Month: November 2021
Prayut tells coalition partners to indefinitely put off partying
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (Nov. 30) told coalition partners in government to indefinitely put off partying among themselves in the wake of an Omicron variant. During today’s cabinet meeting at Government House, Prayut called for the indefinite postponement to the planned partying among all cabinet members and MPs attached …
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Royal Irrigation Department admits building road in the middle of rice fields
AMID an outcry from Yasothon province villagers that a road had been built in the middle of their rice fields that does not connect any villages and leads to a dead-end with the solar lights damaging their paddy crops, the Royal Irrigation Department yesterday (Nov. 29) admitted that it was their project, Sanook.com said …
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Loser in Nayok Or Bor Tor election hangs himself
A CANDIDATE in the Nayok Or Bor Tor (head of the Subdistrict Administrative Organisation) election at Trat province’s Huang Nam Khao subdistrict hanged himself at a seaside bungalow after losing the race by just 52 votes, Siam Rath newspaper and Sanook.cm said today (Nov. 30) Pol. Lt. Col. Sittachai Saisorn, duty officer at Ao …
Portugal finds 13 Omicron cases at top-division football club
By Politico.eu THIRTEEN cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been found among players of Portugal’s top-flight football club Belenenses SAD, according to initial results from the country’s national health institute (INSA). One of the players has recently returned from South Africa, where the new strain was discovered last week, the institute said. …
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WHO says ‘never again’ as nations weigh pandemic treaty
By AFP and published by The Straits Times Geneva – The world must study the wreckage of Covid-19 and say “never again” by striking a pandemic preparedness treaty, the WHO said today (Nov. 29) as countries gathered to build a new accord. World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said another disastrous pandemic was …
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Stepdad, mum charged after brutally beating up son
A YOUNG MAN was today (Nov. 29) charged with brutally beating up his six-year-old stepson at a condominium in Din Daeng area of Bangkok with his real mother also similarly charged, Sanook.com said Pol. Lt. Col. Suebpong Karuna, deputy chief for investigation at Sutthisan police station, said the severe beatings took place at the …
Sammit Group ‘not defecting from Palang Pracharath To Pheu Thai party’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SAMMIT GROUP OF MPs attached to Palang Pracharath Party are not going to defect to Pheu Thai Party as rumoured, said Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office Anucha Nakasai today (Nov. 29). Anucha, viewed as a prominent Sammit Group member, categorically dismissed as “groundless” the rumours that group leaders/Justice …
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Drinking allowed at Bangkok restaurants till 11 p.m. from Dec. 1
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced on its Facebook page today (Nov. 29) that drinking at restaurants will be allowed to continue till 11 p.m. from Dec. 1 but entertainment venues will remain shut till Dec. 31, Sanook.com said. BMA’s Communicable Disease Committee passed a three-point resolution at its meeting on Friday Nov. 26 as …
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Huge fire raging at oil warehouse in Nakhon Pathom
A FIERCE fire is raging at an oil warehouse near Thanya market in Om Yai area of Nakhon Pathom province with there being continuous eruptions after the blaze started noon today (Nov. 29), Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said. At 12.21 p.m. it was reported that this plant, Prapha Oil Om Yai, stored thinner and oil …
South Africa doctor dehind ‘Omicron’ alarm says suspected cases mild
By AFP and published by NDTV Pretoria – A South African doctor who raised the alarm over Omicron said today (Nov.28) dozens of her patients suspected of having the new variant had only shown mild symptoms and recovered fully without hospitalisation. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, told AFP she had …
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Or Bor Tor election held smoothly nationwide
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FIRST ELECTION IN NEARLY a decade in Thailand’s smallest democratic units, better known as Or Bor Tor (the Subdistrict Administrative Organisation), was held smoothly throughout the country today (Nov. 28) albeit with a meager number of electoral wrongdoing cases reported. Deputy Election Commission secretary-general Kittipong Boriboon reported that the election …
Democracy, LGBTQ activists stage downtown demonstration
THE United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer (LGTBQ) groups staged a demonstration at Ratchaprasong intersection this afternoon (Nov. 28) to push for abolition of Criminal Code Section 112, or the lese majeste law, and obtain marriage equality, Matichon newspaper said. Booths were set up to collect …
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Govt moves to reopen Thai-Malaysian border checkpoints on Dec. 16
A SPOKESPERSON for the Prime Minister’s Office said today (Nov. 28) the government has set a goal to reopen checkpoints along the Thai-Malaysian border on Dec. 16 as urged by MPs so as to revive tourism, Amarin TV said. Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy spokesperson at the Prime Minister’s Office, said the reopening of these …
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UK, Germany and Italy detect Omicron variant cases, Israel closes borders
By Reuters Staff, published by Indian Express Amsterdam, Berlin, London – Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new steps to contain the virus, while more nations imposed restrictions on travel from southern Africa. The discovery of the variant has …
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Horrendous traffic jams in Korat as Isarn villagers head home for local elections
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TRAFFIC ON A NORTHEASTERN highway was utterly heavy today (Nov. 27) as Isarn villagers were returning home from Bangkok and elsewhere for a long-awaited election of Or Bor Tor (Tambon Administrative Organisation) tomorrow. The Highway Police reported terribly congested traffic on Mittraphap Highway between Pak Chong and Sikhio areas leading to …
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Baffling road to nowhere built in the middle of rice fields
NORTHEASTERN YASOTHON province residents are perplexed at the construction of a road along an irrigation canal in the middle of rice fields that leads to nowhere with no government agency claiming responsibility for having built it, Amarin TV said today (Nov. 27). Mr. Adul Wandee, director of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) office in …
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Vaccine makers move quickly against new variant, testing already under way
By CNBC THE world’s major manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines said on Friday (Nov. 26) that they are working to quickly investigate and adapt their shots to a new and highly mutated strain of the virus. The World Health Organisation on Friday said the new strain, named Omicron, is a “variant of concern” that may …
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Thailand closes borders to 8 African countries over Omicron variant
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said today (Nov. 27) that Thailand is imposing a travel ban on travellers from eight southern Africa countries from Wednesday Dec. 1 onwards to prevent the new Covid-19 variant Omicron from spreading here, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Disease Control department, and Dr. Supakit Sirilak, …
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Scientists warn of new Botswana variant of Covid with ‘horrific’ number of mutations
By The Independent, published by Msn.com A NEW Covid-19 variant has emerged that has an “incredibly high” number of mutations, scientists are warning. It is feared that the B.1.1529, or Botswana variant – an off-shoot of the B.1.1 – could drive further transmission of the virus. The first cases found were three in Botswana, followed …
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BITEC packed with visitors raising fears of new Covid clusters
A FACEBOOK user shared photos he took this afternoon (Nov. 26) at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Bangna where four major events drew throngs of visitors raising fears of new Covid clusters forming, Matichon newspaper said. The Facebook user, Mr. Sam Lok Wanderer, mentioned the four events taking place during Nov. …
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New type of meth pills found in latest drug bust
THE seizure of over 1.4 million methamphetamine (yaba) pills in northern Lampang province yesterday (Nov. 25) showed that they are a new type of the drug being darker and smaller with this indicating that they are more potent than before, Amarin TV said today. Provincial Police Region 5 Commander Pol. Lt. Gen. Piya Tawichai …
Democracy summit snub due to poorly-implemented democratic rule: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND was not invited to a United States-hosted Summit for Democracy scheduled for next month apparently due to the country’s poorly-implemented democratic rule, said a noted critic today (Nov 26). Rangsit University’s Political and Development Research Centre director/former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn cited the Democracy Index compiled by The Economist …
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