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Hypertension hides in plain sight
Oped, Published on 15/05/2025
» Thailand's economy has surged. Its health care system is admired. Yet a silent killer is quietly stealing lives, straining hospitals, and sapping the nation's future. That killer is hypertension -- and it's hiding in plain sight.
Mentally disabled need better access to schools, senator says
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/05/2025
» The Senate sub-committee on the elderly, the disabled and the underprivileged will push for amendments to ensure children with mental disability are not excluded from the nation's education system.
ABOUT POLITICS: A sound bit of advice
Oped, Published on 10/05/2025
» A message has been conveyed by a former finance minister to an aspiring one -- don't be too agreeable with the government when it comes to money matters.
Workers to reach first floor of collapsed Bangkok tower on Monday
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2025
» Demolition workers should reach the first floor of the collapsed 30-storey State Audit Office tower in Bangkok on Monday as the City Hall confirmed 62 deaths there.
Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
Vance and Francis: divergent values but shared ideas
AFP, Published on 19/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics who preaches for a more open church and empathy for migrants.
Army gets about 40k volunteers
News, Published on 18/04/2025
» The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has concluded its 2025 military recruitment cycle with a notably high rate of voluntary enlistment.
PM reminds families to take care of elderly kin
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/04/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra sent well wishes to Thai families in a national message marking National Elderly Day on Sunday and Family Day, which fall on Monday.
Fewer Thais may head abroad in April
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 03/04/2025
» The recent earthquake could result in fewer Thais travelling abroad during the Songkran holiday compared with previous years, as they have heightened concerns about repair costs for damaged property, says the Thai unit of French insurer AXA.
Unpacking the debt-to-GDP ratio
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/03/2025
» The Pheu Thai Party-led government has pursued aggressive fiscal policies, building on the work of the previous administration led by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, which navigated the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. During Gen Prayut's tenure, two special emergency loan decrees were enacted, resulting in total borrowing of 1.5 trillion baht and prompting an increase in the public debt ceiling from 60% to 70% of GDP.