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New NHS interpretation 'devastating' to UC
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/01/2016
» The Council of State's (CoS) interpretation of the National Health Security (NHS) law could devastate the Universal Coverage Healthcare (UC) scheme, a health group says.
Myanmar to appeal Koh Tao murder case
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/12/2015
» Myanmar's ambassador to Thailand, U Win Maung, on Wednesday visited the Lawyers Council of Thailand to seek its help in launching an appeal to the death sentences given to the two men found guilty of killing two British tourists on Koh Tao island last year.
Stifling people’s voices
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2015
» It takes effort to tell strangers what people’s unique homes look like, and it’s a lot more difficult when they are seen as an enemy of economic growth. So villagers from Satun, the southern coastal province on the Andaman Sea, drove 14 hours to Bangkok last week to tell people about the value of their distinctive homes through seminars and a three-day photographic exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Slain red-shirt poet mourned
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/04/2014
» Hundreds of red shirts on Thursday mourned the loss of a renowned pro-government poet and demanded police bring his assailants to justice as quickly as possible.
EOD units train junk shop owners
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/04/2014
» Scrap metal and junk shop owners said training sessions with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units and the Royal Thai Air Force have taught them to be more alert when accepting items.
Farmer suicides: debt ‘not sole cause’
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/02/2014
» A recent spate of farmer suicides was not solely caused by delayed pledged rice scheme payments, the Department of Mental Health (DMH) says.
Police told to solve Sutin killing
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/02/2014
» The People's Army and a network arm of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot) yesterday demanded police speed up the investigation into the shooting of security guard Sutin Tharatin.
Sutin killed by random attack, expert says
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/01/2014
» The fatal shooting of protest leader Sutin Tharatin on Sunday more likely resulted from a random attack rather than him being singled out, forensic expert Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand says.
PDRC boosts security after bombing
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/01/2014
» The People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) has stepped up security at its Lat Phrao rally stage after the site was hit by a grenade early yesterday morning, wounding two people.
More doubt cast over Akeyuth case
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/08/2013
» The findings of a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) probe into the murder of businessman Akeyuth Anchanbutr contradict the account offered by the men accused of his killing.