[Bangkok booze ban: Extension decision Monday]

4 hours ago, keithet said:

Are Thailand's Governors elected or put in position? 

A few days ago I remember reading about Phuket's governor going to be repositioned to another province. Which seems unfair to the people in the other province because their governer will be all

To reduce the amount of bogus elections, they get appointed by the ministry if interior. 

[Pattaya: Keep the lockdown! But when restrictions lift pubs and bars should be last to open, says expert]

29 minutes ago, webfact said:

who advises the government

Now that's hardly a qualification in any aspect

[ATM attack: Don't blame me, says Thai man, I couldn't get any "Lao Khao"]

Blame Canada!

[Booze ban: Thailand's one million heavy drinkers face serious health and withdrawal issues]

4 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Be interesting to see how long it takes then for alchohol withdrawal related deaths to overtake the covid numbers.

Guess the additional deaths caused through starvation, suicide and untreated medical conditions will outnumber the corona death by far.

[Exercise outdoors permitted during lockdown, confirms Phuket health chief]

So the slingshots are off the agenda?

[Thailand launches Mor Chana mobile app to enhance contact tracing efforts to help stop the spread of COVID-19]

Looking at all the permissions that app wants on my phone, I guess I won't download it

[Bangkok bans sale of alcohol 10th to 20th April]

They are running out of ideas to make all of this more miserable

[Covid-19: Mayor in Prachuap calls for top officials to forego salaries and give money to medical staff]

Guess they make x-fold of it in side business anyway. 

[Covid-19: Foreigners spit on the sidewalk after being denied entry to convenience store for not wearing masks]

Remember the "tourist" licking the buttons at the BTS elevator in Bangkok?

[Thailand announces $58 billion economic measures to mitigate coronavirus impact]

For a change they could get rid of all the useless regulations that make business so much harder than it needs to be. Doesn't even cost a single baht.

[Curfew Day 2: Three hundred curfew breakers will face the courts]

As they are talking about "people", we can assume no farang is part of this group. 

[Bangkok checkpoints screen 38,000 travelers]

That comes down to one person checked every three minutes per checkpoint. Great job.

[Pattaya and the virus: Three quarters of Covid-19 cases are foreigners]

Would be more interesting to know if they are residents / expats (i.e. infected in TH) or tourists on holiday that just got here (rather unlikely). So this only shows that 3/4 of people who can afford to pay for testing are foreigners.

[All Phuket beaches closed]

But then another Governor said they can't close the beaches, as they are federal land belonging to the ministry of interior and they have no jurisdiction over it...

[Chinese man arrested for selling surgical face masks at inflated prices]

That flowchart is quite impressing...

[Come back to fight coronavirus, UK begs 65,000 former nurses and doctors]

Wonder where they went back to

[PHOTOS: Pattaya’s ‘Big Cleaning Day’ is underway]

50 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The Belgian man arrived in Thailand on March 3, had drinks in Pattaya, spent the night in a hotel, and then went to stay at his wife’s house in Phetchabun province. 

"drinks" and nothing else

[Thailand reports 35 new coronavirus infections for total of 212]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

Of the 83 people who have returned from Italy, 77 at Sattahip Navy base and six in hospital have tested negative

Tested negative but in hospital?

[Thai "tomboy" takes advantage of virus situation - steals German tourist's bag at Bangkok airport]

Glad to see they took all the necessary pointing precautions, can’t be too careful. Someone call Anutin now to check if the German women showered recently.

[Pattaya shut down imminent: Bars and clubs brace for closure order]

The BiB's will fall on hard times if the bars and discos shut their doors...

[Pattaya: Good quality CCTV promised as police spend 70,000 baht on new cameras]

70'000 thb? Are they buying on Lazada?

[Ex-EastEnders star Sid Owen has jaw shattered and six teeth smashed out by a golf ball on Thai getaway]

He does have the typical Pattaya punter face now though. Curious if it turns out soon he was in a barfight in soi 6 and not on the golf course...

[Immigration get a shock! Foreign couple on overstay busted making a porn movie in Krabi!]

The boys from Immigration came in the right moment

[Pattaya: Officials turn to the Gods to pray for rain as water levels hit 20 year low]

If there just would be a technology, that makes saltwater drinkable… Sending thoughts and prayers ????

[Video: Chinese tourist gets his holiday money back within two hours after leaving it in a taxi]

Boarding a taxi outside departures? And not wearing a facemask? Somebody call Anutin!