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Anti-government rally in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 31/08/2020
» SONGKHLA: About 150 students of the Prince of Songkla University and supporters staged an anti-government demonstration at the university's sport complex in Hat Yai early on Sunday night.
Navy top brass see red
News, Published on 29/08/2020
» The navy has rarely been in the limelight of politics. But when it is cornered, it pulls out all the stops to mount a defence of its turf.
Bangkok Post "Making Sense" (Ep.2 - Submarines: is the navy out of its depth?)
Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2020
» Bangkok Post presents “Making Sense". The show promises unfiltered perspectives on the hot issues of the day, delivered to you fresh with our light-hearted yet substantive conversations. Tune in to our programme and keep it tuned!
Prayut has backup if subs plan nosedives
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2020
» Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha insisted he has matters all figured out if the submarines budget now being vetted in the House of Representatives falls through.
Panel delays subs debate as Democrats dig in heels
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/08/2020
» House scrutiny of the 22.5-billion-baht budget for buying two submarines has been rescheduled to Friday amid talk of the spending being trimmed or even shelved. The budget has run into a political storm after a committee narrowly voted to keep the budget untrimmed this week.
Democrats may torpedo navy subs plan
News, Published on 26/08/2020
» The Democrat Party wants the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) to review its planned procurement of two submarines worth 22.5 billion baht from China.
Chicanery claim blights budget
News, Published on 15/08/2020
» Of all the House committees vetting draft legislation, the most-watched by observers must be the one formed to vet the bill on the annual budget expenditure.
Calls grow for budget refocus
News, Published on 07/07/2020
» The opposition will attempt to scale back funds earmarked for non-essential construction projects as well as defence spending during scrutiny of the 3.3-trillion-baht fiscal 2021 budget bill which passed its first reading in the House on Friday night.
PM defends weapons budget
News, Published on 02/07/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is defending the decision to include the procurement of weapons for the armed forces in the budget bill for 2021, after opposition criticism during Wednesday's first reading in parliament.
Parties urge debate on virus aid
News, Published on 23/04/2020
» Opposition parties are seeking an extraordinary House session to debate what they call the "worrying spending" of government aid money on people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Pheu Thai Party deputy leader Cholnan Srikaew.