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Think, then think again before signing as a guarantor
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/02/2016
» Rule Number One for anyone thinking of being a guarantor for a friend, colleague, relative or lover - there is a legal and financial risk involved. It is frequently said by lawyers that once you become a guarantor, you have one foot in prison.
Leaders must reach a grand bargain to rescue EU
News, Published on 03/02/2016
» The European Union (EU) needs an ambitious grand bargain at its next summit to rescue itself from an accumulation of crises that threaten to blow apart its model of integration.
PM's gender equality stance stuck in the past
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/02/2016
» I always thought fathers who have daughters would be supportive of women's rights. After all, would they want their girls to face the same unfair practices their grandmothers did?
A steady drip of censorship
News, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2016
» The military regime has stepped up its campaign to squeeze information, providers and readers on the internet. It has made public its plans to do this and made it clear it will carry on attempts to convince foreign firms to delete information, reveal identities and transfer control of at least some discussions to the government. The known foreign targets of this pressure are Google, Facebook and Line.
Closing borders and bidding the Schengen zone goodbye
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/02/2016
» 'Europe has forgotten that history is fundamentally tragic," said Manuel Valls, the French prime minister. "If Europe can't protect its own borders, it's the very idea of Europe that could be thrown into doubt. It could disappear -- not Europe itself, not our values, but the European project, the concept we have of Europe, that the founding fathers had of Europe."
Makkasan plan needs civic input
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/02/2016
» Over the next two weeks the fate of Bangkok's largest green space in the Makkasan area will become clearer.
What type of federal system is best?
News, Nehginpao Kipgen, Published on 03/02/2016
» The question of federalism is an important historical issue which unified and divided the country since before the country's independence in 1948. The idea of forming a Union government that would give equal status to all citizens brought together different ethnic groups at the Panglong conference in February 1947.
Elephants aren't toys
News, Postbag, Published on 03/02/2016
» While I was saddened to read, "Scottish tourist killed by elephant in Samui", (BP, Feb 1), it should serve as a good wake-up call to tourists and the government alike, that elephants are not toys for public amusement.