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Who's directing behind the scenes?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/05/2024
» The speechwriter who wrote the speech delivered by Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra at the party meeting on May 3 did a lousy job which consequently put her in hot water.
PM needs to be open to public criticism
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/10/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is desperately rallying the public to get behind the Pheu Thai Party's controversial digital wallet scheme. Known as the "helicopter money" scheme, the plan -- which will see 10,000 baht in digital cash remitted to all Thais aged 16 and above -- was one of the policies the party had promised its supporters ahead of the May 14 election.
No shame in enlisting the wealthy
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/04/2020
» Imagine the scene of a courtroom, a defendant is escorted in by a prison guard and seated next to his lawyer. Outside the courtroom, several angry people are gathering, with some of them cursing the defendant because of his notorious track record.
Fallout from Ja New attack hurts govt
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/07/2019
» Fingers are pointing at the government with accusations about its indifference to, or ignorance of, political violence; or even complicity in the violence itself over the brutal attack on anti-junta political activist Sirawith "Ja New" Seritiwat by four unidentified perpetrators in Klong Sam Wa district in Bangkok on Friday.
National happiness is a state of mind for all of us
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/06/2014
» The buzz phrase of the moment for the National Council for Peace and Order is “Bring back happiness to the people”.
Comfort letter makes GSB chief squirm in his seat
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/02/2014
» Many of us, I believe, are well aware of the phrase "comfort women", those unfortunate women and girls in countries occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II who were forced into prostitution in organised brothels to satisfy the sexual appetite of its soldiers. There are several films about this dark side of the war.
Just stop telling lies
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/01/2014
» As predicted, the government will not be able to keep its promise to rice farmers that they will definitely be paid today, Jan 31 -- just as all the other promises of payment been broken -- because the government itself is broke but has stubbornly refused to accept it and has kept lying to the farmers.
Government's prospects are looking bleak
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/01/2014
» It appears the government is keen to blame everyone else _ among them the Election Commission and the People's Democratic Reform Committee _ for its broken promises to pay the farmers for their harvests pledged with the government since October, the beginning of rice pledging scheme for the 2o13-14 second crops.
Govt slow to share facts of high-speed rail
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/09/2013
» I couldn't agree more with the Bangkok Post reader who said investment bankers might already be counting how much they stand to earn from the estimated 3.16 billion baht in interest on the 2.2-trillion-baht loan the government intends taking out.
Is the government digging its own grave?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/07/2013
» There seems to be no stopping the government in its desperate attempt to push through its most ambitious project, the two trillion baht infrastructure development plan, despite warnings of a huge "trap" that may threaten the government's very survival.