webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Typhoon Molave packs a punch in Ubon By The Nation Typhoon Molave showed its destructive power in Ubon Ratchathani on Thursday, knocking down a big tree which crushed nearby vehicles and cut electrical cables. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189653-typhoon-molave-packs-a-punch-in-ubon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Two foreigners among four found positive By The Nation The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Thursday reported four new cases in quarantine over a 24-hour period. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189660-covid-19-two-foreigners-among-four-found-positive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Corpse of missing man found in Krabi, wife convinced of murder By The Nation A man who has been missing since May was finally found in Krabi province last Saturday – dead. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189661-corpse-of-missing-man-found-in-krabi-wife-convinced-of-murder/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Phuket Carnival hoped to help local businesses By The Phuket News The eight-day carnival, now in its 34th year, will begin this Sunday (Nov 1), Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup announced on Tuesday (Oct 27). PHUKET: Officials are hoping that the Phuket Carnival, the festival held in Patong each year traditionally to mark the beginning of the tourism high season, will lure some 15,000 to 30,000 people to the island, and generate at least B120 million for the local economy. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189663-phuket-carnival-hoped-to-help-local-businesses/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 'Who the hell elected you?' U.S. Senate tech hearing becomes political showdown By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) speaks to U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD) during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing 'Does Section 230's Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?', on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., October 28, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate hearing to reform an internet law and hold tech companies accountable for how they moderate content quickly turned into a political scuffle as lawmakers not only went after the companies but also attacked each other. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189689-who-the-hell-elected-you-us-senate-tech-hearing-becomes-political-showdown/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 MP Pareena refuses to budge from her pro-govt stance in televised debate with pro-democracy activist By THE NATION Pareena Kraikupt Pro-democracy activist Pasarawalee Thanakitwibulpol said the government should listen closely to the voice of the people, while Palang Pracharat MP Pareena Kraikupt responded by saying the government has listened, but can’t meet any demands apart from the one on charter amendment. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189691-mp-pareena-refuses-to-budge-from-her-pro-govt-stance-in-televised-debate-with-pro-democracy-activist/ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2020 Reconciliation committee just govt’s excuse to buy time, says Pheu Thai By THE NATION Prasert Chantarawongthong Key opposition party, Pheu Thai, announced on Thursday that it will have nothing to do with the reconciliation committee that the Cabinet decided was necessary to resolve the ongoing political crisis. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189692-reconciliation-committee-just-govt’s-excuse-to-buy-time-says-pheu-thai/ 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Police comb through home of popular ‘gambler’ after alleged shooting By The Nation The police searched the house of popular “gambler” Apirak Chat-arnon, who allegedly shot two people at a massage parlour in Bangkok’s Phasi Charoen district on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189694-bangkok-police-comb-through-home-of-popular-‘gambler’-after-alleged-shooting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Sleepy truck driver goes headlong into a building in Phrae By THE NATION A truck crashed into a building in Phrae province early on Thursday after the driver dozed off behind the wheel. Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189695-sleepy-truck-driver-goes-headlong-into-a-building-in-phrae/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Thanathorn, former FWP leaders to be tried over protest By THE NATION The Pathumwan Municipal Court has agreed to try former members of the Future Forward Party (FWP) on charges related to a flash-mob protest in Pathumwan last December. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189697-thanathorn-former-fwp-leaders-to-be-tried-over-protest/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 NACC panel to look into govt agency’s suspicious Bt112 bn deal for surgical gloves By The Nation The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has set up a committee to look into allegations of corruption in a Bt112-billion deal for surgical gloves between the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) and a private company. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189701-nacc-panel-to-look-into-govt-agency’s-suspicious-bt112-bn-deal-for-surgical-gloves/ 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Thai Health Ministry to tighten anti-COVID-19 measures at quarantine facilities Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is considering adjustments to the COVID-19 preventive measures at more than 100 hotels under the alternative state quarantine programme, as well as any use of common facilities by those in quarantine at such locations. The move is to avoid a repeat of an incident in Samut Prakan province, where coronavirus was found on fitness equipment and three people staying there, including a French tourist, were found to be infected. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189705-thai-health-ministry-to-tighten-anti-covid-19-measures-at-quarantine-facilities/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 BREAKING Three dead as woman beheaded in knife attack at French church By Eric Gaillard Police officers secure the area after a reported knife attack at Notre Dame church in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard NICE, France (Reuters) - A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident the city's mayor described as terrorism. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189716-three-dead-as-woman-beheaded-in-knife-attack-at-french-church/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Committee Agrees to Reduce Travel Quarantine BANGKOK, Oct 29 (TNA) – The National Communicable Disease Committee agreed to reduce travel quarantine to 10 days from 14 days in Thursday’s meeting, said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Ministry Anutin Charnvirakul. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189724-committee-agrees-to-reduce-travel-quarantine/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Molave Downgraded into Depression BANGKOK, Oct 29 (TNA) – The tropical storm Molave has been downgraded into the Category 2 Tropical depression over Ubon Ratchathani , said the Meteorological Department. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189726-molave-downgraded-into-depression/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Britain says it is doing everything it can to avoid national lockdown By Sarah Young and Kate Holton People wearing protective face masks walk across Westminster Bridge, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will do everything it can to avoid ordering a second national COVID-19 lockdown because it believes it will do more harm than good to the country, a minister said on Thursday. