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Thai Airways submits bankruptcy request, court says

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers service a Thai Airways Airbus A380-800 aircraft at Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand September 3, 2019. Picture taken September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Airways International Pcl <THAI.BK> on Tuesday submitted a request to a bankruptcy court for rehabilitation of its debt, the court said, which if approved would give the airline time to negotiate with its creditors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165869-thai-airways-submits-bankruptcy-request-court-says/

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Taweesin explains the need to extend state of emergency

By The Nation

 

 

In a press conference held on Tuesday (May 26), spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin explained the necessity of extending the state of emergency.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165839-taweesin-explains-the-need-to-extend-state-of-emergency/

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Body of Westerner found floating off Krabi

By THE NATION

 

 

The corpse of an unidentified male foreigner was found floating in the sea today (May 26), three kilometres off Koh Poda, Krabi district.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165864-body-of-westerner-found-floating-off-krabi/

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No buses to the South for at least a month

By THE NATION

 

 

Inter-provincial bus company, Transport Co Ltd, announced on Tuesday (May 26) that it was keeping all services to the South suspended, especially since the country will be under the state of emergency until June 30.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165867-no-buses-to-the-south-for-at-least-a-month/

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Prayut calls on state agencies to work on easing suffering of SMEs

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (File photo)

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday (May 26) that he has ordered several state agencies to work on easing the impact Covid-19 crisis has had on the business sector.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165916-prayut-calls-on-state-agencies-to-work-on-easing-suffering-of-smes/

 

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Panel to work on finding out if trans-Pacific pact really beneficial

By THE NATION

 

Ratchada Thanadirek

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday (May 26) assigned Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta the job of finding out whether Thailand should become part of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165917-panel-to-work-on-finding-out-if-trans-pacific-pact-really-beneficial/

 

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Thailand’s water supplies may run short from November

By The Nation

 

 

The Royal Irrigation Department is advising farmers to rely more on rainfall rather than irrigation, because the water in reservoirs is limited.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165919-thailand’s-water-supplies-may-run-short-from-november/

 

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Samut Sakhon gets ready for thousands of returning migrant workers

By The Nation

 

Civil groups representing the five regions of Thailand are calling on the government to lift the state of emergency, arguing that it can easily be abused, and are instead proposing that the government use the disease control law and related regulations to curb the contagion. The government has extended the state of emergency by another month until June 30. Photo by Thanachai Pramarnpanich, May 26, 2020/NationPhoto.

 

Samut Sakhon province is bracing for the 5,400 migrant workers set to return from Myanmar next month by demanding that employers arrange facilities for their 14-day quarantine. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165920-samut-sakhon-gets-ready-for-thousands-of-returning-migrant-workers/

 

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Pheu Thai candidate pulls out of Lampang race after ‘sweet’ offering from Prawit

By The Nation

 

 

The candidate for Pheu Thai, the leading opposition party, has dropped his plans to run in the Lampang by-election despite having a higher chance of beating Palang Pracharath Party.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165921-pheu-thai-candidate-pulls-out-of-lampang-race-after-‘sweet’-offering-from-prawit/

 

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Thai doctor faces charges for involvement in cross-border surrogacy racket

 

photo from Phuphat Vonwattanakit

 

Anti-human trafficking police have summoned a Thai doctor to acknowledge charges of involvement in a Chinese-funded cross-border surrogacy service, using Thai women to bear babies for Chinese couples.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165923-thai-doctor-faces-charges-for-involvement-in-cross-border-surrogacy-racket/

 

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Drunk cracks skull in fall from Pattaya-area breakwater

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

  

Somjit Sengsanan is going to have the mother of all hangovers when he sobers up.

 

An Udon Thani man drunk on cheap rice whiskey cracked his skull after falling off the breakwater on Dongtan Beach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165924-drunk-cracks-skull-in-fall-from-pattaya-area-breakwater/

 

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Chonburi cop hurt in Pattaya crash

By Jetsada Homklin

 

  

A Chonburi narcotics officer was hurt when he crashed his car into a light pole in Pattaya.

 

A Chonburi narcotics officer was hurt when he crashed his car into a light pole in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165925-chonburi-cop-hurt-in-pattaya-crash/

 

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Pattaya traffic-dodging donut sellers happy for job

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

  

Fan Chan (My Sweetheart) donut hawkers wait for the lights to turn red so they can sell their sugary treats.

 

With so many out of work, a group of pink-shirted workers hawking donuts on the street in Najomtien are happy to have a job.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165927-pattaya-traffic-dodging-donut-sellers-happy-for-job/

 

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High-speed railway between Thailand and China signing expected in October

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

The signing for the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed railway between Thailand and China is expected in October.

