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Thaiger BitesThaiger Bites | Your comments and Feedback | September 1
Auto subtitles, Vaccination cards, Hidden provinces and 90 day reporting. Tim and Jay go through your viewer comments and feedback from GMT, TNT and the Thaiger Talk forum on our website.
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Good Morning Thailand | Restrictions ease, but the Red Zone curfew remains, Hua Hin ‘Sandbox’
From today, as the restrictions ease in dark red zones…. parks, sports stadiums, department stores, and other venues, will reopen. With restrictions easing in “dark red” zones from today, the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare has declared that employees can go back to work. The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has spent the first day of a four day no-confidence…
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Thailand News Today | Red Zone restaurants reopen, policeman ‘not dead’ | August 31
A freight train that was bombed and experienced gunfire over the weekend in Southern Thailand is back up and running. Starting tomorrow, restaurants in provinces classified as “dark red” for high Covid-19 infection rates, will be able to offer dine-in services… no vaccine necessary. Thai police say rumours a police officer died after leaking footage of a suspect allegedly being…
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Good Morning Thailand | Autopsy confirms suffocation, some travel restrictions lifted | August 31
A newly-released autopsy report confirmed that 24 year old Jirapong Thanaphiphat, the man who died in police custody in northern Thailand’s Nakhon Sawan province, died of suffocation and not of a drug overdose. The ban on public transportation out of “dark red” zones has been lifted. Following the CCSA’s decision to ease the restrictions, both the Civil Aviation Authority of…
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Thailand News Today | Sandbox tug-of-war, Covid trend downward | August 30
A government spokesman says the daily rate of new Covid infections continues on the decline, with recovered patients outnumbering new cases for the last 10 days. Anti-government protesters have vowed that protests will take place around the country every day, and continue indefinitely, until the Thai PM resigns. Tourism operators on the southern Sandbox island of Phuket say Covid-19 restrictions…
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Good Morning Thailand | Phuket weighs Sandbox options, more big city protests coming | August 30
Phuket Sandbox weighs case-load vs tourism imperative. Protest leaders have announced a raft of more conventional rallies every evening across the country starting this Thursday. Bloomberg has compiled a monthly Covid-19 Resilience Ranking with Thailand falling to 5th from the bottom. Koh Larn, the small island off of Pattaya, has announced that they plan to reopen the island for visitors…
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Thailand News Today | Policeman confessions, UK puts Thailand on red list | August 27
Thitisan Utthanaphon, aka… Joe Ferrari, the policeman who allegedly tortured and killed a drug suspect in Nakhon Sawan, surrendered late yesterday afternoon in Chon Buri late. Bad news for British sandboxers on Phuket, or elsewhere in Thailand, as well as anyone else planning to travel from Thailand to the UK. Packages containing around 1.2 million methamphetamine pills were found floating…
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Thaiger Bites | Your comments and Feedback | August 27
Corruption, Thai Cop Joe Ferrari, Bangkok sandbox, Vaccination, Auto Sales and Thailand is cheap, yet expensive . Tim and Jay go through your viewer comments and feedback from GMT, TNT and the Thaiger Talk forum on our website.
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Thailand News Today | Easing restrictions? National manhunt for killer policeman | August 26
Government officials have been meeting today to discuss the possibility of easing some restrictions. Thai police are out to catch one of their own, with a manhunt launched for former police chief Thitisan Utthanaphon, who remains on the run and a wanted man. Police have arrested seven teenagers for allegedly possessing ping pong bombs with plans to use them at…
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Good Morning Thailand | Killer policeman on the run, Bangkok Sandbox | August 26
Today, Tim, Jay and guest commentator Mike Kenner are talking about their real experience of police in Thailand and about the killer cop on the run. Police have now launched a massive manhunt for the former Nakhon Sawan police station chief who led the alleged torture leading to the death of a 24 year old drug suspect. Bangkok’s private sector…
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Thailand News Today | 7 policemen arrested over killing of drug dealer | August 25
Thailand’s PM has ordered a full investigation into the apparent police killing of a drug suspect in Nakhon Sawan. Flights between Phuket and Koh Samui, that had originally been cancelled until the end of August, have now resumed. A 38 year old man was killed in a fire that broke out in his home in Pathum Thani, just north of…
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Thaiger Bites | Your comments and Feedback | August 25
Thai police, Power lines, Vaccine and Property in Thailand. Tim and Jay go through your viewer comments and feedback from GMT, TNT and the Thaiger Talk forum on our website.
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Thaiger Bites | Your comments and Feedback | August 24
Only Fans, kick boxing, booster shots, Venice of the East and Open Bars. Tim and Jay go through your viewer comments and feedback from GMT, TNT and the Thaiger Talk forum on our website.
