• OPINION

  No more rash decisions

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2021

  » The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) made the right move in putting the brakes on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's haphazard decision to let five types of businesses in the capital, including massage and tattoo parlours, open yesterday.

• OPINION

  Young need help with Covid blues

  News, Editorial, Published on 30/05/2021

  » The effect of Covid-19 and lockdowns on the mental health of Thailand as a nation cannot be questioned or ignored, but who is paying attention to the nation's children and teenagers?

• OPINION

  Klong Toey in big trouble

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/05/2021

  » As the health authorities race against time to tackle the Klong Toey cluster, another crisis is looming in the country's biggest slum.

• OPINION

  High road toll a blow

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/04/2021

  » Numerous deaths and injuries related to road accidents over the past three days, almost half way into the extra holidays during the Songkran festival, once again attest to the fact the government's approach to tackling the road toll is of no use.

• OPINION

  Checkpoints need checking

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/04/2021

  » After months of suspension, police checkpoints are to resume across the country today as approved by police commander Suwat Jangyodsuk.

• OPINION

  One vaccine isn't enough

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2021

  » As Germany, France, Spain and Italy continue to temporarily halt the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine over a few incidents of blood clotting, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha led members of his cabinet to take the shot yesterday.

• OPINION

  Freedom in a perilous state

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2021

  » About a year after Thailand under the Prayut Chan-o-cha government could boast about a small improvement in its freedom ranking, as rated annually by Freedom House, the country has suffered a setback with it damningly described as no longer having any freedom at all -- a position it held during the coup years.

• OPINION

  Myanmar needs help

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/02/2021

  » When a member of the clan goes wayward, the rest of the family should not sit idle. This is what Asean's leaders have to come to terms with when it comes to the Feb 1 coup in Myanmar that overthrew the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who still remains under arrest.

• OPINION

  Deadly roads add to toll

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/03/2021

  » There is no doubt that reckless driving is a major cause of road accidents, many of them fatal. Yet, two news reports this week have highlighted how poor traffic infrastructure provided by state agencies is contributing to this long-standing problem.

• OPINION

  Orange Line needs scrutiny

  News, Editorial, Published on 08/02/2021

  » The decision of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) to scrap bidding for construction of the western section of the MRT's Orange Line while a court decision is pending bodes ill for transparency.

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