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All spring and summer Trumpsters have had 1000+ boat flotilla parades off Florida, New Jersey, and other states. Today they tried it on a lake outside Austin and many ran into each other or got swamped and sank. (The police said it was too much alcohol). Dumbkirk

Link Director-general Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai said on Friday that there all told, five people travelling from Thailand to Japan had been found infected with the coronavirus. Two of them had been reported earlier — a 24-year-old Thai man and a 47-year-old Japanese man. The three other cases were more recent — a 64-year-old Japanese man, a 21-year-old Thai male student and a 44-year-old Thai man. The 64-year-old was Covid-19 patient No.730 in Japan. The general manager of a company in Bang Na district of Bangkok, he was living alone at a condominium in the Sukhumvit area. He had earlier travelled abroad in January. On Aug 17, he went to stay …

From The Nation Lands on Silom Road are the priciest, according to data on estimates in Bangkok gathered from 2016-2019 and reported by the Treasury Department on its website. Silom had the highest estimated price at Bt700,000-Bt1 million per square wah (4 square metres), followed by lands on Phloen Chit Road (Bt900,000 per sq.wah) and lands on Rajdamri Road (Bt750,000-Bt900,000 per sq.wah). Meanwhile, the cheapest lands in Bangkok are farmlands in Bangkhuntian district, which are estimated at Bt500-Bt10,000 per sq.wah. The 10 roads with the costliest lands in Bangkok are: 1. Silom Road (Bt700,000-Bt1 million per sq.wah) 2. Phlo…

Link Several Thai League football matches have been postponed indefinitely after an Uzbekistan football player at Buriram United tested positive for the coronavirus despite being released after fulfilling the 14-day state quarantine. The Department of Disease Control (DDC) says the infected player Akbar Ismatullaev arrived in Thailand on Aug 11, produced a health certificate showing he did not have Covid-19 and was placed in 14-day quarantine at Anantara Riverside Hotel in Bangkok. He left on Aug 27 and was driven to a team camp in Buri Ram province with no stops on the way. He trained with his teammates from Aug 28-Sept 9 and also attended a game between R…

From The Diplomat There are risks, but the region has a lot to gain from the international race to find an effective vaccine By Sebastian Strangio There are risks, but also advantages, to sitting at the center of the intensifying geopolitical tug-of-war between China and the United States. As the world strides forward in the search for an effective coronavirus vaccine, Southeast Asia is set to become the focus of outside powers eager to win the region’s support and neutralize China’s own efforts to claim the mantle of global public health leadership. In the new game of “vaccine diplomacy,” in Southeast Asia and further afield, much of the early movemen…

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From South China Morning Post Contestants lift piles of tiles to show their muscles Participants smear their bodies with baby oil in preparation for a bodybuilding contest in Majalengka, West Java, Indonesia. Photo: Agoes Rudianto The bodybuilder, muscles shiny with baby oil, hoists a stack of roof tiles over his head. He clenches his muscles, strikes a pose and revels in the applause. The audience roars with appreciation as multicoloured spotlights glint off his body. Dozens compete in the annual bodybuildingbcompetition at the Jatiwangi Art Factory (JAF) in Indonesia, a non-profit organisation focused on the arts and cultural a…

Advice from the frigid North: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-sex/wear-a-mask-while-having-sex-canadas-top-doctor-suggests-idUSKBN25T2Y9

at least in Russia: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53621708 There are several promising vaccines in stage III now or soon.

...from the the seemingly endless on-again, off-again travel news, Richard Barrow might be just the ticket. I was introduced to his blogging by DivineMadman and remain grateful for the tip. He writes widely about travel throughout Thailand, giving his readers authentic reports because he gets actively involved and punctuates his posts with great photography. Whether it's sites he visited in Samut Prakan this weekend or an upcoming buffalo race in Chonburi, he forces us to share his appreciation of what Thailand has to offer. When I'm lucky enough to return, hopefully I'll heed his advice and get more adventurous. Richardbarrow.com

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From Reuters / Bangkok Post Growth weakens, protests heat up SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: A selloff in the baht, underperforming stocks and pressure on the bond market reflect growing concern from global investors over political instability and the growth outlook in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy, analysts and fund managers say. Thailand suffered its deepest economic contraction in two decades last quarter and a long haul to recovery looms as the Covid-19 pandemic has hammered its mainstay tourism industry. At the same time, the government is facing a student protest movement which is gathering momentum and disruption to its policy agenda by the surpr…

