Purchase of Armored Limos Approved for Big Shots
The Prime Minister’s cabinet voted on Tuesday to approve a proposal to have the Armed Forces Security Centre of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Command to buy 20 armored limousines for use by VIPs at a cost to the government of 122.8 million baht.
The purpose of the armored [...]
Jun
18
Purchase of Armored Limos Approved for Big Shots
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Jun
15
Thai Community Radio to Come Under Government Supervision
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Thai Community Radio to Come Under Government Supervision
About 1,200 owners and operators of small community radio stations have hurried to submit an application for advance registration so they will be at the top of the line up when the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issues licenses and frequencies designations
The NTC has informed more than 5,000 neighborhood [...]
Jun
15
Thai Government Vows to End Violence in Southern Thailand in Three Years
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Thai Government Vows to End Violence in Southern Thailand in Three Years
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva spoke today about the violence in southern Thailand related to the Muslim insurgency which continues to take innocent lives. The government is setting a deadline of three years to end the violence which has recently included a shooting spree [...]
Jun
15
Cambodia and Laos Removed from U.S. Trade Blacklist
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Cambodia and Laos Removed from U.S. Trade Blacklist
Companies doing business in Laos and Cambodia will be eligible for loans from the U.S. government with the removal of Laos and Cambodia from a trade blacklist meant to prevent loans going to “Marxist-Leninist” governments by the U.S. export-Import Bank.
* President Obama [...]
May
14
Thaksin and his nominee governments
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Thaksin and his nominee governments
Thailand’s Monarchy has been around in Thailand for 700 years. It is an institution of great reverence. It is the strength of Thailand, not an obstacle to progress.
The politicians are the liabilities of our democratic system. If the politicians are clean and really work for the progress of the country, there [...]
Apr
15
The 13 Day History of the Red-shirt revolution
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The 13 Day History of the Red-shirt revolution
Red-shirt revolution
Timeline: How the red-shirt protest developed and ended
BangkokPost.com, AFP
March 26: Thousands of Thaksin supporters in trademark red shirts begin rallying in Bangkok, calling on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government to resign and allow fresh elections.
They are spurred on by Thaksin Shinawatra, who starts a series [...]
Apr
12
Attn: Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts of Thailand
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Attn: Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts of Thailand
If we divide into two camps, even into violent and the nonviolent, and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of [...]
Mar
18
The 2 Most Important Films You Will See In Your Life
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THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT FILMS YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR LIFE
THE MOST IMPORTANT VIDEOS YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR LIFE
Mar
6
ECONOMIC BLITZKRIEG
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ECONOMIC BLITZKRIEG
by Dave S.
Brian Bloom’s latest insightful article at www.gold-eagle.com got me thinking again. In an attempt to understand the tremendous, unprecedented economic and political developments of the past few years, I am putting forth the hypothesis that the ‘powers that be” in the West are engaged in a strategy of ‘Economic Blitzkrieg’ similar to [...]