Napocor to seek automatic cost recovery By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo, Reporter The Manila Times STATE-OWNED National Power Corp. is keen on having an automatic cost recovery scheme similar to that prescribed by regulators to private electric utilities. In a briefing, Froilan Tampinco, Napocor presiden... Read more.
TAXI DRIVERS DEMAND NEW FARE TARIFF AMORNRAT MAHITTHIROOK Licensed taxi drivers are demanding a revised fare structure and are defending their strike at Suvarnabhumi airport last Thursday. Legal taxi driver Pathaweee Meerat said the continuing presence of illegal operators at both Suvarnabhumi and D... Read more.
Local cattle business gets more support The government has set aside 133 million baht for eight projects to improve the competitiveness of the local beef cattle industry and alleviate the impact of free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand over the next 12 years. Chutima Bunyapraphasara, ... Read more.
New FT rate to go up by 30-40 satang/unit Permanent Secretary for Energy and Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) board chairman Pornchai Rujiprapa admitted that the new fuel tariff (FT) rate, starting from October 2008 to January 2009, would certainly be raised by about 0.30 to 0.40 ... Read more.
Lower tariff gives TUF 2B sales goal US revision opens door for more exports CHAROEN KITTIKANYA Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF) is increasingly confident it can break $2 billion in sales this year now that the US government has reduced the anti-dumping (AD) tariff on its shrimp imports to 2.85%... Read more.
