• OPINION

  A costly delay

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2021

  » It is becoming increasingly clear that there will be no tourists arriving in numbers before the majority of Thai people are vaccinated. A country that depends on close to 20% of its GDP on travel and tourism should by now be right up there with Israel in terms of inoculations or at least at par with the UK to be able to open up this coming summer.

• OPINION

  Democratic justice

  News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2019

  » I wish to thank the 12 diplomats and their respective democratic countries for finally supporting the Thai people. Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai's comment, "It's an intervention in our justice system" is a joke. Without a truly democratically elected government there is no justice.

• OPINION

  All in the planning

  News, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2018

  » In a Jan 9 report on the withdrawal of plans for a "skywalk" over the Chao Phraya River, Deputy Bangkok governor Jumpol Sampaopol stated that "similar walkways had been built in many big cities including London and Paris".

• OPINION

  No discussion allowed

  Postbag, Published on 04/02/2024

  » Re: "Drunk cop injures boy in Roi Et road crash", (BP, Feb 2).

• OPINION

  Delay the Olympics

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/01/2022

  » Re: "Controversy greets countdown", (Sports, Jan 4). The National Hockey League (NHL) announced before recent Christmas that its pulling out all of its players from participating in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing in early February of this year.

• OPINION

  Shake up police

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/08/2021

  » Re: "Police need to clean up act," (Editorial, Aug 25).

• OPINION

  Here's cheers to the 'Fab 6'

  News, Postbag, Published on 27/06/2021

  » Re: "'Fabulous women' of Thailand", (BP, June 22).

• OPINION

  Short on facts

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/03/2021

  » Re: "Pushed to the brink of civil war?", (BP, March 9).

• OPINION

  Racist teacher policy

  News, Postbag, Published on 11/08/2018

  » It is the time of the year when international schools in Thailand start recruiting teachers.­ Kris Wya, an African-American teacher with qualifications beyond the requirements, found getting a job in the country difficult. She said it was because of her skin colour and some "smart" schools wanted her photo­graphs to be sent so that they would know who she was, an African.

• OPINION

  Licence misguidance

  News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2018

  » Re: "Motorists slam police road safety crackdown", (BP, Aug 23).

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