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Thai opposition starts censure debate against PM and ministers

 

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FILE PHOTO: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha speaks at the closing ceremony of the 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Bangkok, Thailand, November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s opposition began a parliamentary censure debate against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five of his cabinet ministers on Monday, just days after the Constitutional Court dissolved a key party in the opposition bloc.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149965-thai-opposition-starts-censure-debate-against-pm-and-ministers/

 

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Phuket schools expand virus self-quarantines

By The Phuket News

 

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Education Minister Natthaphon Thepsuwan. Photo: Ministry of Education

 

PHUKET:-- Following a new missive from the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) and the Ministry of Education issued yesterday (Feb 23), schools across Phuket have ramped up their self-quarantine requirements of all teachers, staff and students returning from recognised “outbreak areas” of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149966-phuket-schools-expand-virus-self-quarantines/

 

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Forces stay after deadly raid on militants

By THE NATION

 

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Security personnel remain in a district of Narathiwat province as well as other areas in the three southern border provinces (Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala) , in anticipation of revenge attacks by militants after five were gunned down by Special Task Forces on Sunday (February 23).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149968-forces-stay-after-deadly-raid-on-militants/

 

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Standards for electric cars coming

By The Nation

 

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The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) will announce standards for electric cars by March. TISI secretary-general Wanchai Phanomchai said a committee has approved the draft standards for electric cars/vehicles for transportation and cargo, which the institute proposed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149970-standards-for-electric-cars-coming/

 

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Material scarcity set to hit outsourcers

By THE NATION

 

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Wisut Panthawutiyanon

 

The scarcity of materials caused by the Covid-19 outbreak would affect employment for outsourcers, Thailand Outsourcing Association president Wisut Panthawutiyanon said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149972-material-scarcity-set-to-hit-outsourcers/

 

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Covid-19 declared a dangerous contagious disease

By The Nation

 

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The National Communicable Disease Committee (NCDC) has declared Covid-19 a dangerous contagious disease, but added that Thailand has not yet reached the third phase of the epidemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149974-covid-19-declared-a-dangerous-contagious-disease/

 

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Giorgio Armani condemned for likening treatment of women by fashion designers to rape

By Sabrina Barr

 

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Giorgio Armani has come under fire for comparing the way women are treated by designers to rape.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149977-giorgio-armani-condemned-for-likening-treatment-of-women-by-fashion-designers-to-rape/

 

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Mel C says she has spent ‘too long being quiet’

By Roisin O'Connor

 

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Singer Melanie Chisholm has said she made herself “really ill” after suffering with image problems during her time as a member of the Spice Girls. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149979-mel-c-says-she-has-spent-‘too-long-being-quiet’/

 

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Chevrolet assures after-sale service following exit from Thailand

By THE NATION

 

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Chevrolet Thailand said its after- sale services will continue at Chevrolet service centres nationwide after the brand's withdrawal from the Thai market at end of this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149983-chevrolet-assures-after-sale-service-following-exit-from-thailand/

 

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EC mulls criminal charges against dissolved Future Forward Party

By The Nation

 

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The Election Commission is studying the Constitutional Court’s ruling dissolving the Future Forward Party to determine whether a criminal case can be brought against it.

 

According to the organic law on the political parties, the violations of Section 62 which gives political parties only seven ways to raise funds and Section 66 limiting the amount of money that can be collected in donations at Bt10 million , allow the commission to lay charges under the penal code.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149985-ec-mulls-criminal-charges-against-dissolved-future-forward-party/

 

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'Holidays in hell' could cost Asia up to $115 billion in lost GDP due to virus: ING

 

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FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing medical masks walk at the international arrivals terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, in Bali, Indonesia January 31, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/ via REUTERS

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian economies could lose $105-$115 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) this year due to a slump in tourism following the outbreak of the coronavirus, ING said in a report on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149989-holidays-in-hell-could-cost-asia-up-to-115-billion-in-lost-gdp-due-to-virus-ing/

 

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