
Test points to sugar as source of pollution

Initial test results by the Pollution Control Department (PCD) now point to the sugar vessel that sunk earlier this month as the main cause of the pollution in the Chao Phya River that killed tens of thousands fish in Angthong and Ayutthaya on Sunday, a senior official said yesterday.
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CHARTER IN THE MAKING

Courts, A-G to get major overhaul

The Courts and the Office of the Attorney General are slated for major changes under the draft constitution, the subcommittee in charge of drafting provisions on independent organisations revealed yesterday, following a four-hour session.
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Officials vow to help victims of attack on Ban Sea Sae Mosque

Some 100 Muslims, mostly women and children, ended a protest yesterday in Yala's Yaha district after authorities agreed to take responsibility for the rehabilitation of all 11 victims of Wednesday night's bomb attack on a mosque, an official said.
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PAY INCREASES

Thais slip behind rest of Southeast Asia

Salaries of region's professionals growing faster than in Europe and N America
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Not all students did O-Net

A total of 21,000 students, or 6.4 per cent of all graduating senior high school students across the country, did not take the O-Net exam late last month, records show.
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Most labour disputes settled

The Labour Protection and Welfare Department has settled nearly all labour disputes that mushroomed late last year, director-general Padungsak Thephasdin na Ayutthaya said yesterday.
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Caught in the murk

Citizen reporters shared their photos and stories about the thick haze covering the northern provinces on The Nation website yesterday.
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Regions get 8 police inspectors-general

The Police Commission yesterday approved three major organisational changes in the Royal Thai Police, including the establishment of seven more posts for inspectors-general.
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German student battered to death

A 25-year-old German student enrolled at Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng University was found dead in his rented apartment, police said yesterday.
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