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Critics deride 'short' water plan hearing
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 16/10/2013
» LAMPHUN : The first public hearing on a state project under the government's water management scheme was too short and failed to satisfy the court's requirements, environmentalists say.
Rubber protesters get 6pm deadline
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 28/10/2013
» Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Promnok has given rubber protesters in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan district until 6pm today to disperse or face legal action under the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act.
Yingluck to address nation after ICJ rules
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 09/11/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will announce Thailand's stance after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hands down its verdict on the Preah Vihear dispute on Monday, government spokesman Teerat Ratanasevi said.
Experts call for new flood panel
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 25/12/2013
» The Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) is calling for the dissolution of the government's Water and Flood Management Committee (WFMC) and a new panel of water management experts be set up to replace it.
3 schools close doors amid tear gas bedlam
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 27/12/2013
» Schools were forced to cancel classes and evacuate students after police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters trying to disrupt the election candidate registration at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Din Daeng district yesterday morning.
Water project faces risk of more delays
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 10/01/2014
» The controversial 350-billion-baht water management scheme could face further delays following a Supreme Administrative Court judge's recommendation that public hearings into the scheme must be completed before the projects can go ahead.
Capo bides time to nab Suthep
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 17/01/2014
» The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo) will have to wait for the right time to arrest anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul says.
Yingluck stands by Feb 2 poll
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 18/01/2014
» Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra told foreign journalists on Friday there is no democracy without elections, and if the Feb 2 poll goes smoothly it would help to resolve political conflicts faster.
Kittiratt flees angry farmers
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 17/02/2014
» Disgruntled farmers on Monday evening booed and threw objects at caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong, after he failed to give a clear answer on when the authorities would begin paying growers for rice sold under the pledging scheme.
Irate farmers pelt Kittiratt with bottles
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 18/02/2014
» Talks between the caretaker government and rice farmers failed again yesterday.