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Keep kids safe on roads
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2022
» Society does not need another Seven Dangerous Days to highlight the peak time for road accidents in Thailand during the national long weekend. It sadly happens too often. The public has long witnessed mayhem on the roads.
Massacre questions
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/10/2022
» Re: "Former cop kills 37 in massacre", (BP, Oct 7).
Welcome to the year's merriest month
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/05/2021
» We are already in the merry month of May, not that there's much to be merry about these days.
Unsafe vans must be axed
News, Editorial, Published on 13/08/2019
» Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob never seems to run out of ideas, and many have caught the attention of both the public and media. However, quite a few have prompted questions about their practicality, such as a 15-baht flat rate for the electric train system, or a sense of disappointment, like his U-turn on his predecessor's attempt to ban passenger van operators from using vehicles that are more than 10 years old.
It's time for road safety to get a radical overhaul
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/01/2019
» A severe bus crash on a Pathum Thani road in the wee hours of Jan 6 that killed six passengers and injured many has left egg on the faces of the big shots at the Department of Land Transport (DLT).
Don't let history repeat itself
News, Postbag, Published on 01/04/2018
» Last December, whistleblower CSI LA alerted us that DPM and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon had worn 22 ultra-luxurious watches, allegedly worth up to 36 million baht -- or about a decade of the DPM's government salary.
Thailand in the dark
News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2018
» In "No state renewable power buying for five years", we can see the government's myopic and self-interested mindset regarding the future of Thai people.
Cut corners take toll in bus crashes
News, Editorial, Published on 25/03/2018
» The road accident involving a double-decker bus that killed 18 holiday-makers and injured 30 more this week indicates that serious safety flaws remain in the nation's public transport.
Not you too
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2018
» Re: "Don't dress sexy, dept tells women", (BP, March 22).
Avoidable bus tragedies
News, Editorial, Published on 16/11/2017
» The sight of a wrecked double-decker bus that overturned on Highway 12 in Phetchabun's Lom Sak district over the weekend was horrifying.