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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thailand Covid situation ’more serious’? More long holidays to be created! || December 28
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thailand Covid situation ’more serious’? More long holidays to be created! || December 28
PHUKET XTRA - December 28 || Brought to you by PVCPhuket.com Officials look to release more inmates |:| Long-holidays to be created |:| Phuket readies for week-long road safety campaign |:| Thailand Covid situation ’more serious’ than thought Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Small New Year events still allowed in Phuket
Small New Year events still allowed in Phuket
PHUKET: Small events organised by private parties to celebrate the New Year are still allowed, the Phuket office of the Public Relations Department of Thailand (PR Phuket) confirmed to The Phuket News today.
Chinese citizen journalist jailed for four years for Wuhan virus reporting
Chinese citizen journalist jailed for four years for Wuhan virus reporting
WORLD: A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the COVID-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said today (Dec 28), almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city.
Royal Thai Army warns against online scam
Royal Thai Army warns against online scam
PHUKET: The Royal Thai Army have issued a warning against a bogus campaign where a group of impersonators have been selling goods online in the Army’s name while claiming to raise funds for children charities.
Sunday Brunch at Pine Beach Bar
Sunday Brunch at Pine Beach Bar
Try exciting new items including organic truffle poached egg, lobster house made pasta and unagi don. Enjoy complimentary use of pool and beach facilities before and after your brunch with a bottle of sparkling, a selection of delicious dishes, funky tunes of our DJ and beach activities. Intercontinental Phuket Resort, Kamala. 076 629 999.
Health Minister Anutin quarantined
Health Minister Anutin quarantined
THAILAND: Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is under house quarantine for 14 days after a meeting with the Samut Sakhon governor, who later tested positive for COVID-19.
Phuket readies for Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the New Year
Phuket readies for Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the New Year
PHUKET: Police and safety officers have started setting up main checkpoints across the island ahead of the annual ‘Seven Days of Danger’ road-safety campaign for the New Year getting underway at midnight tonight (00:01am, Dec 29).
Liverpool held by West Brom
Liverpool held by West Brom
FOOTBALL: Liverpool offered the chasing pack in the Premier League title race a late Christmas gift by throwing away two points at home to struggling West Brom in a 1-1 draw yesterday (Dec 27), as Spurs drew with Wolves and Leeds eased fears they could be dragged into a relegation battle with a fortunate 1-0 win over Burnley.
Growth forecast for 2021 upheld at 4%
Growth forecast for 2021 upheld at 4%
THAILAND: Despite a surge of new infections in Thailand, the government is maintaining its forecast for economic growth at 4% next year.
Momota wins Japan title to cap comeback after car crash
Momota wins Japan title to cap comeback after car crash
BADMINTON: World number one Kento Momota won the All-Japan championships yesterday (Dec 27) to complete the first step of his comeback, nearly a year after suffering serious injuries in a car crash.
COVID situation ‘more serious’
COVID situation ‘more serious’
THAILAND: The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) yesterday (Dec 27) admitted the current novel coronavirus outbreak is more serious than the first wave early this year and urged the public to comply with disease control measures so drastic measures would not be needed.
Soi Dog Foundation celebrates half-a-million sterilisations
Soi Dog Foundation celebrates half-a-million sterilisations
Soi Dog Foundation has shared the incredible news that it has surpassed half-a-million dogs and cats neutered and vaccinated since its founding in 2003 – more than any other organisation in the world.
Bob the Cat is back!
Bob the Cat is back!
Yes the tinsel and trees might already be up but to a lot of people it never really feels like Christmas until the Christmas movies start playing on television and in the cinemas. Perhaps it is the old classics like the spectacular It’s A Wonderful Life or the newer gems like Dudley Moore’s Santa Clause: The Movie that puts you in the Christmas spirit, whatever the case there is always something about a Christmas movie that make you overlook the cheesiness and overzealous holiday cheer and let’s you just sit back and relax.
Phuket Governor issues order against face-mask price gouging
Phuket Governor issues order against face-mask price gouging
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has issued an order against price gouging when selling face masks. Violators face up a fine of up to B100,000 or even up to five years imprisonment, the Governor has warned.
Early release for prison inmates considered
Early release for prison inmates considered
THAILAND: Amid the threat from the COVID-19 pandemic and as a way to solve prison overcrowding, the Justice Ministry is considering releasing more inmates whose jail terms will be completed within one year.
Blazing Saddles: Life’s a Beach… so just grab it!
Blazing Saddles: Life’s a Beach… so just grab it!
Over 71% of our planet is covered with water and we ourselves are comprised of over 60% of the stuff! In addition, science has discovered that proximity to water is absolutely fundamental to our to our well-being and even our very happiness is absolutely dependent on it.
WHO Wuhan probe not looking for COVID ‘guilty’ parties
WHO Wuhan probe not looking for COVID ‘guilty’ parties
WORLD: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) international mission to China to investigate the origins of COVID-19 will explore all avenues and is not looking to find “guilty” parties, a team member told AFP.
Arsenal bounce back to stun Chelsea
Arsenal bounce back to stun Chelsea
FOOTBALL: Arsenal eased fears of being dragged into a relegation battle with a stunning 3-1 win over Chelsea yesterday (Dec 26), as Manchester United’s Premier League title challenge stumbled after they conceded a late equaliser to draw at Leicester.
PM prohibits public gatherings as infections increase
PM prohibits public gatherings as infections increase
THAILAND: Muang district of Rayong was yesterday (Dec 26) declared a red zone, where the tightest COVID-19 control measures are in place, after 27 new infections were confirmed in a single day, bringing the total number of cases there to 36, provincial governor Chanchana Iamsaeng said.
Phuket Opinion: Looking for clear signs
Phuket Opinion: Looking for clear signs
PHUKET: If there were ever a time that a single clear explanation of what the country’s leaders are aiming for in coping with the ongoing spread of the mutating COVID-19 virus, that time is now.