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NOB transfer harms govt anti-graft drive
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/09/2017
» Pol Lt Col Pongporn Pramsaneh has been widely recognised as an honest and straightforward officer in the Department of Special Investigation – a rare breed in the police force. It explains why he was ordered shifted from the DSI's head of the Tax Litigation Office to lead the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) on Feb 25 by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to do an unenviable mission. His task was to clean up the mess concerning the misappropriation of government funds for the renovation of temples and for schools on temple grounds.
Flood blame game no help to normal folk
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/08/2017
» These are trying times for the tough-talking regime. What went around seems to have come around and bitten the mighty military on its backside.
Police blitz on alcohol pics goes too far
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/07/2017
» At first, I thought a reporter at a mass-circulation newspaper who covered a police warning on members of the public not to post pictures of themselves with booze on social media got it wrong.
Keeping a lid on state rice stock scandals
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 19/07/2017
» Even though the military government has vowed to push for reforms in a number of key areas, it seems to have overlooked a critical issue also in need of reform: The management of the state's rice stockpiles.
New reformist role for Thai Union
News, Tara Buakamsri, Published on 02/05/2017
» Thai Union Group, the world's largest canned tuna company, is considering changes to its supply chains that could transform the seafood industry forever. Having been a target of investigation over coerced labour in its supply chains, the company is yet to take the significant steps needed to ensure its suppliers refrain from human rights abuses and destruction of the ocean.
Playing with taxes could prove costly
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 21/03/2017
» ' In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," Benjamin Franklin once wrote. However, as the Reaper is sure to collect the dead, governments may not always be able to do the same with taxes.
Engine failure
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 04/12/2016
» The green shirts last week got what they came for back in May 2014. While happiness was returned to the National Council for Peace and Order, it became unclear how long it will last.
Recovery on thin ice with Trump presidency
News, Sutapa Amornvivat, Published on 23/11/2016
» Donald Trump's win may derail the long journey of global recovery. This seismic shift in the political landscape stems from an internal economic root cause and likely extends into dire economic consequences globally, especially for emerging markets like Thailand. After much inconsistency in Mr Trump's presidential campaign, his team that will be unveiled over the next few weeks will be critical for the global outlook next year. It seems we will be "kept in suspense" into Christmas.
No to rice politicisation
News, Editorial, Published on 19/11/2016
» The political bickering over how to help farmers suffering from low rice prices does not serve any purpose except exacerbating their hardship.
Rice pledging scheme deja vu
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 06/11/2016
» In the early 1980s, as a post-Vietnam war peace took shape in Southeast Asia, Thailand made an important decision. To be more correct, Thailand decided not to decide about rice.