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US quits climate pact
Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday (Friday morning Thailand time) that he has withdrawn the US from the Paris global climate pact.
This is Thailand
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/02/2023
» Re: "Prayat guilty of failing to report assets", (BP, Feb 24).
Mass testing best
News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2020
» The most effective and cheapest way of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic will be to conduct mass testing of the population, as urged by eminent French infectious diseases expert Dr Didier Raoult. He has pointed out that cheaply mass produced testing equipment is already available and is being used effectively in South Korea. Countries, including Thailand, should build up this mass testing capability as fast as it can and test as many people as possible. That way it will be possible to isolate only those who test positive and it also makes it possible to treat those who start showing symptoms early which boosts the chance of a favourable outcome for them. This will be far more effective than locking down entire populations of people who are not infected and causing a massive economic dislocation in the process. In Thailand's case, it may cost US$325 million (10.5 billion baht) to test the entire population, but that would be a drop in the bucket compared to the $8 billion cost of a 5% decline in GDP.
Covid is everywhere
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/02/2022
» Re: "Tracing error," (PostBag, Feb 11).
Death of democracy
News, Postbag, Published on 16/12/2019
» It seems to me that Thailand and the US have the same problem in that their justice personnel are not unbiased or impartial. Both countries have reached a point where the followers of two political sides refuse to accept any decision made by a member of the opposition. In these cases, where a neutral judicial system is badly needed, we are finding judges that were selected for their party political opinion and owe their jobs to the chief.
A paragon of virtues
News, Postbag, Published on 31/12/2017
» As Pliny the Younger noted, "Example [is] the surest method of instruction."
Think of the people
News, Published on 10/04/2023
» Re: "Pheu Thai talks up its B10k cash giveaway," (BP, April 8) & "Cash handouts spark concern," (BP, April 7).
Who Blinks first?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/12/2021
» Re: "Implications of Blinken's aborted visit," (Opinion, Dec 17).
The numbers game
News, Postbag, Published on 23/05/2021
» Re: "Govt rolls out three vaccine channels," (BP, May 21).
Cheek by jowl
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/07/2021
» Re: "It's never too late", (BP, July 4). Your front-page picture on Sunday shows elderly people gathered to be vaccinated in Bang Sue Grand Station which is filled with people packed cheek by jowl -- no social distancing practices in sight.