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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.
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.
Thamanat saga allows peek into the PM's mind
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/09/2021
» Is the game over? The three Big Ps -- Gen Prayut, Gen Prawit and Gen Anupong aka Big Pok -- seem to have secured power as they vowed to be brothers till death do they part while the deposed former deputy agriculture minister Thamanat Prompow appears to have faded away.
Life returning to 'normal', but for how long?
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/08/2021
» So life will return to something like normal tomorrow. We can have our hair cut, finally. Public parks will reopen along with shopping malls. Those with aching legs can make an appointment for a foot massage, and so on.
Govt behind curve as Covid war heats up
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/08/2021
» 'The war has changed," an internal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) memo obtained by The Washington Post warned, saying that Delta infections will likely be more severe as the variant has become "so contagious it acts almost like a different novel virus", spreading more quickly than the common cold while causing more severe illness.
Covid chaos shatters public faith in govt
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/07/2021
» Do we think we will come out of the current lockdown, better, stronger, together?
A leader's pride comes before a Covid-19 fall
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/07/2021
» As a leader, what makes you proud?
Govt building Sinovac castles in the sand
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/07/2021
» What do we do when more and more medical personnel get infected with Covid-19 even though they had received two doses of Sinovac?
Change the only hope as Anutin flails with virus?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/04/2021
» The response by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to calls for his resignation over his perceived failure to handle the Covid-19 outbreak properly reveals deep flaws that reinforces why he is not deserving of the portfolio.
Keep virus guard up, and don't expect govt help
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/01/2021
» Why are department stores allowed to stay open, but schools and universities aren't?