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Follow us on Telegram for the latest updates: https://t.me/mothershipsg Some fresh graduates entering the working world may find that the salary offered does not meet their expectations. One university graduate in Thailand found himself in just that situation, and decided to quit his job to sell chicken rice by the road instead, according to China Press . Was only earning 10,000 baht His mother had taken to Facebook in a now-deleted post to share her son's story. Her son, a business communications graduate, was drawing a salary of 10,000 baht (S$443). Commuting to and from work also costs him 200 baht (S$8.90) every day. The company could not afford to pay him more due to the Covid-19 economic downturn. She added that her son's peers were earning a bit more than him — around 13,000 baht. He had been working for a couple of months. However, his mother also said that her son was "very unhappy" at his job, and she supported his resignation. Set up ... » Learn More about Fresh grad in Thailand quits job to sell chicken rice at roadside as starting pay was too low

Workers from the Pattaya City Municipality clean a road near Lan Pho Old Market, a well-known seafood market in Pattaya, and its vicinity in Bang Lamung district on Friday morning. (Photo:@Prpattayacity Facebook page) Chon Buri reported a daily record of 1,062 Covid-19 cases and six more fatalities on Saturday. Over the past six days, the province reported 795, 867, 884, 864, 982 and 914 cases, respectively. The new infections brought the provincial total to 25,482  cases. Of them, 13,406 had already recovered,  with 547 discharged over the past 24 hours. A total of 11,950 remained at hospital. The six new deaths brought the total to 126, the provincial public health office said in an update posted on its Facebook page on Saturday. Most of the new cases caught the disease from family members (213), followed by colleagues (97) and infected people close to them (42). Another 21 cases had at-risk jobs while 14 got infected from workplaces. A new cluster at Dae-A Electronics ... » Learn More about Chon Buri logs record 1,062 Covid cases, 6 deaths

Are you an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) looking to travel to the Philippines together with your family? The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) approved on Monday, July 26, new guidelines for inbound travel, with special guidelines for the OFWs and their families. Here’s what you need to know: Certifications OFWs and their spouses, parents, or children traveling with them must present a certification from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in their country of origin. Additionally, Filipinos and foreigners fully vaccinated abroad must present a vaccination certificate issued by health authorities of the place where you were vaccinated. This certificate must be verified or confirmed by Philippine authorities as valid or authentic. If you’ve been vaccinated previously in the Philippines, you must show any of the following: Original local government unit-issued vaccination cards LGU-issued vaccine ... » Learn More about GUIDELINES: OFWs traveling to PH with their families

Health workers administer a rapid antigen test to a woman at the provincial administration organisation office in Muang district, Pathum Thani, on Friday. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul) The country had a record high of 178 new Covid-19 fatalities and 18,912 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Saturday morning. There were 18,102 cases in the general population and 810 among prison inmates. Over the past 24 hours, 10,750 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals. Since April 1, when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 568,424 Covid-19 patients, 364,494 of whom have recovered. Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 597,287 Covid-19 cases, 391,920 of whom recovered. The death toll was at 4,763 in the third wave and 4,857 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year. The previous high of daily Covid-19 fatalities at 165 was reported on Thursday. The previous high of new transmissions at 17,669 was ... » Learn More about Daily records 178 Covid deaths, 18,912 new cases

HANOI, July 31 (Bernama): The 11th meeting of the Asean Coordinating Council Working Group on Timor-Leste’s Application for ASEAN Membership was held recently via teleconference, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. The Vietnamese delegation to the event was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) Asean Vietnam. The meeting reviewed the study of Timor-Leste’s Asean membership application across the three pillars of politics-security, economy and culture-society of the Asean Community and the implementation of programmes to help the country improve its capacity. They appreciated the achieved results, including the completion of a document guiding Timor-Leste in joining Asean activities and lists of activities on the three pillars. The guiding document and the lists of activities will be submitted to the 29th meeting of the Asean Coordinating Council, slated for Aug 2. In his remarks, Dung praised efforts made to ... » Learn More about Timor-Leste’s Asean membership application discussed

