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Bangkok's flood crisis needs action
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/10/2017
» Waking up Saturday, I had hoped it would be the usual routine of getting changed at my condo and heading back to my house for breakfast with the family. Expecting it to be the usual 10-15-minute drive it takes on weekends to reach home, I set out on a journey that would take more than an hour because many parts of the road leading up to my house were inundated from the heavy downpour overnight.
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Airship loss produces much hot air
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 17/09/2017
» "Personally, I would agree if there is a call for a malfeasance probe. This would ward off criticism which emerged without proper information," Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda was reported to have said on Friday when the issue of the waste of 340 million baht on an airship was raised by the media.
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Time to ease 'I'm the boss' attitude
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 02/07/2017
» Waking up on Tuesday for most Thais was just another day but by evening there was a whole lot of social media buzz on a decision by the cabinet passed earlier in the day -- the decision to build a Bangkok Observatory.
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VAT increase low on govt priorities
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/05/2017
» The rubber-stamp parliament of the coup leaders gave Thai people yet another scare over the past week when it announced it was looking to raise value-added tax (VAT) by another percentage point.
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Submarine deal has no mandate
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 30/04/2017
» Over the next 24 hours we all are going to hear the Royal Thai Navy come clean with its procurement procedure for the secretly negotiated deal to procure three submarines -- and I for one am not holding my breath to hear anything earth-shattering.
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Israel gives our military a lesson
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 07/05/2017
» Sipping a glass of wine, I noticed a strange sticker on a phone cover that read "Warning, Israeli Air Force Accelerator, Disruption Ahead", prompting me to start a conversation with a young gentleman sitting near me in Tel Aviv.
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PM's magic wand now redundant
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 09/04/2017
» Thailand's 20th constitution was promulgated on Thursday with a fanfare that most Thais have not seen in their lifetime. It was a much-needed lifeline for the never-ending promises of the military junta to bring the country back to a democratic system.
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Excesses will catch up with the regime
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/11/2015
» The Isra online news agency this week reported the government had at the end of June this year placed an order for four bulletproof Mercedes-Maybach S600 Guard sedans costing 78 million baht, for government use in its official duties.
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South China Sea simmers again
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 03/08/2015
» Once again the South China Sea is in the spotlight after the world's only real superpower and the wannabe superpower restarted their spat late last week.
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Time for an Asian Nato?
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/06/2015
» Forgive me if I sound a bit old (trust me, I'm not), but the tensions simmering in this part of the world call to mind the events of decades ago. Have we learned from history? I have to wonder.
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