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  • Tourism NewsChicken or the beef? Thai Airways opens up pop-up restaurants serving their airline food.
    ThaigerPublished: 14:22, 05 September 2020
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    Chicken or the beef? Thai Airways opens up pop-up restaurants serving their airline food.

    “Please return to your seat, pull down your tray table and prepare for the in-flight catering.” If you can’t make money by flying people on jets, set up a restaurant selling your airline food instead. Now Thai Airways has transformed its old cafeteria in Bangkok into a pop-up restaurant serving, well, the same airline food they used to serve during flights.…

  • Songkran NewsNew Songkran ‘replacement’ holiday added on July 27
    ThaigerPublished: 15:51, 30 June 2020
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    New Songkran ‘replacement’ holiday added on July 27

    The Thai government has declared July 27 the first of, what will probably be, substitute Songkran holidays. This year’s Songkran holiday was postponed as the April 13 Thai New Year holiday, and the days around it, were right in the middle of Thailand’s outbreak of Covid-19 and subsequent ‘lockdowns’. Songkran celebrates the start of Thailand’s wet season. The first replacement…

  • Covid-19 NewsNational parks to require reservations, registration
    ThaigerPublished: 13:00, 07 June 2020
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    National parks to require reservations, registration

    “One of the certain measures is that visitors to national parks must make a reservation first. They cannot just walk in.” All Covid-19 vulnerable sites, including concert venues and events, pubs and karaoke and massage, amusement parks and national parks are expected to be reopened by the end of the month. But the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment says…

  • Covid-19 NewsNational figures for Covid-19 cases in Thailand (May 30)
    AnukulPublished: 14:00, 30 May 2020
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    National figures for Covid-19 cases in Thailand (May 30)

    Today the spokeswomen from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, Dr Panprapa Yongtrakul announced just 1 new Covid-19 case. She revealed that the single confirmed case was an imported case from Saudi Arabia – a male Thai student who is now in state quarantine. This raises the national total to 3,077. No additional death reported today leaving the accumulated toll at…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand’s Covid-19 numbers, 2 from Bangkok, one in Phuket
    AnukulPublished: 14:07, 18 May 2020
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    Thailand’s Covid-19 numbers, 2 from Bangkok, one in Phuket

    Today at his daily press conference, spokesperson Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin reported 3 new cases of the coronavirus in Thailand, bringing the total cases to 3,031. No additional deaths were recorded, leaving the accumulated toll at 56. Dr. Taweesilp reveals that of the new cases 3 cases reported, two were a man and a woman in Nonthaburi province (north west of capital)…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand’s national figures for Covid-19 patients – May 12
    AnukulPublished: 14:17, 12 May 2020
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    Thailand’s national figures for Covid-19 patients – May 12

    Today at the daily press conference led by Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, the regular spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, he reported only 2 new Covid-19 cases bringing the national total in Thailand to 3,017 cases. No additional deaths were reported keeping the accumulated toll at 56 cases. Both confirmed cases were reported to have lived in the same…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand national figures for Covid-19 – May 11
    AnukulPublished: 14:14, 11 May 2020
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    Thailand national figures for Covid-19 – May 11

    This morning Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Coronavirus Situation Administration, announced in his daily press conference that 6 new cases of the Covid-19 cases were confirmed across the country, bring the total in Thailand to 3,015 cases. Of the 6 cases, 4 were reported in Phuket yesterday afternoon but were not included in yesterday’s national tally…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 update: 5 new cases, no deaths (Sunday)
    ThaigerPublished: 14:22, 10 May 2020
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    Covid-19 update: 5 new cases, no deaths (Sunday)

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 5 new national cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total in Thailand to 3,009. No additional deaths were reported, leaving the accumulated toll at 56. Today’s number, while higher than yesterday’s 4, continues the encouraging trend of single-digit daily increases There were 4 more infections on the resort island of Phuket this morning,…

  • Economy NewsFormer union leader calls for total overhaul at Thai Airways
    Maya TaylorPublished: 11:07, 01 May 2020
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    Former union leader calls for total overhaul at Thai Airways

    The former president of the Thai Airways union is calling for a complete revamp of the airline, including the ousting of all existing board members. The call follows years of crippling losses, bailouts and promises of a corporate cleanout. The Bangkok Post reports that Chamsri Sukchotrat made the call in a Facebook post, addressing PM Prayut Chan-o-cha in his role…

  • Covid-19 NewsAlcohol ban now national, extended until further notice
    ThaigerPublished: 10:59, 01 May 2020
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    Alcohol ban now national, extended until further notice

