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Fix weed law, don't axe it
News, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2023
» The shocking news on Friday about a cannabis shop standing side-by-side with a convent school on Silom Road in Bangkok is a reminder that the country needs good laws and stronger community-based surveillance to regulate ganja dispensaries as they mushroom across the country. If not, the cannabis they sell that also has proven health benefits and economic potential will be criminalised again.
PM Ardern wins people's hearts
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/03/2021
» When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Thailand for the East Asia Summit in 2019, she surprised officials and media waiting at the airport for the world's youngest PM.
Of lords, ladies and gentlemen
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/09/2019
» Congratulations are in order to former Bangkok Post journalist Natalie Bennett who has been made a House of Lords peer and is now named Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. Natalie, or rather Lady Bennett, who had been the leader of the Green Party for several years, was given this title in former prime minister Theresa May's resignation honours list last week.
Tack just a baby, Pat flees scene, swollen View
News, Mae Moo, Published on 15/09/2019
» Joys of married life
Neighbour from hell, net idol bounces back, baby tussle
News, Mae Moo, Published on 21/07/2019
» Actor and singer Jazz Chuanchuen has welcomed the arrest of a troublesome neighbour who killed an employee of his wife's family outside their home following a minor car scrape.
What is happiness?
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2019
» Re: "Bridging disparity still an elusive goal", (Opinion, July 10).
Prem paves the way
News, Postbag, Published on 02/01/2019
» Re: "Good advice, partly taken", (Editorial, Dec 31).
Fun police out in force
News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2018
» Beyond the need to maintain social order, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government's new royal decree, which bans issuance of new business licences for a range of entertainment venues including pubs, bars, nightclubs and massage parlours in 22 small provinces, does not explain other reasons.
Insurance scammers
News, Postbag, Published on 22/08/2018
» A friend of mine was cheated out of her savings by a well-known insurance company.
Avenues of illogicality
News, Postbag, Published on 18/08/2018
» Re: "PM Prayut wants Bangkok traffic relief in 3 months", (Online, Aug 15).