Newcomers raring to put shoulders to the wheel
Newly appointed Deputy Education Minister Varakorn Samkoses yesterday said he was ready to dedicate himself to his task, while Education Minister Wijit Srisa-an is preparing to assign him responsibility for solving the problem of teachers' debt.
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Scanner skirmish
Auditor-General Jaruvan Maintaka yesterday dismissed an appeal by deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra that she and two of her colleagues should quit a panel investigating the CTX 9000 bomb-scanner purchase.
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The power of teamwork
Through joint research efforts for cheaper medicines and vaccines, pharmaceutical companies and governments can help people in poor countries, Dr Vijarn Panich said yesterday.
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Govt puts up with brickbats
The government is determined to accomplish its two key tasks - reconciling the social division and quelling the southern violence, and will heed criticism while doing the job, its spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarb said yesterday.
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Lottery 'a legal pitfall'
A member of the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) warned yesterday that the Finance Ministry would have to be responsible for damage caused by legalising two- and three-digit lotteries.
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Map Ta Phut estate to pay for the sick
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) and factories in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate are setting up a fund to pay for the care of sick area residents, authority governor Uthai Juntima said yesterday.
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BIRD-FLU OUTBREAK
Random tests start on migratory birds
Random H5N1 testing of migratory birds started yesterday in Angthong's Samko district, said Livestock Development Depart-ment director-general Pirom Srijan.
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Rape-case abbot defrocked, arrested
Police have arrested a defrocked abbot for allegedly raping an 18-year-old Australian visitor a week ago.
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Deputy education, commerce ministers get the nod
His Majesty the King yesterday endorsed the appointment of two more deputy ministers: Varakorn Samkoses as deputy education minister and Oranuj Osathanon as deputy commerce minister.
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Fundings sought for King's works
PM's Office Minister Khunying Dhipavadee Meksawan is planning to seek a Bt198.5-million budget for a project to conserve His Majesty the King's photographs and video pictures.
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