tour bus driver who caused many deaths and injuries on the Friendship Highway with negligent driving back in 2007.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246830-coach-driver-who-fled-the-scene-after-causing-mass-carnage-and-death-finally-arrested-in-bangkok/

 

Phetchabun: Thai man hunted for murder of landlord and attack on his brother

 

 

Police in the Nong Phai jurisdiction of Phetchabun in north eastern Thailand are hunting for an evil tenant who murdered a landlord and seriously injured his brother.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246832-phetchabun-thai-man-hunted-for-murder-of-landlord-and-attack-on-his-brother/

 

Understanding transgenders - ladyboy gets money for a wig after "being forced to have haircut"

 

Picture Channel 7

 

Channel 7 news reported on the case of a ladyboy who was forced to have their haircut by a family member.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246833-understanding-transgenders-ladyboy-gets-money-for-a-wig-after-being-forced-to-have-haircut/

 

Father had enough of his former son-in-law - shoots him when he breaks the door down

 

Picture Thai Rath

 

Warinchamrap police in Sasaming sub-district of Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand's north eastern region were called after a shooting at a house last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246837-father-had-enough-of-his-former-son-in-law-shoots-him-when-he-breaks-the-door-down/

 

Bangkok Students Get Tested for COVID-19 Ahead of On-site Classes

By Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Schools nationwide are now issuing COVID-19 tests for their students as they prepare to resume on-site classes next week, after having moved classes online since the start of the year to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246841-bangkok-students-get-tested-for-covid-19-ahead-of-on-site-classes/

 

Would YOU send a loved one to live in a care home 6,000 miles away in Thailand? It may sound callous, until you read about the £42,000-a-year, 5-star service in the sun and loving attention of staff (at a fraction of UK costs)

 

John Higgins at the Care Resort Chiang Mai in northern Thailand; a British-run facility which caters for hotel guests as well as the elderly

 

• A growing number of Brits are sending loved ones to care resorts in Thailand 
• Residents at Care Resort Chiang Mai in Thailand enjoy good weather and care
• The average UK residential nursing home costs nearly £50,000 a year or more
• Rates at Care Resort Chiang Mai, with 48 full-time carers, start at £1,100 a month

 

By BARBARA DAVIES FOR THE DAILY MAIL

 

Thousands of miles away from the depths of the murky British winter, the view from the patio of Mary Inman's villa in Thailand is beautiful indeed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246845-would-you-send-a-loved-one-to-live-in-a-care-home-6000-miles-away-in-thailand/

 

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