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Mass jab hopes a crucial test for Prayut
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/05/2021
» Despite reassurances from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that the mass Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 60 and those suffering from seven non-communicable underlying diseases across the country will proceed as scheduled on June 7, scepticism remains strong among many about whether this administration can still be trusted after repeated blunders in the handling of the pandemic.
Govt leaves Thamanat sore to fester
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/09/2019
» Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow must have been a valuable asset of the government to justify both Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam coming to his defence over his criminal past in connection with a drug trafficking case in Australia about three decades ago and over his questionable educational background while other cabinet ministers keep their distance from the scandal.
Election prospects take another knock
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/05/2017
» Earlier last week, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told us the next election, which was to be held in accordance with the government's political roadmap, might be postponed if unrest is still prevalent.
Paiboon's effort to clean up prisons deserves support
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2014
» Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has every reason to feel frustrated with the Corrections Department for its failure to stop drug trafficking from prisons and the smuggling of cellphones for use by imprisoned drug kingpins.
A heinous crime indeed
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/07/2014
» My heart-felt condolences to the family of Nong Kaem, the 13-year old girl who was raped, murdered and her body thrown from a train by a worker paid to change the bedding on the sleeper carriages.