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Thaksin's plea for reconciliation rings hollow
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/07/2013
» I have lost count of the number of times ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has pleaded for reconciliation. The last one was delivered from Beijing in his phone-in address to his supporters in Thailand on the occasion of his 64th birthday last Friday.
Notorious audio clip furore seems to be fading
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/07/2013
» The "talk of the town" issue last week which was about the audio clip posted on YouTube featuring a private talk between two men, purported to be former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Deputy Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa, seems to have been put to rest _ much to the chagrin of quite a few of us who had expected the military to do something in quick reaction to the clip.
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.
Chiang Mai reds' strange concept of democracy
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/05/2013
» Chiang Mai’s red-shirts, known as Rak Chiang Mai 51, may not join their fellow reds at a rally planned by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) at Ratchaprasong intersection on Sunday to mark the third anniversary of the May 19, 2010 dispersal of protesters by the military.
Battle royal looms between Pheu Thai, court
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/04/2013
» April is normally the hottest month of the year with the temperature often surpassing 40C in different parts of the country. This year, however, the situation may be different with the mercury in the coming months likely to soar higher than the April record as a "Battle Royal" is looming between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its allies on the one hand and the Constitution Court and its supporters on the other.
Slim chance for solution to medical pay dispute
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/04/2013
» They're "losing their minds!" is the phrase used by former public health minister Mongkol na Songkhla to describe the dispute between the Ministry of Public Health and the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) over the pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme.
Second crop shortfall not such a blessing
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/03/2013
» The continuing drought which has substantially cut back the harvest of the second-crop paddy for this year means a loss of much-needed revenue for many farmers. But to the contrary, it represents a blessing in disguise for the Commerce Ministry.
Why wake a sleeping tiger?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/12/2012
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has always been the odd man out in the ruling Pheu Thai Party. His recent, sensible advice to drop the plan to rewrite the constitution for the sake of ensuring the government's political stability has been foolishly shot down.
The Thaksin 'loyalty' sideshow
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/12/2012
» To be seen as loyal to the monarchy seems to be a "must" for somebody like fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who has traditionally been accused by his political rivals as being disloyal to the higher institution.
Govt is hardly convincing about the South
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/12/2012
» All the 300-plus schools in Pattani province which closed on Nov 26 after the killing two days before of a school director in Nong Chik district by suspected extremists are due to reopen today after Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana promised to look into the teachers' demands.