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Pardon move hard to forgive
News, Published on 18/12/2021
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin may have shot himself in the foot by securing a royal pardon for "big fish" serving time for engineering one of the country's costliest corruption cases.
Justice minister signs order for release of Nattawut, other prisoners
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/12/2020
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has signed an order for the early release of 76 prisoners who received royal clemency, but they will have to wear electronic tags.
Filial duty?
News, Postbag, Published on 30/11/2018
» Re: "PPRP adopts cynical routine of polls past", (Opinion, Nov 28).
Malaysian duo caught working illegally
News, Published on 30/11/2018
» KRaBI: A traffic official was yesterday hit by a red Porsche, driven by a Singaporean businessman in front of the Forest Resources Management Office on Phetkasem Road.
Defections rock Pheu Thai, again
News, Published on 24/11/2018
» More Pheu Thai Party heavyweights have migrated to the pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), dealing a further blow to the former ruling party which has already been rattled by high-profile defections.
End of Shinawatra era
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/08/2017
» The curtain has closed on the Shinawatra clan's grip on Thai politics after former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra followed in the footsteps of her fugitive brother Thaksin on Friday by fleeing a Supreme Court ruling for foreign shores, political analysts say.
Commerce Ministry, land of fairy tales
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/07/2013
» The Commerce Ministry is quite the expert in keeping us amazed by the fairy tales it has continually pulled from its sleeves since the launch of the rice pledging scheme - which should be renamed the rice buying scheme - two years ago.
Can the Commerce Ministry be trusted even now?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/07/2013
» On June 18, the National Rice Policy Commission slashed the rice pledging price by 20% from 15,000 baht to 12,000 baht per tonne. Less than two weeks later it made an about turn, reverting to the old price and putting its own credibility and that of the government at rock bottom.
Clowns in a 'musical chairs' cabinet
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/06/2013
» Pressure is rightfully mounting on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to overhaul her cabinet and to replace incompetent ministers with more capable and professional people to shore up the government's credibility and image.
Government brings trouble on itself
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/06/2013
» Resentful farmers angered by the cutback in the rice pledging price have threatened to protest in various parts of the country, putting the government in the hot seat with the possibility it may have to backtrack to appease its major voter base.