Most Map Ta Phut projects off hook
The Administrative Court has ordered the operating permits of only two industrial projects in the Map Ta Phut area to be terminated, allowing 74 other earlier-suspended projects to go ahead.
Posted on 2 September 2010 | 12:00 pm
Court lets 74 industrial projects off the hook
The Central Administrative Court on Thursday ruled that 74 of the 76 projects originally suspended at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate can proceed with their planned expansion and operation.
Posted on 2 September 2010 | 5:51 am
Sondhi convicted of slandering Thaksin
The Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Sondhi Limthongkul, a People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader, and Sarocha Porn-udomsak to six months each in jail, suspended for two years, after finding them guilty of defaming former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Posted on 2 September 2010 | 4:24 am
Students charged with schoolboy murder
Two students of Bangkapi Technology School were arrested on Thursday for the murder of a 9-year-old schoolboy on a bus on Wednesday morning, police said.
Posted on 2 September 2010 | 3:10 am
Easy Pass a good choice for motorists
Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum is in the hot seat again with many motorists complaining to the ministry about the traffic jams at entries to expressway toll gates, supposedly caused by the designation of lanes for exclusive use by Easy Pass, or automated toll system, users.
Posted on 2 September 2010 | 12:09 am
Sexual double standards
There are times when it is not just a non-issue, but it becomes your fault if you start to question it.
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 12:00 pm
Boy, 9, shot dead while on way to school
A 9-year-old boy has been shot to death on a public bus and a 12-year-old girl wounded in separate brawls involving rival technical college students.
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 12:00 pm
Baht soars against greenback
The baht is continuing to gain ground against the US dollar, hitting a two-year high on continued foreign inflows into the Thai financial markets.
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 12:00 pm
Prosecutors hamstrung over Bout
Thai prosecutors say they can give no assurances to the US about whether they can drop charges against suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout before he appears in court on Oct 4 on new charges.
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 12:00 pm
Clarity to lighten up Map Ta Phut
All eyes are on the Central Administrative Court Thursday as it makes its final ruling on the fate of suspended industrial projects in Map Ta Phut, with high hopes that the outcome will lift investors' confidence and increase investments the country.
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 9:14 am
