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Yet another “no parking” zone available for parking
Friday, 17 February 2012 Current Issue By Vittaya Yoondorn
No one stops for red lights at Pattaya’s dozens of pedestrian crossings and everyone ignores zebra crossings and the red-and-white no-parking curb painting. So it should surprise no one that…
Whether he was sleeping off a bender at one of the many nearby bars or homeless, the foreign man snoozing outside the former public library on Soi 6 Feb. 4…
Friday February 10 - February 16, 2012 (Vol. XX No. 6)
Frequent brush fires alarm Soi Khao Talo residents
Friday, 10 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 6 By Vittaya Yoondorn
Small brush fires have become alarmingly common along railroad tracks on Soi Khao Talo.
Friday February 3 - February 9, 2012 (Vol. XX No. 5)
Illegal advertising clutters streets, mars city’s image
Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5 By Phasakorn Channgam
If there’s a blank patch of wall or pole on a Pattaya street, you can be sure someone will slap up cheap flyers or advertising on it.
Friday January 6 - January 12, 2012 (Vol. XX No. 1)
Two banners meant to promote a positive image of Pattaya instead have become symbols of its frequent shabbiness, with the posters either falling down or entangled in power lines.
Friday November 25 - December 1, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 47)
Illegal garbage dump stinks up Jomtien
Friday, 25 November 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 47 By Staff reporters
Jomtien Beach residents are pleading with Pattaya City Hall to clean up an illegal garbage dump and crack down on construction companies contributing to it.
Friday November 4 - November 10, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 44)
Looking for directions to Central or Second roads? Don’t look at the signs, at least not the one on a pole in front of Big C in North Pattaya.
Friday July 15 - July 21, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 28)
Buzzing in the ears of Naklua residents turned out not to be the high-voltage power poles in their neighborhood but, instead, wasps nested on them.
Friday July 8 - July 14, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 27)
Treacherous driving on Soi Nernplabwan
Friday, 08 July 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 27 By Pratchaya Kerdthong
Every drive has become an adventure on a stretch of Soi Nernplabwan. Deep and wide potholes have made the street near the intersection of Soi Mabyailia 38 so treacherous, cars…
Friday June 24 - June 30, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 25)
Beach stuck between Hard Rock and political inaction
Friday, 24 June 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 25 By Phasakorn Channgam
There’s more evidence Pattaya Beach continues to wash away as the city drags its feet on erosion-mitigation plans. Seasonal rains and insufficient drainage systems are now taking chunks of the…
Friday June 17 - June 23, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 24)
Bricks in a puddle does not a proper road make
Friday, 17 June 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 24 By Staff reporters
With its origins as a privately-owned street, Soi 6’s infrastructure has always been a notch or two below that of other Pattaya avenues. Power cuts are common, the water is…
Friday June 10 - June 16, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 23)
PAD skips elections, likens all candidates to animals
Friday, 10 June 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 23 By Pratchaya Kerdthong
While most see Thailand’s July 3 election as a choice between the ruling Democratic Party and the Puea Thai opposition, the People’s Alliance for Democracy - better known as the…
Friday June 3 - June 9, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 22)
Pattaya Mail offices buzz with activity
Friday, 03 June 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 22 By Chatchanan Boonnak
The Pattaya Mail’s offices were buzzing May 19, but bees, not breaking news, were to blame. City officials needed to be summoned to remove an active beehive below the second-floor…
Friday May 27 - June 2, 2011 (Vol. XIX No. 21)
City ignores Pattaya homeless problem
Friday, 27 May 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 21 By Pratchaya Kerdthong
Homeless people on Pattaya Beach have become such a common sight, tourists don’t even appear surprised anymore.
City dumps 37 million baht tourist kiosks instead of fixing them
Friday, 27 May 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 21 By Pratchaya Kerdthong
In January 2010, Baywatch highlighted how Pattaya spent 37 million baht on 74 touch-screen tourist-information kiosks that didn’t work. Instead of fixing the terminals, the city simply dumped a third…
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