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Perennial dam project threatens locals' way of life
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 07/10/2014
» The big meal — fermented wild mushrooms and soybeans wrapped in leaves, boiled bamboo shoots, sticky rice, and pomelo — was ready long before the guests arrived. It was no trouble for Pan Chankaew to prepare such a feast for his guests from town.
Mae Song cadmium clean-up promised
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/10/2014
» The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) has vowed to enforce strict legal measures to eradicate cadmium contamination in the Mae Tao river basin.
NHRC wants Petroleum Act revoked
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/09/2014
» The Petroleum Act 1971 should be revoked as it violates human rights, a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seminar has heard.
Water plan goes before the public
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will host seminars to "listen to problems" from the North, Central and Eastern regions this month on a draft for a water management roadmap, officials say.
Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.
Regime must heed South energy worries
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/08/2014
» The arrests of energy reform activists from the South during their march to Bangkok highlights the junta’s desire to stop public protests under martial law. But it also shows the regime’s support for industrial development in the face of locals' struggles to protect the environment, the source of their livelihoods.
Artists reboot energy march
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/08/2014
» An artist couple joined a symbolic march from Songkhla to Bangkok demanding national energy reform from the National Council for Peace and Order yesterday, despite the arrest of 11 of their fellow activists on Wednesday.
Experts back healthcare fee hike
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/07/2014
» A co-payment scheme combined with the universal coverage (UC) scheme will improve the healthcare service, experts say.
Myanmar workers fear blitz
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/06/2014
» Myanmar workers are concerned that a crackdown is imminent after the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) announced it will review policies on the management of migrant labour.
NHRC urges fast anti-mine protest probe
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/06/2014
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is pressing Loei police to speed up their investigation into an attack by armed men on anti-mine protesters in Wang Saphung district on May 15.