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Shinawatras leave a tainted legacy
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/09/2017
» When former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra failed to show up at the Supreme Court just before the verdict of her trial for alleged malfeasance on Aug 25, it portended an uncertain fate for her Pheu Thai Party.
Pai Dao Din's father vows to seek justice amid uncertainty
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, or Pai Dao Din, may have passed the last subject of his undergraduate course last Friday, but no one knows if he will be able to celebrate his graduation with friends at the end of this year.
Regime puts journalists in the crosshairs
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/03/2017
» Freedom of expression is under threat in the post-coup era, and now Thai journalists are in the firing line. Since last month, the nation's media circle has been shaken by the "bill on rights protection, ethical promotion and standards of media professionals" -- the media rights protection bill -- proposed by the media reform steering panel of the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA).
Freeze on subsidies to hit hospitals
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/09/2014
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is lowering its public health targets and freezing hospital subsidies for the next fiscal year after the government cut the universal healthcare budget.
Karen evictions illegal, rights group says
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/09/2014
» The eviction of Karen villagers from Kaeng Krachan National Park in 2011 was illegal, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ruled.
Thai teenage pregnancy rate rising
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/09/2014
» Thailand will not overcome its growing problem of teenage pregnancy without collaboration from all sectors of society, health experts said yesterday at a national conference.
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.
Evicted Karen villagers take their fight to court
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/09/2014
» Karen villagers accused of encroachment in Kaeng Krachan National Park have launched a lawsuit against the authorities.
Patients call for end to free A&E scheme
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/08/2014
» The Thai Medical Error Network (TMEN), a patients' rights group, has called on the government to suspend the free emergency healthcare scheme, saying the service is actually causing financial problems for some patients.