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Going round in rubbish management circles
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 08/07/2017
» Junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has been featured in the current campaign to reduce the consumption of plastic bags. The campaign, being run by the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, urges people to use cloth bags instead.
Tale of activist's 'stupidity' hard to swallow
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/03/2017
» Chaiyapoom Pasae must have been really stupid. He was a local Lahu boy. He knew where the military had set up their semi-permanent checkpoint. He had with him 2,800 tablets of ya ba, a knife and a hand grenade -- all stuff that could put him in jail.
Govt adds fuel to fire as resentment builds
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/07/2015
» What's all the fuss about the arrest of 14 so-called students who broke the law? Many in social media have expressed their bewilderment.
Shelved land tax sorely needed public backing
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 13/03/2015
» 'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin, 1789.
Development forges on, but at what cost?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/12/2014
» US President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his executive authority to impose an indefinite ban on oil and gas exploration in Alaska's picturesque Bristol Bay, home to beluga and killer whales and the endangered North Pacific right whale.
Security overkill stifles protesters' right to speak out
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 17/10/2014
» It was deja vu all over again in the southern tourist haven of Krabi on Monday.
Egat needs to listen to locals over coal power plant
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 03/10/2014
» What were soldiers armed with war weapons doing at a public hearing on a proposed sea port for transporting coal to a proposed coal-fired power plant in Krabi last week?
Mining giant fails to cow angry villagers
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 14/03/2014
» Mention Loei and what comes to mind? Probably Phu Kradung National Park and the tourist district of Chiang Khan.
Yingluck government must end public hearings farce
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/11/2013
» I'm really amazed at how the Yingluck Shinawatra-led government is capable of ticking people off even as she presents her innocent-looking and ever-smiling face to the world.
Impact assessment process has glaring flaws
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 13/09/2013
» An impromptu street drama took place last Sunday in front of Wat Phon Thong in tambon Na Pong of Loei's Muang district. The temple was the venue of a public hearing to consider an application to expand a gold mining area.