 

BANGKOK – The signing of “Contract 2.3″ for the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed railway between Thailand and China is expected in October, said Thai Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165928-high-speed-railway-between-thailand-and-china-signing-expected-in-october/

 

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Phuket prepares Phase 3 COVID-19 restrictions easing

 

   

PHUKET (NNT) - More businesses are now allowed to open as part of the easing of Phase 2 restrictions, while certain businesses such as spa and massage parlours are expected to reopen on a later date in Phase 3. Phuket, a tourism island that’s home to many spas and massage parlours, is now preparing for the day when these businesses can resume.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165929-phuket-prepares-phase-3-covid-19-restrictions-easing/

 

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Bangkok’s Green Line service opening more stations in June

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The northern extension of the Green Line train service in Bangkok is making good progress, with stations now scheduled to be open for public trial on 4th June.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165930-bangkok’s-green-line-service-opening-more-stations-in-june/

 

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Queues and limited browsing in store for English shoppers

By James Davey

 

A “Welcome back” sign and hand sanitizer is seen at a Zara shop in Oxford Street, London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 26, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

 

LONDON (Reuters) - People eager to hit the shops again when English high street retailers, department stores and shopping centres reopen will face queuing and few opportunities to try products.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165931-queues-and-limited-browsing-in-store-for-english-shoppers/

 

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Thailand's unsung Covid-19 success story

Kingdom has contained its outbreak better than most due to uniquely Thai factors but risks of a second wave are rising

By SHAWN W. CRISPIN

 

Traditional Thai dancers wearing protective face shields perform at the Erawan Shrine, which was reopened after the Thai government relaxed measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok, May 4, 2020. Photo: AFP/Mladen Antonov

 

BANGKOK – When a Chinese tourist was diagnosed with the Covid-19 coronavirus on January 13, the first known infection outside of China before the disease made its fatal global sweep, Thailand would have seemed a likely locale for mass contagion and mortality.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165932-thailands-unsung-covid-19-success-story/

 

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Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for the first time

By Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about negotiations with pharmaceutical companies over the cost of insulin for U.S. seniors on Medicare at an event in the Rose Garden at the White House during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, U.S. May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter <TWTR.N> on Tuesday for the first time prompted readers to check the facts in tweets sent by U.S. President Donald Trump, warning his claims about mail-in ballots were false and had been debunked by fact checkers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165934-twitter-fact-checks-trump-tweet-for-the-first-time/

 

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Trump to announce strong Hong Kong response this week

By Daphne Psaledakis and Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States was working on a strong response to China's planned national security legislation for Hong Kong and it would be announced before the end of the week

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165935-trump-to-announce-strong-hong-kong-response-this-week/

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COVID-19 lawsuit takes on McDonald's like it was a rowdy bar

By Tom Hals

 

FILE PHOTO: McDonald’s workers strike for protective gear, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - As U.S. businesses reopen, worried workers and their advocates are borrowing a legal strategy commonly used to shut down rowdy topless bars to try and force employers to strengthen protection against further spread of the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165936-covid-19-lawsuit-takes-on-mcdonalds-like-it-was-a-rowdy-bar/

 

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Amazing (Trusted) Thailand: Now non-mask wearers are made to do cultural dance as punishment

 

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A video from southern Thailand shows motorcyclists being made to do the cultural dance of "ramwong" around their vehicles for not wearing masks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165941-amazing-trusted-thailand-now-non-mask-wearers-are-made-to-do-cultural-dance-as-punishment/

 

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Bus company fined 10,000 baht for ripping off passenger

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thai media Naew Na reported that the company that had charged a bus passenger nearly double for a ticket from Pattaya to the north east has been fined 10,000 baht for overcharging. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165943-bus-company-fined-10000-baht-for-ripping-off-passenger/

 

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Police roust Thais drinking on Pattaya Beach

By Jetsada Homklin

 

  

Pattaya police rousted a group of Thais who eating and drinking on the sidewalk in defiance of the emergency decree.

 

Pattaya police rousted a group of Thais who plopped themselves down in the middle of the Beach Road promenade to eat and drink in defiance of the emergency decree.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165944-police-roust-thais-drinking-on-pattaya-beach/

 

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U.S. House Republicans to sue Pelosi remote proxy voting in pandemic

 

FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow members to vote on each other's behalf during the coronavirus pandemic, Republican aides said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165949-us-house-republicans-to-sue-pelosi-remote-proxy-voting-in-pandemic/

 

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Lynch mob: Reenactment turns nasty as nonchalant elder brother shows how he blew away siblings in inheritance dispute

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai police had to hurriedly return to base after furious relatives and neighbors tried to lynch a man who murdered two younger brothers. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165950-lynch-mob-reenactment-turns-nasty-as-nonchalant-elder-brother-shows-how-he-blew-away-siblings-in-inheritance-dispute/

 

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14 Thais returning from Taiwan, Malaysia put under investigation for Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

Fourteen out of the 200 Thais who returned home on Tuesday (May 26) from Italy, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan were classified as PUI (patient under investigation) as they showed symptoms similar to Covid-19, Suvarnabhumi Airport deputy director Kittipong Kittikachorn said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165956-14-thais-returning-from-taiwan-malaysia-put-under-investigation-for-covid-19/

 

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Researchers detect Covid-19 in breast milk

By THE NATION

 

 

German researchers have found Covid-19 in human milk, Dr Thira Woratanarat, Chulalongkorn University’s professor of medicine, informed on his Facebook page.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165960-researchers-detect-covid-19-in-breast-milk/

 

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Thai Airways debt rehabilitation request accepted by bankruptcy court

 

Thai Airways idle airplanes are seen parked on the tarmac of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Flagship carrier Thai Airways International Pcl <THAI.BK>'s request for debt rehabilitation at the bankruptcy court has been accepted, the Court of Justice said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165966-thai-airways-debt-rehabilitation-request-accepted-by-bankruptcy-court/

 

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Over a million public health volunteers given CPF food discount coupons

By THE NATION

 

 

Over a million volunteers in the public health sector nationwide have received food-discount coupons from local hospitals, as a part of collaboration between the Public Health Ministry and Charoen Pokphand Foods to deal with Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165969-over-a-million-public-health-volunteers-given-cpf-food-discount-coupons/