April 20th, 2007 by admin
BANGKOK: In Thailand, a new internet tracking software may help law enforcement agencies pool resources, and catch child sex offenders.
Currently, many suspects are able to escape prosecution by crossing borders before the law catches up with them.
Child trafficking is widespread in the region, and poverty drives many children to pedophiles masquerading as tourists.
Conclusive numbers are [...]
April 18th, 2007 by admin
First draft of Thailand’s new constitution completed
The long waiting for the first draft of the new Thai Constitution is ended, one of its drafters said Wednesday. Thailand will see now if it would hand long-term powers to coup leaders who ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Pro-democracy groups have expressed concern over several contentious proposals [...]
April 16th, 2007 by admin
Thailand searches for last flood victim
Sun Apr 15, 4:10 PM ET
Rescue efforts continued Sunday for a missing woman, the only person still unaccounted for after flash floods killed 37 tourists who were cooling off in two waterfalls in southern Thailand.
Authorities resumed the hunt at dawn after torrents of water poured over [...]
April 12th, 2007 by admin
Thai Cabinet okay’s Business Act amendments
NOTE: New rules for foreign business still have to clear National Assembly Foreign Business Act
The Cabinet yesterday approved the revised amendments to the Foreign Business Act, but it remains uncertain whether the bill will pass the National Legislative Assembly.
The assembly will debate the amendments on April 18. Some 50 of [...]
April 11th, 2007 by admin
After Thailand vows to break the patent on HIV drug Kaletra to offer it cheaply to residents, patent holder Abbott Labs comes forward with a better deal.
Thai health officials said Tuesday that the government would consider an offer by U.S. drug maker Abbott Laboratories to supply Thailand and other countries with its AIDS-fighting drugs [...]
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