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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/08/2012
» Former NSC chief Thawil Pliensri joined the war of words between the Department of Special Investigation and the army over the deaths of red-shirt protesters during the political strife two years ago, but Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong stole the limelight when he admitted he lied about export growth figures.
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Without govt funding Thai athletes will never shine out
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/08/2012
» By Asean standards Thai atheletes did not perform badly at the London 2012 Olympic Games. They won two silvers and one bronze, while Indonesia and Malaysia each won only a silver and a bronze.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2012
» The power struggle in the Senate ended with the elected members putting their candidate in the speaker's seat, while in the House the government was grilled by the Democrats over a lack of transparency and corruption in the spending of funds for mega-projects such as the rice pledging scheme and flood rehabilitation programme, and in the far South the violence continued unabated.
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Help from an ivory tower
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/08/2012
» Taking a break from his unusually zealous pursuit of the age-old draft dodging allegation against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Defence Minister ACM Sukumpol Suwannatat last week floated an idea about a limited curfew in certain areas in the restive deep South and limited air support for ground troops on dangerous missions.
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Pheu Thai's in tactical retreat
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/08/2012
» The Pheu Thai Party is not giving up its attempts to revamp the constitution and bring about its sown version of national reconciliation, even though it has decided to put the four reconciliation bills and the charter amendment bill on hold for the time being.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/08/2012
» The hoo-ha over the government’s rice pledging scheme is likely to drag on and will probably dominate the coming censure debate against the government by the opposition Democrat Party, which is yet to be scheduled.
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Facing up to rice error
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/08/2012
» Ammar Siamwalla, the honorary economist at the Thailand Development Research Institute, warned aboutb it back in September last year during his talk at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand.
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Video is a teaching moment
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/07/2012
» Drive-by shootings by insurgents in the deep South occur every day now, causing havoc, emotional distress and fear. Many members of the security forces, teachers and innocent villagers, have been killed and injured during the past eight years of senseless violence in the restive region.
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Chalerm not the right choice for the far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/07/2012
» My sincere best wishes to Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung on his unenviable new assignment -- ordered by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to take charge of efforts to end the violent unrest in the three southernmost border provinces and four districts of Songkhla. Welcome to the deep South and good luck!
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/09/2012
» The final report on the political turbulance in April and May 2010 was released by Kanit na Nakorn's truth commission and, as anticipated, was heavily criticised, especially by red-shirts and the Pheu Thai Party; and Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont was spotlighted for using seven million baht of taxpayers' money to take a large group of his staff and pro-government media people on a junket to Europe.
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