The government will speed up the investigation into the alleged irregularities in the Public Health Ministry's 86-billion-baht budget financed by the government's economic stimulus scheme, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday.
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Govt to speed up health probe
Thailand opens AFTA hotline to help business operators
BANGKOK, Jan 9 (TNA) -- In order to facilitate business operators and exporters regarding any doubts about the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) enforced since January 1, Thailand s Ministry of Commerce ha...
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Jurin ‘the right one’ for Health Ministry
Jurin Laksanavisit is the right person to take over as minister at the Public Health Ministry, Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, the chief government whip who was chosen by the Democrat Party to succeed him as education minister, said on Thursday.
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Manit to stay on
The Bhumjaithai Party on Tuesday made a resolution for Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodee to stay on in the cabinet despite being asked to show responsibility after a fact-finding committee found the ministry's economic stimulus projects were prone to irregularities.
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Witthaya wants a fresh inquiry
Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said on Tuesday afternoon that he will ask the prime minister to set up a new inquiry into the alleged corruption in his ministry's implementation of economic stimulus projects.
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Corruption and the Democrats
The Bangkok Post: An investigation committee has suggested a complete review all Public Health Ministry projects under the government's Thai Khem Khaeng scheme after finding many loopholes conducive to corruption.Committee chairman Banlu Siripanich said this after handing over an investigation report to P...
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Health projects plagued by corruption
An investigation committee has suggested a complete review all Public Health Ministry projects under the government's Thai Khem Khaeng scheme after finding many loopholes conducive to corruption.
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Panel advises review of health projects
An investigation committee has suggested a complete revamp of all the Public Health Ministry's projects under the Thai Khem Khaeng scheme after finding many loopholes conducive to corruption.
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Surayud again accused of trespass
About 500 members of red-shirt people group led by a core leader, Arisman Pongruangrong, on Wednesday afternoon went to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and demanded the minister, Suwit Khunkitti, take legal action against Privy Councillor Surayud Chulanont.
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Dusit Thani Pattaya welcomes tourism VIPs from Indonesia
A group of tourism academics and executives from Indonesia recently visited Dusit Thani Pattay for a brief and informal meeting with some of the hotel management executives. The discussions focused on hotel business sustainability and other topics related to hospitality. The group was led by Mr. I Gusti Putu Laksaguna (5th right) of...
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New: Following up on Abhisit disrupted
A few days ago PPT posted on a short report concerning Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s “human rights” speech being interrupted by laid-off women workers from Triumph. See here , here and here for earlier posts on their actions, seeking justice from the company and from the state.
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New: More internet blocking?
Some of the blogs are discussing what some see as increased attention to a bunch of sites. Apparently not just the usual porn and monarchy/national security sites. There seems increasing discontent with the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and, as might be expected, speculation that MICT is “preparing for something” rather than...
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One more A(H1N1) death reported
The Ministry of Public Health reported Wednesday one new fatality from Influenza Type A(H1N1), bringing the country’s death tally to 190.
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New: Forget corruption
Just a few hours ago, PPT blogged : “The Democrat Party-led government has continued to sweep corruption allegations under the carpet, mainly because the media are in it pocket. This of the sufficiency economy projects, the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education and other cases and allegations, and all of them seem...
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New: Political (and cultural) futures
Readers may be interested in a report in The Irrawaddy (12 December 2009: “Yellow vs Red to Roll On in Thailand” ) which draws on earlier comments on the Prachatai forum “Thailand in Transition: A Historic Challenge, and What’s Next?”. Some short quotes from the article: Jon Ungpakorn: “The media does not discuss...
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Finance minister denies rumours of cancellation of ACL share deal
BANGKOK, Dec 10 (TNA) Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij on Wednesday denied rumours that Thailand s Ministry of Finance might cancel the planned negotiation for the sale of shares of ACL Bank Plc to...
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Flu death toll now 189
Two more people died from the A(H1N1) flu virus last week, raising the country’s flu death toll to 189 since its first outbreak in April 28, the Ministry of Public Health’s Disease Control Department said on Wednesday.
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Redemptorist Budget surplus returned to Ministry
A meeting recently took place at the ‘Redemptorist Vocational School for People with Disabilities’ to discuss the present year’s financial budget. The meeting was chaired by Father Warawut Saraphan, Chairman of the Board. The meeting discussed the budget the school received from the Ministry of Education, following new government legislation, of 520,710 baht.
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CPI rises 1.9% in November
The consumer price index (CPI) for November stood at 105.2, an increase of 1.9 per cent from November last year and up 0.3 per cent from October, the Ministry of Commerce reported on Tuesday.
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Chavarat: No plan to take over EC’s authority
Interior Minister Chavarat Charnveerakul affirmed on Saturday that his ministry has never tried to take over the election holding authority from the Election Commission (EC) as alleged.
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Mother to see Sivarak Friday
Foreign Ministry officials and family of Sivarak Chutipong are allowed to visit the Thai engineer being detained on spy charges at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh on Friday, Information Department director-general Vimon Kidchob said on Wednesday.
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Andaman News 22 April
1: Small and Medium Enterprise Bank scheduled to launch its special packages in Phuket this Saturday to support smes in the wake of economy crisis. ................ 2: Phuket authority agreed to submit requests by residents in 28 communities to reside in encroached reserved forest and mangrove area to the Ministry of Interior to seek...
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Andaman News Tuesday 30 December 2008; 7 items
1: Thai Airways International increases flights from Bangkok-to Phuket and Krabi while the Ministry of Transport launched cheaper bus fares for people during the New Year holiday period. ................ 2: On the other hand, Provinces in the Andaman region impose measures for road safety as part of efforts to reduce risks of road accidents...
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Andaman News Monday 20 October – 9 items
Andaman News NBT (VHF dial) + Radio Thailand FM90.5 at 8.30am & perhaps repeats on Phuket Cable TV channel 1 at 7pm & 1am, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces & maybe Mazz Radio FM108 at 7pm in Phuket, Monday 20 October 2008 & thainews.prd.go.th & www.youtube.com/andamannews.com Send comments to andamannews@yahoo.com 1:...
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