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Numerous festivals and fairs in Thailand are incredible - there always seems to be something going on. The most wonderful of all Thai festivals is known as the “Songkran Festival”…
Porchland Group organizes monk ordination in Korat
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Thanachot Anuwan
Eastern real estate developer Porchland Group continued its public outreach efforts by organizing an ordination ceremony for Buddhist monks in Korat. Chitnucha Phakdeesaneha, administrator for Worakit Construction and Porchland Group,…
Splish, splash - It’s time for Songkran
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Phasakorn Channgam
Lock and load, Songkran is coming! The annual Songkran festival, which heralds the traditional beginning of the Thai New Year, begins this weekend throughout the country. The 5-day holiday begins…
Chonburi Gov. Khomsan Ekachai led the province’s Chakri Day celebration, honoring the founding of the current royal dynasty. The April 6 ceremony at the Chonburi district office marks the founding…
Queen Vadhana hospital expands clinic network for insured patients
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Warunya Thongrod
Sriracha’s Queen Vadhana Memorial Hospital has opened a fourth Pattaya-area clinic for customers using Social Security insurance.
Customs seeks suggestions on regulatory, system changes
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Thanachot Anuwan
Planning to modernize before Thailand joins the ASEAN Economic Community, the Customs Department met in Pattaya to brainstorm changes to regulations and electronic systems.
Burmese fisherman rescued from Sattahip Bay
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Patcharapol Panrak
The Royal Thai Navy rescued a Burmese fisherman who jumped overboard to escape a group of Cambodian crewmembers. The HTMS Pattani pulled the naked, 29-year-old “Rambo” from the sea about…
Rayong fruit inspector under guard as stink over premature durians spreads
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Patcharapol Panrak
A Rayong agricultural inspector has been given an armed security escort after receiving death threats from angry durian growers. Rayong Agricultural officer Songtham Chamnan filed a complaint with Kleng District…
Songkran exodus packs northbound buses
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Vittaya Yoondorn
The Songkran exodus has begun and Issan-bound buses from Pattaya are packed. Thais leaving town for the Thai New Year have booked commuter buses days in advance, forcing operators to…
Controversial Beach Road widening begins
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Warunya Thongrod
Additional lanes to reduce greenery, may not solve traffic woes, mayor admits Pattaya has begun removing Beach Road sidewalks and plants as it prepares to begin the controversial widening of…
3 police volunteers arrested for selling seized drugs
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Theerarak Suthathiwong
Three police volunteers have been arrested for allegedly selling methamphetamines they seized from drug suspects stopped at illegal roadside checkpoints.
German-Thai couple arrested for operating unlicensed school
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Boonlua Chatree
A German-Thai couple wanted in Europe on more than 40 criminal charges has been arrested for allegedly operating the German International School without a license.
Police arrest drunk shooting into air at Bali Hai
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Boonlua Chatree
A Huay Yai man was arrested for shooting off a handgun at Bali Hai Pier and then leading police on a chase throughout South Pattaya. A drunken Chaloempol Chao-suan, 28,…
Drunk City Hall officer arrested for gun-related road rage
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Boonlua Chatree
A drunk Pattaya city municipal officer who flew into a fit of road rage was arrested for harassing Russian tourists and brandishing a gun. Chaiyon Chaodon, 41, was apprehended April…
World War II-era grenade found at Bang Saray construction site
Friday, 12 April 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 15 By Patcharapol Panrak
Naval ordinance experts were summoned when an unexploded World War II hand grenade was discovered at a Bang Saray construction site. Maj. Sorasak Rakthrong of the Royal Thai Navy’s bomb…
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