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Chadchart needs more time on the job
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sitttipunt has come under fire from critics over failing to solve flood problems in the capital after it was lashed with heavy rain last Tuesday night.
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Maybe we should prepare for the worst
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/07/2015
» Former weatherman Smith Dharmasaroja is well known for his doomsday predictions, such as his forecast in 1998 that a tsunami would hit southwestern Thailand, which actually came true seven years later.
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Of drought, and cats, and rain gods
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/06/2015
» Black Siamese cats are in high demand these days. No, not for dining tables in China, but for <i>hae nang maew</i>, a ritual to ask the deity for rain, as much of the country suffers under the worst drought in memory.
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Plodprasop has lost all credibility
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/09/2013
» The quote of the week comes directly from the horse’s mouth - Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi speaking about the 388km protest march against the Mae Wong dam project spearheaded by Sasin Chalermlarb, secretary-general of the Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation.
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Going global, for the wrong reasons
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/05/2013
» Civic society groups in Thailand have been doing it for so many years – internationalising local conflicts involving the government so that, hopefully, external pressure will be brought upon the government to resolve the issue.
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B350bn megaproject sadly under-studied
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/03/2013
» The massive flooding in 2011 was ranked by the World Bank as the fourth costliest natural disaster up until that year, surpassed only by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in the same year, the 1995 Kobe earthquake and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Suffering Klity Creek people finally get some justice
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/01/2013
» In a landmark environmental case, the Supreme Administrative Court on Thursday ordered the Pollution Control Department to pay nearly four million baht in compensation for lead poisoning to 22 Karen villagers at Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/10/2012
» The approach of tropical storm Gaemi and the possibility of another major flood, or not, is dominating the headlines.
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Tests of khlongs are also a test of Plodprasop
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/09/2012
» Residents of Lat Phrao, Bang Khen, Sai Mai, Chatuchak, Huai Khwang, Bang Phlat, Bangkok Yai, Thawi Watthana and Bang Khae should mark Sept 5-7 on their calendars or in their smart phones.
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Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/08/2012
» Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat appears to have resolved his conflict in his ministry with his abrupt transfer of three generals. But Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi is caught in a three-way war of words with the City Hall and a group of water experts on the flood prevent plan. In the deep South, militants went on bomb-planting spree to mark their national day.
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