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When the Floods Came, Wouldn’t Leave and Moved in, …to Stay
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Bangkok/ Southern Thailand Flood Zones
As people living outside the PWZ (Privileged Water Zone) of Bangkok proper, residents of Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Chaeng Wattana, Don Muang, Bang Plad, Charansanitwong Rd., Bang Bon, Muang Ake, Ransgsit and so many other recently marginalized communities realize the vast majority of flood relief efforts are basically over-predictably...
Pinocchio’s Nose Grows,… (or … Is Yingluck REally “The Right ‘Man’ in the Right Job?”)
Monday, November 7, 2011
Bangkok/ Flood Zone
Opinion/ Analysis: Burin Kantabutra
PM Yingluck says that she’s too busy fighting the floods to reshuffle her Cabinet now – yet, she made time to appoint a new police chief, (along with trying to initiate a slew of populist initiatives ) even though the cops have been playing only a very minor role in helping flood victims vis-à-vis the army.
But, even...
Opposing Views: Abhisit AWOL or Ready to Help Yingluck…?
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Bangkok
Opposing Opinion Editorials by Burin Kantabutra and Siam Man: Is Abhisit AWOL on Vacation to Maldives or is
Abhisit Ready to Help Yingluck, Waiting for an Invitation?
Burin Kantabutra writes:
Some persons mistakenly defend Khun Abhisit’s vacation trip to the Maldives in the midst of our worst flooding in half a century, saying, “Why stay when...
Practical Flood Disaster News You Can Use, … Flood Updates Around Bangkok
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Northern/Eastern Bangkok
Maybe Time for Thai Voters to Seriously Reconsider Their Election Ballots… As weeping PM Yingluck Thursday concedes Bangkok flood situation has reached crisis level
Immigration Division 1 (Chaeng Wattana) will be serviced by some officers available only for emergency cases during October 27-31.
Water has encircled Rangsit’s Thammassat...
Heavy Flooding Spreads to New Areas of the Country Amid Heavy Rains
September 30th, 2011
Bangkok
10,000 Army Troops Activated for Flood Relief Efforts
Flooding continues to pose major problems nearly country wide as rainy weather and storms persist sporadically, recently hitting Chiang Mai province and causing mudslides and inundation in downtown Chiang Mai.
Life Threatening Floods Hit Throughout Areas of Thailand With 190 Deaths
Flooding worsened in the heart of...
Death Toll From Flooding Rises to 20 in 16 Provinces in the North, Northeast, Central Regions, Elsewhere
Friday August 12th, 2011
Bangkok
Prime Minister Yingluck to Visit Flooded Provinces
Updated: Bangkok and areas nearby to the south, Northern, Central and Northeastern Thailand have been deluged with the heavy effects of Monsoon Nock- Ten which is sending ever growing high water levels pushing downstream into northern Bangkok’s upper Chao Phraya basin that are expected to peak at under 1.8 meters,...
