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Proposal to End RT-PCR Tests after Songkran

 

 

BANGKOK,  (TNA) – Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered hospitals to build up their COVID-19 vaccine doses for inoculation for elderly people and their younger relatives who will return home during the Songkran holiday and planned to propose an end to compulsory RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 after the festival.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256041-proposal-to-end-rt-pcr-tests-after-songkran/

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Maximum of 50,000 COVID-19 daily infections predicted after Songkran

 

 

The Thai Ministry of Public Health has predicted that there will be a maximum average of 50,000 COVID-19 cases a day after the Songkran holidays next week, about 3,000 new cases of lung inflammation and 150 daily fatalities, if public cooperation in complying with safety measures remains at the present level.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256077-maximum-of-50000-covid-19-daily-infections-predicted-after-songkran/

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Why can’t the Thai government reduce the prices at the pumps?

by Michael Bridge

 

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Prices have skyrocketed around the world due to the Ukraine crisis, with the average price of gasoline around the world is US$1.29 per liter.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256089-why-can’t-the-thai-government-reduce-the-prices-at-the-pumps/

 

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EVs maker dismisses rumours over lack of transparency, prepares legal actions against leaker 

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

Energy Absolute Plc (EA), a maker of electric vehicles, said on Thursday recent rumours about its businesses, which caused its shares to fall abruptly in a couple days, are untrue, and it is planning to sue the rumour leaker.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256090-evs-maker-dismisses-rumours-over-lack-of-transparency-prepares-legal-actions-against-leaker/

 

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Drug Stores Invited to Help COVID Patients

 

 

BANGKOK, (TNA) – The National Health Security Office (NHSO) and the Pharmacy Council of Thailand invited drug stores to distribute medicine to COVID-19 patients and monitor their conditions and about 700 drug stores have participated.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256091-drug-stores-invited-to-help-covid-patients/

 

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DIT Urges Malls to Freeze Commodity Prices During Songkran

by Na-ark Rojanasuvan

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) is asking retailers to shore up their inventory in anticipation of heightened demand during the upcoming long Songkran holiday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256092-dit-urges-malls-to-freeze-commodity-prices-during-songkran/

 

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Bangkok Hosts Exhibition to Celebrate Thailand-Canada Relations

by Krajangwit Johjit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Vijavat Isarabhakdi has attended the opening ceremony of the Thailand-Canada photographic exhibition "Take Your Seat Together," by renowned Canadian photographers Randy and Spencer VanDerStarren, at ICONSIAM shopping mall.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256093-bangkok-hosts-exhibition-to-celebrate-thailand-canada-relations/

 

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Thailand Co-hosts a Regional Forum on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

by Krajangwit Johjit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The 13th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ISM on NPD) has been co-hosted via videoconference on 5 April 2022 by Thailand, the US, and Sri Lanka.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256094-thailand-co-hosts-a-regional-forum-on-non-proliferation-and-disarmament/

 

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Thai Officials Finding Measures to Alleviate Agricultural Problems

by Na-ark Rojanasuvan

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai government officials will be looking into the issues affecting the prices of agricultural products. They are to come up with measures that will ease the producers’ burdens.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256095-thai-officials-finding-measures-to-alleviate-agricultural-problems/

 

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Intoxicated man causes public disturbance, arrested after leading police on 2 kilometer foot chase in Chonburi

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Chonburi – Police chased after an intoxicated man over two kilometers before finally catching and arresting him in the Panat Nikhom district.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256096-intoxicated-man-causes-public-disturbance-arrested-after-leading-police-on-2-kilometer-foot-chase-in-chonburi/

 

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Pattaya Police arrest three alleged drug dealers with 20 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – The Pattaya City Police arrested three alleged drug dealers in Nonthaburi with a reported 20 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine seized.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256097-pattaya-police-arrest-three-alleged-drug-dealers-with-20-kilograms-of-crystal-methamphetamine/

 

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Stalled Chinese submarine shines light on Rolls Royce firm supplying engines to China’s military

by Joseph O' Connor

 

On Monday for the first time, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha suggested the possibility that the contract to supply the ฿13.5 billion S26T Yuan-class submarine to the Royal Thai Navy signed with a Chinese state-owned shipbuilding firm may have to be cancelled if the submarine cannot be supplied with the specified German MTU engines. 

 

The spotlight on Thailand’s submarine deal with China is also linked to the altered geopolitical environment after the Russian invasion of Ukraine with heightened sensitivity in the West, in particular in Germany, concerning the supply of critical engineering products to an expanding Chinese military.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256098-stalled-chinese-submarine-shines-light-on-rolls-royce-firm-supplying-engines-to-china’s-military/

 

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Slight increase in tourists to Hua Hin during Songkran as data reveals city’s popularity among millennials

By Jonathan Fairfield

 

Tourists visit Hua Hin night market. File photo

 

The upcoming Songkran holiday is set to result in a slight increase in tourists visiting Hua Hin and other districts in Prachuap Khiri Khan province compared to last year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256099-slight-increase-in-tourists-to-hua-hin-during-songkran-as-data-reveals-city’s-popularity-among-millennials/

 

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Thailand reports 25,140 new COVID-19 cases, 89 deaths, 24,854 recoveries

