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Projects over B100m face tough scrutiny
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 22/06/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has ordered state enterprises to seek approval from the junta before undertaking any project worth more than 100 million baht.
Tablets swapped for ‘smart classrooms’
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 18/06/2014
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) has confirmed plans to replace the One Tablet per Child scheme with "smart classrooms" equipped with interactive computer software in every school.
Budget planners told to keep clear of 'old hand' meddlers
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 14/06/2014
» Coup leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has warned government officials against consulting politicians about their work as he laid down guidelines for the 2015 national budget planning at a meeting of top military and state officials yesterday.
NCPO to mull govt’s B350bn flood plan
News, Published on 29/05/2014
» The Office of the National Water and Flood Management Policy is preparing to submit the controversial 350-billion-baht water management project to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) for consideration amid strong protests by activists who want it scrapped.
Sitting on a knife edge
News, Published on 03/05/2014
» Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has a lot riding on his peace mission. For one, his leadership of the country’s oldest political party.
Prem sidesteps mediator question
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 11/04/2014
» Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda has refused to answer whether he would agree to mediate talks between caretaker premier Yingluck Shinawatra and anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban.
Prem doubts proposed mediator role
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 10/04/2014
» Privy Council president Gen Prem Tinsulanonda on Thursday said caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban may not listen to him if he were to act as a go-between in trying to mediate talks between them.
Women's fund hit by 'bureaucracy' and 'cronyism'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/03/2014
» The 7.7-billion-baht Women Empowerment Fund (WEF) has yet to fully realise its goodwill aspirations because of bureaucratic ennui and cronyism, critics said on the eve of the International Women's Day on March 8.
Pridiyathorn calls on PM to quit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/02/2014
» Former finance minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula's call for caretaker premier Yingluck Shinawatra to resign and make way for a "neutral government" has drawn a fierce response from the government.
Abhisit doubts PM's 'reform council'
Online Reporters, Published on 25/12/2013
» Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday cast doubt on the caretaker premier’s proposed "National Reform Council", saying its probable aim was to reduce opposition to her and her caretaker government.