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Six wounded in rubber protest shooting
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/01/2012
» SONGKHLA : Five rubber farmers and one policeman were wounded when a man fired a gun at rubber farmers who had blockaded the main road in protest against falling rubber prices in Rattaphum district yesterday.
Floods to buoy demand for seed
Business, Walailak Keeratipipatpong, Published on 09/01/2012
» Last year's widespread flooding is expected to give a boost to the seedling business of CP Group's Crop Integration Business as demand for young plants will surge.
BMA readies ambitious recovery plan
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/01/2012
» City Hall is expected to rubber-stamp a flood recovery and prevention masterplan this month to strengthen the capital's resilience.
Post-flood leptospirosis danger
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/11/2011
» Outbreaks of disease possible after floods, 2-3 thousand infected every year in Thailand, 15,000 cases & 400 deaths in last outbreak (1997, 1999).
Floods: Damage to farms & crops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/11/2011
» Record 7.3% crop production growth in 1st half of year replaced by lost rice crops, flooded rice fields (9.01 million rai) with 51 billion baht in damage.
Shortage goods to be imported
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/10/2011
» Taxes normally paid on foreign goods entering Thailand stopped temporarily to get items like drinking water, eggs, vegetables into the country fast.
Reform of Police and Judiciary
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/07/2011
» "There is no peace without justice," the red-shirt catchphrase proclaims, but in Sunday's election no party has dared touch the real obstacles to justice.
Debate: Rice policy and price supports
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/05/2011
» Corruption has plagued every system of rice price supports. Election promises to hike prices 40%, far above market levels, replays past mistakes.
730,000 rai of farms submerged in South
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/04/2011
» Floods put farms out of action, mudslides block roads. Tourism cancellations and crop failures loom.
Genetics to produce more rice
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/03/2011
» Import of hybrid rice seed varieties and cross-breeding may be key to higher future productivity.