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Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/11/2012
» The political atmosphere is steadily heating up in the lead-up to the anti-government rally by the Pitak Siam group at the Royal Plaza on Nov 24-25, with the opposing sides stepping up their war of words and litigation and more outsiders joining the fray.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/10/2012
» Cabinet is undergoing a major facelift just ahead of the looming censure debate, although Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra denied it was a move to pre-empt the opposition's onslaught on certain vulnerable ministers.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/10/2012
» The approach of tropical storm Gaemi and the possibility of another major flood, or not, is dominating the headlines.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/09/2012
» The political future of Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, who is also interior minister, hangs in the balance with pressure being applied both inside the party and outside for him to resign from political office.
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.
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.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/07/2012
» The far South remains a very dangerous place for officials and civilians alike, with just one car bomb claiming the lives of five policemen in a single attack on Wednesday. Politically, the Pheu Thai Party refuses to give up on charter amendments and the controversial reconciliation bills, and that means the political atmosphere may heat up again.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/07/2012
» Pheu Thai heavyweights are still widely divided on how the party should proceed with the charter amendments bill after the Constitution Court last Friday dismissed the charge of attempting to osubvert the constitutional monarchy brought against the party, and suggested that charter should be amended section-by-section and that a referendum be called.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/05/2012
» Thai Airways International president Piyasvasti Amranand was sacked by THAI board, which was unable to give a clear explanation why he had to go. The government started paying compensation to relatives of victims of the April-May 2010 violence and of the violence in the deep South. But the joy of the nation appears to be HM the King's recovery and his first trip outside the capital in more than two years.