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Two very different murders
News, Postbag, Published on 10/01/2016
» Re: “Teen held for killing classmate” (BP, Jan 8).
Motorcycle madness
News, Postbag, Published on 09/01/2016
» I was recently visiting family in Bangkok (an annual occurrence) and read a letter to the editor in the Bangkok Post complaining about the “sidewalk situation” in the capital and Pattaya.
‘Suicide’ watch
News, Postbag, Published on 28/12/2015
» With international pressure piling up on the government for the non-professional manner in which it investigated and tried the two migrants who were convicted of raping and murdering two British backpackers, it would be very convenient if the Myanmar lads suddenly died while in custody.
Koh Tao dashes reform hope
Oped, Published on 27/12/2015
» I’m surprised at the lack of reaction in the Bangkok Post regarding the Koh Tao murder verdict; social media is awash with outrage. Clearly, though not unexpectedly, this whole trial was a farcical charade from day one, paraded before the world to accentuate our ineptitude in achieving justice.
Keep up the good work
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2015
» Well, I’m back! At immigration I actually got a smile but it might have been due to the fashionable Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts I was wearing.
Workers' woes
News, Postbag, Published on 19/12/2015
» I read all the “hopes, woes and concerns” expressed by US envoy Daniel Russel (BP, Dec 17), and I am quite sure that government officials also did and are, in fact, seeking to right all that can be seen to be wrong. There is a threat here, that failure to act will mean that "provisos" will be enacted until we agree with what our Yankee "friends" tell us to do.
GMOs a taboo topic
News, Postbag, Published on 12/12/2015
» The anti-GMO protest gathering at Government House has shown an exchange of arguments with dignity (BP, Dec 10).
Foreigners deserve better
News, Postbag, Published on 06/12/2015
» The letter posted by SL Bangsai unfortunately only illustrates the tip of the iceberg. The reason why foreigners over 60 years of age living in Thailand should not receive the same BTS fare conditions as Thai nationals over 60, is a complete mystery.
Electric blues
News, Postbag, Published on 05/12/2015
» Now we hear of US’s General Electric plans to build power generating wind turbines in Thailand. Overall, it sounds good. However, there’s not a lot of sustained wind blowing in Thailand (no pun intended).
Free speech vs culture
News, Postbag, Published on 02/12/2015
» Re “Don’t trivialise censorship”, (PostBag, Nov 29)