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As many as 1,000 police officers, from seven of Thailand’s southern provinces, are to be deployed in Jana district of Songkhla province this Saturday, to maintain peace and order during a public hearing, to be held at Jana Wittaya School, on the Jana industrial estate project,. Police said that only stakeholders directly concerned with the
The four members of the economic team of Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, known as “See Kumarn” (four boys of Dr. Somkid), have quit the ruling Palang Pracharat party, which they jointly founded two years ago. The four, Finance Minister and former party leader Uttama Savanayana, Energy Minister and former party secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong,
Thailand recorded five new COVID-19 cases today (Thursday), all returnees from abroad and in state quarantine. There were no new fatalities. CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said that four of the new infections are Thai freelancers working in the United Arab Emirates, and the fifth is a Thai student returning from Egypt with anosmia.
Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has offered a public apology for not wearing a face mask, while attending a social event to commemorate US United States Independence Day, at the US Embassy in Bangkok. In addition to Mr. Anutin, several other Government and Opposition figures were seen, in pictures of the event, not
Thailand’s Cabinet approved the Civil Partnership Bill and amendments to the Civil and Commercial Code today (Wednesday), both of which aim to legalize same sex partnerships. The bill defines partners as couples of the same sex by birth, who register for a union in accordance with this bill. Highlights of the bill are: Consenting same
An embattled political leader, disliked or even abhorred by at least half of his country, celebrates his nation’s most nationalistically important day by accusing his opponents of trying to undo what heroic ancestors had built. He says the rivals are only trying to do horrible things of erasing great and unique values, imposing ones of
PETA has welcomed the Thai Commerce Ministry’s use of a traceable labelling system, intended to ensure that Thai coconuts are not harvested by monkeys, but warned that Thai companies exporting coconut products which do not comply with the system may face class action lawsuits, said PETA senior vice president for International Campaigns, Jason Baker, in
Security, in the Muang district of Thailand’s southern border province of Yala, has been stepped up, and Buddhist communities have been warned to exercise extra caution and watch out for strangers, as security authorities are bracing for possible attacks by southern insurgents. People entering the district township by car, motorcycle and public transport, are being
Thailand recorded two new COVID-19 cases today, both Thais returning from abroad and in state quarantine, but no new fatalities. CCSA assistant spokesperson Dr. Panprapha Yongtrakul said that one is a 31-year old Thai man, returning from India, and the other is a 39-year old Thai preacher back from Indonesia. She added that both men
Shoppers in Australia’s second-biggest city stripped supermarket shelves Wednesday as millions in Melbourne prepared for a return to virus lockdown, with warnings the new restrictions will cost the economy Aus$1 billion a week. Five million residents were ordered back into a six-week lockdown beginning midnight Wednesday into Thursday as soaring community transmission of the coronavirus
The first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand has come to an end, after the country has not seen a case of local, or community infection for 44 consecutive days, said Dr. Anupong Sujariyakul, an expert attached to the Disease Control Department, today (Wednesday). He warned, however, that Thailand must now be prepared for
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States will leave the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 6, 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, who announced the decision over
People interested in hotel and air fare discounts can register via www.เราเที่ยวด้วยกัน.com (We Tour Together program) from July 15th, 6am to 9pm, said Mr. Yutthasak Supasorn, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Under the program, the 40% discounts will be limited to five million hotel nights and two million air tickets, with the
The Progressive Movement (Kao Na) issued a statement today to defend itself against, what it described as, dirty political slander over its allegedly opaque disbursement of about 7.5 million baht in public donations. The movement staged fund raising concerts on May 1st and 2nd, called “May Day – May Day We Help”, to help artists
SAO PAULO (Agencies) — Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, he said in a television interview on Tuesday. Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the pandemic, revealed the test result during nationally televised remark. “It came back positive,” he told reporters from behind a mask. CNN affiliate CNN Brasil quoted Bolsonaro’s
Not a single COVID-19 infection, or related fatality, has been recorded in Thailand today (Tuesday), according to the CCSA. The country’s accumulated infections to date are at 3,195, while the death toll remains at 58, with 3,072 recoveries. A total of 182,490 new cases were reported today worldwide, pushing cumulative infections to 11,739,171, with the
