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Healthcare rules prompt confusion
Editorial, Published on 24/03/2024
» The sight of an elderly woman suffering from chronic renal failure, heart disease, ulcers and asthma clutching an oxygen flow tube in one hand and attempting to organise piles of documents required for treatment under the gold card universal healthcare scheme with the other, is a poignant reminder of its efficacy.
Teacher's Day realities
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2024
» Teachers across the country are honoured on Tuesday on Teacher's Day with praise and blessings that should make them proud of their careers.
Teachers are undervalued
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/11/2023
» Teachers' debt is a chronic problem which has dogged the Thai education system for several decades to the extent that it has affected the morale of many teachers and the quality of Thai education.
'Poor cards' not a solution
News, Editorial, Published on 27/02/2023
» This Wednesday, over 20 million people are crossing their fingers in hopes of receiving approval for state welfare cards, which will provide them with 200-300 baht per month, plus up to 500 baht per month for public transport expenses.
Grab a chance at fairness
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/06/2022
» The GrabBike motorcycle taxi service launched in Bangkok in May 2017 and has since become increasingly popular among many commuters. Users particularly like the simplicity and convenience provided by the service, especially compared to that of the ubiquitous orange-vested "Win" drivers found at many street corners in the capital.
Get ahead of cybercrime
News, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2022
» The much needed Personal Data Protection Act -- which has been delayed for two years -- will be mandated by June. It's part of the government's pledge to boost cyber security in Thailand but a large theft of data from the Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS) earlier this month has done little to inspire confidence that authorities will actually get on top of this growing threat anytime soon.
Better guardians needed online
News, Editorial, Published on 24/10/2021
» The recent news of a bank card scam that affected over 10,000 Thai bank account holders should make consumers take pains to protect themselves from online fraudsters ahead of the year-end shopping season.
Bank fraud shock
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/10/2021
» Reports of rampant online bank fraud has caused fear among holders of bank accounts and credit cards. News reports say about 130 million baht has been withdrawn from over 10,000 of debit and credit card accounts in unauthorised transactions during the first half of this month.
Tracing a path to Big Brother?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2020
» As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, governments are turning to contact tracing -- a tactic used to control outbreaks of syphilis in the 1930s and more recently Ebola in West Africa.
Debt relief half-hearted
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2020
» As tens of millions of Thais are battered by the economic ravages of the Covid-19 outbreak, banks and financial companies have recently come up with "financial relief measures" to help customers going through these hard times.