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  • News & article

    Not fake -- it's true

    News, Postbag, Published on 17/06/2019

    » Re: "Justice is approaching", (PostBag, June 16).

  • News & article

    But those socks!

    Postbag, Published on 22/10/2023

    » Re: "PM directs charm offensive at GCC", (BP, Oct 21).

  • News & article

    Driving tragedy

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2022

    » Re: "7 Charges for motorcycle cop who killed pedestrian", (BP, Jan 25). The tragic and unnecessary death last week of the young eye doctor illustrates, yet again, the dismissive and irresponsible attitude of drivers, evident daily, to road conditions and signage, in particular pedestrian crossings and traffic lights.

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    Check his credentials

    News, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2019

    » Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11). As a reformist, Prime Minister Pra-yut Chan-o-cha should quickly verify Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow's claims that he didn't (a) plead guilty to charges of drug trafficking in Australia and (b) didn't serve a four-year jail sentence for his crime, thus disqualifying him from office.

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    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.

  • News & article

    Vaccine altruism?

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/11/2020

    » The National Vaccine Institute (NVI) will sign a 182-billion-baht contract with AstraZeneca for 26 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, sufficient for 13 million people (BP, Nov 27). This equates to 7,000 baht per jab.

  • News & article

    In a real bind

    News, Postbag, Published on 25/07/2018

    » Re: "Stifled speech stunts plans  for future", (Opinion, July 24).

  • News & article

    The Pheu Thai circus

    News, Postbag, Published on 05/08/2017

    » How many times have Pheu Thai politicians shot themselves in the foot. I've lost count. This time they just shot themselves in the mouth, blaming the government for the floods in the Northeast (BP, July 31). Have they forgotten what they did in 2011?

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    Lessons from history

    News, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2016

    » I have just finished reading the third novel in Robert Harris's brilliant trilogy based on the life of Cicero. It's about politicians who struggle to practise and defend democracy, but fail because of the corruptibility and greed of many of them. The politicians are divided, and some favour allowing the all-powerful general, Julius Caesar, to take control of the empire.

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    Ray of education hope

    News, Postbag, Published on 30/03/2017

    » Re: "Government rethinks softer teacher entry rules", (BP, March 29).

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