Pedro Pan❭

• Family of 23-yo Pinoy teacher who died in motorcycle accident in Prachinburi needs help

  His family asked for assistance in bringing his remains back to the Philippines.

  

• Meet the Ateneo OF-LIFE Secretariat 2023 Bangkok

  Ateneo OF-LIFE LSE is a 12-day empowerment program designed for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) which focuses on areas of leadership, financial literacy and social entrepreneurship.

  

• ATENEO OF-LIFE LSE Thailand opens for fourth batch of enrollees

  The program supports OFW in Thailand with subsidized registration fee of THB 4,500 for non-corporate professionals while those with corporate jobs have to pay the amount of THB 9,000.

  

• Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival to be hosted at Paragon Cineplex from January 20-25

  Admission to the festival is free, and more information can be found on the Facebook fan page “Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival.”

  

• Thailand-Myanmar border in Mae Sot border reopens after three years

  Thai and Myanmar nationals can once again cross the border between Thailand’s Tak province and Myanmar’s Myawaddy town through the 1st Thailand-Myanmar Friendship Bridge at the Mae Sot border crossing. 

  

• Thailand maintains ‘fully-reopen’ entry rules

  Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, H.E. Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, said “International travellers arriving in Thailand are not required to show proof of vaccination.”

  

• 300 baht tourist fee to be imposed in June

  Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has announced plans to begin collecting a 300-baht fee from foreign tourists arriving in the country starting in June. 

  

• Bangkok taxi fares to increase starting Jan 15

  The flag-fall for ordinary taxis remains at 35 baht but the fare for subsequent kilometres has been increased by 1 baht.

  

• Thai owner of Miss Universe hopes to inspire women

  Jakapong “Anne” Jakrajutatip, CEO and biggest shareholder of JKN Global Group Pcl (JKN), bought the Miss Universe Organisation on Wednesday (26 Oct) for US$20 million (about 759 million baht), which her company said marked the first time that the beauty pageant organizer has been owned by a woman.

  

• Bangkok City Hall prepares measures ahead of imminent surge in PM2.5 levels

  Levels of airborne particulate matter or PM2.5 in Bangkok are still considered to be within Thailand’s safety standard. Aware that the airborne dust issue worsens during the cold season, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing mitigation measures ahead of the peak dust period. Online communications channels and smart signboards are among the measures that […]

  

• 33 Bangkok parks to stay open until midnight for Loy Krathong celebrations

  The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is extending the opening hours of 33 public parks on Loy Krathong Day next Tuesday. The BMA announced on Friday that the parks will be open from 5am to midnight, so Bangkokians can release their floats to pay respect to the goddess of water. The places where Bangkokians can float their krathongs […]

  

• Bangkok braces for sixth wave of COVID-19 with big spike in infections picked

  Bangkok is bracing for a sixth wave of Covid-19, as Covid cases in the capital bounce back to over 10,000 new cases per day, threatening the city’s public health system.

  

• Bangkok named No. 1 city in Southeast Asia

  Bangkok has been named the No. 1 city in Southeast Asia and Phuket the No. 1 island in Southeast Asia, in the inaugural ‘Asia’s Best Awards’ from Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia.

  

• BMTA adds more buses around Bangkok for 5-day holiday

  The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has deployed 2,639 buses for 16,852 trips per day from July 13 to 18 to cope with an increased number of passengers for the five-day-long holiday.

  

• MRT Blue Line train fare hiked to maximum THB43 starting July 3

  Cabinet meeting on Tuesday has approved a motion to increase the fare of MRT train in Chaloem Ratchamongkhon route, also known as Blue Line, to starting at 17 baht and capped at 43 baht from July 3 onward, a news source revealed.

  

• Pilots and airlines reminded to comply with Thailand’s relaxed COVID-19 measures starting July 1

  The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has issued a notice (NOTAM) to pilots and airlines, reminding them to comply with the latest, but relaxed COVID-19 measures in Thailand, which will become effective on July 1.