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Phone chat distracts from corruption fight
News, Published on 15/01/2018
» Two weeks ago, the Public Health Ministry had no choice but to pull its announcement banning staff from using state office resources for personal reasons, including charging their personal mobile phones. Such a reverse was understandable. The ministry received a barrage of criticism saying the measures were ''out of touch with reality".
Watchdog probes police 'freebies' at parlour
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2018
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into freebies dished out by a local massage parlour.
Parlour tricks
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/01/2018
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into freebies given to police by a local massage parlour.
20 officials probed for 'sponsored services'
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2018
» Twenty government officials might have been implicated in human trafficking following the crackdown on a massage parlour in Bangkok on Friday.
Dubai the model of a modern Middle East economy
News, Matthew Winkler, Published on 16/01/2018
» For more than 100 years, the Middle East has been defined by oil exploration, production and its boundaries. Now the region is getting re-purposed by its aspiration to grow beyond fossil fuel. The shake-up in Saudi Arabia's royal family was as much about becoming a 21st-century economy as it was about rooting out corruption.
Trump speaks for racists, not all of US
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/01/2018
» Poor US President Donald Trump. He was simply asking for information, and they're all over him as if he were a racist thug. His choice of words was unfortunate, but the angels rejoice when an ignorant person seeks enlightenment. We should take his question seriously and answer it for him.
20 officers linked to parlour files
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» Twenty state officials including senior police are implicated in documents found at a city massage parlour raided last Friday, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) says.
Flashy Prawit risks tainting PM's image, says Abhisit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» The luxury wristwatch scandal embroiling Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon is undermining the credibility of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, says the Democrat leader.
Court asked to rule on NACC waiver
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been urged to petition the Constitutional Court over a section in the anti-corruption bill that allows all nine National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) members to stay in office, due to claims it runs afoul of the charter.
Beware fool's dream
News, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2018
» Re: "Graft a 'human trait'", (PostBag, Jan 15).