Yearly Archives: 2011
Pattaya Pride musical dinner raises 50,000 for AIDS patients
Musicians from Thailand and the Philippines helped Pattaya Pride raise nearly 50,000 baht for care of HIV-infected patients. About...
Top 10 of Everything 2012
This book is the 23rd Edition of the Top 10 of Everything. I had initially thought that this was a knock-off from the...
Let’s go to the movies – Friday September 16 – September...
Now playing in Pattaya The Outrage / U Mong Pa Meung: Thai, Crime/ Mystery – Adapted from the famed Japanese film Rashomon, this...
Hilton to celebrate Oktoberfest 2011
The Pattaya Hilton will celebrate Oktoberfest for two nights next month with authentic beer, sausages and music. Hilton Business...
Kid’s favorite superheroes coming to Pattaya
Meet them Live at Central Center North Pattaya Last weekend famous comic book and TV superheroes from Japan appeared at the Central...
Dave R. Doll
Dave Doll was one of the local ‘characters’, known in the underwater circles as ‘Diver’ Dave, but there’s a lot more to Dave Doll...
No one to turn to
To the Editor, I would like to bring to your attention regarding a situation that happened to me on Wednesday 7th September 2011....
New world order
Editor; The global balance of power, authority, might and control has been shifting from West to East. At a critical time, when our...
Father Ray Foundation holds Thank You Concert
Pattaya has many charitable organisations that exist to provide support to the underprivileged in society. But these charities can only do the work...
Latest Stories
Thailand’s 300 baht tourist fee: clarity, revenue, and the question of purpose
PATTAYA, Thailand - Thailand’s proposed 300-baht tourist entry fee has once again entered public discussion, not because the amount is controversial, but because the...
Brazen Pattaya kidnapping leaves Chinese real estate agent bound in luxury car, rescued by...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 35-year-old Chinese real estate agent narrowly escaped a violent kidnapping and robbery attempt in Pattaya after a supposed client turned...
Foreign paraglider snared on high-voltage power pole, knocks out electricity across Koh Larn near...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A dramatic rescue unfolded on Koh Larn, the popular island destination off Pattaya, after a foreign paraglider lost control and became...
Drunk foreign tourist found sleeping on Pattaya roadside as officials vow continued patrols
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal officers and police in Pattaya intervened after discovering a foreign tourist in an intoxicated state sleeping on the roadside in...
Pickup truck loses control, knocks down three power poles in Pattaya, paralyzing traffic
PATTAYA, Thailand – Traffic was brought to a standstill late Saturday night after a pickup truck lost control on a curve and crashed into...