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Kanchanaburi teacher pockets award
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/04/2025
» A dedicated schoolteacher from Kanchanaburi, Praiwan Yapan, has been named one of 14 outstanding educators to receive the prestigious Princess Maha Chakri Award 2025.
8 held over shooting death of teacher in Klong Toey
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/11/2023
» Eight people, including one with an arrest warrant, were detained on Wednesday for questioning over their alleged involvement in the Nov 11 fatal shooting of a vocational student and a schoolteacher in Klong Toey, police said.
School feuds flare
News, Editorial, Published on 16/11/2023
» The senseless death of a schoolteacher killed by a stray bullet fired by a suspect believed to be involved in rivalry between vocational students highlights an urgent need to address the toxic enmity between such vocational institutes.
From the doghouse to the White House
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/01/2021
» When President Barack Obama first took office in 2008, the BBC observed that he would be inheriting "the in-box from Hell" -- and they were not far off the mark. However, Mr Obama's in-tray was rather like a goody-bag compared to what lies in store for President Joe Biden. You wouldn't wish this in-tray on anybody.
Karaoke bars shut for prostitution
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/02/2020
» SURIN: A male teacher and three women were arrested on charges of procuring underaged girls for prostitution -- with the youngest being 14 -- following a raid on three karaoke bars in Sikhoraphum district.
Sustainable model of Phuket community bears fruit
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 18/01/2020
» The charm of Ban Bang Thao Choeng Thale village -- a coastal community in Phuket's Thalang district -- has been cast into the spotlight thanks to its successful adoption of the royally prescribed sufficiency economy model which teaches residents to make the best of what they have.
Pair busted for sexually abusing student
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/09/2019
» A schoolteacher and his close friend were arrested after they confessed to sexually abusing a female Matthayom 2 student at a school in the Ngam Wong Wan area of Bangkok.
It ain't real English, but sounds great
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/03/2019
» The other night at home I was listening to CDs -- yes, I'm still in the Stone Age -- and two of my favourite songs came up, Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers and Ain't No Mountain High Enough from Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Apart from both being soulful numbers -- and like me, pretty ancient -- you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to observe that a common factor in the title is the word ain't.
City teacher ousted over abuse report
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/09/2018
» A schoolteacher accused of having molested over 20 students since 2013 has been dismissed from government service, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says.
Thailand in the dark
News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2018
» In "No state renewable power buying for five years", we can see the government's myopic and self-interested mindset regarding the future of Thai people.