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No end to flood woes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/12/2020
» As heavy floods battered the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, causing loss of lives and property, the state has not come any closer to a long-term comprehensive solution.
Cops bend to royalist mob
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2020
» If the scene of a yellow-clad royalist crowd trying to surround and viciously attack a car they believed was carrying Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the ex-leader of the now-defunct Future Forward Party (FFP), at a hotel in a southern province on Wednesday, made the public concerned about the state of disorderliness in the country, the lack of police action in the case demonstrates something much worse. Indeed, the question now is if Thailand is on the verge of becoming a failed state.
Pay heed to fears of SEC
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/10/2020
» In proceeding with the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) that includes an industrial complex in a lush marine area in Songkhla's Chana district, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has failed to heed concerns of locals over permanent damage to their livelihoods and the environment.
South link needs clarity
News, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2020
» As plans for a southern land bridge make the headlines once again, doubts are growing on whether the multi-billion-baht project will ever materialise, despite its economic benefits.
PM, axe this dam project
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2020
» For local residents in Phatthalung's Muang Takua community, a namesake dam project symbolises lack of transparency and misinformation, if not a downright lie.
Rethink 'Asia battery' plan
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/07/2020
» Two years ago this month, the villagers of Attapeu in southern Laos encountered their worst nightmare when the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower dam, which was under construction, failed. Massive torrents of water swept through several villages, causing 71 deaths, heavy damage to properties and left around 7,000 homeless.
Govt railroading Chana complex
News, Editorial, Published on 12/07/2020
» It's a big relief that yesterday's forum on the Chana industrial complex in the province of Songkhla passed without confrontation or incident. Yet, it would be a big mistake for the state to use a forum that was riddled with irregularities to justify its push for the controversial scheme.
Seawall plan needs review
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/05/2020
» When civic and pro-democracy elements opposed the extension of the emergency decree for another month, state authorities, especially those from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), tried to calm them down, saying that the draconian law is only meant to control the coronavirus outbreak better.
SEC forums 'insensitive'
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/05/2020
» State agencies' plan to hold public consultations about the controversial Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) in Songkhla's Chana district this week deserve criticism, if not a certain amount of anger.
Corridor must get local input
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2020
» Despite restrictions on movement necessitated by the Covid-19 outbreak, locals and conservationists in Songkhla's Chana district, whose abundant land has been designated for the industrial development of the South, have found ways to spell out their discontent at the top-down plan.