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NACC proactively implements preventive COVID-19 Corruption Risk Mapping Project
Published on 25/05/2020
» Mr. Warawit Sukboon, Secretary-General of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), recently addressed the topic of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. He noted that it has affected the state’s operations and seems to take a considerable time to resolve.
Schools test online backup measures
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/05/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is touting its "On Hand" distance learning protocol as a backup should the Covid-19 pandemic continue to pose a risk after its 437 schools reopen on July 1.
European Luxury Is More Chinese Than Ever
Business, Published on 25/05/2020
» The world's top luxury brands make much of their European heritage, but their future is looking more Chinese than ever. However this contradiction plays out in the long run, it poses one immediate problem: too many boutiques on their home continent.
Rental-Car Company Hertz Files for Bankruptcy
Business, Published on 25/05/2020
» Hertz Global Holdings Inc., one of the nation's largest car-rental companies, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, saddled with about $19 billion in debt and nearly 700,000 vehicles that have been largely idled because of the coronavirus.
The time for a state of emergency is over
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/05/2020
» Despite opposition by pro-democracy academics and opposition parties, the cabinet is likely to endorse the decision of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to extend the state of emergency for another month until the end of June at its meeting tomorrow.
WBC hails heroes outside of the ring
Sports, Published on 25/05/2020
» The World Boxing Council honoured three Thais with the WBC Heroes of Humanity awards at a ceremony in Bangkok on Saturday night.
Systemic abuse
News, Postbag, Published on 25/05/2020
» My impression is the main purpose of the education system is to make students as submissive as possible. If that is true, and I believe it is, abusive adults are going to have a field day. Not just sexual abuse, which is the worst form, of course, but verbal and physical abuse too.
Thai TV series give ugly truths a rosy hue
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/05/2020
» As I've been following progress of the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Myanmar, I can see the project receives little attention from the mainstream Thai media, despite the fact the contentious project involves a big investor, the Thai government -- and human rights violations.
Party's over but it doesn't end in jail
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/05/2020
» A rapid increase of arrests in the month after the government declared a state of emergency in late March to fight the Covid-19 outbreak threatened to overwhelm the already overcrowded prison population.
Cops to test chemicals found in 'bleach mum' house
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/05/2020
» Police are investigating whether a chemical confiscated from the house of a mother accused of forcing her two-year-old son to swallow bleach is the same substance found by doctors in the boy's system.