No mask mandate cancellation will be announced from Thai government

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul revealed today, June 8th, that no announcement of a mask mandate cancellation, which currently includes even all outside areas, will be made even though Thailand is approaching the endemic disease period.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262163-no-mask-mandate-cancellation-will-be-announced-from-thai-government/

Health Ministry: “Move on from COVID” in Mid-June

 

 

BANGKOK, June 8 (TNA) – The Ministry of Public Health announced that the country would reach its post-pandemic stage of COVID-19 in the middle of this month and it will soon consider if it will lower its COVID-19 alert level after evaluating the impacts of reopened entertainment venues.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262162-health-ministry-“move-on-from-covid”-in-mid-june/

Crazy queues just to check in at Suvarnabhumi last week

OPINION | by Michael Bridge

 

File photo

Thai airways informed passengers in a press release that a Temporary Change of Check-in Rows at Suvarnabhumi Airport would begin on May 21st.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262178-crazy-queues-just-to-check-in-at-suvarnabhumi-last-week/

 

Planned merger of TRUE/DTAC could raise prices of services and also impact GDP growth, says study

By Enquistock

 

 

A recent study by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) suggests that Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) could be lowered and mobile phone users could end up paying up to 20 to 244% more for their service if the telecoms sector becomes a duopoly.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262179-planned-merger-of-truedtac-could-raise-prices-of-services-and-also-impact-gdp-growth-says-study/

 

Mayor outlines plans for Hua Hin to become the “office and kitchen of the globe”

By Online Reporter

 

Image: Hua Hin’s mayor, Mr. Nopporn Wutthikul

 

Hua Hin’s mayor, Mr. Nopporn Wutthikul, has outlined plans aimed at developing the city into a leading destination for both Thai and foreign visitors.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262180-mayor-outlines-plans-for-hua-hin-to-become-the-“office-and-kitchen-of-the-globe”/

 

Thailand Travel Mart Plus (TTM+) 2022 highlights ‘Amazing New Chapters’ in Thai tourism

As the premier showcase of Thai tourism, the event once again brings together decision-makers at the same location with the goal of promoting Thailand and actualise business values.

 

 

Phuket – Thailand’s leading B2B travel industry show, the Thailand Travel Mart Plus (TTM+) 2022, opens today on the beautiful island of Phuket until Friday, 10 June, with a focus on the country’s change towards stronger and more sustainable, more responsible tourism growth in line with the ‘Visit Thailand Year 2022 – 2023: Amazing New Chapters’ marketing campaign.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262181-thailand-travel-mart-plus-ttm-2022-highlights-‘amazing-new-chapters’-in-thai-tourism/

 

Three foreigners allegedly involved in Russian woman who fell to death from a condo in Patong in custody at Phuket court

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Patong, Phuket – Three foreigners who were allegedly involved in an incident in which a Russian woman fell to her death from a condominium in Patong last week are now in custody at the Phuket Provincial Court.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262182-three-foreigners-allegedly-involved-in-russian-woman-who-fell-to-death-from-a-condo-in-patong-in-custody-at-phuket-court/

 

Three-year-old dies after allegedly being assaulted by stepmother and father in Chalong

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Chalong – A three-year-old girl died after allegedly being assaulted by her stepmother and father in Chalong.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262183-three-year-old-dies-after-allegedly-being-assaulted-by-stepmother-and-father-in-chalong/

 

Phuket hospital holds press conference regarding a newborn baby who reportedly suffered a broken arm while under their care

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Phuket – The Vachira Phuket hospital today (June 8th) has revealed a possibility of how a two weeks-old baby involved in a viral story on Thai media has broken her arm.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262184-phuket-hospital-holds-press-conference-regarding-a-newborn-baby-who-reportedly-suffered-a-broken-arm-while-under-their-care/

 

61-year-old driver hit by motorbike rider and dies while switching drivers on highway roadside in Pattaya

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Bang Lamung, Pattaya — A 61-year-old male driver was hit by a motorbike and died while switching drivers on the highway roadside due to fatigue.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262185-61-year-old-driver-hit-by-motorbike-rider-and-dies-while-switching-drivers-on-highway-roadside-in-pattaya/

 

Walking Street nightlife operators urge authorities to resume unfinished road repairs as soon as possible

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Walking Street, Pattaya — Walking Street nightlife operators assembled to discuss the unfinished road repairs on their world-famous street and urged the relevant authorities to resume working and complete the work as soon as possible.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262187-walking-street-nightlife-operators-urge-authorities-to-resume-unfinished-road-repairs-as-soon-as-possible/

 

Pattaya Marine Department instructs water safety measures to be implemented by marine business operators as tourists return

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — The Pattaya Marine Department has instructed water safety measures to be implemented by 150 marine business operators due to a large number of foreign and domestic tourists returning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262188-pattaya-marine-department-instructs-water-safety-measures-to-be-implemented-by-marine-business-operators-as-tourists-return/

 

World Sports News - Thursday 9 June 2022 by Chili Radio
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262189-world-sports-news-thursday-9-june-2022-by-chili-radio/

 

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday June 9 2022

 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262196-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-thursday-june-9-2022/

 

Pink Pineapple Is Illegal In Thailand – Smugglers Face Heavy Penalty

by TNR Staff

 

 

THE AGRICULTURE and Cooperatives Ministry issued a warning today (June 8th) that the import and sale of pink pineapple cultivated by the food company Fresh Del Monte on trial basis in Costa Rica is illegal in Thailand because this is a genetically modified (GMO) crop and the country has a GMO free-policy in place, Amarin TV said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262198-pink-pineapple-is-illegal-in-thailand-–-smugglers-face-heavy-penalty/

 

What a mess! Pattaya's hanging wires are dangerous and bad memories tourists will take home with them

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Can you spot anything?

