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  1. 26 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

    A major part of the problem is Thai people totally lack common sense or any sense of safety.

    It’s pretty sad to read nonsense like this again and again on an expat forum.
     

    Wherever you go in the world, you’ll find plenty of smart people and plenty of people acting stupidly too… and that includes Thailand and wherever you are from.

     

     

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  2. 8 hours ago, rbkk said:

    I would go further and say they are unnecessarily endangereing the health of the children they are supposed to be nurturing and protecting. Why is that not criminal?

    Yes, I was trying to show the stupidity of the ‘but there are two valid sides’ argument. That there are plenty of things that significant numbers of people seem to believe that should be disqualifying if you want to be a teacher. As you point out, there are potentially grave practical consequences if schools and governments are not firm with this.

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  3. 2 hours ago, webfact said:

    When it comes to alcohol the situation is still utterly unclear.

     

    About as cloudy as a Pernod and water. 

     

    The Thai media interpreted the PM's announcement that alcohol would be allowed in restaurants from December 1st. 

     

    But that pubs, bars and nightclubs would only be allowed to reopen.

     

    It wasn't stated that the blanket alcohol ban would be lifted for all establishments. 

    If Aseannow readers are not sure of the situation, I don’t think the above 5 paragraphs will help the matter. If you’re going to be critical of others for poor communication, check your own work before you publish.

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  4. 16 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

    The cops probably got Sathien's phone which might show a close link with Lakh in the photoa and LINE messages.  Amarin TV showed a selfie of the two of them with Sathien's arm draped around her neck.  Of course it could have just a friendly pose but did look more than that.

    Yep… and a photo like that at the very least would show that her statement that she didn’t know him at all was false.

  5. 3 hours ago, Chad3000 said:

    What's extensive? Weekly? Biweekly? Monthly? I'd expect any time a student or teacher excludes themselves from school over covid that could very well warrant random test.

     

    I've no idea honestly, just being paranoid because the penalty is so great. I think it will depend on a number of factors.

     

    It's very possible that poor schools only test students as necessary but you can bet they'll still send the teachers off for test if there's even remote possibility you've become infected. The last thing a school wants is super spreader teacher lol

     

    1 importance, wealth of school private or public. Power of PTA.

    2 volume of students returning.

    3 if teachers and or students tested positive.

    4 regional or national mandates.

    5 as prathom students can't be given the vax maybe these schools would test more.

     

    ** ability of admin to make money off testing.

     

    Just to borrow more trouble I bet we all have to have b3500 PCR tests before we either get WP or contract or both.

    I wouldn’t say this has no chance of happening at all but I do think you are piling worst case scenario on worst case scenario.

     

    I think schools will do very little testing… and it will become normal for people with mild symptoms to isolate at home… and private hospitals will not be forced upon teachers who clearly won’t be able to afford really high hospital bills.

     

    but maybe I am an optimist!

     

     

     

     

  6. 4 hours ago, Chad3000 said:

    Hi

     

    I'm curious if any of you have considered what may occur if a teacher (you) test positive by an outside testing group while at school. My understanding remains that all foreigners are to be sent to private hospitals €£$ which you will be out of pocket for. Poor insurance, double pricing the bill could be substantial. How many of you have 250-600k put away to blow on a hospital stay? I'm seriously thinking of stopping teaching altogether. Have any of your schools laid this out in black and white? I don't think there will be any slipping out the side door as the school will no longer let you teach and the testing group will want to report you. Even if you get home will you be allowed to stay? More than a bit concerned. Thanks.

    What makes you think they will have extensive testing at schools? In Thailand the numbers tested are really low, I think that will continue. I think schools will expect teachers to be vaccinated but there will only be testing if there is a major confirmed outbreak at the school.

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  7. The police may never be able to find out exactly what happened on that night. There is only one living witness and if his testimony is suspect then it will be difficult.

     

    The police may never find that money, it could be difficult trace a smallish amount of cash like that and there are many ways he could have spent it.

     

    The police should be able to establish if the wife knew the dead man better that her statement suggests. Unless they were exceptionally careful, there will be witnesses who saw them together and phone records. 
     

    Once there is more information about that, the story will fall into place. 
     

     

     

     

  8. On 10/7/2021 at 10:08 AM, claynlr said:

     

    I get to the first info page and fill out, do the captcha number and hit submit. Then get the report to immigration instead of the second info page…last report I was able to do online ok…frustrating 

     

    Same with me. Have been doing it online for years without a problem and now this. If I use the app, it says I am on overstay (although I’m not) so with the app at least you get the probable reason it won’t work.

  9. 41 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

    On the app you would get a message that you are not within the reporting window when you submit the report.

    When did you apply for your most recent extension of stay?

    On the app I get a pop-up that tells me my passport number, visa expiration date and overstay status. My visa expiration date is in 2022 but the overstay status says I have overstayed for 70 days. How can it say I am overstaying if it knows my visa expiration date is in 2022? If you use a web browser you don’t get a reason why you can’t progress through the screens so at least using the app I can work out that it is not working because of this flagged overstay. 
     

    my last 90 day report was July 14 and the last extension was July 9th… 

  10. 10 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

    A late report is not a overstay.

    A overstay is for your permit to stay in the country and I suspect you have applied for a new extension of stay since your last report.

    The terms quickly become confusing. The notice on the app tells me my visa expiration date is in 2022 and then says I am on a 70 day overstay. What can the 70 day overstay refer to then?

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