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Too late for turtles
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2023
» Re: “Recycle to save sea life, dept urges”, (BP, Feb 2). The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) is asking us to recycle our plastic waste to help save sea life, but unfortunately too late for the 11 young turtles that died from ingested plastic mistaken for food in the 700-metre floating garbage patch off the Chon Buri coast.
Platform for a killer
News, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2021
» The news that Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will attend the Asean summit in Jakarta is distressing news, not only for the suffering people of Myanmar, but for the credibility -- or what is left of it -- of Asean itself.
Dear 'golden oldies'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/05/2020
» Re: "Masks minus helmets", (PostBag, May 15).
Quarantine is vital
News, Postbag, Published on 06/02/2020
» In a recent report about the coronavirus outbreak, health authorities mentioned "there were 14 confirmed local cases of infected people, and nine of them were being treated at hospitals".
Ban all the chemicals
News, Postbag, Published on 09/11/2019
» Re: "Chemical ban opponents led by misinformation", (Opinion, Nov 8).
Stop plastic menace
News, Postbag, Published on 01/09/2019
» Single use plastics are a huge menace for the environment and all communities. The unprecedented death rate of dugongs in the Trang region this year with ingestion of marine plastic waste a major culprit highlights the impact of plastic pollution entering our waterways and the food chain.
Varawut's ignorance
News, Postbag, Published on 26/08/2019
» After the death of yet another dugong, Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa, a former investment banker and football enthusiast, offered a public apology for failing to save Jamil's life.
Licence to kill
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2019
» Of all the retrograde events in Thailand over the past two decades, the death of a 15-year-old student at Phra Pratom Wittayalai School from so-called Thai "hazing" tradition is the worst.
