Yearly Archives: 2011
Najomtien officials begin evicting 10 illegal beach vendors
Najomtien officials raided 10 illegal food and recreation stalls that had set up shop on public land that were allegedly annoying locals with...
Police raid drug party, recover M16
Banglamung Police breaking up a drug party behind the Thamsamakkee Temple got more than they bargained for when they found an M16 assault...
Woman arrested for pimping
Police raided a Jomtien Beach hotel to arrest a woman suspected of pimping underage girls, but found only legal age women. However, since...
Wheeled-bag snatchers victimize Russian couple
A Russian woman lost cash and a camera when motorbike-riding thieves snatched her handbag. Anastasiya Kaliniha told police she...
2 killed, dozens injured in Bangkok-Pattaya bus crash
Two people were killed and more than two dozen injured when a Pattaya-bound commuter bus smashed into a highway bridge support in Samut...
Mysterious falling bullet injures 2-year-old girl
People shooting guns in the air in celebration forget that what goes up eventually comes down. In Nongprue, a 9mm bullet hit a...
Senior Soi Khopai resident given vaccines for 10 local stray dogs
Chalieow Kamsawat has a lot in common with the stray dogs in his Soi Khopai neighborhood. Like them, he’s been abandoned by his...
Police MIA as drivers flout traffic rules in North Pattaya
Police are nowhere to be found in North Pattaya where motorbikes and cars are regularly seen driving the wrong way on Second Road...
Pattaya Elderly Club to visit Dharma Camp in July
The Pattaya Elderly Club will travel to Sakon Nakhon July 5-8 for a Buddhist Dharma camp, one of a series of monthly activities...
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When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target
The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand
Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...
Testosterone – Andropause
The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...
Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist
PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...
Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...
Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...