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Students from the all-girls Suksanaree school in Thon Buri district of Bangkok hold placards during a rally on Friday morning. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool) Police say students are free to exercise their right to assembly but have given them a stern warning against “touching the institution”. The young demonstrators have to decide for themselves whether what they are doing is breaching the law, a deputy police spokesman said on Friday. “There were examples in the past and we don’t want to take legal action [against them] later,” Pol Gen Krisana Pattanacharoen said without elaborating. The protesters should also think about whether their actions are infringing on other people’s rights, he added. “As for which group is behind them, it was clear even before the [constitutional] court disbanded the Future Forward Party. People had been urged to join the Run Against Dictatorship activity,” he said, referring to parallel running events in several provinces at which participants ... » Learn More about Police warn students of sensitive messages

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Starting next school year, the city council here has proposed to support indigent students, who wish to pursue a medical degree at the Ateneo de Zamboanga School of Medicine. Councilor Vincent Paul Elago, who sponsored the resolution, explained that the recipient scholars, once they become full-time physicians, will be required to serve at the Zamboanga City Medical Center for five years. According to Elago, the legislative body previously proposed in 2017 a similar ordinance, proposing free medical scholarships to deserving indigents and deserving high school graduates. However, the initial bill, authored by Councilor Rodolfo Lim, was disapproved due to lack of time. If approved, the city government would sponsor the tuition of bright but poor students, including expenses for medical board examination and specialization. ... » Learn More about Zamboanga City Council offers medical scholarships to poor students

Students of legal age can now directly tap the government-owned Land Bank of the Philippines’ loan program that aims to cover the purchase of electronic gadgets needed for online learning. In a statement on Wednesday, the LandBank said students of legal age are now eligible to apply for its enhanced I-Study — Interim Students’ Loan for Tuitions towards Upliftment of Education for the Development of the Youth — Lending Program if they meet the necessary requirements. It noted that when the loan program was initially launched last year, only parents and guardians or benefactors of students could apply for the financial assistance. The state-run lender added it is now offering a loan of up to P50,000 per student to finance the purchase of learning gadgets such as laptop, desktop or tablet, that can be included in the maximum loanable amount of P150,000 per student or P300,000 per parent-borrower to cover payment for tuition or enrollment-related fees. The enhancement of the ... » Learn More about LandBank expands student loan coverage

Dozens of camping trips and campgrounds have arisen to attract these kind of social media users. Before Myanmar receives its first round of vaccinations, many have posted pictures of their camping holidays. Besides evening barbeques, many include a whole range of activities like fishing, cycling and trekking – everything you need to keep you happy and healthy during the pandemic. Being out in the open, you also don’t have to worry too much about curfews and social distancing – providing you go with your friends or family. One such campground is called "Mother's Village", and it became our girls-night-out destination for me and three of my best high school friends. Located beside the Yangon-Mandalay Highway Road, Mother's Village Campground was fully booked when we arrived for our one-night stay. After passing the deserted Aung Mingalar Highway Bus Terminal, our group quickly caught up to a line of trucks and cars waiting along the road. Just as we thought we’d left ... » Learn More about Camping under the rubber trees

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrives at the parliament in Bangkok on Thursday. (Photo by Wassana Nanuam) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said on Thursday he understood why students were rallying following the disbanding of the Future Forward Party, and asked they listen to both sides of the story. Responding to questions about the gatherings of high school and university students, Gen Prayut said he sympathised with them. They were the new generation and had his moral support. "I am concerned about the gatherings. I understand their demand... but they should listen to many sources of information, so they understand how the nation should progress," the prime minister said as he  arrived at parliament. He warned rallying students not to break the law and to think about their future. Demonstrators who had broken the law in the past were later taken to court. "The most important thing is the law... These children are the future of the nation... To judge what is right or ... » Learn More about PM ‘understands’ students, warns them against bias

