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The region’s poor and working classes are bearing the brunt of economic fallout from the latest wave of COVID-19. Long-term social protection schemes could help.

Share Mon, 24 May 2021 Though restrictions have been eased in the capital and across much of the country, the provincial administrations in Koh Kong, Takeo, Svay Rieng and Battambang have continued to implement stricter health measures by closing some villages and extending the closure of their markets. The Koh Kong Provincial Hall has decided to lock some villages in Sre Ambel district due to it being a Covid-19 hotspot. Governor Phouthong Mithona has also temporarily restricted entry and exit...

499 new prison Covid cases published : 23 May 2021 at 15:46 The Corrections Department found 499 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, department director-general Ayut Sinthippan said. The new cases come after the 460 imprisoned patients announced by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Sunday, whose daily bulletins cover only the previous 24-hour period ending at midnight. Of the 499 new infections, 292 were at Bang Khwang Central Prison; 91 at Khlong P...

8 Staff in a mobile kitchen run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepare food to be delivered to medical personnel at BMA-run hospitals and field hospitals on Friday. The mobile kitchen, which is next to City Hall in Phra Nakhon district, is open on Tuesdays and Fridays. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expanding Covid-19 mass testing across the capital with a plan to test 3,000 people in risk groups each day for the n...

Woman accused of B500m lottery investment fraud 12 published : 7 May 2021 at 16:58 12 Pol Col Nawin Theerawit, chief of Muang police in Trat, said at least 50 people filed complaints against the wanted woman on Friday, for the second day running. Alleged losses were already at least 500 million baht, and rising. (Photo: Jakkrit Waewkraihong) TRAT: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 30-year-old woman accused of swindling people in ...

Residents threaten to torch conference hall if used as field hospital Residents threaten to torch conference hall if used as field hospital THAILAND: Frightened local residents have threatened to burn down a conference hall in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in Muang district if it is converted into a field hospital for COVID-19 patients. Wednesday 28 April 2021, 05:43PM A cloth banner declares, “If the municipality sets it up (a field hospital), Na Khian residents will set fire to it”, outside the co...

It’s just the boxing ticket for foreigners It’s just the boxing ticket for foreigners MUAY THAI: The army has announced it will only sell tickets for bouts at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium to foreigners, saying the move will curb the activities of local gamblers. Fighters at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium Photo: AFP. “The tickets would also be sold to foreign tourists to stimulate tourism and also encourage visitors learn Muay Thai after the COVID-19 emergency is over,” army chief Gen Narongphan Jit...

6 03 2021 When PPT read the early accounts of the police hunt for Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan, 32, aka Ammy the Bottom Blues, we were suspicious. It was claimed he torched a portrait of the king. First he was arrested, then he wasn’t, and then he was again. Then the cops claimed they had both “forensic evidence and eyewitness accounts [to] implicate a pro-democracy activist [Ammy] in the torching of a large portrait of … the King last week…”. “Forensic” could mean anyt...

Diogo treble puts Rabbits within one win of glory Diogo treble puts Rabbits within one win of glory FOOTBALL: BG Pathum United moved to with one win of claiming their first ever Thai League 1 title when they hammered Samut Prakan City 6-0 last night (Feb 28). Striker Diogo Luis Santo converts a penalty for BG Pathum United last night. Photo: Bangkok Post. The Rabbits showed hosts Samut Prakan City no mercy as they maintained their 19-point lead at the top of the table. With only seven matches r...

Driver killed, four students hurt when van hits power pole 13 published : 24 Feb 2021 at 14:34 13 Rescue workers remove the badly-injured driver from his van, after he lost control and it ran into a power pole in Muang district, Prachuap Khiri Khan, on Wednesday morning. Four students on their way to school were also injured. The driver later died. (Photo: Than Pao Swang Prachuap rescue team Facebook page) PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: The driver of ...