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Pla Boo's doomsday prophesy, and public gullibility
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/01/2012
» A young boy made predictions of bad things that would happen to us more than 30 years ago. And believe it or not, many of us took his doomsday prophesy seriously.
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The prime minister's new challenge
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/02/2012
» As head of a super committee charged with water resources management and flood prevention, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has accepted a real challenge which will prove against her critics that she is more than just a pretty face with a sense of high fashion.
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Water agencies just can't seem to communicate
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/02/2012
» The conflicting statements from the various agencies about the current, unseasonal flooding in Sena district of Ayutthaya are as confusing as they are worrisome. They show that the agencies do not even communicate with one another, let alone cooperate.
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No more blame games, please
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/02/2012
» Now that the government appears to have full powers to manage water resources, it must take full responsibility and not try to pass the blame to others if there is another flood this year, or any year.
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Pheu Thai needs to gauge red shirt emotions
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/04/2012
» Last Thursday's visit to Ban Si Sao Theves by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and three of her four deputies _ Yongyuth Wichaidit, Kittirat Na-Ranong and Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa _ to perform a rod nam dam hua ceremony for Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda offended quite a few red shirts who strongly feel the prime minister's gesture amounts to a kowtowing to the amataya elitist clique represented by the retired general.
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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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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 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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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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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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