TOP 10 (non Covid) THAIGER STORIES FOR 2020 The Thaiger started 2020, as we all did, with high hopes and few clues that we were heading into a profound disruption for almost the entire year. Even as we were tapping away at the keyboards on January 1, 2020, there were stories emerging in Wuhan, China about a mysterious new respiratory disease that was starting to pop up at the provincial hospitals. But, although Covid consumed much of our top stories in 2020, there were other stories of course as life continued to stumble along in Thailand. Here are the stories, from 1 – 10, and the number of people that read each story on thethaiger.com . We’ve also added the Top 10 Covid stories for the year as well, as voted by YOU, our readers. Thai Army sniper goes on shooting rampage in Korat – up to 20 shot and killed – 124,342 February 8 “A police and army detachment is currently searching for an army sniper in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Korat city centre. The solider has shot dead ... » Learn More about WOW what a year! Thailand’s top news stories for 2020 as voted by YOU.

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the authority for most of the world's Shiite Muslims, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in the Iraqi city of Najaf Saturday that the country's Christians should live in "peace." The meeting, on the second day of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, marked a landmark moment in modern religious history. Pope Francis is defying a second wave of coronavirus cases and renewed security fears to make a "long-awaited" trip to Iraq, aiming to comfort the country's ancient Christian community and deepen his dialogue with other religions. The meeting between the two elderly men lasted 50 minutes, with Sistani's office putting out a statement shortly afterwards thanking Francis, 84, for visiting the holy city of Najaf. Sistani, 90, "affirmed his concern that Christian citizens should live like all Iraqis in peace and security, and with their full constitutional rights," it said. His office published an image of the two, neither wearing masks: Sistani in ... » Learn More about Top Shiite cleric tells pope Iraq Christians should live in peace

Those needing critical care in the capital also reached a record 113 people, according to the metropolitan government. Toshio Nakagawa, head of the Japan Medical Association, called the situation "extremely serious" but stopped short of criticizing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for acting too slow to contain the latest outbreak, as some have suggested. "Please take this virus seriously, and don't think it's just another flu," Nakagawa said, warning hospital care was getting stretched thin. Japan has confirmed more than 250,000 cases, including over 3,700 deaths. Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region, China's Hebei is enforcing stricter control measures following a further rise in coronavirus cases in the province adjacent to the capital Beijing that's due to host events for next year's Winter Olympics. The National Health Commission on Wednesday reported another 20 cases in Hebei, bringing the province's total to 39 since Sunday. The top provincial official said ... » Learn More about Tokyo cases hit record as govt mulls emergency

The reality is that around 780 million Asians are forced to defecate in the open, and approximately 80 percent of wastewater across the region is returned to the environment untreated. These raw numbers have very real implications. According to UNICEF, 12pc of schools in the East Asia and Pacific region have no drinking water facilities and 32pc have no sanitation facilities. Healthcare centres across the region are also drastically short of appropriate sanitation services. These issues have a disastrous impact at both the personal and community levels. Education is heavily affected, and girls, especially those who are menstruating, tend to avoid school as a result of inadequate toilet facilities. Public health also suffers, as children, with less immunity to disease than adults, are forced to bathe in and drink contaminated water, often as a result of poorly managed, or nonexistent, wastewater treatment. Thousands of children get ill and die every day from ... » Learn More about New tech offers solution to regional wastewater crisis

SWIFT measures by the government to revive the economy has earned the thumbs up from economists. MIDF Research economist Mazlina Abdul Rahman said the Prihatin, Prihatin PKS+, Penjana and KitaPrihatin stimulus packages rolled out last year were timely to ensure the economy received continuous support to recover from the distress due to Covid-19. “Some of the measures such as wage subsidies helped companies retain their employees for a longer time if not permanently, ” she said. “Rakyat-centric measures such as cash handouts which are pro-consumption have cushioned the adverse impact to private consumption. “The underlying economy has been in recovery mode since then, even though there were some hiccups due to resurgence of Covid-19 cases.” She said the government’s focus this year on creating jobs were relevant as the labour market condition remained largely suppressed with the latest unemployment rate standing at 4.8%, way above the 3% level seen before the pandemic. She ... » Learn More about ‘Timely measures kept economy afloat’