From Bangkok Post His Majesty the King has issued a royal command reinstating all royal and military rank and titles to royal noble consort Sineenart Wongvajirapakdi, who was stripped of all titles in October last year. An announcement published in the Royal Gazette on Aug 29, but seen only on Sept 2, states that Miss Sineenart's record is without blemish. The King had then issued a command to appoint her Chao Khun Phra Sineenart Pilaskalayanee, and a royal official with military rank. She has been given all royal decorations. This is as if she was never stripped of her royal title and military ranks, and as if her royal decorations had never been recalled,…

From Bangkok Post Finance Minister Predee Daochai has submitted his resignation after 26 days in the job, citing health reasons. The former president of Kasikornbank reportedly submitted the letter on Monday but Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has yet to approve it. Mr Predee was royally appointed on Aug 6 under the quota of the prime minister. According to earlier media reports, Mr Predee disagreed with his deputy, Santi Prompat from the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), over the reshuffle of high-ranking officials, in particular who should head the Excise Department. Mr Predee reportedly wanted Lavaron Sangsnit, director of the Fiscal Policy Off…

From Reuters BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thailand plans to turn about half its prisons into tourist attractions to boost visitor numbers as the Southeast Asian nation struggles to recover from an economic slump caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Sporting events, art exhibitions, cooking contests and souvenirs made by inmates will be rolled out in 72 of the country’s 143 prisons, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said this week. A pilot scheme is being tested in five prisons, including those in the cities of Trat, Rayong and Ratchaburi, he said. This would not only bring much-needed visitors, but also prepare inmates for a “normal life in s…

From Reuters LONDON: A 40-year-old Irish haulier pleaded guilty on Friday (Aug 28) to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and boys found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck near London last year. Ronan Hughes became the second man to plead guilty over a case that shocked Britain and Vietnam and shone a light on the illicit human smuggling trade. The other is Maurice Robinson, from the British province of Northern Ireland, who was driving the truck when the bodies were found. Appearing at a full Old Bailey courtroom in London, Hughes stood in the dock facing the judge as the names of the 31 men and boys and eight women were read out. He admitte…

First good news of 2020. This should help a lot with travel, work, (hook-ups). Antigen test. News just hit Reuters, @Riobard ? The portable test is about the size of a credit card, requires no additional equipment to operate, and can be conducted using a less invasive nasal swab than traditional lab tests, Abbott executives said on a call with reporters. Abbott expects to ship tens of millions of tests in September, ramping to 50 million tests a month from the beginning of October. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-abbott/abbott-wins-u-s-authorization-for-5-rapid-covid-19-antigen-test-idUSKBN25M2WE

From The Nation Now that all three driverless trains for the BTS Gold Light Rail Line have been delivered, trials on the 1.8-kilometre route will begin immediately before the service is officially launched on October 29. The monorail will stop at three stations – Krung Thonburi, Charoen Nakhon and Klong San – before linking up with the BTS Green Line. Constructed on a public-private partnership basis, the aim of the monorail is to make it easier for residents in Bangkok’s Thonburi district to travel to downtown as well as to places like Iconsiam. Now that all three driverless trains for the BTS Gold Light Rail Line have b…

From Bangkok Post New witnesses key to charges being dropped New specialist and motorist witnesses who made statements that Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya did not drive his Ferrari over the speed limit and that the policeman who was killed abruptly cut in front of his vehicle are the key factors which convinced prosecutors to drop charges against the Red Bull scion. In a leaked document outlining public prosecutors' reasoning for their decision to drop the charge against Mr Vorayuth of reckless driving causing death, information from the new witnesses was given more weight than previous evidence, including forensic results. The document said Nate Naksuk, chi…

But BOT says commercial banks remain strong From Thai Enquirer The share prices of Kasikorn Bank and Siam Commercial Bank drop slightly on Monday morning due to rumors of the possible collapse of commercial banks in Thailand. During the weekend, Rangsan Thanapornpan, a Thammasat academic, said in an interview with WAYMAGAZINE that there were three large Thai commercial banks about to face bankruptcy. However, Ronadol Numnonda, the deputy governor of Financial Institutions Stability, responded immediately by assuring that the financial situation and the capital fund of all commercial banks still remain strong and could handle the hardship during the COV…

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From Bangkok Post Some employees of Thai Airways International (THAI) became unusually rich from a major plane procurement deal struck in 2003-2004, according to a police-led investigation team set up by the Transport Ministry. The conclusion was drawn after the team led by Pol Lt Gen Charnthep Sesaves, a former Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner, completed its investigation, Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam said on Thursday. Mr Thaworn said he was assigned by Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob to announce the results of the investigation to parliament on Wednesday. He said the focus of the investigation was on the factors that played a…