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Revisit the pickup rule
News, Editorial, Published on 21/04/2017
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), Department of Land Transport (DLT) and police must come up with a clear decision on pickup tray passengers soon or confusion will reign.
NOC needs to be resurrected
News, Editorial, Published on 01/04/2017
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has placed a risky bet on the production and sale of one of the nation's most valuable assets, natural gas, by rushing to approve on Thursday two bills amending the 1971 Petroleum Act and the 1971 Petroleum Income Tax Act amid much controversy.
The moral high ground
News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2017
» The standard of responsibility and ethics set by Thai PBS director Krisda Rueangareerat and National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commissioner Supinya Klangnarong should be one that state officials, politicians and public figures strive to attain.
A time for govt sacrifice
News, Editorial, Published on 11/03/2017
» The manner in which Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha chose to make a plea for Thais to sacrifice by paying 1% more in value-added tax (VAT) as well as the timing could not be more wrong.
Trump's IP actions unfair
News, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2017
» US President Donald Trump last week issued a new directive on transnational crime. Its preamble stated that cross-border crime, especially drug cartels, have spread, "threatening the safety of the United States and its citizens". But in the meaty part of the executive order he slipped in something else. In addition to a crackdown on human, drug and arms trafficking, Mr Trump ordered new and strong actions against corruption, cybercrime -- and theft of intellectual property (IP).
End Obama war legacy
News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2017
» When outgoing United States president Barack Obama peacefully turned over power to his successor Donald Trump -- a mark of true democracy -- he also handed him some seven separate wars. Four days later, the military and intelligence community briefed Mr Trump on the controversial and costly war in Yemen. Five days after that, on Jan 29, he ordered a raid by the famous US Navy SEAL Team 6. President Trump's order was to kill a top-level al-Qaeda commander and seize documents from his Bayda province compound.
Solutions available to start wind projects
News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2017
» A Supreme Administrative Court ruling last Tuesday on the illegality of the use of agriculturally designated land by Thep Sathit Wind Farm Co's project to convert wind into electricity in Chaiyaphum province could jeopardise other planned wind power projects or the country's overall development of this type of renewable energy.
US risks losing foreign talent
News, Editorial, Published on 02/02/2017
» In a little less than two weeks in office, US President Donald Trump has put a new dimension on what he has called a "new world order".
The futility of the NACC
News, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2017
» The past two weeks have seen more details about high-level corruption emerge than any similar period in memory. There have been details of eye-watering amounts of bribery over foreign purchases of aircraft engines. Agents of the top state-run telephone and electricity suppliers received kickbacks for buying hundreds of kilometres of wire. The world's most respected graft watcher reported that 100 countries have less corruption than Thailand. Depressingly, it is clear for now that the agencies tasked with fighting corruption are dragging their feet.
Muslim ban is shameful
News, Editorial, Published on 30/01/2017
» The United States last weekend began enforcing the immigration policies of its new president, Donald Trump. Mr Trump campaigned for office on a promise to ban Muslims, saying he would institute a "temporary" ban until US security was tightened against extremists. Such a ban, besides being immoral, is going to be almost impossible to enforce, yet in the event, he has begun what is essentially an odious and global offensive against Muslims.