• OPINION

  Cash won't cure malaise

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2020

  » Predicaments arising from the Covid-19 outbreak -- from face mask distribution issues to sluggish control measures and a controversial cash handout scheme -- have put the government in hot water, with a crisis of confidence looming on the horizon.

• OPINION

  Hemp needs more support

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/10/2022

  » Marijuana is a drug. It needs proper control. But hemp is not pot. It is a valuable crop for diverse industries, and it needs policy support.

• OPINION

  Support for nuns long overdue

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/09/2022

  » The constitution guarantees gender equality. Why do female monastics not receive state support as monks do then? The Thai Nuns Institute raised this question last month at parliament. They are still waiting for an answer.

• OPINION

  Reforestation rethink required

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2022

  » The military was given an earful early this month for using invasive alien species in their aerial reforestation mission, and rightly so. The blunder, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Thailand's reforestation policy, which puts dictatorship and money before ecological health. To save the forest, this self-serving mindset must end.

• OPINION

  Drop the forest plan

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/07/2022

  » The Royal Thai Army (RTA) probably expected to receive kudos from environmentalists and the public in general for its reforestation mission. It did not.

• OPINION

  Crowe's soft power gift

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2021

  » The tweeted pictures and messages about Thailand from Hollywood star Russell Crowe come at the right place and time.

• OPINION

  Govt relief causes 'havoc'

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2021

  » The registration for the government's relief aid for people without smart phones or internet access was a resounding success -- if success means turning everyone involved into a loser.

• OPINION

  Striving for safer food

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2020

  » A gruelling campaign by food safety advocates to have two extremely toxic farm chemicals banned has finally borne fruit. The ban on chlorpyrifos and paraquat, which was announced in the Royal Gazette, took effect yesterday.

• OPINION

  Wallet fog fails to lift

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2024

  » The government's announcement on the details of its digital wallet scheme on April 10 was meant to boost the popularity of both the Srettha Thavisin administration, as well as the Pheu Thai Party.

• OPINION

  Cadmium plan lacking

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/04/2024

  » In an effort to quash the public health scare that followed the discovery of illegal cadmium tailings that were illegally transported from Tak to several locations around the capital, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered the toxic waste be returned to its source.

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