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Vans are only a start to fixing road crisis
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/01/2017
» It took the lives of 25 people, including the drivers, of a passenger van and a pickup truck, in the worst road accident this year, to provide a saddening wake-up call for the government to do something in earnest to rein in passenger vans.
Not much hope of voters understanding the charter
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/02/2016
» The completed draft constitution by Meechai Ruchuphan's Constitution Drafting Committee is up for public scrutiny. It is a thick volume of importance, yet boring to read because of all the legal jargon that is difficult to understand, even for people with some legal background.
Looking trendy, but stupid
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/01/2016
» There must be many redundant angels wandering about this so-called Land of Smiles - to match the number of gullible people who have nothing better to do than raise these infant-like Angel Child dolls - Thailand's latest trendy fad.
Dhammakaya splits the Sangha and Thai society
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/01/2016
» There is little doubt about the influence of the Dhammakaya sect among the middle class in this country. That influence has now spread to the Sangha Supreme Council.
The truth must be made known
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/11/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon told the media last week he would no longer talk to them about the Rajabhakti Park scandal until a new team investigating alleged irregularities has come up with its findings.
Rice-scheme fan Kittiratt defends the indefensible
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2015
» Former deputy prime minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong seems to take pride in being one of the staunchest defenders of the Pheu Thai Party's botched rice pledging scheme and former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is facing dereliction of duty charges for mishandling the rice scheme that caused huge losses to the state.
Chance to reform Sangha is slipping away
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2015
» Paiboon Nititawan, chairman of the National Reform Council's committee on Buddhism, made a shock announcement last week that the panel would disband after accomplishing its mission.
Judge sackings send shockwaves across the benches
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/08/2014
» It is being described as the biggest scandal in the history of the Thai judiciary. Four senior judges, including a former vice-president of the Supreme Court and a former president of the Appeals Court, have been sacked for gross disciplinary violations by the judicial committee.
Politics of hate must not be allowed to prevail
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/03/2014
» The old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” is no less relevant today. And one picture which appeared on the front pages of most dailies on Tuesday, or the video clip that went viral in the social media, tells a story so blatant, so un-Buddhist that no words are really needed at all.
Surapong conveniently omitting the facts
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/12/2013
» Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul was very quick to condemn the anti-government protesters for the violence in front of the Thai-Japanese youth centre in Din Daeng on Thursday.