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Police raid on actress's house nets B1bn drugs haul
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 22/01/2012
» Police seized a large haul of speed pills and crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice, worth more than one billion baht during a raid on a house in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district.
Kittiratt vows stable VAT rate
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/01/2012
» Value-added tax will remain unchanged at the current 7% rate throughout the government's term, incoming Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong says.
CDA 'a waste of public money'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 14/01/2012
» Ukrit Mongkolnavin, chairman of the National Commission on Legal Justice, held a press conference this week to denounce Pheu Thai and the red shirts' proposal to set up a National Constitution Drafting Assembly to draw up a new constitution as costly and time consuming, reported Post Today.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2012
» Two street protests greeted the government this week with more to come soon and the government's plan for a two billion baht compensation package for victims of political violence seems to have backfired. But the "talk of the town" is the ear-bashing incident at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Govt to keep issuing bonds to cover fund liabilities
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 11/01/2012
» The government has confirmed it will continue to issue government bonds to cover outstanding liabilities of the Financial Institutions Development Fund.
Cabinet okays B2.27 trillion in spending
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 11/01/2012
» The cabinet yesterday approved a massive 2.27 trillion baht spending plan, mostly for infrastructure projects over the next five years.
Chatumongol criticises debt transfer to FIDF
News, Published on 10/01/2012
» The transfer of 1.14 trillion baht in debt from the 1997 crisis to the Financial Institutions Development Fund could complicate the Bank of Thailand's job in managing economic policy, chairman of the central bank board MR Chatumongol Sonakul says.
Government, central bank settle debt row
News, Published on 07/01/2012
» The government and the Bank of Thailand have reached a compromise on how to manage 1.14 trillion baht in liabilities carried over from the 1997 financial crisis.
Govt debt move takes flak
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/01/2012
» Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has called on the government to come up with detailed plans of what it wants to invest in before asking for more leeway to borrow.
Rice, utility prices to rise this year
Online Reporters, Published on 04/01/2012
» The retail price of a five-kilogramme bag of rice could go up 5-10 per cent this year because of the government's crop mortgage scheme, with rice exports also expected to plummet as a consequence.