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By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | April 11, 2006 - 12:00am

Yet another illustration that the so-called "crisis" besetting our politics is largely spin-driven: when Thaksin said he would not seek the post of prime minister in the newly-elected Thai parliament, that...

Opinion

Different

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | April 11, 2006 - 12:00am

Yet another illustration that the so-called "crisis" besetting our politics is largely spin-driven: when Thaksin said he would not seek the post of prime minister in the newly-elected Thai parliament, that...

Opinion

Different

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | April 11, 2006 - 12:00am

Yet another illustration that the so-called "crisis" besetting our politics is largely spin-driven: when Thaksin said he would not seek the post of prime minister in the newly-elected Thai parliament, that...

Opinion

EDITORIAL – Cloud of doubt

December 7, 2005 - 12:00am

Okay, so the 23rd Southeast Asian Games are over. The Philippines emerged as the overall champion, a feat dampened somewhat by the irresponsible accusation by the irresponsible prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin...

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - A servant cannot speak for his master

December 4, 2005 - 12:00am

Thaksin Shinawatra is the prime minister of Thailand. That means that when he speaks, he carries the voice of his entire country. When he criticized officiating in the Southeast Asian Games hosted by the Philippines,...

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - A servant cannot speak for his master

December 4, 2005 - 12:00am

Thaksin Shinawatra is the prime minister of Thailand. That means that when he speaks, he carries the voice of his entire country. When he criticized officiating in the Southeast Asian Games hosted by the Philippines,...

Freeman Opinion

Thaksin emerging as SEA’s dominant statesman

October 20, 2003 - 12:00am

BANGKOK (AFP) — Thailand’s billionaire premier Thaksin Shinawatra is using the APEC summit to cement his emerging role as Southeast Asia’s dominant statesman, with Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad...

Headlines