HM King pardons inmates
The 35,000 inmates who will be paroled are now in 143 prisons across the country and they are eligible to be released under the new royal decree, Mr Aryut said. The newsman, sentenced to eight years in January 2020 in an advertising revenue embezzlement case, had served two years and four months in total, said Mr Aryut. Jatuporn is eligible to be paroled under a new royal pardon because he has less than a year to serve in prison, said Mr Aryut. Apichart will have nine years left, said Mr Aryut. Some new rules have been added to the new royal decree to allow certain ill elderly prisoners to become eligible to receive a royal pardon as well, he said.
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July 27, 2021 23:36 UTC
Discovering the origins of the kingdom
A scene from Kingdom: Ashin Of The North. "The new episode focuses on an area that is an abandoned outpost and hides the secret behind the origin of the resurrection plant. So I thought, what would the story be like if the resurrection plant originated from this very abandoned outpost?" The cast of Kingdom: Ashin Of The North, from left, Kim Roi-ha, Kim Shi-A, Jun Ji-Hyun, Park Byung-eun and Koo Kyo-hwan. Kingdom: Ashin of the North.
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July 27, 2021 21:11 UTC
Praise from Prawit over WHC gong
Praise from Prawit over WHC gongDeputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon yesterday expressed his appreciation to all Thais "who did a great job" in helping to protect and preserve the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in Phetchaburi province, which was recently given world heritage status by the World Heritage Committee (WHC). Maj Gen Patchasak Patirupanont, an assistant spokesman for Gen Prawit, yesterday said the deputy PM who is also chairman of a national committee on heritage protection, expressed his admiration for those behind putting the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex onto the natural world heritage map. The WHC on Monday named the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex a world heritage site after six years of efforts to obtain such recognition. Members of the WHC are attending the committee's extended 44th session between July 16-31 in China. The forest complex is a national treasure that must be kept for the next generation," Maj Gen Patchasak quoted Gen Prawit as saying.
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July 27, 2021 20:37 UTC
Improving emergency management
So, we combined the GPS system with Longdo Map API. The Longdo Map team spent only two hours creating the map. "Longdo Map API can be further developed into websites or applications. During an emergency situation, the state agency should issue updates about the situation and collaborate with other organisations responsible for the emergency. The Longdo Map API proved useful during the emergency evacuation and it can be used in other situations as well.
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July 27, 2021 00:00 UTC
American Express retains commitment
Thailand remains an important strategic market for global financial service provider American Express, said Marlin Brown, vice-president and country manager at American Express in Thailand, in an interview with the Bangkok Post. American Express and Bangkok Bank recently signed this partnership deal. Under the partnership, Bangkok Bank will allow merchants to accept American Express cards in Thailand and provide American Express card members and merchants access to Bangkok Bank's vast contactless electronic data capture (EDC) and point-of-sale (POS) terminal network. American Express has partnered with Bangkok Bank since 1999 with the latter issuing three American Express card products in Thailand. "At American Express, the safety of our colleagues is our top priority and we've been fully virtual for the last 16 months.
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July 26, 2021 23:48 UTC
Covid chaos shatters public faith in govt
Covid chaos shatters public faith in govtDo we think we will come out of the current lockdown, better, stronger, together? Public confidence is low that the government will be able to handle the outbreak effectively while trust is almost nil. The Covid-19 hotlines offer a good example. During those five days, Kunlasup Wattanaphon, who was at high risk because he had been in contact with a confirmed case, tried unsuccessfully to receive treatment from hospitals. In a video clip which was widely circulated after his death, Kunlasup said he had breathing difficulties but could not find any hospitals to diagnose him so that he could be admitted.
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July 26, 2021 23:37 UTC
PCR result not needed for treatment: CCSA
A woman seeks a Covid-19 test in Don Muang district, Bangkok, on Monday. The decision was made by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to speed up the coronavirus treatment process for patients in community isolation waiting for medical care, said Apisamai Srirangson, assistant spokeswoman for the CCSA. Somsak Akksilp, director-general of the Department of Medical Services (DMS), said a total of 30,036 Covid-19 patients in Bangkok have volunteered to self-isolate at home. The Public Health Ministry previously allowed the public to purchase ATKs from pharmacies so they could conduct self-tests at home. Attaporn Limpanyalert, deputy secretary-general of the NHSO, said 80% of Covid-19 patients are asymptomatic and can receive medical care at home.
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July 26, 2021 22:18 UTC
Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slums
Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slumsThe neighborhood of Cota 905 in Caracas shares a name with the gang that runs it with impunityCARACAS - A Venezuelan soldier takes cover behind an armored vehicle. The scene played out this month in the slum of Cota 905, which shares a name with the gang that runs it with impunity. In the early morning hours, shots rang out and members of the Cota 905 gang took to the streets ordering inhabitants to stay at home and cautioning police not to enter. Then, the police surrounded four of the slums, including Cota 905. Caracas slum residents have long been left to their own devices.
