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    Highlights of the Week

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012

    » Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.

  • OPINION

    Mass jab hopes a crucial test for Prayut

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/05/2021

    » Despite reassurances from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that the mass Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 60 and those suffering from seven non-communicable underlying diseases across the country will proceed as scheduled on June 7, scepticism remains strong among many about whether this administration can still be trusted after repeated blunders in the handling of the pandemic.

  • OPINION

    NOB transfer harms govt anti-graft drive

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/09/2017

    » Pol Lt Col Pongporn Pramsaneh has been widely recognised as an honest and straightforward officer in the Department of Special Investigation – a rare breed in the police force. It explains why he was ordered shifted from the DSI's head of the Tax Litigation Office to lead the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) on Feb 25 by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to do an unenviable mission. His task was to clean up the mess concerning the misappropriation of government funds for the renovation of temples and for schools on temple grounds.

  • OPINION

    Paiboon's effort to clean up prisons deserves support

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2014

    » Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has every reason to feel frustrated with the Corrections Department for its failure to stop drug trafficking from prisons and the smuggling of cellphones for use by imprisoned drug kingpins.

  • OPINION

    Where there's smoke, there's fire

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/11/2015

    » There's no smoke without a fire, so it's said. And smoke has been seen drifting from Rajabhakti Park, a new tourist destination near the popular resort town of Hua Hin.

  • OPINION

    Fear of failure guiding NCPO's steps

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/07/2014

    » "Sia-khong" or "a waste" has become a buzzword in military political circles since the May 22 coup. It is a short version of, "Don’t let the May 22 coup be a waste".

  • OPINION

    A senseless attack and a mother's grief

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/04/2012

    » Nong Hall is 16 years-old and was looking forward starting in Mathayom 5 in the next couple of months, but he may not make it. On Songkran Day members of a motorcycle gang took objection after he made eye contact with one of them - so they attacked him and beat him mercilessly. He remains in a coma.

  • OPINION

    Time to return the Phaya Tani cannon

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/06/2013

    » The destruction of the recently installed replica of the Phaya Tani cannon by Pattani militants was not totally surprising. It was derided as a "fake" by many locals and viewed as a symbol of shame and subjugation.

  • OPINION

    Big Jiew flip-flops on reconciliation

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/03/2012

    » Having announced his political retirement some months ago, Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh re-emerged out of the blue with an open letter in support of the KPI's reconciliation proposals. And then, just as quickly, he backed off -- explaining the time was not right for him to speak out.

  • OPINION

    Pita's PM hopes hang on a miracle

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/07/2023

    » Judgement day for Pita Limjaroenrat's quest to become Thailand's 30th prime minister has been set for July 13, 19 and 20. The event is significant because, if Mr Pita is selected, Thailand may see unprecedented changes in the next four years if the campaign policies promised by the Move Forward Party are implemented, partially if not in their entirety.

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