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Phuket schools close, move to online learning
Phuket schools close, move to online learning
PHUKET: Schools across Phuket have been ordered to cease on-site learning following an order from the Ministry of Education over the concerns of COVID-19 infections spreading throughout the country.
What is Land Appraisal Value, and How is It Different from Market Value?
What is Land Appraisal Value, and How is It Different from Market Value?
Those who are familiar with the property market and/or those who are looking to buy a plot of land may be familiar with land appraisal but may not know what it is exactly and how it benefits investors. This article will answer questions many people have about what land appraisal is and how it differs from market value.
Remote working trends gradually make headway
Remote working trends gradually make headway
BANGKOK: The requirement for employees to be present in the office is vanishing, meaning the growing trend of “workcations” and rise in the number of digital nomads should be able to help Thailand’s tourism industry to bounce back at a quicker rate.
Wolves end Rangnick’s honeymoon at United
Wolves end Rangnick’s honeymoon at United
FOOTBALL: Wolves ended Ralf Rangnick’s unbeaten start as Manchester United interim manager yesterday (Jan 3) as Joao Moutinho’s strike earned a deserved 1-0 win at Old Trafford.
Schools set to move back online amid virus threat
Schools set to move back online amid virus threat
BANGKOK: Schools under the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) may move to online learning for a week when classes resume today (Jan 4) after the New Year holidays, the commission announced yesterday, citing soaring rates of Omicron infections.
Phuket marks 149 new COVID cases, no new deaths
Phuket marks 149 new COVID cases, no new deaths
PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 149 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Jan 3), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 20,214.
Separated by COVID: Family holiday for New Year comes undone after son, 17, tests positive in Phuket
Separated by COVID: Family holiday for New Year comes undone after son, 17, tests positive in Phuket
PHUKET: A family holiday to Phuket has left a 17-year-old trapped in a hotel room for five days waiting for confirmation on whether or not he is a ‘Green’ COVID patient and allowed to move to a room next door to his father and brother at a ‘quarantine hotel’, or whether he will be admitted into the local hospital system for treatment.
Government to postpone Test & Go until end of Jan
Government to postpone Test & Go until end of Jan
BANGKOK: The Ministry of Public Health will recommend that the reopening of the Test & Go quarantine-free travel scheme be postponed until the end of January amid reports of 229 new Omicron COVID-19 cases.
Sunday sees 34 killed in 307 road accidents nationally
Sunday sees 34 killed in 307 road accidents nationally
BANGKOK: Thirty-four people died in 307 road accidents nationwide yesterday (Jan 2), the fifth of the seven deadly days, increasing the holiday traffic death toll to 263, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Boontham Lertsukheekasem said today.
Omicron cases spur Bangla ATK blitz
Omicron cases spur Bangla ATK blitz
PHUKET: Following 11 staffers at venues on Bangla Rd, Patong, testing positive for Omicron, the Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) and the Patong Development Foundation, founded by Patong businessman Preechavude ‘Prab’ Keesin, have set up a centre for all workers on Bangla Rd to be tested for B40.
Motorbikes hitting walls marks Day 5 of Seven Days of Danger campaign in Phuket
Motorbikes hitting walls marks Day 5 of Seven Days of Danger campaign in Phuket
PHUKET: Phuket officials have recognised just two road accidents that resulted in people being admitted to hospital for their injuries yesterday (Jan 2), Day 5 of the Seven Days of Danger accident prevention and reduction campaign for the New Year.
Tackling household debt high on government’s 2022 agenda
Tackling household debt high on government’s 2022 agenda
BANGKOK: The government has set its sights on hastening the economic recovery and marking 2022 as the year of tackling household debt, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in his New Year message.
Chelsea fight back to hold Liverpool as Everton crash
Chelsea fight back to hold Liverpool as Everton crash
FOOTBALL: Chelsea staged a thrilling fightback from two goals down to rescue a 2-2 draw against Liverpool despite the absence of the exiled Romelu Lukaku, while Everton crashed to a 3-2 defeat against Brighton as pressure mounted on Rafael Benitez yesterday (Jan 2).
Phuket marks 64 new COVID cases, no new deaths
Phuket marks 64 new COVID cases, no new deaths
PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 64 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Jan 2), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 20,030.
Thousands flee as floods worsen in Malaysia
Thousands flee as floods worsen in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands more people have fled swamped homes as heavy rains exacerbated flooding in seven Malaysian states, officials said yesterday (Jan 2), with over 125,000 people evacuated in total since mid-December.
Card holders can now use any hospital
Card holders can now use any hospital
BANGKOK: Holders of B30 universal health care cards are now eligible to seek medical treatment at primary care units nationwide, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said yesterday (Jan 3).
Phuket suffers first death in New Year road-safety campaign
Phuket suffers first death in New Year road-safety campaign
PHUKET: Phuket has suffered its first death in a road accident in the Seven Days of Danger accident prevention and reduction campaign for the New Year.
Anantara Phuket among B3.5bn Minor resorts deal to Abu Dhabi Development Fund
Anantara Phuket among B3.5bn Minor resorts deal to Abu Dhabi Development Fund
PHUKET: The Anantara Layan Phuket Resort is one of five properties in Thailand of which Minor International Public Company Limited (MINT) has sold 40% of shares to the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD).
France to ease COVID rules as England says curbs are ‘last resort’
France to ease COVID rules as England says curbs are ‘last resort’
FRANCE: France announced an easing of COVID restrictions from Monday (Jan 3) and Britain’s health minister said curbs were an “absolute last resort”, as governments face tough choices between controlling the virus and keeping economies open.
Phuket Opinion: Let 2021 set sail
Phuket Opinion: Let 2021 set sail
PHUKET: After a deplorable 2020, everyone thought that 2021 would be better. How wrong we were. As we enter yet another year under the shroud of COVID-19, Phuket still finds itself struggling to get back on its economic feet, still suffering the financial impact of a tourist island without tourists with many households across the island without base level income.