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Waste scheme falters
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/10/2025
» Public confusion and registration system glitches beset the launch of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's "No Mixed Waste" programme that took effect yesterday.
PM in a dicey position
News, Editorial, Published on 20/06/2025
» A leaked audio clip of a phone call between Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen has put the Thai premier in a very vulnerable position.
Saturday vote flops hard
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2025
» The low voter turnout for the election of Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO) presidents and members last Saturday is an embarrassment for the Election Commission (EC).
No excuse for racist slurs
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/01/2025
» Campaigning for victory in local elections next month may be fierce, but Thaksin Shinawatra has been accused of not just a breach of etiquette but also outright racism at a recent rally.
Local voting rules outdated
News, Editorial, Published on 27/11/2024
» The Election Commission's (EC) decision to hold the forthcoming local elections on a Saturday instead of a Sunday in at least 47 provinces have sparked concerns about adverse impacts on voter turnout.
Chaiwut oversteps
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2022
» Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn is in hot water for his unbecoming remarks against anti-government protesters who plan to rally tomorrow, the day the Constitutional Court hands down a ruling on the fate of suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha after a petition by the opposition bloc.
Reforestation rethink required
News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2022
» The military was given an earful early this month for using invasive alien species in their aerial reforestation mission, and rightly so. The blunder, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Thailand's reforestation policy, which puts dictatorship and money before ecological health. To save the forest, this self-serving mindset must end.
Tenure saga needs care
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/02/2022
» As the Constitutional Court's president, Worawit Kangsasitiam, gears up to celebrate his 70th birthday next week, a debate is brewing on whether or not he should step down from the helm of one of the country's top courts. Many people, including several well-known critics, believe he should.
Timely info crucial during outbreak
News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2021
» After all the advances made against the novel coronavirus disease at the end of last year, many around the world had hoped the turn of the year would bring about more good news on the Covid-19 front. But merely a day after the annual countdown, Thais awoke instead to a fresh slew of restrictions, many of which had been lifted barely six months ago.
A verdict of controversy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/12/2020
» With Wednesday's ruling by the Constitutional Court, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is not only innocent of occupying an army welfare house inside the 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Guard, but he can also lawfully stay on where he and his family have lived since he served as army chief until he retired in 2014.