Student nurses slain in Yala

Two nursing students of Sirindhorn Health College were shot and killed at a market opposite Yaha Hospital in Yala province Wednesday, Manager Online reported. The incident occurred at about 3 pm when the two female students, training at the Yaha district hospital, were at the market getting food. The two students were identified as Suthira […]

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Student Faces Criminal Charges for Disrupting Philippine President’s Speech on Independence Day

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III was delivering his Independence Day speech when somebody from the crowd shouted: “Oust the pork barrel king! There’s no change in the Philippines!” The person who disrupted the president’s speech was student leader Emmanuel Pio Mijares. The president was speechless for a brief moment, as the Chronicle of […]

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Singapore returns passports to 40 Thai students

BANGKOK, June 13 – The Singaporean government on Friday returned passports to some 40 Thai students who were cheated by manpower firms in that country, said Pravit Khiengpol, director-general of the Thai Labour Ministry’s Employment Department. The return of confiscated passports came after nearly 30 Thai students lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division […]

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Thai Schoolchildren To Be Re-educated Under Junta’s New Guideline

BANGKOK — Under new orders from the Office of Basic Education of Thailand (OBEC), criticism of the military junta is now banned in all Thai public schools. The order, issued by the OBEC earlier this week, bans the dissemination of “provocative,” “violence-condoning,” or “false” information that could encourage students to disrespect laws or “oppose the […]

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