A large volume of water from the Tha Chin River inundated Nakhon Chaisi and Sam Phran in Nakhon Pathom province yesterday after residents of both districts destroyed floodwalls. At 10.30am yesterday, around 100 residents of Nakhon Chaisri’s Moo 3 destroyed an earthen embankment built to protect the neighbouring Tambon Khun Kaew where a Dutch Mill […]
BANGKOK, Oct 19 – Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra has ordered the evacuation of 200 households along the Hok Wa canal outside the capital’s flood prevention dyke to two schools provided as temporary shelters. Sai Mai and Rittiya Wannalai schools can accommodate about 1,000 persons and the evacuation should be done within 24 hours, he said. […]
BANGKOK, Oct 9 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to use schools as temporary shelters in case the city is hit by flooding, said Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, adding that press conferences on water levels are to be made twice daily. Emergency evacuation plans for residents living in Bangkok’s 27 water-prone communities in 13 […]
BANGKOK 6 October, 2011 (NNT) – The Education Ministry of Thailand has thought up a new approach to stop decades-long brawls among vocational students. The Education Ministry and related agencies, including the Basic Education Commission Office, the Vocational Education Commission Office and the Private Education Commission Office will jointly introduce a campaign aimed at settling […]
Traumatised by insurgent violence, young students at a Narathiwat school that came under attack last week have still not returned to class, prompting it to close indefinitely. School director Chaiwat Sumethaphiwat said yesterday that the teachers were also terrified, while the school’s closure was a source of concern for parents, causing hardship for everyone involved. […]
NARATHIWAT, Sept 28 – Four soldiers assigned to a teacher-protection mission were killed, while two others including a 7-year-old student were seriously wounded as presumed insurgents shot at the group outside a school in this southern border province Wednesday. The latest attack took place one day after army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha visited the province […]
A huge typhoon downed trees and flooded streets in Manila Tuesday, bringing traffic and commerce to a halt. Schools and offices were closed and thousands of people were evacuated from river and seafront areas. At least seven people were killed. Four of the deaths came when a house collapsed, and a Red Cross volunteer, Myrna […]
Foreign parents and teachers appalled by the costumes Thai teachers ‘did not understand’ the controversy School asked to put the Holocaust on the curriculum They had been meticulously planning their costumes for quite some time. The annual summer sports day had a long tradition of fancy dress and, eager to impress, the pupils of Sacred […]