 

File photo. Credit Thai PBS

 

Thailand on Friday (8th April) reported 25,140 new COVID-19 cases, 24,854 recoveries and 89 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Fill story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256104-thailand-reports-25140-new-covid-19-cases-89-deaths-24854-recoveries/

 

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Opinion: With the Bangkok governor election just days away, we are already seeing candidates self destruct

By Erich Parpart

 

 

Former senator Rosana Tositrakul was not a frontrunner in the upcoming Bangkok gubernatorial election but that still did not stop her from taking the headlines earlier this month with some rather spectacular statements.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256106-opinion-with-the-bangkok-governor-election-just-days-away-we-are-already-seeing-candidates-self-destruct/

 

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Winners and losers in ‘poster war’ for Bangkok governor election

 

 

Controversy has erupted over the size – and sheer proliferation – of campaign posters on Bangkok streets, as city governor hopefuls vie for voter attention ahead of the May 22 election — the first since 2013.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256116-winners-and-losers-in-‘poster-war’-for-bangkok-governor-election/

 

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Jealous ex stabs woman to death in front of stunned shoppers - no one intervenes

 

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Bang Kaew police were called to Big C in Bang Plee, Samut Prakan, after a horrific stabbing.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256118-jealous-ex-stabs-woman-to-death-in-front-of-stunned-shoppers-no-one-intervenes/

 

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14 year old admits to organizing her mum's murder - two in custody

 

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Bang Plee police in Samut Prakan went to the Khajorn housing estate in their jurisdiction after reports of two stabbings.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256119-14-year-old-admits-to-organizing-her-mums-murder-two-in-custody/

 

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One dead one injured as large crane collapses atop downtown Bangkok shopping center

 

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Lumpini police were called to the roof of a well-known shopping center on Ratdamri Road where a hotel is being added.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256120-one-dead-one-injured-as-large-crane-collapses-atop-downtown-bangkok-shopping-center/

 

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Bangkok to host ‘11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting’ in August 2022

High-level regional tourism gathering is a key event in Thailand’s role as the APEC 2022 host country.

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok, 8 April, 2022 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to advise that Thailand, in its role as the host of the APEC 2022, will hold the 11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting and the 60th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting in Bangkok from 14-20 August, 2022. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256124-bangkok-to-host-‘11th-apec-tourism-ministerial-meeting’-in-august-2022/

 

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AIS Opposes TRUE - DTAC Merger Deal

by Na-ark Rojanasuvan

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Broadcasting Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has acknowledged the Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS)’s opposition to the merger deal between TRUE Corporation and Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (DTAC).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256125-ais-opposes-true-dtac-merger-deal/

 

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Davika “Mai” Hoorne Featured in TAT’s Travel Campaign

by Na-ark Rojanasuvan

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will unveil a new television and online advertisement featuring actress Davika “Mai” Hoorne, in the hope to entice more people to engage in tourism activities.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256126-davika-“mai”-hoorne-featured-in-tat’s-travel-campaign/

 

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Thai man arrested for attempted murder in 2003

 

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Crime Suppression Division police went to a restaurant in Bang Khen district of northern Bangkok where they arrested a man for attempted murder.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256128-thai-man-arrested-for-attempted-murder-in-2003/

 

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Songkran: Worried about leaving your place empty in the holidays? - police recommend "OBS"

 

 

Thai Rath reported on the pronouncements of the chief of the Royal Thai Police through his spokeswoman yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256130-songkran-worried-about-leaving-your-place-empty-in-the-holidays-police-recommend-obs/

 

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Amazing Thailand: Brother's elephant "Mario" held hostage - but Yaba use is behind it again

 

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Police in Sateuk, Buriram, NE Thailand were called after a man reported that his million baht elephant had been stolen.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256131-amazing-thailand-brothers-elephant-mario-held-hostage-but-yaba-use-is-behind-it-again/

 

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Man Utd and Liverpool fans team up.....to report big match rip-off to the police

 

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INN reported that Manchester United and Liverpool fans went together to the police to report a rip-off on Twitter.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256133-man-utd-and-liverpool-fans-team-upto-report-big-match-rip-off-to-the-police/

 

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Chonburi announces 1,225 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 and two new deaths

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 1,225 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with two new deaths, on April 8th, 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256134-chonburi-announces-1225-new-and-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-and-two-new-deaths/

 

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Thai consumer confidence falls for third month in a row 

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

Thailand’s consumer confidence declined for a third consecutive month in March to a six-month low, dragged down by concerns over Covid-19 infections and rising living costs, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) said on Friday. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256135-thai-consumer-confidence-falls-for-third-month-in-a-row/

 

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Motorcyclist killed on Bang Na - Trat road

 

 

Police were called to the Bang Na - Trat local road yesterday afternoon after reports that a motorcyclist had been killed at KM 8.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256137-motorcyclist-killed-on-bang-na-trat-road/

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Thai man has a close encounter with a cobra in his toilet bowl!

 

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A Thai man called Wittawat contacted  his local snake catchers after having a close encounter of the serpent kind at his house in Thasala, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, southern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256138-thai-man-has-a-close-encounter-with-a-cobra-in-his-toilet-bowl/