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Trafficking purge 'a priority'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2021
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has pledged to crack down on human trafficking, with offenders in transnational criminal organisations, influential persons and government officials found to be involved in such crimes prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Solskjaer may have been spoilt for choice
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/11/2021
» The eventual departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from Old Trafford was a relief for everyone concerned, including Ole himself.
Keen to upgrade Thailand's defining industry
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/11/2021
» Rice has been Thailand's dominant cash crop for decades, using more than half of the arable land as well as the labour force in Thailand.
Don't lose rail history
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2021
» Re: "New plan for old rail hub," (Editorial, Nov 23).
Averting statistical tragedies with better data
Oped, Published on 27/11/2021
» In a July 2020 article for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Tristan Reed and I showed that, contrary to expectations, Covid-19 deaths per capita were much lower in poorer countries than in richer ones. Readers immediately countered that this finding must be due to mismeasurement or a lack of data for these countries. Our result has since withstood scrutiny and the test of time, but the initial response was revealing: statistics originating in developing countries tend to be met with suspicion (and often are dismissed outright).
Illegal practices still found in fishing, NHRC claims
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2021
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said yesterday that child labour, forced labour and other illegal labour practices are still being detected in the fishing industry and related professions.
Singha upbeat on outlook for hotels
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 27/11/2021
» SET-listed developer Singha Estate expects the tourism sector in Thailand, Mauritius and Fiji to rebound by the second quarter of 2022, helping to revive its hotel business in the three countries.
The govt's own legal eagle
News, Published on 27/11/2021
» It is a well-known fact that when Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam voices caution about anything legal, cabinet ministers are all ears.
South Africa calls travel bans 'draconian, unjustified'
AFP, Published on 27/11/2021
» JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Health Ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new Covid variant as "draconian," unscientific and contrary to WHO advice.
Prayut: Amnesty International to be investigated
Published on 26/11/2021
» Authorities are investigating whether Amnesty International has broken any laws, Prime Minister Chan-o-cha said on Friday, after ultra-royalists called for the human rights group to be expelled for its support of activists facing prosecution.