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Compulsory self-quarantine for some arrivals
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/03/2020
» All travellers arriving in Thailand from three countries and two territories are required to quarantine themselves for 14 days amid concerns about the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the Disease Control Department.
Wanted hitman dies from unspecified illness
News, Published on 09/03/2020
» A notorious hitman high on the police's "most wanted" list died from an unspecified illness in a house at Ban Ton Ko in Ron Phibun district of Nakhon Si Thammarat yesterday morning.
Better care centres, paternal leave urged
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/03/2020
» Women yesterday called for more daycare centres for young children as well as paternal leave -- which is now offered only to men in the civil service -- to be extended to all working fathers of new-born babies.
Mask shortage forces GPO to halt sales
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/03/2020
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) announced it will stop selling face masks to the public after it was ordered to divert its supply to shore up the heavy shortage at hospitals, according to GPO managing director Withoon Danwiboon.
Gun judge's body moved for funeral rites
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/03/2020
» The body of senior judge Khanakorn Pianchana, who died after a second suicide attempt on Saturday, was transferred from hospital to Wat San Sai Muen for religious rites in Chiang Mai's San Sai district on Sunday.
'Ghosts' evade govt virus net
News, Published on 09/03/2020
» About 80 Thai returnees from South Korea who "slipped through" a new screening process at Suvarnabhumi airport on Saturday are being told to report to health authorities in three days or face legal action under the Communicable Disease Control Act.
From barren to bountiful
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/03/2020
» Doi Tung mountain in Chiang Rai was once a barren land with opium plantations, but the Princess Mother's determination to improve the livelihoods of local people has changed the poverty-stricken, drug-infested area for the better, said M L Dispanadda Diskul, chief executive officer of the Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage, which oversees development projects in the hilly region.
Qatar bans arrivals from Thailand, 13 other countries over virus fears
Published on 09/03/2020
» CAIRO: Qatar has temporarily barred travellers from 14 countries, including Thailand, from Monday as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, the government announced on Sunday.
Local leader slain while exercising
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 09/03/2020
» PATTANI: An assistant village headman was shot dead by motorcycle gunmen while exercising at a children's playground in Yarang district on Sunday, police said.
Storms cause farmed fish die-off
Published on 09/03/2020
» NAKHON PHANOM: Hundreds of tonnes of tilapia fish being raised in baskets have died in three districts following recent summer storms in the area, causing about 20 million baht damage, a senior official said.