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Ombudsman's ruling brings own credibiity into question
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/10/2013
» The Office of the Ombudsman has cleared Finance Minister Kittirat Na-Ranong of any ethical misconduct over his "white lie" because, it says, he had not caused any damage to the private sector.
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PM must learn to turn other cheek
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/07/2020
» After six years in office and having earned the unenviable reputation of being an "angry pot" for his occasionally unprovoked outbursts at Government House reporters, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha might have thought it was about time for him to change tack and reach out to media outlets that he didn't appear to admire.
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Korn shows how Sansern flunked test
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/12/2017
» Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd appears to have shot himself in the mouth -- once again.
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A fight Yingluck knows she can't win
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/11/2015
» A war of words is being fought between the government, represented by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, and former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, represented by her legal team.
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Of drought, and cats, and rain gods
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/06/2015
» Black Siamese cats are in high demand these days. No, not for dining tables in China, but for <i>hae nang maew</i>, a ritual to ask the deity for rain, as much of the country suffers under the worst drought in memory.
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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.
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Why respect the law if the govt doesn't?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/11/2013
» The government’s expansion of the enforcement of the Internal Security Act to cover all of Bangkok and Nonthaburi and Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani’s Lat Lum Kaew district is meaningless, as it has already been defied by thousands and thousands of protesters
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Buy high, sell cheap -- and you lose
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/10/2013
» The mathematics is simple and straightforward. When you buy something such as a pack of rice at 200 baht and you sell it at 150 baht, the loss is 50 baht. And if there were other costs too, then the loss will be higher.
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Wall around failed rice scheme starting to leak
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/05/2013
» Most people still know little or nothing about the rice pledging scheme, with the actual details fiercely guarded by a handful of officials at the Commerce Ministry, including Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapriom.
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Showdown? It's just window-dressing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2014
» The stage was supposedly set for a major showdown on Tuesday. What was not clear was whether it would be a make-or-break confrontation, or just another show of force by the two opposing forces, the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
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