• OPINION

  Cops are queuing up for inactive posts

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/02/2023

  » It has been quite an entertaining week although admittedly not everyone involved will see the funny side. An Air Force officer says he is happy he was caught after snatching a necklace at a gold shop because he wanted to get away from his wife and a prison cell would do nicely. A rather bizarre motive, but he got his wish. Apparently a lengthy spell in the slammer beats a daily nagging.

• OPINION

  Lady Plods in charge at the cop shop

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/04/2016

  » Good news for the Lady Plods. Last Sunday, the Post reported that for the first time in Thailand, a trio of policewomen could soon become police station chiefs. This is not before time. The three ladies in question are police colonels, academically qualified and have worked many years as inquiry officers. They can definitely look after themselves.

• OPINION

  Messing about with monsters in the park

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/09/2016

  » The most entertaining story of the week has been the round-up of monitor lizards in Lumpini Park, featuring diligent officials and a posse of perspiring newsmen stumbling about chasing after some 400 or so reptiles estimated to be residing in the park.

• OPINION

  Seeing red as Sgt Nop takes over lights

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/09/2016

  » Reports that Bangkok police have been ordered to abandon computerised traffic lights and return to manual handling have not exactly been greeted with dancing in the streets by the city's long-suffering motorists.

• OPINION

  It could be fun, in a strange sort of way

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/01/2021

  » A number of readers -- well, three -- have asked why last week's column did not contain the usual predictions for the coming year. My feeling at the time was that with the dark cloud of Covid-19 hovering over us it seemed a bit inappropriate to carry the usual frivolous PostScript predictions. However, I have had a change of heart and considering we are only 10 days into the New Year it is not too late to make silly forecasts.

• OPINION

  Possibly time to look on the bright side

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/01/2018

  » Having just about scraped through the Year of the Chicken, here we are seven days into 2018 and wondering what's in store during the Year of the Dog. It probably won't be all that great, but we'll leave the gloom and doom to the experts. Let's just hope it's a least a bit more enjoyable than the past couple of years which have really been quite awful, and almost of an annus horribilis nature.

• OPINION

  A look back at another 'amazing' year

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/12/2017

  » It is customary at this time of the year to take a not too serious look back on the past 12 months, although there are some events you may well prefer to forget. If nothing else it will serve as a reminder that Thailand will always be Truly Amazing.

• OPINION

  There have probably been better years

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/12/2015

  » Well, we've just about scraped through 2015, although there have been a few dicey moments. Most of us will be happy to see the back of the Year of the Sheep, or was it the Goat? I never did quite work that out. It is customary at this time to look back on the past 12 months, although there are some events you might prefer to forget. If nothing else it serves as a reminder that Thailand will always be Truly Amazing.

• OPINION

  A fair (traffic) cop

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/02/2012

  » One of the more encouraging news items of the week was the report that policewomen are now back on the streets of the Big Mango with the unenviable task of handling traffic duty. Eighteen ladies who used to provide security for VIPs and were known as the Sweet Troop will be taking their saccharine charms to the streets.

• OPINION

  A headline that went around the world

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/01/2024

  » There has recently been some discussion concerning the quirky law that bans the sale of alcohol in supermarkets and restaurants from 2pm to 5pm and also before 11am.

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