Yearly Archives: 2011
My best China…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) produces many reports every year for public consumption. One that was snuck away at the back of a...
More rain, more flooding
Residents wonder when Pattaya officials will take problem seriously Another rain storm, another bout of uncontrolled flooding: It was the same old...
Pattaya police step up efforts to combat illegal guns
Pattaya Police are stepping up efforts to combat illegal guns as Thailand’s contentious election nears. More checkpoints are being set...
Pattaya plants 1,400 trees for World Environment Day
Pattaya officials handed out 1,400 trees to local residents as the city marked World Environment Day. Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome...
Chonburi drug-prevention program to expand to 3 Pattaya neighborhoods
Chonburi’s Narcotics Prevention Bureau will spend 2 million baht to expand its drug-suppression campaign in Pattaya and Sriracha. At...
Thai women with foreign husbands learn legal rights
More than 150 Thai women with foreign spouses learned about legal rights available to them and their children during a seminar sponsored by...
Two elephant cows join Nong Nooch in effort to repopulate forests
Two wild female elephants are now calling Nong Nooch Tropical Garden home as the Pattaya elephant park and the Royal Elephant Reintroduction Foundation...
Taxi driver jailed for assaulting head of traffic police
A motorbike taxi driver ensured himself a lifetime of tickets after being arrested for brutalizing the head of the Pattaya Traffic Police. ...
Bargirl steals 960,000 baht Irishman stashed in kitchen drawer
An elderly Irishman who stashed almost a million baht in a kitchen drawer had it stolen by a bargirl he invited to live...
Latest Stories
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...