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Old solutions no answer to dust menace
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 25/01/2021
» When pressured by newshounds last week about another round of PM2.5 dust that has blanketed the capital city and some other provinces for several days in a row, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon answered, "The government has tackled it all along." Really?
Outbreak highlights our complacency
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/12/2020
» We are seemingly paying a high price for Covid-19 complacency.
Haze saga shows flaws in approach
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 01/02/2019
» As the country's fight against the pollution crisis continues, almost all state agencies are boasting of some progress in their work.
You can't rely on luck to end road carnage
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/12/2018
» The numbers never lie; the state's efforts to tackle road fatalities have paid off. According to the Road Safety Group Thailand, the country's ranking improved from No.2 in the world, with 36.2 traffic-related deaths per 100,000 people, to No.9, with the deaths being reduced to 34:100,000.
Phuket boat tragedy shows our indifference
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 09/07/2018
» Forty-two is the latest number of tourists who fell victims to a boat mishap in Phuket last week. Or should I say, to be more exact, that they were victims of negligence, sheer dereliction of duty of the authorities concerned and of a "This Is Thailand" culture?
PM must tread carefully or else feel the heat
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 29/01/2018
» If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his NCPO brothers are not in the habit of checking the temperature, it's the time for them to start.
Speed focus not making roads safer
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/05/2017
» During my recent trip back from Chiang Mai last week, I was suddenly stopped by police who issued me a speeding ticket.
Prevention is the drowning scourge cure
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/07/2016
» The recent report about drowning being the biggest killer of children in Thailand between 2006 and last year is sad indeed.
Keep fingers crossed in bid to stem Mers
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/06/2015
» The Public Health Ministry seems to be taking pride that it has performed well in dealing with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) health challenge. It's just that two words are missing from that sentence: "so far".
Rail crossings don't have to be death traps
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/06/2015
» At last, the Transport Ministry has decided to make railway crossings, a notorious death trap for motorists in this country, safer.