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Yearly Archives: 2011

A chaperone for Jim

Dear Hillary, I have found a very nice young Thai woman, and not in the bar scene, so it’s a bit different from...

Symphony Concerts

Dear Hillary, This may sound funny but it isn’t and is really a very embarrassing problem for me, so please don’t use my...

Professional portraits at home

Portraiture is a very lucrative branch of photography.  Get good at getting flattering portraits and you could even give up your day job....

No way back?

Fraud, debt, murder, suicide, love, grief, depression, psychosomatic illness, destitution, drug addiction, lack of job prospects, discord within the family, delinquency in the...

Cancer is from what you eat – or is it?

We cannot live without food and water.  However, it may interest you to know that you can do without food for 14 days,...

TAT teaches hotel, tourist attraction executives marketing strategies

About 100 hotel and tourist attraction executives learned the latest marketing strategies at a Tourism Authority of Thailand seminar in Pattaya. ...

PTT, Thailand’s largest oil firm, selects new CEO

Thailand’s largest oil firm, PTT, on Friday announced the selection of IRPC President Pailin Chuchottaworn as its new chief executive officer and president...

Aspiring homeowners flock to Government Housing Bank for interest-free loans

About 300 aspiring homeowners flocked to the Government Housing Bank in North Pattaya to take advantage of a new program offering home loans...

Thailand’s Commerce Ministry raises its export growth estimate

Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has raised its export growth estimate this year to 15-16 percent from the 12 percent targeted earlier, and is...

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...