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Legalisation of casinos is no black and white issue
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 26/06/2015
» Do you gamble? If you say you never gamble, then you belong in a tiny minority of the human race. But I bet you have loved ones who gamble.
Make road safety a yearlong mission
News, Published on 19/04/2015
» Most of the time, it was somebody riding a motorcycle. Almost half of the time, it was somebody who was drunk. A quarter of the time, it was somebody who was speeding. There were times when death was caused by a combination of these factors, and times when drivers, riders and passengers had done nothing other than be in the wrong vehicle on the wrong road. In every case, it was a death that could have been prevented.
A paltry million baht, are you kidding?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/12/2014
» You must be kidding, surely, was one of the first things that popped into my mind when it was announced Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang, the national police chief, has offered a one-million baht reward for information that leads to the arrest of Sahachai "Sia Jo" Chiansoemsi.
Shut off from the truth
News, Published on 02/12/2014
» PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has good intentions in seeking to shield us from the cold world outside, but censorship is not the way to go, whether in principle or practice. As Justice Potter Stewart noted, "Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself."
It's time to reform our tainted police
Published on 19/10/2014
» The Koh Tao murder case is proving to be the first genuine test of Prayut Chan-o-cha’s political leadership since he installed himself as prime minister. The silencing of coup opponents, suspicious microphone deals, unusually rich members of the cabinet and National Legislative Assembly, even the mass exodus of migrant workers — none of these speed bumps on Gen Prayut’s roadmap to peace have pricked the public consciousness in quite the same way as the murders and the subsequent mishandling of the investigation.
How about a campaign to stop mass confusion
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 17/10/2014
» Now, now, before I point any fingers, I just want to state for the record that I only consider myself to be of average intelligence, and it just goes downhill from there depending on how many hours I’ve slept or how many drinks I’ve imbibed. I don’t really understand people when they use big words and I have no idea how the stock market works. I graduated from high school and college without paying anyone to do my homework or write my essays, but even then I couldn’t tell you what I learned.
Cops feeling pressure over kill suspect torture claims
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/10/2014
» From the beginning, police from the top down, from national chief Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang to cops in Surat Thani province who have jurisdiction over Koh Tao, have been under heavy pressure to show results of the high-profile murders of two British tourists on the tourist island on Sept 15.
The big issue: The unsolved murders
Alan Dawson, Published on 12/10/2014
» They told Tun Tun Hteik that if his son left Rakhine state to work in Thailand, he would be exploited. And they were right.
Postbag: Invest in our youth
News, Published on 27/09/2014
» Re: “Troubled kids need support” (Opinion, Sept 26).