• OPINION

  Tragedy, farce in Mountain B saga

  Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/08/2022

  » By now, many of us may have lost interest in the deadly fire at the Mountain B pub in Sattahip district of Chon Buri province because they are occupied with other more pressing issues such as inflation.

• OPINION

  Taweesilp's limelight fully earned

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/04/2020

  » Taweesilp Visanuyothin is the "New Kid in Town" at the moment.

• OPINION

  Bad judgement is risking lives

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/04/2020

  » Yet another mistake. And, again, it involves an army officer. Maj-Gen Kosol Chujai, a specialist attached to the Office of the Defence Permanent Secretary, who was assigned to help health officials with the screening of arriving passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, let 152 arriving Thai passengers go home on Friday night after they protested and refused to enter quarantine at state facilities.

• OPINION

  Erawan bomber must be caught

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/08/2015

  » The bomber is a savage and the bomb he planted at the Erawan Shrine on Ratchaprasong intersection was meant to kill. That came straight from the mouth of Pol Gen Somyot Pumpunmuang, the national police chief, during an interview at the scene of the deadly explosion on Monday night.

• OPINION

  What does Capo do, except spend money?

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/05/2014

  » Their names are not familiar. Most people do not remember Lilaiwan Promchai and Nattaya Rotsungnoen.

• OPINION

  25%+ is too high a price to pay

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/07/2013

  » Twenty-five plus is the average percentage of under-the-table fees - or gao jia (dog eats) as the Chinese call it - that businessmen are made to pay to corrupt politicians and bureaucrats in order to secure a concession, procurement or construction contract from government agencies these days.

• OPINION

  Curfew, or not, in the far South?

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/02/2013

  » Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung appears to be at odds with Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat over whether or not a limited curfew should be imposed in certain parts of the restive deep South - and he certainly has his work cut if he hopes to push it through.

• THAILAND

  Highlights of the week

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/12/2012

  » Thais across the country turned out in force to celebrate HM the King's birthday on Wednesday; the unrest in the far South takes a turn for the worse with two teachers killed and one seriously wounded in a matter of two weeks; and a three-day blackout in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan drove most tourists away before electricity supplies were resurrected on Friday morning.

• OPINION

  Overestimating Pitak Siam's power

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/11/2012

  » I couldn't agree more with Korkaew Pikulthong's objection to the proposed use of the Internal Security Act (ISA)in parts of Bangkok to deal with the Pitak Siam-initiated anti-government rally scheduled to take place this Saturday at the Royal Plaza.

• THAILAND

  Weekly highlights

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/05/2012

  » The debate on the lese majeste law was revived, with fresh calls for legal amendments, following the sudden death of convicted offender Ah Kong. The rising cost of living remains a topical issue, with the Commerce Ministry finally backtracking on its claim there is no problem, as the government moves to freeze prices. And the long delayed computer tablets for schools deal was finally inked.

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