Minister must quit over blackouts: poll

Minister must quit over blackouts: poll

Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal must resign to take responsibility for the blackout in all 14 provinces of the South last Tuesday, according to the majority of respondents in an Abac Poll.

Minister must quit over blackouts: poll

Five soldiers, four police injured in southern attacks

Five soldiers, four police injured in southern attacks

Five soldiers were injured in a roadside bomb attack Saturday in Narathiwat’s Reu So district while another roadside bomb in Yala’s Yaha district, targeting a bomb squad police car, left four policemen and two civilians wounded.

Five soldiers, four police injured in southern attacks

Firms crave tax guidance

Firms crave tax guidance

The vast majority of businesses would welcome more global cooperation and guidance from tax authorities on what is acceptable for tax planning even if this provides less opportunity to reduce tax liabilities across borders, notes the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).

Firms crave tax guidance

Attack mars Visakha Bucha

Attack mars Visakha Bucha

Five paramilitary rangers killed in Pattani despite heightened security

Attack mars Visakha Bucha

Attack mars Visakha Bucha

Attack mars Visakha Bucha

Five paramilitary rangers killed in Pattani despite heightened security

Attack mars Visakha Bucha

Interpol to lead piracy crackdown

Interpol to lead piracy crackdown

Thai police will be joining the Interpol-led weeklong crackdown on pirated goods, which kicks off tomorrow. Also participating are Bangladesh, Fiji, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Interpol to lead piracy crackdown

Egat forced to delay electricity supply to deep South

Egat forced to delay electricity supply to deep South

A plan to acquire additional electricity from Malaysia to cope with a shortage in the deep South may have to be delayed until next year due to continuing violence in the region, a senior official at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said Thursday

Egat forced to delay electricity supply to deep South

Chalerm’s reconciliation bill tabled in Parliament

Chalerm’s reconciliation bill tabled in Parliament

Pheu Thai MPs Thursday tabled a national reconciliation bill drafted by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung for Parliament’s deliberation, say the bill seeks amnesty for all political groups so that the country can move forward.

Chalerm’s reconciliation bill tabled in Parliament

Yingluck drums up Japanese investment for Dawei, rail projects

Yingluck drums up Japanese investment for Dawei, rail projects

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited Japanese investors to join the Dawei Deep Sea Port project in Myanmar, while Japanese businesses have expressed an interest in bidding for satellite and high-speed rail projects in Thailand, the PM’s secretary-general said Thursday.

Yingluck drums up Japanese investment for Dawei, rail projects

I’m not here to sling mud: new govt spokesman

I’m not here to sling mud: new govt spokesman

The new government spokesman said his duty was not to engage in daily political attacks but to better communicate the government’s policies to the public.

I’m not here to sling mud: new govt spokesman

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