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To date, Thai style democracy has been nothing but a cleptocracy.

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At his age, I suspected an underlying medical condition. It's very difficult to face life, especially a public one, where your body does not function as it once did. It take extraordinary strength and will to be a Michael Fox and continue on. RIP Robin. I wasn't a huge fan, but the immensity of his talent was undisputable.

A lot of fault, which no one mentions, belongs to the Labor Ministry, and its department of industrial safety.  They don't inspect these types of worksites, because the owners have no tea money for them.  Instead, they pick on the big boys, as its easy to extract bribe money from them.  The truly dangerous work conditions are prevalent in these low budget, money scrimping worksites, while the big boys substantially comply with the safe workplace regulations.  As long as these type of work sites are free from regulation, unsafe conditions will always exist.

When the Thais actually realize what the AEC means, they will react by implementing extreme protectionist roadblocks. AEC integration within Thailand will be as well-accepted as . . .

EC integration for the UK.

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FREE soccer YEAH!!!!! plenty of money for that.

Free health care for the poor, no money for that mate, you taking the p*ss?

308 million baht isn't going to do anything for the Thai healthcare system. The system is beginning to fail due to the weight of trying to administer a healthcare program for 60 million people. It's more than just money - the healthcare system itself can't keep servicing people who show up at the emergency room everytime they catch a cold. The country doesn't have the healthcare resources or infrastructure to continue the program much longer.

To bring this back on topic, companies like RS and CTH need to be run out of business. It isn't good for Thailand and it isn't good for sport that every upstart IPTV network will begin to bid for exclusive coverage rights for sports events that should be carried by the real cable and satellite TV providers. People will end up having to buy a special box for every event that they want to watch. The government has every right to step in as broadcast rights remain within the sound jurisdiction of media regulation.

 

Wow...this case moved fast through the Thai justice system....only took 7 years.

 

 

And of course Thaksin was not a "fugitive from justice" or "politically motivated actions" depending on your stance, at that time so no problem with the suit?

 

Interesting that the result comes now! The wheels of justice,bogged down in  -----?

 

Yes, there still is a problem with him being absent from the jurisdiction.  When required by the Court, he would have to make a personal appearance.  Thailand's courts frequently require party attendance at mediations and settlement conferences.  How would he engage in those?  The Court wouldn't let him appear via video conference.  Second, what about trial?  Are they going to let him testify via video conference?  Unheard of in Thailand and not even allowed for parties in any other jurisdiction of which I am aware.  The court was probably seeing if he would return in the event of an amnesty to prosecute his defamation case.  When that door was closed, they finally ruled on the merits.

Terrible decision that flaunts the lack of bite in the poorly crafted anti-wiretap laws of Thailand. Wiretapping is technically illegal in Thailand, but there are no criminal penalties for illegally conducting a wiretap. There are only criminal penalties if you publicly disclose the illegally wiretapped conversations.

Here, that is exactly what Jatuporn and Nattwut did. Yet, the court, in its infinite wisdom, suspended their punishments. The lesson anyone should get from this is that illegal wiretapping will go unpunished in Thailand.

PC sales down, the Surface is a failed product launch, Windows OS being squeezed out by competition, Windows Mobile OS a complete failure . . . no surprise here. I'm sure Microsoft will manage to run the Nokia brand, the world's #1 selling handset, into the ground.

The loss of ESL teachers is really due to the laziness or cheapness of the educational institutions.  If the government required all vendors of education, public or private, to have work permits for their teachers, this could be avoided.  As for unqualified teachers, there needs to be a proper certification system for foreign teachers.  There has to be an admission that government schools cannot afford to pay for foreign educators licensed in their home countries, or with a verifiable degree in education.  There could be a three-tier system for foreign teachers:

Tier 1 - English, or other foreign language, conversation teachers.  Certification requirement could be passing an audio listening test for that native language.  This would allow Filipinos, Indians, and NES backpackers etc. to teach basic conversation.  Result - a good supply of conversation teachers for rural Thailand.

Tier 2 - English, foreign language, and subject teachers.  Certification requirement would be a bachelor's degree in any field, native speaking skills, and passing a national certification exam in both the subject area and in education.  This would supply the teachers needed for government schools, particularly at the M1-M6 levels, as well as some of the universities.

Tier 3 - English, foreign language, and subject teachers.  Certification requirement would be a teaching certificate from their home country, a bachelor's degree in education, or 15 units of graduate work in education.  This would supply the teachers for international schools, and other schools which have a need to hire fully qualilfied teachers.        

On a personal note, I was one of those TEFL'ers for about 3 years.  I have 7 years of university work, consisting of a 4 year bachelor's degree in a social science, and a 3 year legal doctorate degree.  I took a reputable TEFL course here in Thailand and, after about 3 months, I was fully able to perform as an educator.  I did a lot of self-study on education theory and spent countless hours preparing for lessons, preparing real exams that were not multiple choice, and actually properly marked those exams.  By my second year of teaching, I was circulating amongst several government schools to teach the Thai English teachers how to teach -  as a TKT trainer and an OBEC writing instructor, both for Thai teachers of English.  In private lessons, I was preparing students for IELTS, TOEFL and the upper Cambridge exams (FCE, CAE and PCE)     All of this, according to the current Education Ministry rules, while I was not properly qualified.  I held a work permit for my entire teaching career.

Manslaughter???! What a weak prosecutor. I suppose we can't expect much more out of the Santa Cruz County's DA Office. In light of the fact that her previous boyfriend also died from a heroin OD in which she was the injector, I think a case could easily be made for premeditated murder. The prosecutor could always make manslaughter a lesser included charge, to allow conviction if he couldn't prove intent, and could only show reckless disregard for consequences likely to result in death.

A person coming out of a bank with a bag - has to be the most marked target I can think of. C'mon, poor guy, but exercise some common sense.

"According to police statistics, the number one offenders of traffic laws are drivers who cut across lanes especially at merging points and these drivers will be given the highest amount of attention."

The most frequent cause of a police traffic stop in Thailand are stops made of commercial truck drivers. Police know that their employers pay their fines, so it is an easy target for them. They usually pull them over and say they have a pollution emission violation.

If the traffic police actually did their jobs, they would find that the most frequent offenses are driving without a license and driving without insurance. But, those offenses take a lot of paperwork and actually have to be reported. When looking for a bribe, unsafe lane change which is completely subjective is the easy choice for the BIB. And, the party of the underpaid police civil servants continues.

Drug and alcohol testing of transport workers is almost universal in the developed West. A good move and should be adopted by the private sector here.

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The only complaints are coming from those that profited from the corruption. The man in Dubai has been noticeably quiet of late.

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