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One small step for Yingluck
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/02/2012
» As far as the government is concerned, the 10-million baht cost of staging the "Love Thailand, Move Thailand Forward" gala dinner at Government House on Friday was worth the cost despite all the criticism of bad taste, waste of taxpayers' money, a PR stunt, etc from a host of critics.
Water agencies just can't seem to communicate
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/02/2012
» The conflicting statements from the various agencies about the current, unseasonal flooding in Sena district of Ayutthaya are as confusing as they are worrisome. They show that the agencies do not even communicate with one another, let alone cooperate.
The prime minister's new challenge
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/02/2012
» As head of a super committee charged with water resources management and flood prevention, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has accepted a real challenge which will prove against her critics that she is more than just a pretty face with a sense of high fashion.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/02/2012
» Students and lecturers at Thammasat University take sides as the clash of opinions over the lese majeste law fuelled by the Nitirat group's campaign splits the campus. In the far South, the government finally admitted that paramilitary rangers killed four innocent civilians and wounded five others. As for the flood prevention plan, there is no good news.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2012
» Two street protests greeted the government this week with more to come soon and the government's plan for a two billion baht compensation package for victims of political violence seems to have backfired. But the "talk of the town" is the ear-bashing incident at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Dirty business at Chatuchak market
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/01/2012
» As the management of the Chatuchak weekend market moves from Bangkok City Hall to the State Railway of Thailand, organised criminal gangs are busy extorting money from vendors - who must pay if they want to continue doing business there.