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  • PT turns up heat on Abhisit

    18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has repeated its call for Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to take responsibility for the violent end to the red-shirt protests in 2010.

  • Prayuth's job safe, PT insists

    18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has rebutted reports that army commander Prayuth Chan-ocha could be transferred during the coming military reshuffle season.

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  • Infrastructure bill sails through

    30 Mar 2013 : After two full days of heated debate, the House of Representatives last night voted to approve the first reading of the government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure loan bill.

  • CITY HALL

    Governor makes 'work only' pledge

    30 Mar 2013 : Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra began the first day of his second term at City Hall yesterday by calling on staff to put aside political differences.

  • INFRASTRUCTURE

    PM says train remarks 'distorted'

    30 Mar 2013 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday accused her critics of distorting her remarks about high-speed trains and their potential benefits for farmers.

  • INFRASTRUCTURE

    Govt takes exhibition flak

    30 Mar 2013 : The Democrat Party yesterday blasted the government for commissioning the son of the prime minister's chief adviser to organise a 15-million-baht exhibition to promote its infrastructure investment programme.

  • ABOUT POLITICS

    Battle to be city boss drags on

    30 Mar 2013 : Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra of the Democrat Party could be excused for feeling frustrated with efforts to block him at almost every turn from becoming city governor for a second term.

  • POLITICS

    The last thing we need now is another red mobilisation

    30 Mar 2013 : With the anniversary of the April-May 2010 red-shirt protests looming, can colourful demonstrations and incendiary street brawls be far away?

  • GPO rebuts corruption claim

    29 Mar 2013 : The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) defended its vaccine factory construction project on Friday but the Department of Special Investigation plans a further inspection next week.

  • B2-trillion bill months away from passage

    29 Mar 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party is in no hurry to get approval for its 2-trillion-baht borrowing bill, which could be four to five more months away from becoming law.

  • PM clarifies 'high-speed veggie trains'

    29 Mar 2013 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has clarified her explanation to parliament of the benefits of developing a high-speed train network and the gains for farmers, in a post on her Facebook page Friday.

  • Govt expects 310 votes for loan bill

    29 Mar 2013 : Government chief whip Amnuay Klangpa expects 310 MPs to vote in favour of passing the two-trillion-baht loan bill for infrastructure megaprojects when the House first-reading debate ends later today.

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