Chaiyaphum, Thailand was inundated after three hours of heavy rain early yesterday triggered flash floods, forcing the closure of seven schools and many government offices. Spillover from a tributary of the Chi River, which originates in Nong Bua Daeng district, flooded five districts. A major reservoir near Phu Lan Kha Mountain and Lam Pa Thao […]
YALA, Aug 25 – A local official and his three-year-old daughter were killed in Yala while a defence volunteer was shot dead at an attack at a school in rural Songkhla on Wednesday night. At least 30 attackers fired at the home of Mani Sulaiman Sengmasu, a member of the Talowae sub-district administration organisation in […]
Following the student brawl on Wednesday on board bus No 45 on Sukhumvit, which led to 12 people being injured, Education Minister Woravat Auapinyakul said yesterday that if schools cannot control their students, then these institutions should be shut down. Saying that he already told officials to investigate the incident, Woravat said school executives should […]
PHITSANULOK, Aug 17 – Flooding in the lower northern province of Phitsanulok is still critical while the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued a warning for possible flash floods and landslides in the North, the Northeast and the East this week. In Phitsanulok, villagers moved their household belongings to higher ground after heavy rain […]
The government has now revealed a practical side to the Pheu Thai Party’s election policy to hand out free computer tablets to students. Next year, these devices will come equipped with e-textbooks. Yet, criticism has not died down. According to Education Minister Woravat Auapinyakul, each tablet will cost no more than Bt3,000 and its use-life […]
BANGKOK, 9 August 2011 (NNT) – The Office of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting an investigation after milk provided to students at one primary school in Nakhon Pathom province is suspected to have cause them to develop severe diarrhea. The news has prompted public health offices around Thailand to double check the quality […]
Pattani – A Buddhist teacher was severely injured in a drive-by shooting in Thailand’s southern border Pattani province Tuesday. Somboon Jongderm, 57, a teacher of and an assistsant director of Royal Thai Army Uthit Don Yang School, was attacked at 12:30 pm while he was leaving his school in Tambon Bothong of Nongchik district. Police […]
PATTANI, Aug 8 – A teacher was shot dead in Pattani on his way to work Wednesday morning, and a defence volunteer was killed Tuesday night in the adjacent province of Narathiwat. Noppadol Sasimonthon, a teacher at Baan Tangyonglu School in the provincial seat, was driving his motorcycle from home to school about 8.30am when […]
