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Chicanery can only go on so long
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/03/2018
» The week ahead is going to be intense as political parties prepare to attend a meeting on Wednesday with those who seized power to negotiate the possibility of a total lifting of the ban on political activities.
Next-gen politicians offer hope
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/03/2018
» Thailand today is witnessing the rise of a new breed of younger political aspirants who look to shake up the old-fashioned establishment.
Suvarnabhumi greed harms AOT's goals
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/03/2018
» Traveling through airports is always fun when one is loaded with money; the Hermes, the Louis Vuittons or the various restaurants offer great place to spend one's time and possibly get a place to sit.
New poll date promise yet to be tested
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 28/02/2018
» On Jan 1, 2018, the Bangkok Post took the bold step of sending a message to the coup-led government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that there were just 329 days remaining before the election he promised would have to be held.
Regime just delaying the inevitable
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/02/2018
» The junta shocked the nation this past week when its puppets in the national assembly shot down all seven election commissioner candidates who were supposedly handpicked by the regime.
S44 misused to bail out big business
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/02/2018
» Earlier this week, General Rolex -- also known as Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon -- came out to say that the government had agreed in principle to give the winners of the 24 digital television and the 4G telecommunication licences a break from what is being perceived as being a loss-making venture.
Snouts in the trough
Postbag, Published on 12/02/2018
» I suggest that all the top civil servants, police officers and army generals who are unusually rich from stock market trading start a hedge fund.
Singapore has head in the clouds
Oped, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/02/2018
» If anyone asks me to name a country in this region that stands out for its futuristic thinking and ability to achieve its goals, then the only country that comes to my mind is Singapore. The island state that has been independent for just over five decades has achieved success that has surpassed the expectations of many historians and possibly even the founding fathers of the nation. From being a small island in the Malaysian Peninsula that relied heavily on the mainland, to being self-dependent and overtaking its neighbours in every way possible, today Singapore stands as the epitome of what will and determination can do for a nation.
Let's see action
News, Postbag, Published on 05/02/2018
» Re: "On the wrong track", (PostBag, Feb 3).
A welcome, if late offer from General Rolex
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/02/2018
» The words uttered by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon Wednesday -- that he would be willing to step down from his position if that is the people's will -- are welcome, and come as something the country and the international community has been waiting for ever since his luxury watch scandal broke in early December of last year.