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Academics call for tobacco tax raise to cut smoking
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/05/2014
» Health academics are calling on the government to raise tobacco taxes to cut smoking.
NHSO forum floats local management
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/05/2014
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has been encouraging the participation of stakeholders in the improvement of health security systems via public hearings.
To save forests, protect their guardians
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/04/2014
» While forest authorities have failed miserably to protect land from big money and corruption, they have made indigenous forest dwellers the scapegoats of deforestation, despite the fact that these people have been living on this land for generations.
Boffins call for national dump study
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/03/2014
» Academics have called on relevant sectors to monitor the condition of landfills and rubbish dumps nationwide to prevent a repeat of the Phraeksa garbage fire disaster.
New illegal waste laws are unnecessary
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/03/2014
» Maybe I am too pessimistic, but I was quite disappointed when I heard the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Vichet Kasemthongsri saying on Tuesday that he would push forward a bill for more efficient industrial waste management.
PDRC leader seeks red peace accord
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/01/2014
» A protest leader in Nonthaburi yesterday said he is working out an agreement with red shirts in the province to avoid violence.
Protesters set new site at Health Ministry
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/01/2014
» Hundreds of Nonthaburi-based People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) members decided to leave the Chaeng Wattana stage on Thursday to set up their own stage in front of the Public Health Ministry.
WFMC defends B350bn scheme
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/11/2013
» The government's 350-billion-baht water management scheme is well-planned and will be able to safeguard the country from future major floods, the Water and Flood Management Committee (WFMC) told an international forum on water management.
Networks needed 'to handle flood risk'
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/11/2013
» Bangkok must prepare for severe flooding caused by climate change in the near future, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) adviser Bhichit Rattakul has warned.
NHSO urges more worker contributions
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/10/2013
» The Social Security Office (SSO) should prepare for an ageing society by raising members' contributions by 5% every five years, says an academic from the National Health Security Office (NHSO).