KUALA LUMPUR: Bintai Kinden Corporation Bhd ’s subsidiary Bintai Healthcare Sdn Bhd has received the approval from the Medical Device Authority to be an authorised representative, distributor and importer of the medical devices in Malaysia. With the establishment licence, the company had inched closer to be a full-fledged healthcare company, said Bintai Kinden executive vice chairman Ibrahim Othman. Bintai Healthcare had in April received the official certificate of conformity in good distribution practice for medical devices (GDPMD) from Medivice Certification Sdn Bhd, which is a MDA’s certification body. “The GDPMD certification will allow the company to act as local authorised representative, import, storage and handling, distribution (including transportation) and documentation (including traceability) of medical devices warehousing and documentation of medical devices, specifically in hospital hardware and reusable devices, ” it said. Bintai Healthcare was appointed ... » Learn More about Bintai Kinden gets nod from Medical Device Authority

VIENTIANE, July 31 (Xinhua): Authorities in southern Laos' Savannakhet and Champasak provinces are setting up more quarantine centers and makeshift hospitals to cope with the influx of Lao nationals returning from foreign countries. In Savannakhet province, a garment factory in Nonsavath village is being turned into a quarantine facility to accommodate more than 10,000 people. Local daily Vientiane Times on Friday quoted Deputy Governor and member of the province's Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, Lingthong Sengtavan as saying that local officials are cleaning out the factory and preparing it for its new purpose. People entering the province from Thailand will be accommodated in the building for 14 days before being allowed to go home. The province now has 11 quarantine centers, while there are 57 throughout the country in total. Local authorities have also set up a makeshift hospital with 1,000 beds to ensure that everyone carrying the virus has access to ... » Learn More about More quarantine centers, makeshift hospitals set up in southern Laos

There's something soothing about Gil Grobe's YouTube channel: In each of his 10-minute videos, there's no music or talking, just the sounds of him making ice cream roll variations. With a microphone set up right next to his workspace, he creates tasty mash-ups such as Pringles and caramel icecream rolls, or takes the savoury route with sausage, French fries or bell pepper versions. The German man's creations seem to have struck a nerve, as his channel, aptly named "Ice Cream Rolls," has millions of subscribers from around the world who tune in to watch his latest videos. Grobe, 40, who lives in the German city of Hamburg, has more than 10.8 million subscribers on the platform - one of only four Germans to do so - and earning him YouTube's coveted Diamond Play Button. "I didn't expect this at all," Grobe tells dpa as he reflects on his success story from his studio in Hamburg. The idea came to him six years ago during a trip to Thailand. He saw a crowd on a street and was ... » Learn More about The German man who made it big on YouTube with ASMR ice cream rolls

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The provincial communicable disease committee has warned that Covid-19 could be spreading from areas where 10 clusters of infection were found, with thousands of people deemed at high risk. The warning was issued after the committee found a continuing increase in the number of daily infections linked to the following 10 clusters. A cluster of 16 infections at a petanque course in Dan Khun Thot district where a person who caught the virus in Chaiyaphum province spread it to other players and their families and close associates. A cluster of 14 infections at a community in Muang district began after a member of this community went to Ayutthaya on July 2 and was infected. He returned to the community and passed the virus to other people. Many other members of the community were considered at high risk of catching the virus. A cluster of 157 infections at the morning market in Pak Chong district began with the first infection being a fermented fish vendor, detected ... » Learn More about Warning sounded over Korat clusters

Chonburi – The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced a record-breaking high of 1,062 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with six deaths, July 31st. This makes a total of 25,482 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 11,950 still under medical care/supervision, and with a total of 126 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April. The details on yesterday’s six new deaths were not given, which is standard for the health department. Additionally, 547 people were also released and recovered yesterday in Chonburi. 13,406 people in total have now been released from medical care and recovered in Chonburi since this current wave began. This record high comes as Chonburi has been under strict Covid-19 restrictions as a maximum control zone for almost two weeks now, as critics state the measures are draconian, like an overnight curfew, ban on dine-in, closure of most types of business that is not ... » Learn More about Chonburi announces record-breaking high of 1,062 Covid-19 cases with six deaths