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PM's bold claims
Postbag, Published on 21/12/2023
» Re: "PM plugs Land Bridge in Japan", (BP, Dec 19).
Illegal pork saga must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/11/2023
» The smuggled pork saga is getting more rotten and its foul smell seems to be travelling afar as the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has unveiled more details about its ongoing probe.
Fighting pork smugglers
News, Editorial, Published on 20/10/2023
» The government's crackdown on pork smugglers is good news, if not overdue. The unbridled smuggling of such a basic food ingredient violates the law, impairs the country's food hygiene standards, and undermines small-scale swine farms.
Shine light on illegal pork
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/07/2023
» The latest news about the Department of Special Investigation's (DSI) probe into illegal pork has shed light on a serious issue that, if left unchecked, will pose problems for the country's food security.
Can the PM survive Year of the Tiger?
News, Published on 24/01/2022
» Enter the Year of the Tiger. But the start of the year does not augur well for the coalition government and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
ASF scandal, pork prices hit govt credibility
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/01/2022
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government has survived five waves of Covid-19 but it could finally be brought down sick by a swine virus.
Pork crisis rubs salt into government wounds
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 15/01/2022
» Despite numerous presents from the government over the New Year celebrations, the public's jovial spirit was quickly dampened by a rush of bad news, first and foremost, the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and reports of African swine fever (ASF) wreaking havoc on the pig farming industry.
Let's have ASF answers
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/01/2022
» An enraged public, battered by Covid-19 and rising living costs, is expecting heads to roll following allegations that livestock department officials covered up an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that has been blamed for soaring pork prices.
Pork pies?
News, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2022
» Re: "Vendors urge pork imports to curb soaring prices", (BP, Jan 10) and "Pet pig's death prompts African swine fever probe", (BP, Jan 9).
If we can trust the bureaucracy, pigs might fly
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/01/2022
» Soaring pork prices are another indicator of a sinking bureaucracy, a system that's both inefficient and increasingly becoming untrustworthy.