Pattaya Mail
Thai baht weakest in three years
BANGKOK, Jan 2 – Thailand's baht depreciated to Bt32.94 against the dollar today, the weakest in three years, due to the unfavourable economic, investment...
UDD leader to open new airline
BANGKOK, 2 Jan 2014,– A core leader of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) will soon open a new airline from Bangkok...
Rice price won’t increase due to overstocks
BANGKOK 1 January 2014 — The price of rice in 2014 has been predicted not to increase due to an overstock of rice that...
Thailand fails to achieve rice export target
BANGKOK, Jan 2 – Thailand's Commerce Ministry has projected this year’s rice exports at no less than eight million tonnes despite a failure to...
Gloomy days ahead for Thai economy
BANGKOK, Jan 2 – Thailand is moving towards a gloomy economy this year with predicted negative developments in domestic consumption, private investment and exports,...
Political dispute blamed for contracting economic growth
BANGKOK, Jan 1 – Thailand’s economy will grow less than 4 per cent this year due to the on going political turmoil which has...
Well wishing messages via smartphones during New Year holidays up 175%
BANGKOK 2 January 2014 — Service provider DTAC has revealed that well-wish messages sent on New Year’s Eve through its network increased 175% compared...
PM gives New Year morale boost to the police
BANGKOK, 2 Jan 2014 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited the Metropolitan Police Bureau, delivering speeches giving the law enforcers New Year blessing, and...
124 complaints have been filed against public bus drivers during New...
BANGKOK, 2 Jan 2014 - The Land Transport Department’s ad-hoc passenger protection center has received 124 complaints against public bus drivers during December 27th-31st,...
Latest Stories
Portuguese woman found at Phuket restaurant after nearly five years of visa overstay
PHUKET, Thailand – Immigration officers arrested a Portuguese woman found studying cooking at a restaurant in Phuket after biometric checks revealed she had overstayed...
Police raid Nakhon Si Thammarat bar, rescue three teenage trafficking victims
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Thailand – Thailand’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division has arrested a 43-year-old bar owner in Nakhon Si Thammarat and rescued three teenage...
Gunfire erupts at Pattaya petrol station after drug suspect smashes office and flees police
PATTAYA, Thailand – A late-night drug sting erupted into gunfire at a petrol station on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya after a pickup driver allegedly...
Russian man arrested in Pattaya after 568 days of visa overstay
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 32-year-old Russian man was arrested in Pattaya on October 14 for overstaying his permission to stay in Thailand by 568...
Getting up Pratumnak Hill easier and safer with Pattaya’s new roads, footpaths and lighting
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya is continuing improvements along Second Road leading towards Pratumnak Hill, with new road surfaces, renovated footpaths and upgraded street lighting...