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Quasi-lockdown may be a step too far
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/06/2021
» People living in Bangkok and nine other "maximum-restriction and controlled" provinces will now feel the pain of a semi-lockdown imposed by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Time to back virus control effort
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/03/2020
» Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has made the right decision, belatedly though.
Govt opts for coronavirus middle road
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/02/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has come under heavy criticism from critics for doing too little too slowly to handle the serious health threat posed by novel coronavirus 2019, now declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a global health emergency.
Saksayam begins job with wrong turns
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/08/2019
» Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob of the Bhumjaithai Party appears to stand out among his colleagues in the cabinet, as far as speed in performing duties is concerned.
Somyot passes the buck, complains later
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/09/2015
» National police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang appears to be waging a one-man war against the Immigration Police Bureau.
Journalists need protection too
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/08/2015
» Have sympathy for Anthony Kwan Hok-chun, a photo-journalist with Initium Media Technology in Hong Kong who had the innocent temerity to want to protect himself from harm with body armour while covering the recent bombing in Bangkok. Mr Kwan was stopped at Suvarnabhumi
Dismal reflection of civil aviation 'efficiency'
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/07/2015
» The long queues are gone, the brief chaos over at Don Mueang airport and only unhappy memories remain for the poor souls forced to wait hours before boarding, or even missing, their flights over the weekend.
Showdown? It's just window-dressing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2014
» The stage was supposedly set for a major showdown on Tuesday. What was not clear was whether it would be a make-or-break confrontation, or just another show of force by the two opposing forces, the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
Threat to shut down Aerothai a mile too far
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/01/2014
» The People’s Democratic Reform Committee and its militant wing, the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand, appear to be emboldened by their latest move, Operation Bangkok Shutdown, which has succeeded in seizing seven major traffic choke points without any resistance from the police.