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189728-britain-says-it-is-doing-everything-it-can-to-avoid-national-lockdown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Tests find French woman did not contract Covid-19 in Samut Prakan hotel By The Nation Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn, director of the Disease Control Department’s Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, said on Thursday the French patient’s test did not match that of two other foreign guests at the same hotel who tested positive. He said tests showed the woman had contracted the infection 17 days earlier, which rules out the Samut Prakan hotel. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189729-tests-find-french-woman-did-not-contract-covid-19-in-samut-prakan-hotel/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Vietnam troops hunts for survivors after typhoon kills 31 By Phuong Nguyen A man bikes past a broken sign as the Typhoon Molave lashes Vietnam's coast in Binh Chau village, Quang Ngai province October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Thanh Hue HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam hunted for survivors on Thursday after landslides triggered by Typhoon Molave, one of its strongest storms in decades, lashed a central region already reeling from weeks of heavy rains that have killed at least 160 people. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189730-vietnam-troops-hunts-for-survivors-after-typhoon-kills-31/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Singapore firm invents coronavirus breathalyser with results in seconds By Chen Lin A staff member demonstrates the usage of Breathonix breathalyzer test kit developed by Breathonix, a start-up by the National University of Singapore, able to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within a minute according to the company, at their laboratory in Singapore October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A company in Singapore has developed a breathalyser test for the new coronavirus which it says will enable people to know whether they are infected in under a minute. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189731-singapore-firm-invents-coronavirus-breathalyser-with-results-in-seconds/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Asia's aspiring 'green-collar' workers hope for jobs in COVID recovery By Beh Lih Yi Farmers plant rice sprouts in a paddy field in Nakhon Sawan province, north of Bangkok May 4, 2008. Thailand plans to stick to its policy of not curbing rice exports, Commerce Minister Mingkwan Sangsuwan said on Saturday, forecasting a higher volume of sales this year as world demand grows. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND) - GM1E45419BW01 KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Singapore-based website tapping into the growing demand for environmentally careers in Asia is hoping it would be the link to "meaningful" employments as countries try to revive economies hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189733-asias-aspiring-green-collar-workers-hope-for-jobs-in-covid-recovery/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Bangkok Airways to start Krabi flights from Sunday By The Nation Bangkok Airways announced on Thursday that it will start flying to Krabi daily from Sunday onwards, and that all measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 will be strictly observed. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189735-bangkok-airways-to-start-krabi-flights-from-sunday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 New team to review criteria for state quarantine sites after signs of possible risk found By The Nation Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong The Public Health Ministry has set up a panel to assess the 101 alternative state quarantine centres (ASQs) and see if allowing quarantined people to use hotel facilities will put others at risk. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189705-thai-health-ministry-to-tighten-anti-covid-19-measures-at-quarantine-facilities/?do=findComment&comment=15955813 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Thailand-China ink High Speed Rail deal BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand and China signed a rail construction, train procurement, and personnel training contract for a Bangkok - Nakhon Ratchasima High Speed Rail service on the northeastern line. The Prime Minister said the project will help promote the economy, improve connectivity, and enhance person-to-person relations. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189736-thailand-china-ink-high-speed-rail-deal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Bangkok prepares for another wave of smog BANGKOK (NNT) - Following an increase PM 2.5 fine airborne dust, City Hall has installed air quality measuring stations in all 50 Bangkok districts and reintroduced measures aimed at limiting air pollution. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189737-bangkok-prepares-for-another-wave-of-smog/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 NCSWT Hosts Helmet-Wearing Promotion Video Competition BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Council on Social Welfare of Thailand (NCSWT) is concerned about the importance of wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, especially young riders, so the organization is hosting a video clip competition as a helmet wearing promotion. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189738-ncswt-hosts-helmet-wearing-promotion-video-competition/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Drinking buddy row ends with scythe attack By Eakkapop Thongtub The scythe used in the incident. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET:-- A man is recovering at Vachira Phuket Hospital after a friend he had been drinking with struck him in the face with a scythe in Rassada last night. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189739-drinking-buddy-row-ends-with-scythe-attack/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 'Mail-in ballot' and 'hand sanitizer': Halloween costume makers get creative By Priya Elan Halloween decorations in Palmyra, New Jersey. Photograph: Michael Perez/AP 2020 has been a tumultuous year full of massive change, and more than the usual amount of disaster and trauma. But it has been a gift to makers of Halloween costumes. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189742-mail-in-ballot-and-hand-sanitizer-halloween-costume-makers-get-creative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Stardust: David Bowie fans react to ‘horrific' first biopic trailer featuring Johnny Flynn as Bowie By Louis Chilton The first trailer for the forthcoming David Bowie biopic Stardust has dropped, giving audiences their first proper look at Johnny Flynn’s Bowie. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189743-stardust-david-bowie-fans-react-to-‘horrific-first-biopic-trailer-featuring-johnny-flynn-as-bowie/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Forest Whitaker: ‘A lot of the issues that they were fighting for in the Sixties are the same now’ By Alexandra Pollard Forest Whitaker: ‘The way I work as an actor is to dive down deep into the character and then surrender’ (AFP/Getty) The world didn’t need another mob drama. Or so you may think. The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, The Sopranos: they’ve already barged their way, guns blazing, to the top of most “best films and TV shows of all time” lists. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189745-forest-whitaker-‘a-lot-of-the-issues-that-they-were-fighting-for-in-the-sixties-are-the-same-now’/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 to continue: Thailand Live Friday 30 Oct 2020https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1189775-thailand-live-friday-30-oct-2020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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