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OAG loses 'Boss' focus
News, Editorial, Published on 17/08/2021
» The Office of the Attorney General has come under the spotlight once again, after its prosecutors aired their frustrations over a TV series broadcast on Channel 3.
A time for tolerance
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/07/2021
» The furore over a tweet by Foodpanda linking anti-government protests to "terrorism" is a reminder that tolerance is sorely needed when political and social rifts have become the "new normal" in the country.
Kids need help now
News, Editorial, Published on 20/07/2021
» Jiravithi Jitjak, a teacher from a state school in Nakhon Pathom province, submitted a letter to the House education committee on Saturday.
End defence fund secrecy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/06/2021
» The opposition's move to dig into the government's classified budget, funds which are free from scrutiny by the House of Representatives, deserves public support.
Fine Arts must up its game
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2021
» Two days after the Fine Arts Department tried to distance itself from controversial environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports on the construction of a high-speed train station in Ayutthaya -- a stone's throw away from the province's historical park that is a Unesco World Heritage site -- the agency suddenly made a U-turn.
Submarines, or schools?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/06/2021
» Parliament yesterday kicked off its three-day deliberations on the budget bill for the next fiscal year, with a big question mark hanging over it. What should the government's priority be next year -- submarines or schools?
Young need help with Covid blues
News, Editorial, Published on 30/05/2021
» The effect of Covid-19 and lockdowns on the mental health of Thailand as a nation cannot be questioned or ignored, but who is paying attention to the nation's children and teenagers?
Covid's effects on our kids
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/05/2021
» The Covid-19 pandemic presents great challenges for policy makers who are trying to come up with policies to help people adjust to the "new normal". As the Thai government races against time to roll out its Covid vaccinations and provide financial packages to reduce the blow to the economy, one issue that continues to be ignored is the development of our children.
Public needs antiviral meds
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/05/2021
» Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Thais have been gripped by fear. For months, these worries -- which have been intensified during the kingdom's third wave of infections -- have been about the government's slow vaccination rollout. Now the public is getting more anxious, following concerns over a possible shortage of favipiravir, an important medicine used to treat Covid-19 patients with moderate to severe symptoms.
Call for more baby bumps
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/02/2021
» As the country's total fertility rate (TFR) hits a record low, with a plunge last year to below 600,000 or 1.51 against the WHO's ideal rate of 2.1, there emerges a need for solid measures to quickly boost the birth rate and stabilise demographic development.