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Our reopening looms, but are we really ready?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/10/2021
» The country is set to reopen in two weeks but only two million, affordable rapid test kits have been made available and through only eight retail outlets of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), all located in Bangkok.
Is 'fake news' hunt a Covid distraction?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/08/2021
» With new Covid-19 infections shooting past 20,000 and deaths hovering at around 200 a day, what does Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha do?
Murky start to jab rollout may get murkier
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/06/2021
» Isn't it about time for the government to unveil all the details about its Covid-19 vaccine procurement deals, whether with AstraZeneca or SinoVac? Without full disclosure, doubts will continue to dog its vaccination drive.
Sinopharm deal turns the screws on govt
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/06/2021
» The side-effects of the Sinopharm vaccine on the Prayut Chan-o-cha government could be deadly.
Twitter exposes army's feeble IO strategies
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/10/2020
» Has word reached the Digital Economy and Society Ministry that the earth is not flat? That the "world" is a big round planet of which our country is a tiny little part, physically and figuratively?
Govt falters in face of steep learning curve
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/04/2020
» As the coronavirus infections graph continues to climb, it's the Prayut Chan-o-cha government's learning curve that has managed to remain flat.
Time running out on govt virus act
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/03/2020
» The Prayut government’s performance against Covid-19 has been so uninspiring a netizen recently posted: “When I feel down, I listen to Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong and pretend that he was speaking to me.”
Prayut's pride will spell doom for the regime
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/01/2020
» A no confidence motion? The second and third reading of the crucial 2020 Budget Bill? Bring them on. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha wasn't kidding when he confidently declared: "Don't be bored with me yet, as I will be around for quite a while."
The 'face of govt' is now turning into a liability
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/11/2019
» The government must have thought they possessed a lethal weapon in firebrand MP Pareena Kraikupt. After all, she is fierce, fearless and also appeared morally as well as intellectually flexible enough to mount attacks with logic, or a total lack thereof, as long as it served her purpose of riling her opponents.
Thai black hole grows by the day
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/04/2019
» The first photograph of a black hole was published last week. It looks a lot like Thailand after the March 24 election.