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Doctors blamed for ATKs delay
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/09/2021
» Government Pharmaceutical Organisation(GPO) director Dr Witoon Danwibul has petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against two doctors for allegedly stalling the GPO's procurement of 8.5 million sets of Covid-19 antigen test kits (ATK), according to a source.
2 held over crystal meth parcel plot
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/08/2021
» A Nigerian man and his Thai wife have been arrested for attempting to smuggle nine kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine to Hong Kong, the culmination of a lengthy probe 10 months after the drugs were seized in Bangkok.
Pedestrian roadkill
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2021
» I found Japanese ambassador Kazuya Nashida's observations about Thailand fascinating, especially when he contrasted the customary politeness of Thais to their behaviour when driving (BP, Feb 22).
Yuen warns of second wave
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 26/05/2020
» Veteran computer scientist Yuen Poovarawan on Monday warned that while the country has managed to curb the domestic spread of coronavirus, the risk of a second wave remains.
Virologist denies low cases due to limited testing
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/05/2020
» Respected virologist Yong Poovorawan on Friday rejected accusations that limited testing capacity is responsible for the low daily Covid-19 infection rates being reported.
Dictating the internet
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 16/12/2019
» Disinformation or freedom of expression? Hate speech or free speech? Threat to national security or whistleblowing on corruption and tyranny?
Rohingya still a 'throwaway people'
News, Johanna Son, Published on 17/09/2019
» The second anniversary of the Rohingyas' exodus from Myanmar has come and gone, exposing how Southeast Asia's biggest humanitarian disaster in recent times has become a festering wound that all see but cannot or will not salve, much less heal.
How foreigners deflated Aussie property bubble
News, David Fickling, Published on 02/05/2019
» There's a familiar refrain in Australia when public discussion turns to the country's eye-wateringly expensive housing market: Foreigners are to blame.
Landmark ruling compensates Myanmar workers
News, Reuters, Published on 16/01/2019
» The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that compensation be paid to 14 migrant workers from Myanmar whose accusations of abuses against a chicken farm sparked a landmark legal case for migrant labourers.
Weaponised defamation
News, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2018
» The price of telling the truth to the powerful can be high and devastating for ordinary people in Thailand, where the criminal defamation law is more popular than the civil libel law.