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Cost of taxation
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/07/2024
» Re: "Guard against foreign crime", (BP, July 23). The appearance of a billboard advertising citizenship for investment programmes should not be met with shock by the Thai government.
No more child labour
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2024
» Today is "World Day Against Child Labour", reminding Thailand once again of the need to intensify efforts to eradicate the horrors of this scourge.
Free school lunch programmes boosts learning
Oped, Kevin Watkins, Published on 06/09/2022
» The world's governments are gearing up for their own big education moment. At the United Nations Transforming Education Summit during Sept 16-19, they have a chance to tackle a global learning crisis that has been amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic and rising levels of child poverty and malnutrition.
Time to give child protection a boost
Oped, Boonwara Sumano & Natinee Na Chiangmai, Published on 12/08/2020
» In the first half of this year, there were numerous reports of violence against children. Many of these cases share a similar pattern -- those responsible for the violence are people close to the child. According to statistics from the 1300 hotline, from October 2018 to September 2019, reports of violence against children and youngsters averaged five cases per day, with three daily cases daily listed as domestic violence. The most common form of domestic violence that children experience is physical violence committed by their own fathers or mothers.