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Stay true to health goals
News, Editorial, Published on 08/01/2016
» The axe finally fell on the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), which has subsequently sparked public concern that it is a move by the military government to clip the wings of civil society.
Mixed signals from South
News, Editorial, Published on 07/01/2016
» A quick glance at the statistics for violent incidents and casualties in the strife-torn three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla for last year in comparison with those of the year before should give a feel-good impression that the situation down there has improved.
Enforcement just a start
News, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2016
» The numbers from the "Seven Dangerous Days" campaign to make the holiday highways safer are discouraging -- but predictable. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, along with police, government and military authorities settled a long-standing argument. Many had believed that strong enforcement would cause a dramatic change, both in driving habits and in results.
Urgent case for unity
News, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2016
» Since the moment the army seized control on May 22, 2014, one word has dominated talk while attracting no effective action. Yet reconciliation is arguably the most important and ignored policy that the country needs. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha speaks about this in every important speech and appearance before the media. It is time to put a campaign for reconciliation into effect.
Too brutal for Asean
News, Editorial, Published on 04/01/2016
» The shocking photos and video of last week's whippings in Indonesia's Aceh province have refocused attention on a serious problem within Asean. On the eve of the Asean community becoming an economic union, a woman and five men were caned in public in Banda Aceh. Four were whipped for gambling and a couple were caned for "indecency". Such barbarity has no place in a modernising and progressive Asean Community (AC), which was formed to bring prosperity.
It's time to turn on and tune in, digitally
News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2016
» The weekend isn’t over yet, for some the party isn’t over yet and for many the resolutions won’t start until tomorrow. Eat better, exercise more, don’t be evil: these are the usual promises we make to ourselves that will either help us be all we can be or are destined to go unfulfilled for another year. Common, too, in an era when thumbs are constantly checking social media to ensure it still has whatever passes for a pulse online, is the pledge to switch off, undergo a digital detox and focus on the real world around us.
Shine light on BMA's flaws
News, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2016
» Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra and his team of administrators must straighten their priorities and deliver what they promised to city people.
Government should trust media
News, Editorial, Published on 01/01/2016
» New Year is the most meaningful time of the year; it is a time of hope, of new beginnings. New Year gives us a chance to start anew. For the press, however, it is difficult to start 2016 with such optimism.
Time to bring Thais together
News, Editorial, Published on 31/12/2015
» Goodbye 2015, hello New Year. The past year has been something of a puzzle. Most of what happened in 2015 was good news -- sometimes excellent. But some events appeared to reach new levels of threats, violence and cruelty.
Police image taints ruling
News, Editorial, Published on 30/12/2015
» As expected, the Royal Thai Police Bureau has closed ranks to strongly defend their investigation work that convinced the Samui Provincial Court to find two Myanmar migrant workers guilty over the murders of two British tourists in September last year and put them on death row.