21 - 30 of 89 results for "corruption"

  1. 21. learning | 21 Mar 2013

    Govt debt: Borrow 2 trillion now for next half century?

    About government

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Borrowing in one lump sum for next 50 years without public participation, transparency or oversight? This provides big corruption opportunity, say critics.

  2. 22. learning | 02 Jan 2013

    Corruption: Tried but failed

    About crime & corruption

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Ex-politician caught on video threatening police shows how corrupt VIP "influential figures" push around police to avoid arrest.

  3. 23. learning | 09 Nov 2012

    Murder of Songkhla mayor

    About politics & murder

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Dead mayor made many enemies with corruption investigations against local govt officials, opposition to projects, others suspended or expelled ...

  4. 24. opinion | 05 Apr 2013

    Yaowapa will have to wait awhile, thankfully

    By Veera Prateepchaikul

    » Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is clearly relieved and has good cause to celebrate after she was cleared by the National Anti-Corruption Commission of a harge of making a false assets declaration.

  5. 25. learning | 06 Sep 2012

    WEF: Thailand's competiveness rising again

    About business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » World Economic Forum report finds improvement but challenges remain in corruption, security, property rights, red tape & instability in politics & policy.

  6. 26. learning | 16 Aug 2012

    Corruption: Same sad story

    About government

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Govt officials & politicians routinely use job to profit from disaster victims, poor rice farmers & forest reserves. Bribes, 50% of government concessions costs.

  7. 27. learning | 01 Oct 2012

    Murder & corruption: But still popular

    About crime

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Found guilty of murder, godfather Kamnan Poh is in hiding but high-ranking govt officials still show up at his birthday party & many are his family.

  8. 28. learning | 24 Dec 2012

    Thailand's police corruption problem

    About law enforcement

    By Jon Fernquest

    » More and more Thais have their own experiences with bad cops & the bad image they create hurts the tourism industry & brings loss of face at a national scale.

  9. 29. learning | 01 Jun 2012

    Proving corruption: Slow but precise process

    About government

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Former minister given 3 million baht to buy van in 2009 by a company. Tens of millions of baht of suspicious bank accounts must be explained.

  10. 30. learning | 09 Mar 2010

    That will do nicely, sir

    In My OPINION

    By Steve Graham, Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » Not a month goes by without another education bribery or corruption story hitting the presses. Graft in education is not new, and it is prevalent in many countries, not just in Thailand. By putting several stories togeth...

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