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Sustainable scraps of common sense
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/06/2015
» Last month may well be remembered as a watershed moment in the fight against our ignorance and gluttony-driven food consumption. The good news that might set precedent in the future is about French councillor Arash Derambarsh, who succeeded in passing a law to solve the food waste problem in France.
Looking to our neighbours on reform
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/05/2015
» Last week, Indonesia blew up a total of 41 foreign fishing boats that were found illegally operating in its waters. Two of the sunken boats were vessels carrying Thai flags. Others were from the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and China.
Stop menace of the seas
News, Published on 15/05/2015
» The new Fisheries Act is a sham. Our seas are in a critical situation from decades of bottom trawling which sweep clean the sea and annihilate the ocean floor. Yet, the new fisheries law continues to support this environmental disaster.
Rice saga fates await Boonsong, Phoom and Manas
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/05/2015
» The curtain has fallen on the impeachment case against former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, his former deputy Phoom Sarapol and former Foreign Trade Department director-general Manas Soyploy over the fake government-to-government (G-to-G) rice deals with two Chinese trading companies: Guangdong Stationery and Sporting Goods Import and Export, and Hainan Grains and Industrial Trading.
Only boozers to blame
Oped, Published on 06/05/2015
» Some people believe business operators selling alcohol are to blame for drink-driving accidents. In reality, it’s those who consume alcohol and then make the wrong decision to drive a car who must take the blame. What if the girl in the recent accident in Chiang Mai consumed alcohol at a friend’s place early that morning?
An uneven scoreline
News, Published on 04/05/2015
» It is clear that team Thailand has missed passes in many areas, most leading to own-goals and resounding defeats in international tournaments.
Safety message lost
Published on 24/04/2015
» I agree with Sirinya Wattanasukchai’s comments in her April 23 article on road safety but the bottom line is that the vast majority of so-called road accidents are caused by nothing other than bad and selfish driving.
EU evaluation must be fair
News, Published on 23/04/2015
» After introducing a series of measures to combat widespread illegal fishing, the Prayut government is naturally disappointed to receive a "yellow card" from the European Union — an ultimatum for Thailand to clean up its fishing industry in six months, or face an import ban on fishery products.
Like and dislike
News, Published on 16/04/2015
» Can you please tell me how you interpret the "Liked" and "Disliked" function at the bottom of online articles?
Onus on govt in South
News, Published on 11/04/2015
» Re: “End culture of impunity”, (Editorial, April 10).