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July 26, 2021 04:41 UTC
Make merit, stay home
One of them is a dhamma centre located in the Muang district, which will be closed for 14 days. Members of the dhamma centre are not allowed to travel outside the province and all gatherings are prohibited. At the same time, district officers are ordered to examine all dhamma centres in their neighbourhood and carry out random Covid-19 screenings. Last year, when the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) issued an order to temporarily close 34 locations, temples and dhamma centres were not included in the announcement. The Chiang Mai dhamma centre is not the only place where a new Covid-19 cluster has been found.
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July 26, 2021 00:45 UTC
The importance of testing
By 8pm, early birds had already started to line up in front of a temple for testing the next morning. The free testing could only accept 900 walk-ins per day for a week. Even if you test positive (false-negative result), the process will help screen out those who are actually infected," he said. However, those at high risk should contact local clinics and hospitals for free rapid testing. Those who test positive should be better informed of the guidelines otherwise, when they get worse, they will be left to themselves.
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July 25, 2021 23:37 UTC
Sinovac may be only choice for many
Sinovac may be only choice for manyA medical officer provides a Covid-19 jab with the Sinovac vaccine at Bang Sue Grand Station. Most appear to be pinning their hopes on the mRNA vaccines which are not yet available in Thailand. For everyone else, especially those who reject the Sinovac vaccine out of their belief that this Chinese-made product is inferior in quality or a C-grade vaccine, as the media opposition politicians and celebrities keep saying, it's a grim business. Of the vaccines procured by the government -- Pfizer and Moderna, both mRNA vaccines, AstraZeneca, a viral vector vaccine, Sinovac and Sinopharm, both inactivated vaccines -- Sinovac is said to be the least effective against the Delta variant. According to him, about 700,000 medics were mostly fully inoculated with Sinovac vaccine and only 880 were infected with Covid-19.
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July 25, 2021 23:26 UTC
Macron pressured to apologise for nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Macron pressured to apologise for nuclear tests in French PolynesiaPresident Emmanuel Macron (centre) is making his first official trip to French Polynesia. PAPEETE: French President Emmanuel Macron faced pressure to apologise for the devastating impact of decades of nuclear testing as he kicked off his first official trip to French Polynesia. - 'Highest thyroid cancer rates' -Macron will be "encouraging several concrete steps" regarding the legacy of nuclear tests, with the opening up of state archives and individual compensation, a French presidential official who asked not to be named said. "We're expecting an apology from the president," said Auguste Uebe-Carlson, head of the 193 Association of victims of nuclear tests. One of three French territories in the Pacific, French Polynesia has a population of around 280,000 over a huge swath of island groups spanning an area comparable in size to Western Europe.
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July 25, 2021 09:56 UTC
Wuhan tests all citizens after Delta variant found
Wuhan tests all citizens after Delta variant foundChina's Wuhan city will test all of its 12 million residents for the coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday, after the place where the virus emerged in late 2019 confirmed its first domestic cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant. - REUTERSPublished: 4 Aug 2021
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July 25, 2021 06:56 UTC
India: on the frontline of climate change
India: on the frontline of climate changeFlooding is common during India's monsoon season but climate change is making the monsoon stronger, according to a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. NEW DELHI: Swathes of India are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains, just the latest example of how the vast country is on the frontline of climate change. A glaciologist who investigated the site told AFP the catastrophe was "clearly a fallout of climate change and in itself a tell-tale of our future". But climate change is making the monsoon stronger, according to a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in April. But scientists say climate change may be making lightning more frequent.
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July 25, 2021 04:30 UTC
Almost half of Thais trust social media for Covid info: poll
Almost half of Thais trust social media for Covid info: pollA pregnant woman receives a Covid-19 jab at Bang Sue Railway Central Station, where walk-in vaccination services for vulnerable groups - Thai nationals aged 60 and over, women at least 12 weeks pregnant and anyone weighing 100kg or more - are available from July 22 until July 31. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)Medical personnel and other experts provide the most reliable sources of information about the Covid-19 pandemic, but almost half the population trust social media, according to the result of an opinion survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll. The poll was conducted online during July 19-22 on 1,691 people throughout the country to compile their opinions on the flow of information about Covid-19, with respondents allowed to choose more than one answer to each question. Asked what sources of information they thought were reliable, 65.30% chose doctors and medical personnel; 59.75% cited academics, researchers, experts and influencers; and 46.98% social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Asked how they assessed the flood of information, 43.99% said they were confused, 40,75% fairly confused and 15.26% not confused.
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July 25, 2021 03:11 UTC