• 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

  Covid's ocean wake-up call

  News, Editorial, Published on 08/06/2021

  » Today is World Oceans Day, although judging from the state our marine environment finds itself in, it is more of a nod to its state of perdition than a celebration of mankind's enduring relationship with the Seven Seas.

• OPINION

  Govt faces its biggest test

  News, Editorial, Published on 27/03/2020

  » It's been nearly three months since the Covid-19 virus hit Thailand, yet the scarcity of face masks is still a national problem and a disgrace to the government. Whether this scarcity is a by-product of incompetency or ignorance, this problem needs to be solved immediately.

• OPINION

  Mask supply crisis looms

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2020

  » Recent images of people waiting in a long queue to buy face masks are a warning sign about a potential crisis concerning the Covid-19 outbreak, which reflects poor management by the government.

• OPINION

  Unmasking mask failures

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/03/2020

  » It's time the Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department made surgical masks available to health personnel and the public at reasonable prices or openly took responsibility for the wretched job it has done.

• OPINION

  Lift veil on mask saga

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/05/2020

  » Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will do the public a great service if he reveals details of the probe into alleged irregularities that led to the transfer of commerce permanent secretary Wichai Phochanakij.

• OPINION

  All must help each other

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/03/2020

  » The coronavirus outbreak has shown us many things, above all how connected we are.

• OPINION

  Don't let virus guard down

  News, Editorial, Published on 16/06/2020

  » There seems to have been quite a lot of good news regarding Thailand's handling of the Covid-19 contagion of late.

• OPINION

  Update the computer law

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2018

  » If events over the past two weeks do not convince the government to write an actual law covering computer fraud, maybe nothing will. The first unfortunate event was to threaten a Chiang Mai magazine editor with a computer crime charge over something that had nothing to do with computers (or crime, come to that). The second was the reluctant admission by the country's second mobile phone company of security misbehaviour, putting tens of thousands of customers at risk. That is not a crime.

• OPINION

  Coronavirus balancing act

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/04/2020

  » With the unprecedented, devastating impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the economy and public health, the government should come up with integrated strategies that can keep the economy rolling while preventing healthcare facilities from reaching breaking point. Sadly, such efforts have solely been driven by the private sector.

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