Month: May 2021
House of Representatives discussing budget for fiscal year 2022
THE government has presented its expenditure budget for fiscal year 2022 to the House of Representatives. The spending will focus on national development in accordance with the National Strategy, and efforts to revive the country after the Covid-19 crisis, NNT said today (May 31). Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, today explained the …
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Urgent! CCSA puts off lifting Covid curbs in Bangkok
JUST hours after the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) had announced it is allowing five types of establishments to reopen again from tomorrow (June 1) the Centre of Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) stepped in and postponed the relaxation by another 14 days, Sanook.com said this evening. BMA’s Public Relations Office said CCSA ordered that a …
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Car takes wrong turn, gets stuck on stairs
RAISING eyebrows and attracting a lot of comments are photos of a car stuck on a staircase at a car park with some netizens wondering whether the driver was awake when this happened, Amarin TV said this afternoon (May 31). Going viral on Thai social media is a post about this bizarre accident, where …
BMA allows 5 types of establishments to reopen from tomorrow
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) today (May 31) allowed five categories of establishments to reopen again from tomorrow and among them are museums, tattoo parlours, beauty clinics and botanical gardens, Sanook.com said. In its announcement of easing coronavirus control BMA said that the outbreak in the capital is currently clustered at workers camps, markets and …
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Locally-grown rambutan renders good price in disguise of far-away one
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A YOUNG FARMER bitterly accepts the fact that the rambutan which he grows in his backyard in Baan Rai district of Uthai Thani would bring up a good price only if sold at a marketplace as a fruit from far away. Purely for the sake of profits, he has tried hard …
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Thai firm plans to import world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for animals
SUPREME Pharmatech, a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in Thailand, plans to import 10,000 doses of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for animals, NNT said today (May 30). Supreme Pharmatech CEO, Milint Wintarasiri, said the company is in negotiations with the manufacturer, Carnivac-Cov, to import the vaccine. She said that this is a good opportunity to contribute …
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CP Foods closes poultry factory after Covid-19 found among workers
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia THAILAND’S largest agribusiness firm Charoen Pokphand Foods said today (May 30) it had closed one of its factories for five days after several workers tested positive for Covid-19. The company’s poultry processing plant in Saraburi province will be shut from Sunday to Thursday, the company said in a …
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HK seizes heroin hidden in electrical appliances sent from Thailand
HONG KONG Customs seized about 23.5 kilogrammes of suspected heroin with an estimated market value of about $29 million (approximately 900 million baht) hidden in a consignment of goods that arrived from Thailand on May 27, a press release issued by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said today (May 30). Customs …
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Bangkok tops list of 10 provinces with highest Covid infection
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (May 30) listed the 10 provinces with the most coronavirus cases and Bangkok, being the worst affected, is right at the top while there were 4,528 new cases and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours, Sanook.com said. Of the new batch of cases 1,397 emerged in …
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Ukraine Ambassador dies at Koh Lipe resort
THE Ukraine Ambassador to Thailand Mr. Andrii Beshta, 45, died while vacationing on Koh Lipe island, Satun province, before dawn today (May 30) but initially there were no signs of anything suspicious having occurred, TV Channel 7 said. Koh Lipe police station’s deputy inspector Pol. Lt. Col. Bedan Saripa was informed at approximately 5.30 a.m. …
Koh Samui rolls out vaccination drive to reopen for tourism in July
FAMED tourist destination Koh Samui launched a mobile door-knocking vaccination drive to meet its target of reopening for tourism in July with a 100-year-old grandfather being the first one to get a jab, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (May 29). Mr. Amnuay Klaiudom, the 100-year-old man who got a Sinovac shot, is in …
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Rural doctors say why Mor Prom vaccination app was suspended
THE Rural Doctor Society today (May 29) said in its Facebook page that the reason Prom Line account and phone app for vaccination registration was suddenly halted earlier this week is because AstraZeneca vaccine is coming late and the volume lower than expected, Amarin TV reported. In an in-depth post, the non-profit organisation urged the …
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Remains of 215 children found at former indigenous school site in Canada
By Reuters Staff, published by Euronews.com Toronto – The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School …
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Hundreds infected in new Samut Prakan cluster amid daily Covid count of 4,803
AS MANY AS as 800 workers were found to be infected with coronaviru in a large new cluster that emerged in Mueang district of Samut Prakan province while the daily Covid-19 tally reached 4,803 with 34 more fatalities, TV Channel 7 said. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said this morning (May 29) of …
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1,000-year-old ‘stolen’ artefacts to return to Thailand from US
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia TWO ancient sandstone artefacts believed to have been stolen from Thailand during the Vietnam War are set to return from the United States tonight (May 28), officials say. The temple support beams with their exquisite carvings of the Hindu deities Indra and Yama date back to the late …
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Japan thrash Myanmar after protests on and off pitch
By Andrew McKirdy, Yahoo! sports JAPAN thrashed Myanmar 10-0 on today (May 28) to cruise into the third round of Asian World Cup qualifying, after protesters had raised anti-junta three-fingered salutes on and off the pitch. Around 70 protesters gathered before kick-off outside the stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, carrying pictures of detained Myanmar leader …
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Newly-approved Sinopharm vaccine to cost maximum 1,000 baht a jab
By Siam Rath and Reuters AFTER the approval of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine for emergency use today (May 28) Mr Nithi Mahanonda, secretary-general of the Chulabhorn Royal Academy which is importing 1 million doses, said the price would not exceed 1,000 baht a jab including insurance. This is the Covid fifth vaccine approved by the Food …
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Ministry confirms Thai Covid strain has not been found
AN adviser to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) confirmed today (May 28) that no new coronavirus strain has been found in Thailand as has been reported by the British press, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Udom Kachinthon, CCSA’s adviser, said this confirmation was made at a meeting between CCSA and the Public Health …
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More than 100 cases of new Thai Covid strain detected in UK
By The Mirror and Thai Newsroom MORE than 100 cases of the new strain have been identified across the UK. Known as VUI-21MAY-02 (C.36.3), the variant was first detected in Thailand in people who had travelled from Egypt, Public Health England confirmed. It was designated as a variant under investigation on May 24 on the …
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Pattaya plans to reopen to foreign tourists in fourth quarter
Chonburi (NNT) – Pattaya plans to welcome back foreign tourists, without quarantine requirements, in the fourth quarter of this year and seeks more Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover at least 70% of local residents. Pattaya mayor Sontaya Kunplome said, under the “Pattaya, Move on” project, that foreign tourists who have received two vaccine doses will …
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8 explosions and shooting death of accused informant reported in Yangon
By Myanmar Now EIGHT explosives went off this morning (May 27) in Yangon’s Thaketa Township, where a local ward administrator was also shot and killed by three gunmen in the latest sign of escalating violence by anti-regime forces. The explosions took place near the township’s No. 1 and No. 2 police stations, a local market, …
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10kg heroin washes up on Khao Lak beach
EMPLOYEES of a hotel at the famed Khao Lak tourist destination in southern coastal Phang Nga province today (May 27) found a suspicious box that had washed up on the beach and immediately called the police, Amarin TV said. When the police team got to the beach they found that the box was lying …