Month: June 2021
Progress made in salvaging cargo ship, tugboat beached at Phang Nga island
A LARGE crane vessel managed to slightly shift a cargo ship that ran aground in the shallow part of a beach at Koh Phra Thong island off Phang Nga coast on June 7 after removing 30 containers with a tugboat that came to its rescue also stuck there, Amarin TV said this morning (June …
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Pope joins Myanmar bishops’ appeal for humanitarian corridors
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Vatican City – Pope Francis today (Jun 20) appealed to Myanmar’s military leaders to allow aid to reach displaced, hungry people who have fled fighting since the Feb 1 coup and to respect religious sites as places of sanctuary. Speaking at his Sunday blessing to crowds in …
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Call to ban import of low-priced shrimp from Ecuador
THE Thai Marine Shrimp Farmers Association today (June 20) urged the Department of Fisheries to ban the import of low-priced shrimps from Ecuador which is now affecting Thai shrimp farmers, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 20). Mr. Somchai Rerkpokee, the association’s president, said he has heard foreign shrimp are being sold to local consumers …
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Family searches for owner of vehicle left overturned at fence for months
A YOUNG Man posted an online message that he is looking for the owner of a pickup truck that has remained overturned at the fence of his relative’s house for months now after zooming across and turning turtle, Sanook.com said today (June 20). Writing on a Facebook page under the name Bird Klong Yai, …
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10 provinces have over a hundred Covid cases today, up from 5
THE number of provinces with over a hundred coronavirus cases rose to 10 today (June 20) from five yesterday amid 3,682 new cases of infection and 20 fatalities which took the overall death toll to 1,629 since the start of the pandemic and 1,535 in the current wave that started on April 1, TV …
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Pfizer-BioNTech shots ‘have stronger antibody response than Sinovac’
By Reuters, Bloomberg and published by The Straits Times Hong Kong – People who are vaccinated against Covid-19 with Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine were found to have “substantially higher” levels of antibodies than those who received Sinovac’s jab, the South China Morning Post reported today (June 19), citing a Hong Kong study. Some who received the Sinovac …
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Myanmar protesters wear flowers to mark Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair today (June 19) to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face court again next week. Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government was overthrown …
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Durian with misspelled genus name sells like hot cakes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO LESS THAN A TONNE of fresh durian put on a roadside vending stall in a downtown area of Nonthaburi has always been sold out over a weekend. It is not the taste, smell or price of the durian which may have attracted many customers to Ritthirong Meesee’s vending stall. It …
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Covid still surging in Bangkok, vicinity with daily count of 2,209
BANGKOK and its five neighbouring provinces are still badly hit by the second coronavirus wave which started in April logging 2,209 cases and 26 fatalities over the past 24 hours amid a national tally of 3,667 cases and 32 deaths, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (June 19). The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration …
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Virtual real estate plot sells for close to US$1 million
By Channel NewsAsia London – A patch of virtual land in the blockchain-based online world Decentraland sold for more than US$900,000 yesterday (June 17), in a record purchase for the platform, the Decentraland Foundation said. In Decentraland, ownership of virtual land is bought and sold in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). An NFT is …
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Move to reopen Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao on July 15
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, as head of the the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee, took up a proposal to reopen Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao islands to tourism on July 15 just days after Phuket does so on July 1 at a teleconference joined by senior officials from Surat Thani …
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All schools in Chainat shut again to prevent Covid infection
SCHOOLS in Chainat province started shutting down this morning (June 18) after it was found that a number of parents had got infected with coronavirus after having worked in high-risk areas and then visiting the children in schools thus risking the spread of infection in their premises, Sanook.com said. Teaching in this province will now …
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Over a tonne of Ice, heroin seized near Malaysian border
THE Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre and police in southern Satun province that borders Malaysia seized around 1,100 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and heroin hidden at Tam Malang mangrove canal in Mueang district yesterday (June 17), Amarin TV said this morning. Officials believe that the drug traffickers had stored it there for further …
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Covid fear grips Parliament after part-time worker gets infected
FEAR spread among Parliament officials and employees after a part-time worker was found to have been infected with coronavirus today (June 17) despite tight screening, Siam Rath newspaper said. Those entering the Parliament have to fill out details in an application stating their coronavirus status and that they have at least received one Covid …
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Engineer who killed a youth in double parking row escapes jail
THE Chon Buri Supreme Court today (June 17) granted a reprieve from a jail term of three years and four months to an engineer who had shot dead a youth in a row over double parking in February 2017, Sanook.com, Siam Rath and Thai Rath newspapers said. The defendant, Mr. Suthep Phochonsomboon, 56, or …
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Growing guava trees in rice-farming neighbourhood
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAKORN PICHITTHACHAI had long taken pride in the rice which he had only produced to feed fellow villagers of Baan Phaeo district of Samut Sakhon where most rely on fishery, seafood processing industry and other types of manufacturing industry. Not until the last few years had he turned to cultivating …
Centre debunks fake news on Covid jab’s impact on dentistry
THE ANTI-FAKE News Centre this morning (June 17) urged the public not to believe a warning spreading online for those who have got a Covid jab to avoid dentistry for a month pointing out that this is not true, Siam Rath newspaper said. The centre checked with the Public Health Ministry’s Medical Department that said …
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Biden, Putin face off at long-awaited summit
By AFP, Reuters and AP, published by DW US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin kicked off a highly-anticipated summit in Geneva today (June 16). The leaders’ first in-person meeting, which is taking place at a lakeside villa, comes amid soaring tensions between their two countries. Opening the talks, Putin said he …
Police seize Ice hidden in instant noodles heading for Israel
CHIANG RAI police arrested a man just as he was about to send a parcel of instant noodles to Israel with bags of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden in them totalling 990 grammes, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (June 16). Pol Maj. Gen. Chinnawich Wichaithanaphat, head of the Chiang Rai Provincial Police, had assigned police …
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Media company hit by Covid cases amid daily total of 2,331
AS news is circulating that a television station has been badly hit after a large number of its workers got infected with coronavirus, media company Workpoint Entertainment Plc said over its morning news programme that two of its reporters have been infected and are now hospitalised, Amarin TV said this afternoon (June 16). Workpoint stated …
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Thaksin slams 50:50 co-payment, Phuket sandbox schemes
FORMER Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in a Clubhouse chat, where he uses the alias Tony Woodsome, that both the government’s 50:50 co-payment scheme and the Phuket Sandbox tourism project have shortcomings, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (June 16). Joining the discussion at CARE ClubHouse x CARE Talk on the topic, “Tony wants …
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3.2m signed up for Sinopharm jabs, Thailand’s mRNA vaccine candidate enters human trials
THAILAND’S provider of Sinopharm vaccine has seen 3.2 million people sign up for the alternative offering in the government’s main vaccination drive, while Thailand’s homegrown mRNA Covid-19 vaccine has entered human trials, NNT said today (June 15). Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), the sole provider of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand as an alternative offering to …
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