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Dying from debt
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2024
» The recent gruesome murder of a 10-year-old girl by her debt-ridden father in the northern province of Uttaradit raises doubts about the attempts of the Srettha Thavisin government to solve informal debt problems and related loopholes.
A tragic road to take
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/02/2024
» Re: "Digital wallet should be implemented", (Opinion, Feb 16).
Favourite phrase
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/08/2022
» Re: "Lop-sided justice", (PostBag, Aug 23).
Joke or corruption?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/04/2022
» The resignation of an aide to the Prime Minister on suspicion of having a vested interest in the government's lottery quota system should not be the end of what is now a very public -- yet still alleged -- scandal.
Free drug convicts
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/05/2021
» Re: "Mass parole no solution", (Editorial, May 20).
Ominous news
News, Postbag, Published on 29/12/2020
» Let's hope that the latest news that a private hospital's attempt to attract bookings for the purchase of the Moderna vaccine (BP, Dec 28) is not a taste of things to come.
Thailand: The Land of...
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/11/2020
» I'm sure, I'm not the only one who has been rethinking Thailand's nickname The Land Of Smiles. According to Win Lyovarin, two-time S.E.A. Write winner and 2013 National Artist for Literature, Britisher David Lander, creative director at an ad agency, should be credited for coming up with the phrase. Lander came up with the slogan in a pitch for the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Fun fact: The Land Of Smiles is also the title of a German operetta, which premiered in 1929.
Fuzzy logic in party loans
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/09/2020
» The decision of the Election Commission (EC) to clear 31 political parties of illegal borrowings could cause further confusion regarding the organic law on political parties.
Justice imperilled by oversight void
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/06/2020
» Still remember the talk-of-the-town hit-and-run case almost eight years ago involving Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya who rammed his expensive car into a traffic police officer, killing him at the scene on Sukhumvit Road on the night of Sept 3, 2012?
FFP was singled out
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/03/2020
» Re: "It's not just about FFP", (PostBag, March 12). Khun Piya Samyan defends the Constitutional Court dissolving the Future Forward Party, because "it did violate the law regarding acquisition of income". This is about the "rule of law that is equally applied to all". I fully agree with Khun Piya that the law must be applied without fear or favour -- for if not, the government would be weaponising the law to slay its enemies, so to speak.