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Rising to the Zika threat
News, Editorial, Published on 13/09/2016
» It is actually good news that new and improved diagnostic tools have become available to detect and thus fight the Zika virus. This insidious disease, once again caused by mosquito bites, is not fatal, as are its "cousins" dengue and malaria. But the terrible consequences include a heart-breaking brain disorder passed from pregnant women to their babies, as well as the risk of other knock-on illnesses and crippling syndromes.
Seeing red as road signals go manual
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 08/09/2016
» I do not know if it is just my pure bad luck or if it is the entire city that has been in gridlock over the past few weeks.
Bangkok is a mish-mash of laws, zones
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/09/2016
» The Bangkok skyline can be a mess. You walk along a small alley, but after only a few steps a vista comes into view of high-rises, shabby shop houses, temples and slum dwellings.
A misguided bike plan
News, Editorial, Published on 04/06/2016
» The recent controversy over the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) attempt to squeeze a bike lane between rows of large trees around Chitralada Palace has provoked a question on whether its overall bike lane policy should be up for review.
#FalseAdvertising
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 13/05/2016
» I recently went to see a friend at her condo for the first time. The name of her condo has the word "Asok" in it, so I assumed that from the BTS, I would be able to walk or hop on a quick motorsai ride to get there.
A growing concern
News, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2016
» The biggest political issue of the latter 21st century will be how to lessen human population growth.
Wizard of Odd blasts away credibility
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 01/10/2015
» Today is the first day of retirement for Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang, who ended his career as national top cop with the "achievement" of the arrest of two key suspects in August's city blasts.
Colour-coded politics rears ugly head amid bomb probe
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 01/10/2015
» Before he left his post as national police chief, Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang dropped a political bombshell by implicating the anti-government red shirts in the Erawan shrine bombing.
Media not to blame for police failings
News, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2015
» If violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, blaming the media for your failings is the next most desperate place to take shelter. It is a stance that is rarely defensible; those waging a war of words with the messenger look as though they are petty, deflecting uncomfortable truths or unwilling to take responsibility for their actions. Lately, it has become a common refrain for authorities, from junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha down, to lash out at reporters whenever difficult questions are asked or anything remotely controversial is up for discussion.
Pull police into line
News, Editorial, Published on 10/09/2015
» When police chief Somyot Poompunmuang met a group of 259 high- and middle-ranking immigration police officers on Monday, he gave them a document entitled: "Behaviour unbecoming of immigration officers which threatens the security and honour of the police".