Pattaya Mail
UK embassy rushes in
Editor;
At the time of writing (October 12), it appears that the British embassy’s decision to cease issuing income verification letters for one-year extensions of...
Pattaya pet owners relieved at delay in animal law amendments
Pattaya animal lovers expressed relief that the Agriculture Ministry was forced to revise its amendments to the 2014 Cruelty Prevention and Welfare of Animal...
Buddhist Lent ends Wednesday, October 24
Wednesday, October 24 marks the end of this year’s Buddhist Lent, or Auk Pansaa, celebrated on the full moon night of the eleventh lunar...
World’s youngest chess trainer
A 9-year-old student has become the world’s youngest licensed chess trainer.
Poleon, who is in Year 5 at Garden International School (GIS), was invited to...
Odds and Ends – Friday October 19, 2018 – October 25,...
Man wins woman’s weight in beer
at wife-carrying contest
Newry, Maine (AP) - Baseball’s fall classic focuses on an American pastime. A Maine ski resort has...
Stewart stars at Pattavia
PSC Golf from the Tropical Golf Group
Tuesday, Oct. 9, Greenwood - Stableford
With our monthly visit to one of the groups favorite venues on...
Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65
Seattle (AP) - Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation,...
Guitar festival gears up to celebrate first 10 years
Siam Hotels & Resorts and the Thailand Guitar Society will present the 2018 edition of the annual Pattaya Classical Guitar Festival & Competition on...
Ladyboy jailed for robbing elderly Aussie
A transvestite prostitute was arrested for allegedly robbing an elderly Australian customer while he slept.
Jaruwit Kuasang, 30, was apprehended Oct. 12 with US$500 in...
Latest Stories
Government stands firm on airport rail and U-Tapao projects as EEC investment push targets...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said the government will not amend contracts for the high-speed rail project linking...
Blazing heat grips Pattaya as Thailand sizzles with 42°C in the North
PATTAYA, Thailand – Summer heat is intensifying across the country, with Pattaya facing hot and hazy conditions while northern Thailand sees temperatures soar as...
Thai PM signals nighttime fuel station closures after Songkran to conserve energy
PATTAYA, Thailand – The government is preparing to introduce energy-saving measures that could see fuel stations nationwide close overnight, but only after the Songkran...
Pattaya built for everyone now struggles with what that means
PATTAYA, Thailand – Scroll through any Pattaya forum and a pattern quickly emerges — admiration, frustration, nostalgia, and blunt criticism all colliding in the...
After Songkran price freeze ends Pattaya faces rising transport costs and daily expenses
PATTAYA, Thailand – When the holiday calm ends, the real bill begins. Thailand’s decision to freeze bus fares through Songkran may ease the immediate...