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Thamanat saga allows peek into the PM's mind
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/09/2021
» Is the game over? The three Big Ps -- Gen Prayut, Gen Prawit and Gen Anupong aka Big Pok -- seem to have secured power as they vowed to be brothers till death do they part while the deposed former deputy agriculture minister Thamanat Prompow appears to have faded away.
Are we ready for compulsory vaccine passes?
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/09/2021
» With just nine million people fully vaccinated or about 13% of the entire population, will such a policy unfairly discriminate those who have not had a chance to take both doses or to any at all?
Life returning to 'normal', but for how long?
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/08/2021
» So life will return to something like normal tomorrow. We can have our hair cut, finally. Public parks will reopen along with shopping malls. Those with aching legs can make an appointment for a foot massage, and so on.
Govt's 'speak up' against graft push ill-timed
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/08/2021
» Had the campaign "Speak up to end corruption" emerged ten years ago, it might have had some effect.
Is 'fake news' hunt a Covid distraction?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/08/2021
» With new Covid-19 infections shooting past 20,000 and deaths hovering at around 200 a day, what does Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha do?
Govt living in fear of its own frightful errors
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/08/2021
» If members of the government were to uphold the same ethical standards they often preach to the people, they would have hung their heads in shame after the Civil Court's injunction last week.
Govt behind curve as Covid war heats up
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/08/2021
» 'The war has changed," an internal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) memo obtained by The Washington Post warned, saying that Delta infections will likely be more severe as the variant has become "so contagious it acts almost like a different novel virus", spreading more quickly than the common cold while causing more severe illness.
Covid chaos shatters public faith in govt
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/07/2021
» Do we think we will come out of the current lockdown, better, stronger, together?
Inept govt never learns from its Covid blunders
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/07/2021
» The government's biggest mistake was not its decision to not join Covax. It was not even underestimating the Covid-19 pandemic and its failure to secure enough vaccines of sufficient variety to fight possible virus mutations.
A leader's pride comes before a Covid-19 fall
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/07/2021
» As a leader, what makes you proud?