Yearly Archives: 2011
Hindus mark new year, raise funds for August festival
Area Hindus marked one of their most-important weeks of the year at the Pattaya Floating Market Tuesday and helped raise funds for the...
Banglamung School marks graduation
Banglamung School celebrated graduation for 577 graduates Thursday. Principal Warakorn Ruenkamol presented diplomas to 349 graduates of grade 9 and 238 graduates from...
Buriram edge United in top of the table clash
The big match of the Sponsor Thai Premier League last weekend took place at the Institute for Physical Education Stadium in Chonburi on Saturday...
Mayor claims long-delayed U-Tapao expansion budget to be approved ‘soon’
Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome said stalled expansion of U-Tapao Pattaya International Airport may “soon” move forward as officials finally agreed its budget. ...
Soi Bongkot resident fights back against high-rise litterbugs
Garbage has rained down on Samlee Kaewviset’s house for three years. But he’s not going to take it anymore. ...
PEA donates supplies, furniture to Banglamung elderly home
The Provincial Electric Authority has made a donation of tables, wheelchairs and other supplies to the Banglamung Home for the Elderly. ...
International dance competition at Nong Nooch
More than 170 couples from 12 countries kicked up their heels for Pattaya’s first International Dance Championships Tuesday at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden....
Third time the charm for hesitant thief, but not for long
A hesitant thief took three, video-monitored visits to a Naklua gold shop before stealing a gold ring Wednesday. Wantanee...
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya donates ambulance equipment to Sawang Boriboon
Offering a hand to the medics that so often treat its patients first, Bangkok Hospital Pattaya has donated trauma beds and stretchers to...
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...