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Water cannon used on protesters
Online Reporters, Published on 16/10/2020
» Protest leaders declared an end to a third successive night of anti-government demonstrations on Friday after police used water cannon against a large crowd at the Pathumwan intersection in central Bangkok.
Water cannon used on protesters
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/10/2020
» Police on Friday used water cannon against a large crowd at the Pathumwan intersection in central Bangkok.
Mekong drowned in water politics
News, Editorial, Published on 10/01/2021
» The mighty Mekong River is the heart and soul of Southeast Asia. Millions of livelihoods are linked to it, especially in terms of food, energy and water security. Besides giving birth to one of the planet's most biodiverse river basins, the transboundary nature of the river -- which begins its journey in the Tibetan plateau and flows 2,140km through China before entering downstream Southeast Asia -- means it is facing a threat to its existence like none before: hydropolitics.
Land of soap and water
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/01/2018
» A massage parlour in Bangkok welcomed a team of inspectors on Wednesday amid suspicions it has been illegally consuming groundwater.
Somyot in very hot water
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/02/2018
» Based on his media interviews, ex-national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang’s explanation about a 300-million-baht loan he claimed he received from the owner of Victoria’s Secret Massage parlour seems pretty shameless. And unfortunately, it has done little to provide legitimate reasons over why he decided to accept the money and form a close friendship with someone who runs such a shady business. Pol Gen Somyot said he started borrowing money from Kampol Wirathepsuporn, the fugitive owner recently accused of human trafficking and other illicit activities, in October 2014. As the then, newly appointed national top cop, Pol Gen Somyot should have distanced himself from such an ethically dubious loan.
Egco sells East Water stake
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/02/2018
» Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), Thailand’s second-largest private power producer, has sold its entire 18.72% stake in Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Plc (EASTW) to Philippinesbased Manila Water Company Inc.
Africa's man-made water crisis
News, Published on 22/02/2018
» About a decade ago, at a meeting of South African mayors convened by Lindiwe Hendricks, South Africa's then-minister of water and environmental affairs, we predicted that an unprecedented water crisis would hit one of the country's main cities within 15 years, unless water-management practices were improved significantly. That prediction has now come true, with Cape Town facing a shutdown of its piped water network. The question now is whether African leaders will allow our other projection -- that, within the next 25-30 years, many more of the continent's cities will be facing similar crises -- to materialise.
Export possibilities for coconut water
Business, Published on 05/03/2018
» The domestic bottled coconut water market is a tough one, but producers can leverage their products abroad, where Thai provenance is becoming a buzz phrase denoting quality organic products, local players say.
Farmers urged to save water
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/03/2018
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has advised farmers who rely solely on irrigated water not to grow off-season rice to maintain water supplies in case a drought strikes later in the year.
Children 'need water survival skills'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/03/2018
» Children are being warned to swim carefully and work on their water survival skills as schools break for summer and Thailand enters the period every year when most children die from drowning deaths.