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Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2012
» The power struggle in the Senate ended with the elected members putting their candidate in the speaker's seat, while in the House the government was grilled by the Democrats over a lack of transparency and corruption in the spending of funds for mega-projects such as the rice pledging scheme and flood rehabilitation programme, and in the far South the violence continued unabated.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2012
» Southern insurgents stepped up their attacks on the security forces this week, killing six soldiers and wounding 13; in Japan, Prime Minister Yingluck assured Japanese investors that last year's devastating flood will not be repeated and their factories are now safe; and the government has started the process to compensate victims of political violence.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/10/2012
» Cabinet is undergoing a major facelift just ahead of the looming censure debate, although Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra denied it was a move to pre-empt the opposition's onslaught on certain vulnerable ministers.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/12/2012
» Thais across the country turned out in force to celebrate HM the King's birthday on Wednesday; the unrest in the far South takes a turn for the worse with two teachers killed and one seriously wounded in a matter of two weeks; and a three-day blackout in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan drove most tourists away before electricity supplies were resurrected on Friday morning.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/09/2012
» The unexpected flooding of Sukhothai municipality early this week rekindled nightmares of a repeat of last year's disastrous floods. On a brighter note, in the far South 93 militants gave themselves up, providing a glitter of hope for the government's staggering efforts to restore peace in the region, and a family at war over the death of a former movie star.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/08/2012
» The hoo-ha over the government’s rice pledging scheme is likely to drag on and will probably dominate the coming censure debate against the government by the opposition Democrat Party, which is yet to be scheduled.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/05/2012
» Top government officials, from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra down, have all sung the same tune, in a chorus like parrots, that there is no problem and the cost of living is actually falling, not rising out of control -- ignoring widespread complaints of ever increasing food prices.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/05/2012
» The debate on the lese majeste law was revived, with fresh calls for legal amendments, following the sudden death of convicted offender Ah Kong. The rising cost of living remains a topical issue, with the Commerce Ministry finally backtracking on its claim there is no problem, as the government moves to freeze prices. And the long delayed computer tablets for schools deal was finally inked.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/05/2012
» Tomorrow, May 19, is the second anniversary of the violent culmination of the political protests in Bangkok in April and May 2010 during which 89 people died in the capital - red-shirt supporters, soldiers, police, journalists and medical volunteers and other innocent people caught up in the turmoil.