Students Foil Bridge Jumper Suicide Attempt in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Dec 18 (TNA) – Students, who saved a Chinese tourist from his suicide attempt will be given certificates from their school tomorrow. Director of Wat Sutthiwararam School, Aree Weeracharoen said a group of 10 students successfully stopped the Chinese tourist from committing suicide near the Taksin bridge in Bangkok yesterday. Full story: tnamcot.com TNA

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Vegetables and fruits in student lunches heavily contaminated with toxic chemicals

Vegetables and fruits found in lunches for students under the government-sponsored lunch programme are almost 100 percent contaminated with pesticides and 99 percent of the urine samples from students and teachers in four provinces were tested with organophosphate, a deadly toxic pesticide that attacks nervous system. The above alarming findings were the result of a […]

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‘Ghost students’ mystery probed in Northeast

More than 10 schools in the Northeast have been accused of exaggerating the number of students enrolled, possibly to gain benefits based on scale, the director of the Third Regional Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) office said on Monday. Pol Lt Col Samart Chainarong said random checks among schools in Si Sa Ket, Yasothon and […]

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