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Philippines starts to reopen schools after 20-month Covid closure
Reuters, Published on 15/11/2021
» MANILA: Thousands of children in the Philippines returned to school on Monday for the first time in nearly two years, kicking off a pilot scheme to resume face-to-face learning after the pandemic disrupted the education of 27 million students.
'Former Yakuza gangster' re-arrested for medical glove fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/11/2021
» Police arrested a Japanese man, allegedly a former Yakuza gangster, twice over the past week for rubber glove fraud that reportedly caused damage worth nearly 300 million baht.
Greetings billboards vandalised ahead of PM's arrival in Krabi
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/11/2021
» KRABI: Several billboards with greetings for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha were slashed and torn ahead of his arrival in this southern province on Monday for a mobile cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Bangkok students go back to school
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/11/2021
» On-site teaching resumed at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's 109 secondary schools on Monday, with nearly all staff and students now vaccinated against Covid-19.
Bangkok's secondary schools resume on-site teaching
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/11/2021
» On-site teaching resumed at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's 109 secondary schools on Monday, with nearly all staff and students now vaccinated against Covid-19.
Wanted: Broader perspectives and skill sets
Arinya Talerngsri, Published on 15/11/2021
» For 130 years, the Swiss Army knife has served as a unique pocket companion, with the capability to do many jobs with one tool. It has a blade, scissors, a screwdriver and many other components. Each of these is used for its predefined role or together with another to accomplish something different. All wrapped up in a bright red casing. Its versatility has given it longevity and relevance, even today.
Education system failing
News, Editorial, Published on 15/11/2021
» A small news item that went viral last week was about the shocking resignation of a young female teacher teaching at an elementary school in Nakhon Sawan province. Her reasons for leaving the career she had devoted her life to reflect not only the predicament state teachers are facing, but the fundamental root problem of the deteriorating quality of Thai education.
Xi-Biden summit a hopeful sign
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/11/2021
» As the US and China stake out rival security strategies in the Asia-Pacific region, notably on Taiwan, the world takes heart from comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing is ready to manage differences with Washington as the leaders of the two superpowers prepare to meet virtually today, the first since US President Joe Biden took office in January.
Thai at heart
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 15/11/2021
» Born and bred in the city-state, Raymond Han is 100% Singaporean. But his bond to Thailand goes deep, spanning almost two decades. It has led him to where he is now as a top executive of Patra Porcelain, which has been making some of the country's best-known products since 1982.
Transformation on two fronts
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 15/11/2021
» As the two-week COP26 climate conference in Glasgow drew to a close last week, hopes were high that countries could stay on track in efforts to avert a global warming catastrophe. One key will be redoubling efforts to get carbon emissions to net zero by 2030.