Ex-cop kills 32 in shooting at child care centre
A FORMER policeman drove up to a child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province in a pickup truck this afternoon (Oct. 6) and opened fire at both adults and children there killing 32, Sanook.com said. National police chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas quickly flew to the upper northeastern province to oversee the hunt for […]
Read MoreSchool’s in, face-to-face learning shifts to the home
EDUCATION throughout Thailand during the last few years of the Covid-19-inspired ‘Zoom Boom’ has largely taken place in a virtual classroom. But for many, remote learning has not been an effective substitute for face-to-face lessons. Growing frustration by online students and teachers who feel unable to connect in the fragmented and often disrupted cyberspace […]
Read MoreCabinet puts brakes on Covid care downgrade
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry was ordered by the Cabinet at its meeting today (Feb. 22) to postpone removing Covid-19 from the list of ailments covered by the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme set to take place on March 1, Matichon newspaper said. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had earlier said he had already […]
Read MoreRaids on substandard elderly care homes show some were chained
POLICE raided a substandard elderly care home in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district today (Jan. 19) with another raid on a similar home in Nong Chok district finding that some residents had been chained, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Col. Neti Wongkub, head of Consumer Protection Police Division 4, said the raid on the Nong Chok […]
Read MoreResidents beyond 1-km radius of gutted factory allowed to return home
WITH the massive fire at the foam and plastic pellets factory now extinguished people living beyond one-kilometre radius of this gutted plant have been allowed to return home from 5 p.m. today (July 7) but King Kaew Soi 19-25 are still under control, Amarin TV said. Samut Prakan Governor Wanchai Kongkasem said King Kaew road […]
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