Yearly Archives: 2011
Hat Yai tourism vibrant, Bt150 million in circulation
SONGKHLA, Sept 1 - Malaysian tourists have flocked to this Thai southern province's Hat Yai district as a result of the long holidays in...
5 provinces warned of flashflood, mudslide
BANGKOK, 1 September 2011 – The 24/7 Emergency Operation Center for Flood, Storm and Landslide has warned five provinces of possible flashflood and mudslide...
Chalerm confirms elder brother of Thaksin’s ex-wife to be new police...
BANGKOK, Sept 1 - Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung on Thursday confirmed that deputy police chief Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong will become Thailand's new...
Yom River basin floods may last until November
PHITSANULOK, Sept 1 - The flood situation in many Thai provinces remain critical as in hard-hit Phitsanulok where water levels are expected to return...
Malaysian arrested with ‘ice’ worth US$4 mln in Songkhla
BANGKOK, Sept 1 – A Malaysian man and two suspected drug gang members were detained with 45 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as...
Deputy PM Chalerm to visit Cambodia, seeking to help jailed activists
BANGKOK, Sept 1 -- Deputy Prime Minister Pol Capt Chalerm Yoobamrung on Thursday said he plans to visit Cambodia, seeking to help free two...
Police conduct another sweep of beach prostitutes
Police conducted their second swoop in one week of prostitutes plying their trade along the beach in an effort to clean up the city’s...
Pattaya Got Talent Bartender Contest 2011
The Dusit Thani hotel was the venue for this year's Pattaya’s got Talent Bartender contest, the event now in its 27th year and was...
Hot-blooded Family Mart employee attacks abusive customer
In the early hours of August the 31st Police and Sawang Boriboon Foundation volunteers were called to a family mart near Big C Extra...
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Wine World: Doing the Twist
If you recognise that expression, you must be getting on a bit. The lines were made famous by an American singer called Chubby Checker...
Citywide operation targets public-space living as Pattaya seeks balance between care and order
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have continued coordinated operations to manage and support homeless individuals in public spaces, while maintaining order in key...
Russian mother flies to Pattaya in desperate search for missing son, fears foul play
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian mother has flown to Pattaya in a desperate attempt to locate her missing son, who vanished more than a...
Pattaya moves forward with smart city development, reviews public space survey proposal
PATTAYA, Thailand –– Pattaya City is advancing its smart city development agenda by considering a proposed project to survey and analyse public spaces, aimed...
Pattaya to add 200 more cameras, expanding real-time coverage of beaches, Jomtien and Koh...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City is moving ahead with an expanded smart-city surveillance initiative by adding 200 more CCTV cameras to the Pattaya Connect...