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Immigration needs reform
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2025
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's initiative to launch a new department to tackle immigration issues is welcome, if not long overdue.
'Invisible' brides boost economy
Oped, Prarthana Sen, Published on 08/12/2022
» Mail-order brides are those who register themselves in catalogues to be chosen by men for marriage. Since the mail-order bride industry forms an essential part of the informal economy in several underdeveloped and developing Asian economies, data misses the economic participation of Asian mail-order brides, making them "invisible" recruits in the process.
Philippine vanity
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/04/2022
» Re: "4 runners in presidential race refuse to drop out", (BP, April 19). Due to the poorly structured presidential election process in the Philippines, the winning candidate only needs to obtain more votes than each of the other candidates.
What if Trump triumphs again?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/09/2020
» 'To lose one parent... may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness," wrote Oscar Wilde in his play The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895.
Complex education
News, Postbag, Published on 01/06/2018
» Re: "Students struggle to get seats", (BP, May 31).