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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed his heartfelt thanks to the 20 Thai billionaires from whom he sought help during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In his Facebook post today, he said that all of them had responded energetically to his call to help people affected by business closures as a
The BTS skytrain system is to extend its operating hours to 10.30pm from Sunday night, to conform to the 11pm to 4am revised curfew. BTS managing director Mr. Surapong Laoha-anya said today the extended hours will be applied to all skytrain routes and stations until further notice. Despite the improving situation, he said that BTS
After years of heavy losses, Thailand’s struggling national airline is making headlines with its last-ditch attempt to survive a spiralling financial crisis fuelled by the global coronavirus pandemic. Thai Airways International (THAI), which began operating 60 years ago this month in 1960, is desperately seeking a Bt54-billion short-term loan to finance operating costs while it
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Saturday said he needs “more guarantees” before the green light can finally be given for the resumption of Serie A after a two-month lockdown due to the coronavirus. Clubs have already suggested June 13 as a date for the championship to restart while group training will get underway on
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s last patient with the new coronavirus has recovered and left hospital, leaving the Southeast Asian country with zero cases, the health ministry said on Saturday, while urging continued vigilance. No easing of restrictions related to the virus – including school closures and border entry checks and quarantines – were included
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as head of the CCSA, has listed the business and leisure activities which can resume from Sunday, in the second phase of COVID-19 lockdown relaxations. The list, published in the Royal Gazette yesterday, includes: Food and drink shops or stalls in restaurants, canteens, food parks, but without
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has taken China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Macau off its list of COVID-19 high-risk countries. The ministerial announcement, published in the Royal Gazette on Friday, cited the effectiveness of those areas in containing the continued spread of the deadly virus. Earlier this week, the South Korean embassy in Bangkok
Thailand enjoys another day free from new COVID-19 infections and fatalities, the second time this week. A beaming CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said that, two months after Thailand reported the highest number of new cases, 188 on March 22nd, new infections have slowed to single figures in the past several days with no new
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government on Saturday approved a decree which will allow travel to and from abroad from June 3, in a major development as it moves to unwind one of the world’s most rigid coronavirus lockdowns. The government will allow free travel across the country from that same day. Some regions had pushed
The debate over when Thailand’s schools should reopen has become highly politicized, but it has also led to an intriguing question of whether Thai students are prepared for an increase in “distance learning”. The debate was triggered by the Government’s decision to start the new semester on July 1st, giving almost ten million students an
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion. State leaders, businesses and working class Indians have called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reopen the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system struggling to contain a pandemic still pummelling the country. The 208-199 vote, over strong Republican opposition, advances what boils down to
Former Finance Minister and Kla party leader Korn Chatikavanich has proposed that Thai Airways International files for bankruptcy, so the beleaguered national flag carrier can enter rehabilitation under the protection of the country’s bankruptcy law. The former finance minister said, in his Facebook post today, that this is a golden opportunity for the financially-strapped
Thailand reported seven new COVID-19 infections today (Friday). All are Thai citizens who are in state quarantine after returning from Pakistan. There were no new fatalities. These new infections bring the cumulative total of confirmed cases in Thailand to 3,025, while recoveries have increased by four to 2,854. The death toll remains at 56,
Beleaguered Thai Airways International is likely to file for bankruptcy protection and have to enter a court sanctioned restructuring and rehabilitation process, Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today. Mr. Anutin, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam met Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for about half an hour today to discuss
