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The on-again, off-again magic jabs deal
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/08/2021
» The show must go on. This maxim may explain the reason why Dr Boon Vanasin, chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group, came out again on Aug 3 to talk to the Thai media with a new claim that he was in the process of signing a deal with the Defence Ministry to procure an unspecified amount of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for import into Thailand.
Cabinet throwing up some odd ideas
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/08/2019
» Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, a new face in the government, has been dealt a blow with his first proposal to the cabinet to waive visa application fees for tourists from China and India.
Dems have tough decision ahead
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/04/2019
» Having suffered a humiliating defeat in the March 24 elections, the Democrat Party appears to arrived at a point where it has to make an important decision about which political path it wants to follow -- whether to join the pro-Prayut Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP)'s coalition alliance, or to play the role of an independent opposition.
Pheu Thai mishandled invitation sent to Yingluck
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/11/2015
» It now appears the letter inviting former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to Europe for an exchange of opinions on the Thai political scene is authentic, it's just not a formal invitation from the European Parliament.
Rice-scheme fan Kittiratt defends the indefensible
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2015
» Former deputy prime minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong seems to take pride in being one of the staunchest defenders of the Pheu Thai Party's botched rice pledging scheme and former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is facing dereliction of duty charges for mishandling the rice scheme that caused huge losses to the state.