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Bitter pill for Thailand
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/08/2024
» The recent decision by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to cancel Thailand's hosting of the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (Aimag) is a blow to the country's international reputation.
MPs cause of pension bloat
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/06/2022
» Opposition Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat last week slammed the government for allocating 300 billion baht — the greatest single expense — of the 2023 budget bill to pension payments for retired civil servants. He said 40% of all state borrowing and taxes collected will be used to fund the ballooning pensions payouts rather than development schemes and labelled the bill for the forthcoming fiscal year the “ill elephant” budget.
Backsliding by Myanmar
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2021
» Just weeks after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) revealed to the world its "breakthrough" on the Myanmar crisis at a special summit in Jakarta on April 24, the grouping is more or less back to square one.
Come clean on Mor Chit
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/11/2020
» Last week, a group of residents in Soi Vibhavadi 5 staged a protest against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for a land appropriation bid that will swallow their houses and property near the Skytrain depot, formerly the Mor Chit bus terminal, in order to accommodate an elevated road construction project. The residents vowed to take the agency to the Administrative Court.
PM must allow scrutiny
News, Editorial, Published on 30/11/2019
» For a coup maker such as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha -- whose former military regime issued over 500 orders and turned them into laws and regulations after the 2014 putsch -- taking questions from and being grilled by those affected by his actions must be a scenario that is hard for him to swallow.
Clear up cuts to 30-baht scheme
News, Editorial, Published on 25/08/2019
» Confusion appears to reign supreme over the budget for the universal healthcare or 30-baht card scheme. Activists have complained that the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, which is about to go on a heavy spending spree on populist policies, is excluding sick people who depend on the universal healthcare scheme (UHC) to meet their needs.