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Primary schools face lunch budgets grilling
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/06/2018
» State-run primary schools will be quizzed on how they spent their budget for school lunch programmes, the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) said on Monday, after widespread irregularities in how the money was handed out were found in Surat Thani and Phichit.
Man starts New Year with heroic act, misses countdown
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/01/2019
» A man celebrating the countdown in Surat Thani missed the climax when he jumped into a river to save a drowning woman and came out of the water to see that the fireworks had already begun.
Koh Samui on alert as storm Pabuk nears
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/01/2019
» Local residents, tourists and tour operators have been advised to exercise extreme caution as Koh Samui braces for possibly severe weather conditions caused by tropical storm Pabuk.
Pabuk lashes Nakhon Si Thammarat but may weaken
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/01/2019
» Parts of Nakhon Si Thammarat have suffered heavy damage from tropical storm Pabuk but officials expect to downgrade the storm to a tropical depression as it moves further inland on Saturday.
Monsoon storms to last until Sunday
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/10/2018
» Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in most parts of the country including Bangkok until Sunday, while the cool season is forecast to arrive mid-month, according to the Meteorological Department (MD).
Tourist hit with bottle on Koh Phangan yet to lay complaint
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/08/2018
» Police are waiting for a 22-year-old Portuguese woman who was hit on the head with a bottle and needed 20 stitches during the Koh Phangan full moon party on Sunday to come forward and lay charges against her attacker.
Police: no evidence of rape
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/08/2018
» A police team from Bangkok say they have found no evidence or witnesses indicating that a rape or drugging took place on Koh Tao as claimed by a British woman.
French cybercrime gang boss caught on Koh Samui
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/05/2018
» A French cybercrime gang leader wanted for hacking into customers' accounts at a bank in England and demanding a ransom was caught in Koh Samui district, Surat Thani, early Friday morning.
Stealing from ghosts
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 06/03/2018
» An investigation into the embezzlement of funds to help the underprivileged at welfare centres across the country has found that many of those registered for benefits were not entitled to state subsidies of any kind.
85% of aid for poor stolen, now exceeds B100m
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/03/2018
» Graft-busters investigating systemic embezzlement of funds from protection centres for the destitute report the total theft uncovered now exceeds 100 million baht and has been found in 49 provinces.