 

Thai media Daily News said they had been contacted by locals and tourists alike about the deplorable state of wires hanging all over the place near residences and sidewalks in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262200-what-a-mess-pattayas-hanging-wires-are-dangerous-and-bad-memories-tourists-will-take-home-with-them/

What is and isn’t allowed as Thailand legalizes pot

 

Thais will be able to grow marijuana for personal use, while businesses can cultivate the herb on a large scale to produce cosmetics, food, and innovative products, beginning June 9. (Photo by David Gabrić)

 

On June 9 (Thursday), cannabis and hemp finally become legal in Thailand and can be used not just for medical purposes but also as a cash crop.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262201-what-is-and-isn’t-allowed-as-thailand-legalizes-pot/

 

Ang Thong police show how to do it!  Student troublemakers all cuffed in double quick time

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Ang Thong was the scene of a major fight between warring students but everyone was soon in custody and on the way to the police station in the back of a police pick-up, reported Siam Rath. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262202-ang-thong-police-show-how-to-do-it -student-troublemakers-all-cuffed-in-double-quick-time/

 

Thirteen students injured on way home from school - janitor in tatty old truck was behind the wheel

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Wheels pointing skywards

 

Daily News reported on a nasty accident involving a faulty old truck with a school janitor behind the wheel.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262203-thirteen-students-injured-on-way-home-from-school-janitor-in-tatty-old-truck-was-behind-the-wheel/

Historic bill to liberalise Thailand’s liquor industry passes its first reading

 

 

The opposition Move Forward party’s Progressive Liquor Bill, which seeks to break the oligopoly of corporate brewers and provide business opportunities for small-scale, community based entrepreneurs, sailed through its first reading in the Lower House last night (Wednesday), by 178 votes to 137, with 15 abstentions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262204-historic-bill-to-liberalise-thailand’s-liquor-industry-passes-its-first-reading/

 

Nightlife Venues Start Hiring After Covid Relaxation

by Na-ark Rojanasuvan

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Since the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved the reopening of nightlife entertainment venues in 31 provinces from June 1st, employment at these venues is reportedly starting to pick up.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262207-nightlife-venues-start-hiring-after-covid-relaxation/

 

Thailand seeking to profit from a global food crisis

The war in Ukraine has highlighted weaknesses in Thailand’s policymaking and prompted cartel behaviour … again.

by CRAIG KEATING

 

India, the world’s largest exporter of rice, has no plans to join any cartel, the type of which Thailand has tried repeatedly to set up (CGIAR Climate/Flickr)

 

In response to worldwide supply chain issues caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – who between them previously accounted for nearly one-third of global wheat supplies – the Thai government, headed by 2014 coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha, is seeking to profit from the 45 per cent increase in the cost of the staple crop.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262208-thailand-seeking-to-profit from-a-global-food-crisis/

 

Former police inspector loses his entire retirement savings to call center gang posing as "fake cops"

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a former inspector of police in the north of Thailand had lost his entire life savings from three accounts after he was conned by a call center gang posing as police.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262212-former-police-inspector-loses-his-entire-retirement-savings-to-call-center-gang-posing-as-fake-cops/

 

How can people live like this? Landlady finds filthy flat of "professor at famous university"

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath went to Khon Kaen after a a video clip was posted of a flat in an appallingly filthy state on a site that translates in part as "So You Wanna Be Famous".

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262218-how-can-people-live-like-this-landlady-finds-filthy-flat-of-professor-at-famous-university/

 

American with monkeypox flees Mexican hospital

 

 

A US citizen with monkeypox escaped from a hospital in a Mexican resort and fled the country, local health authorities said Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262219-american-with-monkeypox-flees-mexican-hospital/

 

Hundreds of students in Hua Hin given CPR training in bid to prevent drowning deaths

By Online Reporter

 

 

More than three hundred grade 5 and 6 students in Hua Hin are now more confident in how to deal with a serious medical emergency after learning some potentially life-saving first aid skills.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262220-hundreds-of-students-in-hua-hin-given-cpr-training-in-bid-to-prevent-drowning-deaths/
 

Thailand’s Cannabis and Hemp Bill sails through 1st reading in Lower House

 

 

The Lower House overwhelmingly passed the first reading of the Bhumjaithai party’s Cannabis and Hemp Bill yesterday (Wednesday), which will legalise the controlled use, production, sale, import and export of cannabis, hemp and their extracts.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262223-thailand’s-cannabis-and-hemp-bill-sails-through-1st-reading-in-lower-house/

 

Former ganja user hangs a dozen bongs in front of his house to stop youth getting high!

 

Daily News Thai Caption: He's hanging bongs in front of his house

 

Daily News reporters went to visit a Thai man at a house in Ban Pong district of Ratchaburi in south/central Thailand after discovering that he had hung a dozen bamboo bongs on a tree in front of his house. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262224-former-ganja-user-hangs-a-dozen-bongs-in-front-of-his-house-to-stop-youth-getting-high/

 

Migrant smugglers thought the military would be watching the football - WRONG!

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thais smuggling a group of Myanmar migrants in the back of a converted pick-up made to look like a delivery van chose last night to make an illegal run from the border to Sawee in Chumphon, southern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262225-migrant-smugglers-thought-the-military-would-be-watching-the-football-wrong/

 

True to his word, new Bangkok governor presses for end of mask wearing outside 

 

Sanook Thai Caption: The situation has generally improved

 

New Bangkok governor Chadchart Suttipunt has followed up on previous comments earlier in the week that he would press to end mask wearing in open public spaces in the Thai capital where social distancing was possible. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262226-true-to-his-word-new-bangkok-governor-presses-for-end-of-mask-wearing-outside/