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Public needs accurate info
News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2024
» Conflicting statements from government officials regarding potential lithium sources in Phang Nga province have underscored a troubling issue within state agencies, revealing a focus on public relations rather than facts and accuracy by the government spokesman team.
DNP needs major audit
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2023
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Conservation's (DNP) move to cancel the e-ticket system last week in order to reinstate it yesterday casts a much needed spotlight on the way the state conservation agency handles revenue it collects from entry fees at national parks across the country.
Being ginger adds spice to life
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/06/2023
» I have been reprimanded by a reader of ginger persuasion for failing to mention two significant days in the calendar for those of us who have grown up saddled with nicknames like "Ginger Nut", "Ginger Bonce", "Tomato Head", "Carrot Top", not to mention "Freckle Face". I plead guilty to allowing the recent "Cuddle a Ginger Day" and "World Redhead Day" slip by without a single bleat in support of gingers.
Thailand's tin: Mining our real history
Oped, Published on 29/09/2022
» Long before Thailand became a hub for industries like auto manufacturing, tourism and healthcare, it was a global hub for tin. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the mining of tin along the Andaman Sea coastline created wealth for Siam.
Phuket struggles amid a pandemic
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 30/11/2020
» Arriving in Phuket, everything looked different. I felt the silence as crowds of foreign tourists have disappeared from Phuket International Airport. The atmosphere was lonelier than usual with only a small group of passengers gathering at the luggage belt. There were no long queues in front of the bathrooms or check-in counters.
Nature wins in virus crisis
News, Editorial, Published on 18/05/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic has brought severe losses to the economy and been a serious threat to human health. However, the lockdown is a blessing in disguise for nature and ecology in Thailand.
Thawatchai's death only fuels suspicion
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/09/2016
» Did Thawatchai Anukul, the former land official in Phuket and Phang-nga, hang himself? Or did he die accidentally while undergoing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by medics of Mongkutwattana Hospital? Or was he intentionally killed by someone to prevent him from revealing something that they don't want others to know about?
Burkini ban is ridiculous
News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2016
» The French government's decision to create an uproar over women who cover up on the country's beaches was always going to be trouble. In a way, the ban on the so-called "burkini" bathing wear is reminiscent of the equally misguided attempt by our own government to ban Islamic head wear in schools. Such state interference is not just unnecessary but divisive. The Paris government would be wise to consider the lessons learned in Thailand, accept they were wrong and abandon this poorly conceived law.
EC shows it's not biased
News, Published on 13/03/2014
» The Election Commission’s (EC) belated decision by 3:2 votes to yellow-card Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra more than one year after the governor election on March 3, 2013 came as a big surprise not just to the governor and his team but also to over one million Bangkokians who voted him into office for a second term.
Where did the fish go?
News, Published on 18/05/2013
» Re: ''Marine parks close for reef recovery'' (BP, May 16). If the pattern of previous years is repeated, the dive sites at Surin and the Similan will not ''recover from damage caused by tourists'' as you state. What will happen is likely to be far worse. Local boats will move in, take most of the reef fish to sell at Chatuchak and elsewhere, and when the tourists return on Nov 1, we will be hearing the question, Where have all the fish gone? as we always do.