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Schools ordered to take back tablets
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/06/2015
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) has ordered more than 30,000 schools to recover more than a million tablet computers given to students to take home under the previous government's "one tablet per child" scheme.
Despite storms, drought concerns grow (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/06/2015
» The Department of Royal Irrigation has urged rice farmers in the Chao Phraya River basin to delay planting their crops due to water shortages. Rainfall is below average and many big dams are critically short of water.
Miracle survivor as frustration mounts in Nepal (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/04/2015
» A 15-year old boy has been pulled from a collapsed building after five days. Meanwhile, desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people have clashed with riot police in Nepal's capital on Wednesday.
Nepal quake death toll climbs over 5000 with more than 10,000 injured (Tuesday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/04/2015
» Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis are spending another night in the open after a massive quake which has killed more than 5,000, as officials warned the final toll could rise sharply once rescuers reach cut-off areas. (Includes drone video)
Dry California takes action
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/04/2015
» When the 100,000+ Thais living in California talk to their friends and relatives back home, one topic is sure to be water – or rather the lack of it. Yesterday, the state governor ordered drastic water use restrictions as little snow remains to replenish supplies
Thai bid for AC Milan confirmed; Silvio says "no" (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/02/2015
» Silvio Berlusconi's company Fininvest now denies a sale is in sight after having admitted that it was in negotiations with Bee Taechaubol for a deal that would give the Thai billionaire's group a controlling interest in the world-famous AC-Milan football club.
PM wants more land for bike lane expansion
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/12/2014
» Despite a near accident yesterday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is still keen on bike riding and is seeking talks with owners of buildings near the Rama VIII Bridge to ask for space to build bicycle lanes along the Chao Phraya River.
New bridge over Chao Phraya
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/12/2014
» A new six-lane bridge across the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi province was unofficially opened to traffic on Friday.
1.66 billion missing from uni bank accounts, 2 arrested
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/12/2014
» Ordinary people are wondering how a KMITL financial officer was able to transfer more than 1.6 billion baht out of university accounts for more than two years before being discovered.
Prasert richest man on SET
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/12/2014
» Who's the richest man in Thailand? If you go by holdings on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), it is Prasert Prasarttong-osoth, who takes the title for the second consecutive year.