    Alcohol sales are officially banned nationwide as of today, by order of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Permanent Secretary for the Interior Chatchai Promlert made the announcement yesterday. Previously, the decision to ban sales and transport of alcohol rested with provincial governors, all 76 of whom enacted the prohibition, which expired last night. The ban is now a national…

  • EventsAustralians and New Zealanders commemorate ANZAC Day with driveway tributes
    Tim NewtonPublished: 09:30, 25 April 2020
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    Australians and New Zealanders commemorate ANZAC Day with driveway tributes

    Australians and New Zealanders have stood outside their homes at dawn this morning to mark the annual ANZAC Day. This year’s tributes and salutes to the fallen who have served their countries at war have been from a distance. A new generation stood quietly at the entrance to their homes, in some cases wearing the medals of their relatives that…

  • Covid-19 NewsPM will decide whether to relax Covid-19 restrictions
    AnukulPublished: 16:08, 20 April 2020
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    PM will decide whether to relax Covid-19 restrictions

    A spokeman for the Centre of Covid-19 Situation Administration says PM Prayut Chan-o-cha will decide in the next 10 days whether to relax remove restrictions imposed as part of the Emergency Decree to fight the spread of Covid-19. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin says that the decision regarding the curfew and business closures “will depend on the situation ahead.” “As we move…

  • Covid-19 NewsNew national Covid-19 cases drop to 29 (Thursday), 3 more dead
    ThaigerPublished: 12:50, 16 April 2020
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    New national Covid-19 cases drop to 29 (Thursday), 3 more dead

    Thai health officials today confirmed 29 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hour period, and 3 more deaths, bringing Thailand’s total number of patients to 2,672 since the beginning of the outbreak. This continues an encouraging downward trend, with 54 new cases a week ago, 50 on Friday, 45 on Saturday, 33 on Sunday, 28 on Monday and 34…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today – Tuesday, April 14
    ThaigerPublished: 18:35, 14 April 2020
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    Thailand News Today – Tuesday, April 14

    Thailand Covid-19 cases rise to 34 (Tuesday), 1 more death Health officials today confirmed 34 new Covid-19 cases from around the country, bringing the total to 2,613. There was one additional death, a Bangkok bus driver, raising the country’s death toll to 41. Today’s number is higher than the 28 recorded yesterday, and comes after five straight days of declines…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand Covid-19 cases rise to 34 (Tuesday), 1 more death
    ThaigerPublished: 14:35, 14 April 2020
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    Thailand Covid-19 cases rise to 34 (Tuesday), 1 more death

    Thai health officials today confirmed 34 new Covid-19 cases from around the country, bringing the total to 2,613 since the beginning of the outbreak. There was one additional death, a Bangkok bus driver, raising the country’s death toll to 41. Today’s number is higher than the 28 recorded yesterday, and comes after five straight days of declines since the 111 recorded…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand facing blood supply shortages
    AnukulPublished: 14:59, 04 April 2020
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    Thailand facing blood supply shortages

    Due to the ongoing and escalating situation of the Covid-19 virus, blood donors have dramatically decreased by 50% making the supplies of blood in Thailand harder to come across. This will critically affect over 10,000 people in Thailand who are currently suffering from various blood disorders, including thalassemia. The Deputy Director of the National Blood Service Centre of the Thai…

  • Thailand NewsPolitical ban lifted ahead of February 24 election
    ThaigerPublished: 15:23, 11 December 2018
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    Political ban lifted ahead of February 24 election

    The Thai Junta, aka NCPO, has today lifted restrictions on political activities that have been in effect since the May 2014 military coup. The Nation reports the the lifts a previous prohibition on political parties holding meetings or organising political activities. The cancelled restrictions include the ban on political gatherings of five or more people. The Royal Gazette has published…

  • OpinionRestoring faith to the national airline
    ThaigerPublished: 14:45, 27 October 2018
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    Restoring faith to the national airline

    On October 8, a Thai Airways 747-400, with only 115 onboard including the crew, skidded off the runway at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The story and photos reached around the world placing the embattled airline in a position to explain the incident. There were no fatalities and all passengers were safely evacuated and went about their holidays. Since then the silence over…

  • Thailand NewsMore rain = more Dengue fever
    ThaigerPublished: 17:21, 10 August 2018
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    More rain = more Dengue fever

    The wet season has provided a spike in new Dengue cases around the Kingdom. The Disease Control Department chief says a total of 3,301 new cases of dengue fever have been reported nationwide during the past week. Dr Suwannachai Watanayingcharoenchai says the number of people infected with dengue was an average of 10,000 patients a month during the rainy season…