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  • OPINION

    Jumbo treated well

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/07/2023

    » Re: "Ailing jumbo repatriated from Sri Lanka", (BP, July 3).

  • OPINION

    Globalisation: a well-managed decline required

    Oped, Published on 02/06/2022

    » The World Economic Forum's first meeting in more than two years was markedly different from the many previous Davos conferences that I have attended since 1995. It was not just that the bright snow and clear skies of January were replaced by bare ski slopes and a gloomy May drizzle. Rather, it was that a forum traditionally committed to championing globalisation was primarily concerned with globalisation's failures: broken supply chains, food- and energy-price inflation, and an intellectual-property (IP) regime that left billions without Covid-19 vaccines just so that a few drug companies could earn billions in extra profits.

  • OPINION

    Well, after that things can only get better

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/12/2020

    » What a dreadful year. We found ourselves having to tackle a whole new vocabulary and most of the words were enough to make even the most optimistic among us depressed. It all began in March with "self-isolation", a horrible expression inferring you have become a hermit, hidden away, exiled, incommunicado, which in fact is exactly what we were.

  • OPINION

    All being well

    Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 09/12/2019

    » Out of 89 nations, Thailand came in sixth on CEOWORLD's list of the world's best healthcare systems, announced just in August of this year.

  • OPINION

    Understanding 'Animal Farm' in Zimbabwe

    Oped, Published on 27/04/2024

    » I began to notice Animal Farm references start to proliferate in Zimbabwe in 2008.

  • OPINION

    Diabolical toy pods merit firm ban

    Oped, Published on 11/04/2024

    » The latest news on the rising popularity of "toy pods" -- as well as the Bangkok Post's editorial titled "Save children from toy pods" -- reminded me of commercial determinants of health (CDoH), a topic which was addressed at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in January.

  • OPINION

    A fund for toxic waste

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2024

    » Accidents involving toxic waste are not unusual in Thailand. With weak law enforcement and irresponsible operators, Thai society has been affected by several accidents and threats caused by toxic waste management or the lack thereof.

  • OPINION

    It's getting too hot to vote in India

    News, David Fickling, Published on 24/04/2024

    » How do you run a democracy when the mercury rises above 40 degrees Celsius? That's the problem faced by voters in India. A swath of the country's east is sweltering under a heatwave. The city centre of Kolkata has emptied out, schools have cancelled classes, and one TV presenter collapsed on air with heat stroke.

  • OPINION

    Tales of Nessie won't stop resurfacing

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/04/2024

    » Today happens to be the 90th anniversary of the famous photograph claiming to be that of the "Loch Ness Monster". It was on April 21, 1934, that the Daily Mail carried the iconic front page pix of what became known as the "surgeon's photograph" because it was taken by London doctor Robert Kenneth Wilson.

  • OPINION

    Lessons to learn

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/04/2024

    » Re: "Plugging in", (PostBag, April 16).

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