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Remembering a journo like no other
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 04/04/2025
» Gwen Robinson was a quintessential journalist who probed for the best scoop and pried for the juiciest gossip, an old-style old hand the likes of which we are unlikely to see again. In the new contentious era of geopolitical conflict and geoeconomic tension underpinned by American economic nationalism, Robinson's journalist craft over more than four decades explaining and linking Asia and the West will be sorely missed.
Postpone tourism fee
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2022
» A government policy to collect a 300-baht tourism fee from April onwards is a good example of doing the right thing at the wrong time.
Beds can't go to waste
News, Editorial, Published on 20/04/2021
» With Covid-19 infection cases skyrocketing and a rise in fatalities, the government must come to term with reality, making use of all scarce resources wisely, as it races against time in dealing with the new outbreak.
Be selective in field hospital admissions
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/04/2021
» With the surge of new Covid-19 cases, the government is frantically establishing field hospitals nationwide as demand for hospital beds outgrows supply.
We need to do more
News, Postbag, Published on 21/12/2020
» The detection of 548 new cases of Covid-19 infection in one day in Samut Sakhon is truly alarming. The 548 new cases are 12% of Thailand's 4,331 cumulative diagnoses of Covid-19 since January this year. This is also the largest single outbreak of the virus in Thailand, exceeding even the army-owned Lumpinee Boxing Stadium cluster, with more cases surely to be found in Samut Sakhon in coming days.
Phuket struggles amid a pandemic
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 30/11/2020
» Arriving in Phuket, everything looked different. I felt the silence as crowds of foreign tourists have disappeared from Phuket International Airport. The atmosphere was lonelier than usual with only a small group of passengers gathering at the luggage belt. There were no long queues in front of the bathrooms or check-in counters.
Payoff probe goes nowhere
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/08/2020
» More than two months after the government launched a probe into alleged extortion of hoteliers in Pattaya who wanted to turn their premises into state quarantine facilities, the investigation appears to have gone nowhere. Or at least the public has not been informed of the results or the progress if any has been made. It's not clear if the probe is still on.
Quarantine gets a bad rep
News, Editorial, Published on 26/05/2020
» It is encouraging to see the government and the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) act swiftly against reports of alleged extortion that unnamed state officials demanded "commissions" from Pattaya-based hoteliers who agreed to turn their premises into state quarantine facilities.
Silencing the youth
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2019
» Well, let's see. This week we learned that the permafrost in the Arctic is thawing much faster than was anticipated which is going to lead to a faster rise of sea levels than we had anticipated.
Stop the arms race
News, Postbag, Published on 20/10/2019
» After a half-century of our "Advancing Partnership for Sustainability" Asean, why do we (Asean members) still invest huge money for ridiculous military devices like a jet fighter, destroyer and submarine but our precious forests are still destroyed by bush fire every year which produces a tremendous amount of pollution.