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The on-again, off-again magic jabs deal
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/08/2021
» The show must go on. This maxim may explain the reason why Dr Boon Vanasin, chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group, came out again on Aug 3 to talk to the Thai media with a new claim that he was in the process of signing a deal with the Defence Ministry to procure an unspecified amount of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for import into Thailand.
Vaccine buy bears up to scrutiny
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2021
» Thank you Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Progressive Movement, for helping shed the light on the initiative of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the founding of a pharmaceutical firm, Siam Bioscience, 12 years ago, which was not widely known among Thais outside medical circles.
Top cop proves Premchai a protected species
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/03/2018
» It came as little surprise that deputy national police chief Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul has been viewed as a villain by the same group of people who despise and curse the Italian-Thai Development Plc boss Premchai Karnasuta for his illegal hunting trip in Thungyai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary, which resulted in the killing of several protected wildlife species, in particular a rare leopard.
PM says he's a politician − no surprise there
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/01/2018
» Finally, last week, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha halfheartedly admitted, for the first time since he took over the government's administration more than three years ago, that he is a politician, but not without reminding all of us that he is not just any politician -- but a politician who used to be a soldier.
Bidding adieu to the Shinawatra dynasty
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/08/2017
» Allow me to leave former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for a moment. I will come to her later.
NGV buses pawns in deepening customs row
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/12/2016
» I wonder whether Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and some of his cabinet ministers will have the privilege of being the first passengers to ride the new air-conditioned NGV buses on Dec 21.
Sensible forest plan, but we want offenders' names
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/06/2015
» One of the first priorities of the National Council for Peace and Order after the military takeover in May 22 last year, and followed up relentlessly by the government, was to seize back state-owned land from encroachers, particularly that which used to be forest land and had been turned into rubber plantations.
The plot thickens as two wealthy businessmen flee
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/12/2014
» Nopporn Suppipat and Sahachai Chiansoemsin are wealthy businessmen who have dominated the headlines in recent weeks. They are allegedly connected to the group linked to Pol Lt Gen Pongpat Chayapan, the former commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau who is currently held in custody on various criminal charges ranging from bribery and abuse of power to lese majeste.
Don't be distracted by Thaksin's shadow
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/11/2014
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seemed to be annoyed when he was asked by a reporter at Government House on Monday to comment on the recent movements of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Cops feeling pressure over kill suspect torture claims
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/10/2014
» From the beginning, police from the top down, from national chief Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang to cops in Surat Thani province who have jurisdiction over Koh Tao, have been under heavy pressure to show results of the high-profile murders of two British tourists on the tourist island on Sept 15.