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The Thai Ministry of Public Health today reported three new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 53, with 33 of them having recovered and returned home, one death and the remainder still in hospital. One of the new cases is a 41-year old woman, who did not travel abroad but was
TISCO’s Centre of Economic and Strategic Analysis has slashed Thailand’s GDP projection for this year from 1.7% to 0.8% – the lowest since 2009. The Centre’s economic research chief, Mr. Thammarat Kittisiripat, said today that the anticipated sharp drop in tourism revenue, coupled with the resulting impacts on production, from the closure of several cities
BEIJING (AP) — China’s president visited the center of the global virus outbreak Tuesday as Italy began a sweeping nationwide travel ban and people worldwide braced for the possibility of recession. President Xi Jinping’s trip to the coronavirus’ epicenter of Wuhan — his first since the start of the outbreak — came as parts of
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has shrugged off the calls, by some members for the Democrat party, to pull the party out of the government coalition, saying “Let them pull out.” He quickly added, however, that the party has not pulled out yet, when asked by reporters today what he would if they did. Dissident members
ROME (Reuters) – The whole of Italy will be placed under lockdown until next month, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday, in an unprecedented and unexpected new attempt to beat coronavirus in Europe’s worst-affected country. Conte told reporters that measures introduced just two days ago in much of the north were no longer sufficient
The cabinet is to consider four measures, proposed by the Energy Ministry, to help low-income earners, small and medium-sized enterprises weather economic hardship, weighed down by COVID-19. Endorsed by the Energy Policy Management Committee, the four measures include a 3,000 baht refund to each household which paid the 3,000 baht insurance fee for installation of
Palang Pracharat MP for Ratchaburi province, Pareena Kraikupt, reported to the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division to acknowledge charges in connection with her alleged illegal occupation of 106.4 hectares of state-owned land. Accompanied by her lawyer, Noppadol Pengsom, the outspoken MP met with Pol Maj-Gen Vivat Chaisangkha, the division commander, to acknowledge the
The Government has backed down over its plan to give two 1,000 baht handouts to every low-income earner, to help ease their hardship in light of the economic slowdown and COVID-19. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that he had ordered the plan to be scrapped. The cash giveaway, which was part of an economic
A cash reward of 10,000 baht has been offered to anyone providing information which leads to the apprehension of any of the 80 Thai workers from South Korea, who escaped quarantine upon their arrival at Suvarnabhumi international airport on Saturday. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said today (Monday) that he has asked the Immigration Bureau to
With just two years in the field of politics, Pita Limjaroenrat has taken on the challenging mission of leading more than 50 MPs elected under the banner of the now-defunct Future Forward Party in their fight for democracy. His appointment as their interim leader on Sunday did not come as a surprise given that he
Sornsawan Geasee, 5, and her kid brother Thianravit Geasee, 3, must be wondering why their mother always acted weird in front of them. Instead of talking to them in Thai like all adults in the neighborhood and elsewhere, she chitchatted with them, reprimanded them or gave them instructions in English. The children are too young
Thailand’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao appears to be in the hot seat today, because a member of the core government party, Palang Pracharat, has demanded that he resigns from the cabinet after one of his aides was implicated in the hoarding of face masks. Additionally, several Democrat MPs have called on the party to
A queue of 700 people began forming as early as 3am this morning in front of the main outlet of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization, the maximum number eligible to buy a set of ten face masks, one bottle of 450 cc alcohol and two tubes of sanitizer gel at a total cost of 99 baht.
After surviving the recent censure debate with bruises, embattled Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao faces further controversy after his close aide was accused of colluding with a profiteer who allegedly hoarded millions of face masks. The allegation has triggered widespread fury in social media at a time when demand for protective masks is high amid
Medical personnel at the Srinakharin Hospital of Khon Kaen University, in Thailand’s northeast, are being urged to rally in front of the hospital’s library today (Monday) at 4.30pm to protest against the shortage of face masks. The call for the demonstration was made by Professor Dr. Veerachai Kwosuwan, former lecturer at the Medical Science Faculty
