• OPINION

  New cabinet must now prove its worth

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/09/2014

  » The private sector has given the thumbs-up to the economic team of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha led by MR Pridiyathorn Devakula, who was appointed deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs.

• OPINION

  Judge NCPO by its performance, not by opinion polls

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/08/2014

  » Bangkok University's Krungthep Poll came out last week with the latest opinion survey on the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) showing it had scored 6.9 points out of 10 for its first three-month performance. By comparison, for that same time period, the Yingluck government scored 4.49 points, and the Abhisit government 3.82 points.

• OPINION

  Threat to shut down Aerothai a mile too far

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/01/2014

  » The People’s Democratic Reform Committee and its militant wing, the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand, appear to be emboldened by their latest move, Operation Bangkok Shutdown, which has succeeded in seizing seven major traffic choke points without any resistance from the police.

• OPINION

  People of Thailand are 'crying for change'

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/11/2013

  » Allow me to borrow some of US President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogans on the theme of change. "Vote for Change", "Change We Can Believe In", "Our Time for Change", "It's about Time. It's about Change", "Stand for Change", or "Organise for Change".

• OPINION

  Only half-truths about infrastructure megaprojects

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/04/2013

  » The government appears to be treating the infrastructure development megaprojects like the rice pledging scheme - withholding key information which is supposed to be disclosed publicly and releasing details only when pressured to do so.

• 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

  Forest issue takes a serious turn for the worse

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/11/2012

  » Can we kiss goodbye to our forests? Green groups won the first round when they forced Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk to halt the issuance of land documents in certain protected areas.

• OPINION

  No shame about lying

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/09/2012

  » When parliament president Somsak Kiatsuranont said on Thursday that he might visit China to attend a provincial trade exposition instead of taking a "study" tour of western Europe which was heavily criticised by the press, I was foolishly misled into thinking that he really felt guilty about spending seven million baht of taxpayers' money on a junket which includes watching an English Premier League soccer match.

• THAILAND

  Weekly highlights

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/04/2012

  » As the country heads into the Songkran celebration an 8.6 magnitude quake off Indonesia set off tsunami alarms across the Indian Ocean -- including six southern coastal provinces in Thailand, where tens of thousands of residents and tourists fled to high ground, temporarily spoiling the festive mood. But not for Thaksin's supporters in the Northeast, a few hundred of whom went to Vientiane to greet him.

• OPINION

  PM's Hat Yai visit belated, but welcome

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/04/2012

  » Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s visit on Monday to the southern tourist city of Hat Yai, her first since she took office last year, is welcome -- no matter how belated it is.

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