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Thaksin must face inconvenient truth
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/12/2023
» A big question mark remains over the fate of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra: Will he continue to stay on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital for medical treatment of unknown ailments? Or will he be sent back to Bangkok Remand Prison?
'Chuvit Garden' plans face scrutiny
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/04/2023
» Many Bangkokians not living in the Sukhumvit area may not realise that there used to be a small park, named Chuvit Garden, at the entrance of Soi Sukhumvit 10.
Spare 'Toon' from carping over his run
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/12/2021
» With the dark shadow of the Omicron variant looming, the year 2022, which is just a week away, was never going to be a year of untold happiness to begin with for most people in the world, including Thailand.
Opening needs caution with every step
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/10/2021
» Living with Covid-19 seems to be the inconvenient reality that several countries have accepted after realising that, unless there is an effective vaccine that can protect us from getting infected, the virus will remain with us and affect our livelihoods for the foreseeable future.
Crisis sees acclaimed response unravel
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/07/2021
» A doomed atmosphere, characterised by mixed feelings of despair, disappointment, anger, and frustration among many of us, seems to have engulfed society as Covid-19 infections and deaths from the virulent virus are rising by the day.
Vaccine buy bears up to scrutiny
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2021
» Thank you Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Progressive Movement, for helping shed the light on the initiative of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the founding of a pharmaceutical firm, Siam Bioscience, 12 years ago, which was not widely known among Thais outside medical circles.
Endless din hinders rather than helps
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/10/2020
» This Wednesday is touted to be another day of mass protest by the "reincarnated" anti-establishment Khana Ratsadorn group, formerly known as the Free Youth Movement, Free People Movement and, lately, the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration.
Letting 'Oak' off needs explaining
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/06/2020
» Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra, the only son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin, should count himself as one of the lucky few in this country to be granted special treatment from the Office of the Attorney-General.
Army's role in boxing a shady affair
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/03/2020
» Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, located on the grounds of the Royal Thai Army Sports Centre on Ram Intra road in Bangkok's suburbs, has earned a bad reputation after being blamed for a Covid-19 cluster which has, so far, infected more than 50 people with the deadly disease.
'Flash mob' leaves FFP with work to do
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/12/2019
» There were as many bystanders as party supporters among the few thousand people who converged in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and the Pathumwan skywalk on Saturday evening where the Future Forward Party (FFP) held its "flash mob" to test public response to its call for justice for the party after the Election Commission (EC) last week asked the Constitutional Court to dissolve the party over a 191-million-baht "loan" to the party by its leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.