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Pheu Thai survives dissolution bid
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/03/2025
» The Pheu Thai Party has managed to fend off an attempt to disband it, after the Election Commission (EC) threw out a petition to investigate the party's decision to field a candidate who was involved in a corruption case in a local election last year.
Urgent reforms needed to protect bird numbers
News, Peter Singer & David S Wilcove, Published on 28/12/2021
» Birds are found worldwide, in many different environments, from penguins in Antarctica to pigeons in Trafalgar Square, and from the familiar sparrows on our lawns to the great albatrosses who spend years at sea without ever touching land. There are more than 10,000 species totalling many billions of wild individuals. To this we must add the tens of billions of birds we raise for their meat or eggs, and others we keep as pets.
Privatise THAI
News, Postbag, Published on 09/08/2019
» The transport minister has approved loss-making Thai Airways' purchase of 38 airplanes, estimated to be worth 136 billion baht, to increase its competitiveness (BP, Aug 6). However, this will do as much good as replacing the roof of a shaky and already-decrepit house. New planes are just one way to draw in new customers.
Suffering a case of the whirlygigs
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/10/2018
» It was the unlikely setting of the US Senate Judiciary last week which has sparked considerable debate on what constitutes drunkenness. There were references to a "stumbling drunk", a "sloppy drunk", a "slurring drunk" and a "belligerent drunk". But there seems to be a certain lack of creativeness in these descriptions. Perhaps a little European influence would liven things up a bit.
Throwing the cat among the pigeons
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/09/2018
» The rapidly increasing numbers of pigeons (nok pilab) has ruffled a few official feathers in Bangkok. There was bit of a flap after authorities warned that citizens caught feeding the birds would face a stiff fine, explaining the pigeons were spreading disease. These birds divide opinion, some calling them "rats with wings", others more generously "doves without the PR".
Thailand in reverse
News, Postbag, Published on 24/09/2018
» Thaksin is 100% correct that the country is worse off (BP, Sept 18).
Democracy to dictatorship
News, Postbag, Published on 23/09/2018
» Re: "Even dictators can't monopolise a poll", (Opinion, Sept 22).
City Hall keeps pigeons in crosshairs
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/09/2018
» Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials descended on Wat Bukkhalo in Bangkok's Thon Buri district on Friday to pursue the campaign to remove pigeons from bird-infested places.
City Hall joins flap over pigeon-feeding
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/09/2018
» City Hall is vowing to impose a three-month jail term and a 25,000-baht fine on people who violate the law by feeding pigeons in public places amid concerns over their increasing number and serious health risks.
Unnecessary overlap
News, Postbag, Published on 21/09/2018
» Re: "'Kai fak' bill approved", (BP, Sept 19).