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Thailand News Today | Chiang Mai reopening, more protests this weekend | August 24
The CCSA is expected to debate a plan to completely re-open the country before the end of the year, in line with the PM’s pledge last June. Chiang Mai is getting ready to launch a “Bubble and Sealed” tourism plan where visitors can travel to 4 districts. A police chief in Nakhon Sawan is being transferred following allegations that he…
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Good Morning Thailand | Property scams in Thailand, Covid update, restrictions to be lifted | August 24
Scams – not just the small ones, but the really BIG ones. Mike joins Tim and Jay to reveal an ongoing property scam and question why so many people fall for them. Bangkok looks to ease restrictions. Indonesia will start reopening restaurants, shopping centres and places of worship in some areas including the capital Jakarta. Consumer prices in Singapore continued…
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Thailand News Today | More protestors arrested, booster and kids’ vaccines | August 23
In another clash with riot police at Bangkok’s Din Dang intersection yesterday at least 35 protesters have been arrested. A 24 year old man has commandeered a Bangkok bus with a gun holding the conductor and a passenger hostage last night. Phuket Tourist Police have rescued a Dutch couple who became trapped 3 kilometres off-shore while kayaking early yesterday afternoon.…
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Thailand News Today | Thailand reaches 1M, Kratom decriminalised, travel bubbles.. again | August 20
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has confirmed that the total number of Covid-19 cases has now passed the 1 million mark. Travel bubbles in the news… again. This time, Thailand plans to launch a travel bubble arrangement with South Korea once the Covid-19 situation improves. Amnesty International Thailand is calling for a full investigation into the shooting of young anti-government protesters,…
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Good Morning Thailand | National parks re-open, tourism recovery 8-10 years | August 20
LINK TO INVESTMENT INFORMATION… https://thethaiger.com/fund-raise Good Morning Thailand and welcome to Friday. The father of the 14 year old teenager who was shot near the Din Daeng Police Station in Bangkok during Monday’s pro-democracy protest, has filed a complaint with the police. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has reopened 60 of the 155 national parks across all…
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Thailand News Today | PM ponders restriction relaxation, no bail for Penguin | August 19
A 7 year old is living by himself after his 8 family members who also lived with him tested positive for Covid. Thailand’s PM says some Covid-19 restrictions may be relaxed from next month, IF the infection rate starts to come down. Phuket officials have amended the requirements for domestic travel to the island’s Sandbox experiment, allowing some domestic categories…
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Thailand News Today | Millions of Vax on the way, BKK daughter jailed for 12 years | August 18
Amid growing calls for more mRNA vaccines to help combat the spread of the Delta variant in Thailand, the Thai government has again defended the Sinovac vaccine. Thailand’s massage parlours and spas are suing the government, demanding compensation for the loss of income they’ve endured as a result of the partial lockdowns and restrictions. The family of Teerawat Thothip, the…
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Thailand News Today | Loud BKK protests, Pfizer vax popular, Monk-in-a-skirt | August 16
Yesterday’s anti-government protest in Bangkok led to violent scenes as police and protesters clashed near the Din Daeng intersection of the capital. The director of the field hospital for Thammasat University in central Thailand’s Pathum Thani province, says they will run out of vaccines. Yesterday, large crowds gathered outside of a Lotus in central Thailand’s Samut Prakan as early as…
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Thailand’s big, bad meth boom, in the middle of a pandemic | VIDEO
Caitlin Ashworth reports on Thailand’s burgeoning drug trade and the futile attempts to try and control it. 72 tonnes of a chemical called propionyl chloride arrives in a remote region of Laos. All professionally packaged and loaded ready for shipping. The containers full of the obscure chemical had made their way from Jiangsu, a coastal Chinese province north of…
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Thailand News Today | 32M Pfizer doses on the way, weakening Thai baht | August 13
Thailand’s Public Health Minister says there will be 32.5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the country by the end of the year. The death from Covid-19 of another fully vaccinated healthcare worker has led to increased calls for Pfizer booster shots. The weakening Thai baht, against the US dollar, is propping up the export numbers. Tourism officials in…
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Good Morning Thailand | Record Covid infections, demise of Sandbox Express | August 13
Good Morning Thailand and welcome to Friday. A new plan has recruited 2,000 pharmacies to aid in Bangkok’s home isolation program in order to assist in Covid-19 diagnosis and treatment. Phuket officials have announced that the Sandbox Express Bus, for Sandboxers to travel to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, will be discontinued after August 16. Police in Khon Kaen and Chiang Rai…
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Thailand News Today | More BKK protester v police clashes, PM revokes media crackdown | August 11
Pro-democracy activists clashed again with police in Bangkok last evening. After widespread criticism from Thai media and human rights organisations, Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has backed down and repealed his order banning the posting of information that could cause ‘fear’. Hopes are fading for a tourism revival in the third quarter of this year after the US government cautioned its…
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Good Morning Thailand | Tourism hopes dashed, murder in NE rice field, amnesty under discussion | August 11
Tim and Jay bring you the latest in Thailand’s news to get you ready for the day. Good Morning Thailand updates all the main stories from around Thailand and the region. Any hopes for a Thai tourism recovery are now all but dashed for Q3 this year, whether it be the increased travel restrictions across the country, rising Covid stats,…
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Thailand News Today | Covid official amnesty, nearly 7% totally vaccinated | August 10
The Thai government is pondering an amnesty bill that would grant medical officials connected with fighting Covid, legal protection against criminal charges. Just 6.7% of Thai residents are currently fully vaccinated against Covid-19, while 23% have already received their first dose. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is warning citizens against travel to Thailand. Drug officers in the…
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Good Morning Thailand | Daily deaths reach 235, CDC downgrades Thailand | August 10
Tim and Jay bring you up to date with all the main stories from around Thailand and get you ready for the day with the daily Good Morning Thailand. Plenty of main stories… The public health department has announced 235 Covid-related deaths in Thailand over the past 24 hours. Teerawat Thothip, the suspect accused of murder for the killing of…
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Good Morning Thailand | Phuket murder arrest, Covid wave peaked? | August 9
Plenty of weekend news following the arrest of a suspect in the murder of the 57 year old Swiss woman in Phuket. Covid numbers may have peaked as the heavy restrictions start to reap rewards. The Tokyo Games are over… did anyone notice? Jay and Tim get to your comments, and what do you think about the new T-shirts? Thanks…
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Workers still locked up in Thai construction ‘camps’ | VIDEO
Tim Newton speaks to Shaun Stenning from 5 Star Marine and One Phuket outside a worker camp and constructions site in Kathu, Phuket. The situation is just a small part of a nationwide situation where 80,000 – 100,000 mostly migrant workers are virtually imprisoned in their construction sites. We get to the issues and the work being done by people…
