BUNG KAN, 17 May 2013 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has initiated the 3rd phase distribution of the village fund, which will supply about 8 billion baht in all to 8,089 such funds. Ms. Yingluck initiated the distribution while visiting Bung Kan province, on a leg of her tour of the northeastern region. At the launch of the new funding, Ms. Yingluck asserted the government aimed to increase people's income and lower their expenses. She indicated that the village funds policy was

BANGKOK, 16 May 2013 (NNT) – The Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) will start implementing a new school calendar that goes along that adopted in other ASEAN nations from next year. OBEC Secretary General Chinnapat Bhumirat said that around 70 percent of schools under OBEC have kicked off their new school year on Thursday and they have had no problem with classes or even traffic conditions around their premises. Mr. Chinnapat stated, such a smooth start was partly attributed by

Phetchaburi, 16 May 2013 (NNT) - Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) will begin to submerge artificial coral reefs, mixed with lignite fly ash, under the sea in Phetchaburi to prevent its coast from erosion. EGAT has begun its pilot project, sinking 289 concrete piles, mixed with lignite fly ash, as artificial coral reefs and wave barriers at the coast of the Sirindhorn International environmental Park, Phetchaburi Province. The barriers are to be lined up in five rows, each

BANGKOK, 16 May 2013 (NNT) – The Museum Siam has unveiled an exhibition made by Thai youngsters called “Come Check Roaches”. The exhibition will be held until June 30th. The exhibition is about cockroaches and how can people learn from these unlovable creatures. The theme represents a human way of life, in which things, nowadays, are harder to come by. In comparison with cockroach’s way of life, roaches have been in existence on this planet since ancient time, even longer than the dinosaur,