The Prime Minister of Thailand, Prayuth Chan-Ocha release a statement that Thailand iuntends to fully reopen to foreign visitors within 120 days. Which is 14 October 2021.

On July 1, The reopening will begin from Phuket it is the first location in the country to be opened for tourists, but with some conditions applied. After the full reopening tourist can enter the country with no restrictions.

“We have to come to terms that it [Covid-19] will continue to be around in the world and in Thailand for some time. We cannot wait for a time when everyone is fully vaccinated with 2 shots to open the country or for when the world is free of the virus. We must be ready to live with some risk and just try to keep it at a manageable level, and let people go back to being able to earn a living.” The Prime Minister added

No quarantine for visitors

The prime minister stated that quarantine must be fully lifted for travellers who are fully vaccinated.

The Thai government are currently ramping up the vaccination program in the country and pushing for most Thailand residents to at least receive one shot of the vaccination.

A netizen shared how his/her 68-year-old father got hit by a cyclist who was speeding on a pavement.

The uncle was on his way to his stall when a female cyclist knocked him down from behind.

He fell and hit his head against the ground, blacking out for a few seconds, when he came to, he was already in a pool of blood.

An eye witness said that the cyclist was using her phone prior to the collision and her bike didn’t have lights.

You can read the full post below:

“My dad is 68 years old and this accident happened at Yuan Ching Road around 9.30pm on 16/6/21.

He was going to his stall and was carrying 2 big bags of packed chilli sauce.

And on his way there after crossing the road, a bicycle rode by a female biker came at a very high speed and knocked him down from behind. He fall immediately and hit his head against the ground and blacked out for a few seconds.

When he wakes up he was already in a pool of blood. An eye witness informed me that the biker seemed to be using her HP prior to the accident and the bicycle was not installed with lights.

By the injury assessed, the impact was definitely very huge and seems to be hit by a fast object.

I seriously urge all riders riding on pavement shared with pedestrians especially those narrow ones to ride at a safe speed, give yourself ample time to react. If at night do install lights at the front and back of the bicycle.

There are times when a senior citizen suddenly comes out and doesn’t have time to react to you because they are old and their reaction is slow and this is when the rider plays an important part by ensuring they have ample reaction time to prevent such accident.

Most importantly stay focus on the path and do not use your handphone, if you want to use your phone please stop ur bicycle at a side first.

Given the significant rise of riding hobbyist and more food delivery riders around, i urge the authority to create more cycling path if possible.

There’s a saying in Chinese that the road is like the mouth of a tiger but with so many riders on the pavement nowadays, a pedestrian walkway can be a mouth of a tiger too.”

Source: Jovi via ROADS.sg on Facebook

A netizen received an SMS from an unknown number which only appeared as “verify” stated that a person that her children is with a person known as “Palanisamy”.

This scam is not new, it has been ongoing for sometime.

In the SMS it says:

“IM PALANISAMY UR CHILDREN WITH ME! U BETTER TRANSFER 10K TO “BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER’ POSB NOW!

BETTER DUN CALL POLICE! IF NOT I WILL KIL THEM! DONE SEND RECEIPT TO ‘PHONE NUMBER’!

Netizens saw the screenshot of the SMS and gave various funny replies in the comments section of the post.

Contact the Police

Never believe such SMS and it’s always best to contact the Police for assistance.

The Police regularly warns the public of ongoing scams.

Members of the public can visit www.scamalert.sg or call the Anti-Scam Hotline at 1800-722-6688.

Anyone with information on such scams may call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online here.

The Police has been actively checking massage establishments to prevent the flouting of Covid-19 measures and 20 massage parlours were caught doing it.

According to the Police, 20 massage parlors were forced to close after getting caught for at 10 days and found their masseuse or customer failing to wear a mask.

The establishments were each fined SGD$1,000 and customers were fine SGD$300.

The Police said that all staff in the establishment should be wearing mask at all times.

What activities no need to wear a mask?

The Police said that “Only customers who are using saunas or onsens or having facials done may be exempted from mask-wearing.”

According to the safety measures that are in place, the establishment which failed adhere to the safety masures are liable for a fine up to a maximum of SGD$10,000 and/or jail for 6 months. Repeat ofenders can face double the punishment.

A netizen who was chatting with a girl said that “so many ignorant people out there, drink wine means high class ah” the story gets more entertaining as he ridicules the girl who was chatting with him.

Here is the story:

“Wah I have this story to share, got this girl that I was dating made me so turn off I almost turned gay. The conversation started about alcohol when the girl told me that she is enjoying her wine at home during this restricted period. Then I told her that I was enjoying some beer too. Later on in the conversation, she started to say that beer is low class and she even looks down on me because I’m drinking alcohol that is too cheap.

Obviously, I was not happy with her tone in the conversation as I’m a major beer lover.

“I drink expensive wine I atas, beer is low class”, She added

She then took a photo of her wine bottle and as it turns out it is just some cheap wine, one can get from any supermarket around the price of $19.90.

I had to make a stand and gave her an epic response for disrespecting me and all my brothers and sisters out there who love beer.

I responded: “wah drink wine is atas ah then got moustache is your father la. Anyway I know that your LV bag is fake and your wine from the supermarket less than $20 cheap cheap. Don’t act atas u wh**e”

The girl was so embarrass she blocked me on WhatsApp. It was a relieve as I have one less ignorant person in my life.

In my opinion, it does not mean drinking wine is atas or drink what is low class. What matters it’s how one person carries themselves and behave. To all my brothers and sisters out there cheers! Boh Tah Bo Lan Pa!

A man was sentenced to jail after he was found guilty of committing theft. He stole SGD$10,800 worth of Budget 2020 grocery vouchers with his wife in Marsiling.

The incident happened months after his wife Tanty Yohaida Samad issued a protection order against him, which makes many scratches their head thinking “the wife filed for a protection order against him but went to steal voucher with him”.

In October 2020, Zulkeflei and his wife Tanty used clothes hangers to steal the vouchers from letter boxes or he would use a plier to break open the letter box. The vouchers were meant for low-income families and a total of 72 people were victims of the crime.

The duo would later use the vouchers to make purchases at various supermarkets and even bought two mobile phone and a laptop.

Court documents did not indicate why the 45-year-old wife applied for the protection order and later committed the crime with him.

The order was issued against him after he attacked his 21-year-old son.

Earlier today 42-year-old Zulkeflei Mohamed Yatim was sentenced to 1 year 7 months jail for 16 charges of theft and voluntarily hurt.

A man who was struggling to make ends meet decided that smuggling pets into Singapore could help his struggles with his debts.

The incident happened back in March 2020, Kelvin Seo Wen Quan was caught doing the deed to pay his father’s medical expenses and to some ah long(loan shark).

The man was caught with the following 6 animals at Tuas Checkpoint

• 1 chihuahua
• 1 dachshund
• 2 Persian cross cats
• 1 Munchkin cat
• 1 golden retriever

According to the hearing, he would earn at least SGD$500 per attempt he bring the animal over from Johor Bahru to Singapore.

He would follow the instructions of a man known as Quek and travel to a pet shop in Johor Bahru to collect the animals and then bring it over to Singapore. However, he was caught on 2 March 2020.

Usually, he would deliver the animals to Quek’s vehicle at Pioneer Mall’s carpark. Quek was stopped along Jalan Bahar by a roadblock and the crime came to light

On June 14 2021, Seo was sentenced to 24 weeks’ jail for 6 charges under the Animals and Birds Act.