Yearly Archives: 2011
100-baht card raid leads to drug jackpot
A raid of a low-stakes card game turned into a double drug bust for police Tuesday. Officers stormed a third-floor room of an apartment...
300,000 baht in electronics stolen in Pratamnak burglary
Pricey home electronics were taken when a home on Pratamnak Soi 5 was burglarized Tuesday. Yuthaphum Thanasirangkul, 37, said a 46-inch...
1 killed as two 18-wheelers collide on Highway 38
A commercial truck driver was killed when he slammed his 18-wheeler into another heavy truck parked on the side of the Kratinglai-Rayong Highway Wednesday....
Navy ships rescue 825 tourists from flood ravaged south
Two Sattahip-based Royal Thai Navy ships rescued more than 800 tourists from flood-ravaged resorts in Koh Tao and Koh Phangan. ...
City inks biogas waste-management study
Already planning the area’s first waste-to-energy plant, Pattaya officials are now looking at harvesting biogases as a way to reduce the city’s growing...
Buddhists turn out for Big Buddha statue fundraiser
Hundreds of Buddhists from around Thailand converged on Bali Hai Pier to pray and donate funds toward construction of the world’s largest Buddha statue,...
Chonburi mobilizes to quell dengue fever epidemic
With dengue fever infection rates five times the government limit, Chonburi officials are mobilizing to curtail the spread of the deadly disease. ...
Chonburi celebrates Songkran April 9-15
Chonburi will officially celebrate the Thai New Year April 9-15 on the field in front of the Chonburi district office with a Songkran...
Banks to close for 5 days
This coming week, April 13-15, is the national Songkran holiday. Directly following the holiday is the weekend, and therefore banks, government offices and...
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Thailand has never been a country that shuts its doors on foreigners. If...
Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard Christmas Party brings community together for charity and celebration
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard (RCES) once again marked the festive season with its annual Christmas charity party on Saturday, December...
Pattaya municipal officers warn vendors against using sidewalks as selling areas
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya municipal enforcement officers have issued a clear warning to street vendors after conducting inspections along Pattaya South Road on December...
Pattaya municipal officers step up enforcement against motorcycles blocking sidewalks
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya municipal enforcement officers on December 26 carried out an on-site operation to restore order on public sidewalks, focusing on motorcycles...
Sleep-deprived teen rider crashes motorcycle into parked pickup in Pattaya, two injured
PATTAYA, Thailand — Two teenagers were injured after a motorcycle crashed into the rear of a parked pickup truck in the early hours of...